---
kind: "section"
citation: "17 C.F.R. § 229.1000"
title: "17"
number: "229.1000"
heading: "(Item 1000) Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/17/229.1000"
---

# §229.1000. (Item 1000) Definitions.


The following definitions apply to the terms used in Regulation M-A ([§§ 229.1000 through 229.1016](/cfr/17/229.1000..229.1016.md)), unless specified otherwise:

- (a) **Associate—** has the same meaning as in [§ 240.12b-2](/cfr/17/240.12b-2.md) of this chapter;
- (b) Instruction C means General Instruction C to Schedule 13E-3 ([§ 240.13e-100](/cfr/17/240.13e-100.md) of this chapter) and General Instruction C to Schedule TO ([§ 240.14d-100](/cfr/17/240.14d-100.md) of this chapter);
- (c) **Issuer tender offer—** has the same meaning as in [§ 240.13e-4(a)(2)](/cfr/17/240.13e-4.md?p=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)](/cfr/17/240.13e-3.md?p=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.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 64 FR 61443, Nov. 10, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 77e, 77f, 77g, 77h, 77j, 77k, 77s, 77z-2, 77z-3, 77aa(25), 77aa(26), 77ddd, 77eee, 77ggg, 77hhh, 77iii, 77jjj, 77nnn, 77sss, 78c, 78i, 78j, 78j-3, 78l, 78m, 78n, 78n-1, 78o, 78u-5, 78w, 78ll, 78 mm, 80a-8, 80a-9, 80a-20, 80a-29, 80a-30, 80a-31(c), 80a-37, 80a-38(a), 80a-39, 80b-11 and 7201 et seq.; 18 U.S.C. 1350; sec. 953(b), Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1904 (2010); and sec. 102(c), Pub. L. 112-106, 126 Stat. 310 (2012).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 11401, Mar. 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted.