Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 417E-11

• Take-over offer: means the offer to acquire any equity securities of a target company from a resident of this State pursuant to a tender offeror request or invitation for tenders, if after the acquisition of all securities acquired pursuant to the offer either the offeror would be directly or indirectly a beneficial owner of more than ten per cent of any class of the outstanding equity securities of the target company; or the beneficial ownership by the offeror of any class of the outstanding equity securities of the target company would be increased by more than five per cent, provided that this does not apply if after the acquisition of all securities acquired pursuant to the offer, the offeror would not be directly or indirectly a beneficial owner of more than ten per cent of any class of the outstanding equity securities of the target company. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 417E-1
• Target company: means an issuer of publicly traded equity securities which is organized under the laws of the State or has at least twenty per cent of its equity securities beneficially held by residents of this State, and has substantial assets in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 417E-1