Common use of Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting Clause in Contracts

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylaws, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 6 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (Conceptus Inc), Merger Agreement (Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC)

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Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Delaware General Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedLaw. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Associated Estates Realty Corp), Merger Agreement (FTT Holdings, Inc.), License Agreement (Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in To the certificate of incorporation or fullest extent permitted by law, any action whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required by law or permitted to be taken at for or in connection with any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporationcorporate action, or any such action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a votevote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted (but not less than the minimum number of votes otherwise prescribed by law) and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawslaw to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of Delivery made to the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction Corporation’s registered office shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and whohand or by certified or registered mail, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10return receipt requested.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Subordinated Loan and Security Agreement (Specialty Underwriters Alliance, Inc.), Senior Loan and Security Agreement (Specialty Underwriters Alliance, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Alliance Laundry Systems LLC)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Delaware General Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedLaw. Any copy, facsimile facsimile, email or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile facsimile, email or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Greenhill & Co Inc), Business Combination Agreement (Frazier Lifesciences Acquisition Corp), Merger Agreement (Acceleron Pharma Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis Section 9 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this Section 9, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (ii) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.109.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Regal Entertainment Group), Merger Agreement (Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc), Merger Agreement (Dts, Inc.)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation or by law, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (ia) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (iib) its principal place of business, or (iiic) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis by-law to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (ia) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (iib) its principal place of business, or (iiic) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Harris Corp /De/), Merger Agreement (Stratex Networks Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by lawincorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a votevote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be are (i) signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted (but not less than the minimum number of votes otherwise prescribed by law) and shall be (ii) delivered to the Corporation corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailthis State, return receipt requested, (ii) to its principal place of business, business or (iii) to an officer or agent of the Corporation corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedrecorded within 60 days of the earliest dated consent so delivered to the corporation. (b) If a stockholder consent is to be given without a meeting of stockholders, and the Board has not fixed a record date for the purpose of determining the stockholders entitled to participate in such consent, then: (i) if the DGCL does not require action by the Board prior to the proposed stockholder action, the record date shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation at any of the locations referred to in Section 1.11(a)(ii); and (ii) if the DGCL requires action by the Board prior to the proposed stockholder action, the record date shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution taking such prior action. Every written consent to action without a meeting shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent consent, and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylaws, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are valid if timely delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent corporation at any of the Corporation having custody of the book locations referred to in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction Section 1.11(a)(ii). (c) The Secretary shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt give prompt notice of the taking of the corporate an action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided corporation in this Section 1.10accordance with the DGCL.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (International Paper Co /New/), Merger Agreement (Temple Inland Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Delaware General Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedLaw. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Merck & Co., Inc.), Merger Agreement (Immune Design Corp.)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware Delaware, its principal place of business, or the Secretary of the corporation. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis Section 2.8 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State state of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent the Secretary of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writingCorporation. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.102.8.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: By Laws (TRW Automotive Inc), By Laws (TRW Automotive Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Articles of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailNevada, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis Section 8 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailNevada, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.10section.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (MKS Instruments Inc), Merger Agreement (Newport Corp)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in restricted by the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. (b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section 2.11. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of this Section 2.11 to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody GCL. Prompt notice of the book taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in which proceedings writing or electronic transmission and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of meetings the meeting if the record date of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders are recorded. to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided by law. (c) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Zayo Group LLC)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in restricted by the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. (b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section 2.11. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of these Bylaws to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody DGCL. Prompt notice of the book taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in which proceedings writing or electronic transmission and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of meetings the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders are recorded. to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided by law. (c) Any copy, facsimile facsimile, or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile facsimile, or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Vanguard Health Systems Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporationcorporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsin this section to the corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or person authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of this section, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the corporation can determine (a) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxyholder and (b) the date on which such stockholder or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the corporation or to an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the board of directors of the corporation. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10corporation.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Cephalon Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in To the certificate of incorporation or fullest extent permitted by law, any action whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required by law or permitted to be taken at for or in connection with any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporationcorporate action, or any such action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a votevote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted (but not less than the minimum number of votes otherwise prescribed by law) and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawslaw to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of Delivery made to the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction Corporation's registered office shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and whohand or by certified or registered mail, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10return receipt requested.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (At&t Latin America Corp)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis Section 9 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.109.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Neiman Marcus Group LTD Inc.)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writingconsents, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (iin accordance with Section 228(d) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book DGCL. A consent must be set forth in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedwriting or in an electronic transmission. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written No consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylaws, written unless consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner required by this Section 9 of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, this Article II within sixty (ii60) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent days of the Corporation having custody first date on which a consent is so delivered to the Corporation. Any person executing a consent may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that such a consent will be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than sixty (60) days after such instruction is given or such provision is made, if evidence of such instruction or provision is provided to the Corporation. If the person is not a stockholder of record when the consent is executed, the consent shall not be valid unless the person is a stockholder of record as of the book in which proceedings of meetings of record date for determining stockholders are recordedentitled to consent to the action. Unless otherwise provided, any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.109 of this Article II.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Kellanova)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporationcorporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsin this section to the corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copyDelivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, facsimile return receipt requested. A telegram, cablegram or other reliable reproduction electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxyholder, or by a person or person authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for purposes of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be usedthis section, provided that any such copytelegram, facsimile cablegram or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the entire original writing. Prompt notice of corporation can determine (a) that the taking of telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed stockholder or proxyholder or by a sufficient number of stockholders person or persons authorized to take act for the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.stockholder or proxyholder and

