Common use of Filings; Other Actions Clause in Contracts

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Voting Trust Agreement (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn)

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Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after consummation of the date of this AgreementOffer, (i) if required, the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus , and Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation of the Company Proxy Statement. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to have the Company Proxy Statement cleared by the staff of the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s shareholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Company Proxy Statement is cleared by the staff of the SEC. The Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify Parent of the receipt of any oral or written comments from the staff of the SEC relating to the Company Proxy Statement. The Company shall cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on (i) the draft of the Company Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto) and (ii) all written responses to requests for additional information by and replies to written comments of the staff of the SEC, prior to filing of the Company Proxy Statement with or sending such to the SEC, and the Company will provide to Parent copies of all such filings made and correspondence with the SEC or its staff with respect thereto. Concurrently with the preparation and filing of the Company Proxy Statement, the Parties shall jointly prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 Schedule 13E-3 with respect to the Parent Common Shares Merger. The Parties shall cooperate and consult with each other in preparation of the Schedule 13E-3, including, without limitation, furnishing to the others the information relating to it required by the Exchange Act to be issued set forth in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information CircularSchedule 13E-3. Each of the Company and Parent Party shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act Schedule 13E-3 and any other required filings as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 Each Party agrees to promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Schedule 13E-3 which shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXhave become false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that any party hereto which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Statement or Schedule 13E-3 so that the Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement or Schedule 13E-3 would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and and, to the extent required by applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required and disseminated by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentthe Company; provided, however, that prior to such filing, the Company and Parent as the case may be, shall consult with the other Party with respect to such amendment or supplement and shall afford the other Party and their Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Bankrate, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Bankrate Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (BEN Holdings, Inc.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC (A) a prospectus and information statement (the preliminary “Prospectus/Information Statement”) or (B) in the event that the Company does not receive written consents from its stockholders sufficient to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval in accordance with Section 5.5(c), a prospectus and proxy statement relating to the Company Stockholders Meeting (the “Prospectus/Proxy Statement/Prospectus ”) and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to (which may be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4made as a single filing). Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of and the Company and Parent each shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Proxy Statement, Form F-4 S-4, the Prospectus/Information Statement or Prospectus/Proxy Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Proxy Statement, Form F-4 S-4, the Prospectus/Information Statement or Prospectus/Proxy Statement effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each Parent shall also take any action reasonably required to be taken under any applicable Law in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock and/or Verso First Lien Notes in the Merger, and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. Parent and the preparationCompany shall provide each other and their respective Representatives a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Prospectus/Information Statement, filing and distribution of the Prospectus/Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Proxy Statement and the Form F-4. Each of the Company S-4, as applicable, and Parent shall provide consider in good faith any comments proposed by the other party with a reasonable period of time to review for inclusion in the Prospectus/Information Statement, Prospectus/Proxy Statement/Prospectus , Proxy Statement and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXForm S-4, as applicable. Each Parent will advise the Company in a reasonably prompt manner after it receives written notice of the Company and time when the Form S-4 has become effective under the Securities Act or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Parent shall notify Common Stock and/or Verso First Lien Notes issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any written request by the SEC for amendment of the Form S-4. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other party promptly in a reasonably prompt matter of the receipt of any comments (whether with respect to the Prospectus/Information Statement, Prospectus/Proxy Statement, Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will provide the other party in a reasonably prompt manner with copies of any written or oral) communication from the SEC or the staff any state securities commission. Each of the SEC or parties, after consultation with the TSX other party (and of including comments reasonably proposed by such party), will use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any request comments made by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Prospectus/Information Statement, Prospectus/Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Proxy Statement or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/ProspectusS-4, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXapplicable. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus/Information Statement, Prospectus/Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Proxy Statement or the Form F-4S-4, as applicable, so that on the date the Prospectus/Information Statement or the Prospectus/Proxy Statement, as applicable, is mailed to stockholders of the Company, the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement is mailed to stockholders of Parent, Management Information Circular and/or or the Form F-4 S-4 becomes effective under the Securities Act, it would not include a misstatement any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the discovering party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto party in a reasonably prompt manner and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of or Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders , as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentapplicable.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger, Agreement and Plan of Merger (NewPage Holdings Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Verso Paper Corp.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each The Company will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as soon as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, but in no event earlier than the record date set by the Company. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the preparation, filing and distribution of Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or response to SEC comments with respect thereto, will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon; provided, however, that the Company, in connection with a reasonable period of time to review Company Adverse Recommendation Change, may amend or supplement the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to effect such change (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement shall solely contain (i) such Company Adverse Recommendation Change and any amendments thereto prior (ii) a statement of the reasons of the Company Board of Directors for making such Company Adverse Recommendation Change and, in such event, the right of consent set forth in this Section 5.4(a) shall apply only with respect to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from such information relating to Parent or its business, financial condition or results of operations). Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other party. Subject to applicable Lawpromptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto has been filed, the information contained issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects connection with the substantive information contained Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each Prospectus or the Form S-4 or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will promptly provide the other with copies of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Lawlaw, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger, Agreement and Plan of Merger (Dollar Tree Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Family Dollar Stores Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each The Company will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as soon as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of Common Units in the Merger, and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other Company Common Stock and provide such other assistance Company Preferred Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the preparationForm S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, filing as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and distribution without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Common Units issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Prospectus or the Form F-4. Each of S-4 or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the Company SEC for additional information, and Parent shall will promptly provide the other party with a reasonable period copies of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Lawlaw, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Energy Transfer LP), Agreement and Plan of Merger (SemGroup Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall jointly prepare and each shall file with the SEC the preliminary Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 S-4 with respect to the shares of Parent Common Shares to be issued Stock issuable in connection with the First Initial Merger, which shall include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 Prospectus with respect to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting and Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information CircularStockholders’ Meeting. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing filing, (B) ensure that the Form S-4 complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and Securities Act, and (BC) keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and the Form F-4S-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicableSEC. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus or Form F-4 S-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXSEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus or Form F-4 S-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 48 hours of the receipt thereof. The Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and Form F-4 S-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXAct. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Shareholders’ Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Stockholders’ Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Shareholders’ Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Stockholders’ Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Prospectus and Form F-4S-4, so that the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Prospectus and Form F-4 S-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders shareholders of the Company and the shareholders stockholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 S-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders shareholders, and Parent shall cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Synnex Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Synnex Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Convergys Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly soon as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement, and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with , in which the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information CircularStatement will be included as a prospectus. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersTransactions. Each Parent will cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s shareholders, and the Company will cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and the conversion of Company Stock Options into options for shares of Parent Common Stock, the conversion of the Restricted Shares into shares of Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 5.7(a)(ii) and the conversion of the Company Performance Shares and Company RSUs into shares of Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 5.7(a)(iii), and the Company shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. Except for annual, quarterly and current reports filed or furnished with the preparationSEC under the Exchange Act, which may be incorporated by reference therein (but subject to Section 5.10), no filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and distribution without providing the other the opportunity to review and comment thereon. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and time when the Form F-4. Each S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the Company qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or comments thereon and Parent shall responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will promptly provide the other party with a reasonable period copies of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Lawlaw, disseminated to the respective stockholders of the Company Parent and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Allegheny Energy, Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Firstenergy Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each of Parent and the Company will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Parent Shareholders and Company Shareholders, as applicable, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of the Parent Class A Ordinary Shares in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the preparationForm S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, filing as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and distribution without providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Class A Ordinary Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Prospectus or the Form F-4. Each of S-4 or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the Company SEC for additional information, and Parent shall will promptly provide the other party with a reasonable period copies of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party Party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties Parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Lawlaw, disseminated to the stockholders of the Parent Shareholders and Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders Shareholders, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentapplicable.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Ensco PLC), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Atwood Oceanics Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Form S-4, in which the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to will be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circularincluded as Parent’s prospectus. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each Parent will cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, and the Company will cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, or correspondence with the SEC or its staff with respect to, the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon and without the consent of the Company and other party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any filings with the SEC deemed to supplement the Form S-4 or any document which forms a part thereof through its incorporation by reference therein. Parent shall furnish all information concerning itselfor the Company, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to as applicable, will advise the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the preparationMerger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, filing and distribution or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 or comments thereon and any amendments responses thereto prior to filing or requests by the SEC for additional information, and shall reasonably consider any comments from will promptly provide the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each copies of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXany state securities commission. If, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the respective stockholders of the Company Parent and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Constellation Energy Group Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Exelon Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall each use all commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken such actions as may be required to be taken under the Exchange Act, any other federal securities Laws, and under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In connection with the Merger and the Company Meeting, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with Proxy Statement relating to the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC Merger and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectusother transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to (A) have respond to any comments of the Form F-4 declared effective under SEC and to cause the Securities Act Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company Common Stockholders, all as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares reasonably practicable; provided that prior to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company shall consult with Parent with respect to such filing and shall afford Parent or its Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. Parent and Merger Sub shall provide the other party Company, as promptly as practicable, with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement which may be required under applicable Law and/or which is reasonably requested by the Company. Each of the The Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly Parent of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or for additional information information, and shall will promptly supply the other party Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and any of the Company or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff members of the SEC or the TSXits staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours Merger. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Proxy Statement and any other required filings as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements Each of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoingCompany, Parent and Merger Sub agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXhave become false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating event should occur which is required by applicable Law to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement, the Company will, with the cooperation of Parent, upon learning of such event, promptly prepare and file such amendment or supplement with the SEC to the extent required by applicable Law and shall mail such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, Company’s stockholders to the extent required by applicable Law; provided that prior to such filing, disseminated the Company shall consult with Parent with respect to such amendment or supplement and shall afford Parent or its Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Company shall have no obligation to notify Parent of any matters to the stockholders extent that the Special Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with the legal counsel of the Company and or the shareholders Special Committee, that to do so would be inconsistent with the directors’ exercise of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed their fiduciary obligations to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective Company Common Stockholders under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentapplicable Law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement, and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to in which the Parent Common Shares to Joint Proxy Statement will be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4included as a prospectus. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the The Company and Parent shall provide the other with the opportunity to review and comment on such documents prior to their filing with the SEC. Each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger. Each Parent will cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, and the Company will cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and the conversion of Company Stock Options into options to acquire Parent Common Stock, the conversion of the Restricted Shares into the right to receive Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 5.6(a)(ii) and the conversion of the Restricted Stock Units into shares of Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 5.6(a)(ii), and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the preparationForm S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement will be made by Parent or the Company, filing as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and distribution without providing the other the opportunity to review and comment thereon. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and time when the Form F-4. Each S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the Company qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or comments thereon and Parent shall responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will promptly provide the other party with a reasonable period copies of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto party and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or SEC, after the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicableother party has had a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the respective stockholders of the Company Parent and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Centex Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Pulte Homes Inc/Mi/)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Schedule 13E-3. Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 Company shall cooperate with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued each other in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each preparation of the foregoing documents. The Company and Parent shall will use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under Proxy Statement, and Parent and the Securities Act Company will use their reasonable best efforts to have the Schedule 13E-3, cleared by the staff of the SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep filing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Form F-4 effective for so long Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as necessary to complete promptly as practicable after the Mergers. Each Proxy Statement is cleared by the staff of the SEC. The Company and shall as promptly as practicable notify Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each receipt of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any oral or written comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or relating to the TSX, as applicableProxy Statement. Each The Company shall cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft of the Company Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto), and Parent and the Company shall notify cooperate and provide each other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the other party promptly draft Schedule 13E-3 (including each amendment or supplement thereto) and all responses to requests for additional information by and replies to comments of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC SEC, prior to filing such with or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements sending such to the Proxy Statement/ProspectusSEC, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply Parent and the Company will provide each other party with copies of all such filings made and correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and with the SEC or the its staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXthereto. