For purposes of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall be limited to the Corporation and defined as the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) a person or persons acting as a group, acquires (or has acquired during the 12-month period ending on the last acquisition) stock of the Corporation that together with stock held by such person or group constitutes more than 40% of the total voting power of the Corporation’s stock; (b) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation, if such merger or consolidation results in the outstanding voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior thereto representing 60% or less of the total outstanding voting securities of the surviving entity immediately after such merger or consolidation; (c) a majority of the members of the Corporation’s Board of Directors (“ Board ”) are replaced during any 12-month period by directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of such appointment or election; or (d) the acquisition, by a person or persons acting as a group, of the Corporation’s assets that have a total gross fair market value equal to or exceeding 40% of the total gross fair market value of the Corporation’s assets in a single transaction or within a 12-month period ending with the most recent acquisition. For purposes of this Section 11.1 , gross fair market value means the value of the Corporation’s assets, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets. No trust department or designated beneficiary or other trustee of such trust department of the Corporation or a Subsidiary of the Corporation, or other similar fiduciary capacity of the Corporation with direct voting control of the stock shall be treated as a person or group within the meaning of subparagraph (a) hereof. Further, no profit sharing, employee stock ownership, employee stock purchase and savings, employee pension or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, and no trustee of any such plans in its capacity as such trustee, shall be treated as a person or group within the meaning of subparagraph (a) hereof.