definiens: means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any person relatingto, or that could reasonably be expected to lead to, any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase, in one transaction ora series of transactions, of assets ( including equity securities of any Subsidiary of US BioEnergy ) or businesses thatconstitute 15 % or more of the revenues, net income or assets of US BioEnergy and its Subsidiaries, taken as awhole, or 15 % or more of any class of equity securities of US BioEnergy, any tender offer or exchange offer that ifconsummated would result in any person beneficially owning 15 % or more of any class of equity securities of USBioEnergy, or any merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, joint venture, binding share exchange or similar transaction involving US BioEnergy or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which anyperson or the shareholders of any person would own 15 % or more of any class of equity securities of US BioEnergy orof any resulting parent company of US BioEnergy ( or of any resulting entity in the case of a transaction ), in each case other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement