arbitrator, governmental or administrative agency, regulatory authority, stock market, stock exchange or trading facility.
“Acquisition Proposal” means a written offer or proposal involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to: (i) any merger, reorganization, consolidation, share exchange, share issuance, recapitalization, business combination, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving any sale, issuance, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of, all or a material portion of the assets or equity securities or deposits of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in a single transaction or series of related transactions; (ii) any tender offer or exchange offer for all or a material portion of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iii) any public announcement of a proposal, plan or intention to do any of the foregoing or any agreement to engage in any of the foregoing.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Preamble.
“Articles of Incorporation” means the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and all amendments thereto, as the same may be amended from time to time, including, without limitation, the Post-Closing Articles of Amendment.
“Bank” means CoastalStates Bank, a South Carolina state-chartered commercial bank. “Beneficially Own(s)” means the act of having Beneficial Ownership of a security or being the Beneficial Owner thereof.
“Beneficial Owner” means a Person who has Beneficial Ownership of a security.
“Beneficial Ownership” means, with respect to any security, the power to directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or otherwise has or shares (a) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (b) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security.
“BHC Act” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).
“BHC Act Control” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(pp).
“Burdensome Condition” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.
“Business Day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in South Carolina are open for the general transaction of business.
“Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement.