Regulation M-A

Item 1000
Definitions

The following definitions apply to the terms used in Regulation M-A (Item 1000 through Item 1016), unless specified otherwise:

a. Associate has the same meaning as in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act;

b. Instruction C means General Instruction C to Schedule 13E-3 and General Instruction C to Schedule TO;

c. Issuer tender offer has the same meaning as in Rule 13e-4(a)(2) under the Exchange Act;

d. Offeror means any person who makes a tender offer or on whose behalf a tender offer is made;

e. Rule 13e-3 transaction has the same meaning as in Rule 13e-3(a)(3) under the Exchange Act;

f. Subject company means the company or entity whose securities are sought to be acquired in the transaction (e.g., the target), or that is otherwise the subject of the transaction;

g. Subject securities means the securities or class of securities that are sought to be acquired in the transaction or that are otherwise the subject of the transaction; and

h. Third-party tender offer means a tender offer that is not an issuer tender offer.