“Competing Proposal” means, other than the Transactions, any proposal or offer from any person, persons or group (other than Parent, Sub or any of their respective affiliates) relating to (a) any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase from the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, in a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether or not concurrently and whether or not in connection with a single or multiple definitive agreements with such person, persons or group with respect to such transaction or series of transactions), of (i) twenty percent (20%) or more (based on the fair market value thereof as of the date of such transaction or series of transactions) of assets (including capital stock of the Company Subsidiaries, and by means of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, binding share exchange or similar transaction (or series of transactions) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party) of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, or (iii) twenty percent (20%) or more (based on fair market value thereof as of the date of such transaction or series of transactions) of the consolidated business, revenues or net income of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) any tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in any person, persons or group owning, directly or indirectly, twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or (c) any merger, reorganization, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution, binding share exchange or similar transaction (or series of transactions) to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party pursuant to which (i) any person, persons or group (or the shareholders of any such person(s)) would own, directly or indirectly, twenty percent (20%) or more of the voting securities of the Company or of the surviving entity in a merger involving the Company or the resulting direct or indirect parent of the Company or such surviving entity, other than, in each case, the Transactions, or (ii) the owners of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction (or series of transactions) would own less than eighty percent (80%) of the voting securities of the Company or of the surviving entity in a merger involving the Company or the resulting direct or indirect parent of the Company or such surviving entity, other than, in each case, the Transactions.    <omitted> 
“Superior Proposal” means any bona fide written Competing Proposal not made as a result of a breach of Section 5.03(a) (other than an immaterial and unintentional breach) (with all percentages in the definition of Competing Proposal changed to “fifty percent (50%)”) made by any person or persons or group on terms that the Company Board (or any committee thereof) determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and considering such factors as the Company Board (or any committee thereof) considers to be appropriate (including the conditionality and the timing and likelihood of consummation of such proposal), that (a) if consummated, would result in a transaction or series of transactions that is or are more favorable from a financial point of view to the stockholders of the Company (in their capacity as such) than the Transactions, after taking into account any revisions, amendments or modifications to the terms of this Agreement proposed, made or agreed to by Parent in accordance with Section 5.03(d) and (b) is reasonably likely to be completed, taking into account all financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such Competing Proposal.  (Page 46)

SECTION 1.5      Superior Proposal. The definition of “Superior Proposal” in Annex I of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows:   “Superior Proposal” means any bona fide written Competing Proposal not made as a result of a breach of Section 5.03(a) (other than an immaterial and unintentional breach) (with all percentages in the definition of Competing Proposal changed to “fifty percent (50%)”) made by any person or persons or group on terms that the Company Board (or any committee thereof) determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and considering such factors as the Company Board (or any committee thereof) considers to be appropriate (including the conditionality and the timing and likelihood of consummation of such proposal), that (a) if consummated, would result in a transaction or series of transactions that is or are more favorable from a financial point of view to the stockholders of the Company (in their capacity as such) than the Transactions, after taking into account any revisions, amendments or modifications to the terms of this Agreement proposed, made or agreed to by Parent in accordance with Section 5.03(d), (b) is reasonably likely to be completed, taking into account all financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such Competing Proposal, within no more than six months following entry into a definitive agreement to effect such Competing Proposal in respect thereof, (c) provides, with respect to the entire cash consideration and other amounts (including costs associated with the proposed acquisition) payable at closing of the transaction or transactions resulting therefrom for which the counterparty does not have cash on hand, for fully committed financing from (i) recognized financial institutions and/or (ii) creditworthy equity financing sources against whom the Company has direct enforcement rights (including by specific performance), and (d) provides for direct enforcement rights (including by specific performance) of the Company against each constituent party thereto.  (Page 2)

Question: Superior Offer Definition
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: 50%