Company: SUNE
Filing Date: 2025-11-24
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-042993
Chunk: 59

Company: SUNation Energy, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-11-24
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 59
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 (3) A Corporate Transaction is consummated, unless, immediately following such Corporate Transaction, all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Company’s Voting Securities immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding Voting Securities of the surviving or acquiring entity resulting from such Corporate Transaction (including beneficial ownership through any Parent of such entity) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Corporate Transaction, of the Company’s Voting Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Award constitutes a deferral of compensation subject to Code Section 409A, and if that Award provides for a change in the time or form of payment upon a Change in Control, then no Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred upon an event described herein unless the event would also constitute a change in ownership or effective control of, or a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company under Code Section 409A. (g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and in effect from time to time. For purposes of the Plan, references to sections of the Code shall be deemed to include any applicable regulations thereunder and any successor or similar statutory provisions. (h) “Committee” means the Compensation Committee of the Board or any other committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan, or, in the absence of any such committee, the Board. To the extent necessary to comply with applicable law (including any then-applicable stock exchange rules and regulations), any committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan shall consist of two or more Non-Employee Directors designated by the Board, each member of which shall be (i) an independent director within the meaning of applicable stock exchange rules and regulations and (ii) a non-employee director within the meaning of Exchange Act Rule 16b-3. (i) “Company” means SUNation Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto. (j) “Continuing Director” means an individual (i) who is, as of the effective date of the Plan, a director of the Company, or (ii) who becomes a director of the Company after the effective date hereof and whose initial election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors but excluding, for purposes of this clause (ii), an