17 C.F.R. § 229.1000 (Item 1000) Definitions.
Title 17 - Commodity and Securities Exchanges
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.
Title 17: Commodity and Securities Exchanges
PART 229—STANDARD INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING FORMS UNDER SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1975—REGULATION S-K
Subpart 229.1000—Mergers and Acquisitions (Regulation M-A)
§ 229.1000 (Item 1000) Definitions.