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Cima Labs Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in restricted by the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. (b) Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section 2.11. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of this Section 2.11 to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody GCL. Prompt notice of the book taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in which proceedings writing or electronic transmission and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of meetings the meeting if the record date of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders are recorded. to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided by law. (c) Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Abovenet Inc)

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Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylaws, unless written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section within 60 days of the first date on which a written consent is so delivered to the Corporation. A telegram, cablegram, facsimile, e-mail, or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requested, (iishall be deemed to be written and signed for the purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Delaware General Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedLaw. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Juniper Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by lawthese bylaws, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (ia) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (iib) its principal place of business, or (iiic) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis bylaw to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (ia) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (iib) its principal place of business, or (iiic) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.102.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Note Purchase Agreement (Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Delaware General Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedLaw. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Vasogen Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis Section 9 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.109 of Article II.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed executed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Every written consent Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. No written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylaws, unless written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation in the manner required by delivery this Section 10 within sixty (60) days of the first date on which a written consent is so delivered to the Corporation. Any person executing a consent may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that such a consent will be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than sixty (60) days after such instruction is given or such provision is made, if evidence of such instruction or provision is provided to the Corporation. Unless otherwise provided, any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective. An electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder or proxy holder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxy holder, shall be deemed to be written and signed for the purposes of this Section 10, provided that any such electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (i) its registered office in that the State of Delaware electronic transmission was transmitted by hand the stockholder or proxy holder or by certified a person or registered mail, return receipt requested, persons authorized to act for the stockholder or proxy holder and (ii) its the date on which such stockholder or proxy holder or authorized person or persons transmitted such electronic transmission. (b) A consent given by electronic transmission shall be deemed delivered to the Corporation upon the earliest of: (i) when the consent enters an information processing system, if any, designated by the Corporation for receiving consents, so long as the electronic transmission is in a form capable of being processed by that system and the Corporation is able to retrieve that electronic transmission; (ii) when a paper reproduction of the consent is delivered to the Corporation’s principal place of business, business or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded; (iii) when a paper reproduction of the consent is delivered to the Corporation’s registered office by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; or (iv) when delivered in such other manner, if any, provided by resolution of the Board of Directors. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.1010.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Zanite Acquisition Corp.)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailMaryland, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the date the earliest dated consent is delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (ii) its principal place signed and dated for the purposes of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of this Section to the Corporation having custody of extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedMGCL. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (MPG Office Trust, Inc.)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (ia) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (iib) its principal place of business, or (iiic) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis by-law to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (ia) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (iib) its principal place of business, or (iiic) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by a stockholder, member or proxyholder, or by a person or persons authorized to act for a stockholder, member or proxyholder, shall be deemed to be written, signed and dated for the purposes of this Section 1.10, provided that any such telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission sets forth or is delivered with information from which the Corporation can determine (a) that the telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission was transmitted by the stockholder, member or proxyholder or by a person or persons authorized to act for the stockholder, member or proxyholder and (b) the date on which such stockholder, member or proxyholder or authorized person or persons transmitted such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission. The date on which such telegram, cablegram or electronic transmission is transmitted shall be deemed to be the date on which such consent was signed. No consent given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to have been delivered until such consent is reproduced in paper form and until such paper form shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (a) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (b) its principal place of business, or (c) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders or members are recorded. Notwithstanding the foregoing limitations on delivery, consents given by telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission, may be otherwise delivered to the principal place of business of the Corporation or to an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders or members are recorded if, to the extent and in the manner provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, these by-laws or certificate of incorporation. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for notice of such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (United Rentals North America Inc)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be is signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (ia) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (iib) its principal place of business, business or (iiic) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis bylaw to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, business or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Spectranetics Corp)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any Any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporationstockholders, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such the stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation’s registered office shall be made by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty 60 days of the earliest dated consent delivered in to the manner required by these bylawsCorporation, a written consent or consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State manner prescribed in the first paragraph of Delaware this Section. A telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission consenting to an action to be taken and transmitted by hand a stockholder or proxyholder, or by certified a person or registered mailpersons authorized to act for a stockholder or proxyholder, return receipt requestedshall be deemed to be written, (iisigned and dated for the purposes of this Section to the extent permitted by law. Any such consent shall be delivered in accordance with Section 228(d)(1) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recordedDGCL. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp.)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis Section 8 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.10section.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Chrysler Corp /De)

Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate Certificate of incorporation or by lawIncorporation, any action required by law or permitted to be taken at any annual Annual or special meeting Special Meeting of stockholders Stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to the Corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylawsthis Section 9 to the Corporation, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mailDelaware, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders holders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided above in this Section 1.109 of Article II.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Bioclinica Inc)

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