definiens: means any of ( i ) a transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which any person ( or group of persons ) or its or their equityholders, other than Parent and its subs idiaries ( including Merger Sub ), ( such person ( or group of persons ) or its or their equityholders, a ), acquires or would acquire, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership ( as defined in Rule 13d -3 under the Exchange Act ) of 20 % or more of the issued and outstanding Company Common Shares or securities ( or options, rights or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, such securities ) representing 20 % or more of the voting power of the Company, whether f rom the Company or pursuant to a tender offer, exchange offer, merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, scheme of arrangement, combination or otherwise or ( ii ) any transaction or series of transactions pursuant to which any Company Third Party acquires or would acquire, directly or indirectly, assets ( including for this purpose the outstanding equity securities of subsidiaries of the Company or any entity surviving any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, scheme of arrangement or combination including any of them ) or businesses of the Company or any of its subsidiaries representing 20 % or more of the revenues, net income or assets ( in each case on a consolidated basis ) of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether from the Company or pursuant to a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, scheme of arrangement, combination or otherwise