(Item 1000) Definitions.

The following definitions apply to the terms used in Regulation M-A (§§ 229.1000 through 229.1016), unless specified otherwise: (a) Associate has the same meaning as in § 240.12b-2 of this chapter; (b) Instruction C means General Instruction C to Schedule 13E-3 (§ 240.13e-100 of this chapter) and General Instruction C to Schedule TO (§ 240.14d-100 of this chapter); (c) Issuer tender offer has the same meaning as in § 240.13e-4(a)(2) of this chapter; (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 § 240.13e-3(a)(3) of this chapter; (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.