definiens: means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any person relating to, or thatcould reasonably be expected to lead to, any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase, in one transaction or a series oftransactions, of assets ( including equity securities of any Subsidiary of the Company ) or businesses that constitute 15 % ormore of the revenues, net income or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or 15 % or more of any classof equity securities of the Company, any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any personbeneficially owning 15 % or more of any class of equity securities of the Company, or any merger, consolidation, businesscombination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, joint venture, binding share exchange or similar transaction involvingthe Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which any person or the shareholders of any person would own 15 % ormore of any class of equity securities of the Company or of any resulting parent company of the Company, in each case otherthan the transactions contemplated by this Agreement