(f) For purposes of Sections 5 and 6,
(1) “affiliates” and “associates” shall have the meanings set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”);
(2) “Control Person” shall mean, with respect to any Person, collectively, (1) any Person that, directly or indirectly, has the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such first Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise, and (2) such first Person’s and any Control Person’s respective directors, trustees, executive officers and managing members (including, with respect to an entity exempted from taxation under Section 501(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, each member of the board of trustees, board of directors, executive council or similar governing body thereof);
(3) “Covered Person” shall mean, collectively (i) each Nominating or Proposing Group, and (ii) any Related Person of a Nominating or Proposing Group;
(4) “Nominating or Proposing Group” shall mean, collectively, any Proponent, and if such Proponent is a non-natural Person, each Control Person thereof (in each case of a stockholder, beneficial owner or Control Person, together with any immediate family sharing the same household);
(5) “Person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity, group (as such term is used in Section 13 of the 1934 Act) or organization, and any permitted successors and assigns of such person;
(6) “Proponent” shall mean any Record Stockholder giving the notice of director nomination or other proposal for business and, if the notice is given on behalf of another beneficial owner on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, such beneficial owner;
(7) “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act;
(8) “Related Person” shall mean with respect to a Nominating or Proposing Group, a Person (and any Control Person thereof) with respect to which such Nominating or Proposing Group is Acting in Concert. For purposes of these Bylaws, a Nominating or Proposing Group shall be deemed to be “Acting in Concert” with a Person if such Nominating or Proposing Group has knowingly acted (whether or not pursuant to an express agreement, arrangement or understanding) in concert with such Person (or Control Person thereof) in relation to matters specific to the corporation that will be material to the Nominating or Proposing Group’s solicitation of stockholders, including, without limitation, matters of social, labor, environmental and governance policy; provided, however, that a Nominating or Proposing Group shall not be deemed to be acting in concert with a Person that is an investment fund or other investment vehicle or a Person whose primary business is to serve as investment manager or adviser with respect to investing and trading in securities for a client or its own account.
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