Board Approval; Vote Required (a) The BCAC Board, by resolutions duly adopted by majority vote of those voting at a meeting duly called and held and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair to and in the best interests of BCAC and its stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) and declared their advisability, (iii) recommended that the stockholders of BCAC approve and adopt this Agreement and Transactions (including the Merger), and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger), be submitted for consideration by the stockholders of BCAC at the BCAC Stockholders’ Meeting.
(b) The only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of BCAC necessary to approve the Transactions is the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of BCAC Common Stock (the “BCAC Stockholder Approval”).
(c) The Merger Sub Board, by resolutions duly adopted by written consent and not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has duly (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) and declared their advisability, (iii) recommended that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Transactions (including the Merger) and directed that this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Merger) be submitted for consideration by the sole stockholder of Merger Sub.
(d) The only vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Merger Sub is necessary to approve this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions is the affirmative vote of the sole stockholder of Merger Sub.
Vote/Approval Required No vote or consent of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Parent is necessary to approve this Agreement or the Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby. The vote or consent of Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub (which shall have occurred prior to the Effective Time) is the only vote or consent of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of Merger Sub necessary to approve this Agreement or the Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby.
State Takeover Statutes The Board of Directors of the Company has approved the Merger and this Agreement, and such approval is sufficient to render inapplicable to the Merger, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. To the best of the Company's knowledge, no other state takeover statute or similar statute or regulation applies or purports to apply to the Merger, this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Takeover Statutes If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and its board of directors shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation on such transactions.
Anti-Takeover Statutes If any “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium,” or other anti-takeover Law becomes or is deemed to be applicable to Parent, the Merger Sub, the Company, the Merger, or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement, then each of the Company and the Company Board on the one hand, and Parent and the Parent Board on the other hand, shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act to render such anti-takeover Law inapplicable to the foregoing.
Shareholder Approvals (a) Each of Peoples and Limestone shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable law and their respective organizational documents to duly call, give notice of, convene and, as soon as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective, hold a meeting of its shareholders and, except as otherwise provided herein, use its reasonable best efforts to take such other actions necessary to obtain the relevant shareholder approvals, in each case as promptly as practicable for the purpose of obtaining the Requisite Peoples Vote and the Requisite Limestone Vote. Each party shall cooperate and keep the other party informed on a current basis regarding its solicitation efforts and voting results following the dissemination of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the shareholders of each party. Each member of the Limestone Board shall have executed and delivered to Peoples a Support Agreement concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.
(b) Except in the case of an Acceptance of Superior Proposal permitted by Section 6.06, Limestone shall solicit, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, the Requisite Limestone Vote at the Limestone Meeting. Subject to Section 6.06(d), Limestone shall (i) through the Limestone Board, recommend to its shareholders adoption of this Agreement (the “Limestone Recommendation”), and (ii) include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Limestone hereby acknowledges its obligation to submit this Agreement to its shareholders at the Limestone Meeting as provided in this Section 6.02. If requested by Peoples, Limestone will engage a proxy solicitor, reasonably acceptable to Peoples, to assist in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders relating to the Requisite Limestone Vote.
(c) Peoples shall solicit, and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, the Requisite Peoples Vote at the Peoples Meeting. Peoples shall (i) through the Peoples Board, recommend to its shareholders adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein by the shareholders of Peoples and any other matters required to be approved by Peoples’ shareholders for consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated herein, as required by this Section 6.01(c) (the “Peoples Recommendation”), and (ii) include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Peoples Board shall at all times prior to and during the Peoples Meeting recommend the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein by the shareholders of Peoples and any other matters required to be approved by Peoples’ shareholders for consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated herein and shall not withhold, withdraw, amend, modify, change or qualify such recommendation in a manner adverse in any respect to the interests of Limestone or take any other action or make any other public statement inconsistent with such recommendation.
Stockholder Approvals Each of the Company Stockholder Approval and the Parent Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.
Company Shareholder Approval The Company Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.
NO VIOLATION OF SHAREHOLDER APPROVAL REQUIREMENT The issuance of the Put Shares shall not violate the shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market.
Takeover Statute If any Takeover Statute is or may become applicable to the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company and its board of directors shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement or by the Merger and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute or regulation on such transactions.
