definiens: means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person relating to, or that could reasonably beexpected to lead to, any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of assets(including equity securities of34 any Company Subsidiary ) or businesses that constitute twenty percent ( 20 % ) or more of the revenues, net income or assets ofthe Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or twenty percent ( 20 % ) or more of any class of equitysecurities of the Company, any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person beneficiallyowning twenty percent ( 20 % ) or more of any class of equity securities of the Company, or any merger, consolidation, businesscombination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, joint venture, share exchange or similar transaction involving theCompany or the Company Subsidiaries pursuant to which any Person or the stockholders of any Person would own twentypercent ( 20 % ) or more of any class of equity securities of the Company or of any resulting parent company of the Company, in each case other than the Transactions