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that any party hereto which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Statement or the Schedule 13E-3 so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement or the Schedule 13E-3 would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and and, to the extent required by applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required and disseminated by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Leever Daniel H), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Court Square Capital Partners II LP)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the MergersMerger. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXSEC, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXSEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXLaws. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of ParentCompany. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Canadian National Railway Co), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Kansas City Southern)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall take or cause to be taken such actions as may be required to be taken under the Exchange Act any other federal securities Laws, and under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3. In connection with the Merger and the Company Meeting, the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall hereof prepare and file (in not event later than November 30, 2007) with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with Statement relating to the SEC Merger and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectusother transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its all reasonable best efforts to (A) have respond to the Form F-4 declared effective under comments of the Securities Act SEC and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s shareholders, all as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itselfreasonably practicable; provided, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares however, that prior to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company shall consult with Parent with respect to such filings and shall afford Parent or its Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. Parent and Merger Sub shall provide the other party Company with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement which may be required under applicable Law and/or which is reasonably requested by the Company. Each of the The Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party Parent promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or for additional information information, and shall will promptly supply the other party Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and any of the Company or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff members of the SEC or the TSXits staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours Merger. Concurrently with the preparation and filing of the Proxy Statement, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall jointly prepare and file with the SEC the Schedule 13E-3. The parties shall cooperate and consult with each other in preparation of the Schedule 13E-3, including, without limitation, furnishing to the others the information relating to it required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to be set forth in the Schedule 13E-3. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use its respective commercially reasonable efforts to resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3 and any other required filings as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements Each of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoingCompany, Parent and Merger Sub agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement or Schedule 13E-3 which shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXhave become false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating event should occur which is required by applicable Law to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Schedule 13E-3, the Company will promptly inform Parent. In such case, the Company, with the cooperation of Parent, will, upon learning of such event, promptly prepare and file such amendment or supplement with the SEC to the extent required by applicable Law and shall mail such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, Company’s shareholders to the extent required by applicable Law; provided, disseminated however, that prior to the stockholders of such filing, the Company shall consult with Parent with respect to such amendment or supplement and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 afford Parent or its Representatives reasonable opportunity to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentcomment thereon.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Radiation Therapy Services Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Vestar Capital Partners v L P)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Company Proxy Statement (including the preliminary Company Proxy Statement) and any amendment or supplement to the preliminary Company Proxy Statement. Except in the event of an Adverse Recommendation Change specifically permitted by Section 6.02(f), the Company Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, and in any event no later than twenty (20) days following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall file with the SEC the preliminary Company Proxy Statement and, thereafter, shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under preliminary Company Proxy Statement cleared by the Securities Act SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of practicable; provided, that the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, such preliminary Company Proxy Statement to Parent and give Parent and its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with legal counsel a reasonable period of time opportunity to review the such preliminary Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto Statement prior to filing with the SEC and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other partyin good faith all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by Parent in connection therewith. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the The Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly Parent of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or staff with respect to the staff of the SEC or the TSX preliminary Company Proxy Statement and of any request requests by the SEC for any amendment or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 supplement thereto or for additional information and shall supply the other party with provide to Parent as promptly as reasonably practicable, copies of all written correspondence (and summaries of any oral comments) between it and the Company or any Representative of its Representatives, on the one hand, Company and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours . The Company shall provide Parent and its legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any proposed response to any comment of the receipt thereof. The SEC staff and any amendment or supplement to each of the preliminary and the definitive Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as Statement prior to form in all material respects filing with the applicable requirements SEC and shall reasonably consider in good faith all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by Parent in connection therewith. Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly provide the Company with such information as may be required to be included in the Company Proxy Statement or as may be reasonably required to respond to any comment of the Exchange Act, SEC staff. After all the Securities Act comments received from the SEC have been cleared by the SEC staff and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with all information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters required to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply contained in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or Proxy Statement has been included therein by the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company shall file the definitive Company Proxy Statement with the SEC and cause the Company Proxy Statement to be disseminated (including by electronic delivery if permitted) as promptly as reasonably practicable, to its stockholders of record, as of the record date established by the Company Board. Each of the Parties shall correct promptly any information provided by it to be used specifically in the Company Proxy Statement, if required, that should be set forth shall have become false or misleading in an any material respect and shall take all steps necessary to file with the SEC and have cleared by the SEC any amendment or supplement to the Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Statement so that as to correct the same and to cause the Company Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement Statement as so corrected to be disseminated to the stockholders of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements thereinCompany, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, each case to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Easylink Services International Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Open Text Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Parent and Company and Parent shall jointly prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the and Company and Parent shall use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares take any action required to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the preparationissuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. No filing of, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectusor amendment or supplement to, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from will be made by Parent or Company, without the other party’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) and without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Subject to applicable LawParent will advise the Company promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto has been filed, or the issuance of any stop order, the information contained suspension of the qualification of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects connection with the substantive information contained Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction. Parent and Company will promptly advise the other party of any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each Prospectus or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will promptly provide the other with copies of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 so that any of such documents would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company Parent and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders , as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentapplicable.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Stratex Oil & Gas Holdings, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (RICHFIELD OIL & GAS Co)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement, and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with , in which the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information CircularStatement will be included as a prospectus. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each Parent will cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, and the Company will cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and the conversion of Company Stock Options into shares of Parent Common Stock, the conversion of the Restricted Shares into shares of Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 5.8(a)(ii) and the conversion of the Company RSUs into shares of Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 5.8(a)(iii), and Parent the Company shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the preparationForm S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement will be made by Parent or the Company, filing as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and distribution without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and time when the Form F-4. Each S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the Company qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or comments thereon and Parent shall responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information, and will promptly provide the other party with a reasonable period copies of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Lawlaw, disseminated to the respective stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to Parent or the Company’s stockholders , as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentapplicable.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Mirant Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Rri Energy Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company Xxxxxx Parties shall prepare the Proxy Statement, which shall, subject to Section 5.3(d), include the Recommendation, and the Xxxxxx Parties and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Schedule 13E-3. Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 Xxxxxx Parties shall cooperate with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued each other in connection with the First Merger, which shall include preparation of the foregoing documents. The Xxxxxx Parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if and Parent and the Xxxxxx Parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to have the Schedule 13E-3, cleared by the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep filing. The Xxxxxx Parties will use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary Proxy Statement to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares be mailed to the other and provide such other assistance Partnership’s Unitholders as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Statement is cleared by the Form F-4SEC. Each of the Company and The Xxxxxx Parties shall as promptly as practicable notify Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any oral or written comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements relating to the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement or Schedule 13E-3. The Xxxxxx Parties shall cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft of the Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto), Management Information Circular which comments shall be considered reasonably and in good faith by the Xxxxxx Parties, and Parent and the Xxxxxx Parties shall cooperate and provide each other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft Schedule 13E-3 (including each amendment or Form F-4 or supplement thereto), which comments shall be considered reasonably and in good faith by the other party, and all responses to requests for additional information by and shall supply replies to comments of the SEC, prior to filing such with or sending such to the SEC, and Parent and the Xxxxxx Parties will provide each other party with copies of all such filings made and correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and with the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXthereto. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that any party hereto which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Statement or the Schedule 13E-3 so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement or the Schedule 13E-3 would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and and, to the extent required by applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent Xxxxxx Parties with the SEC and/or and disseminated by the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, Xxxxxx Parties to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders Unitholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of ParentPartnership.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Hiland Holdings GP, LP), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Hiland Partners, LP)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued S-4, in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file Statement will be included as a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circularprospectus. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each The Company will cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of Series B Units in the Merger, and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the preparationForm S-4 or the Proxy Statement will be made by Parent or the Company, filing as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and distribution without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Series B Units issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Statement or the Form F-4. Each of S-4 or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the Company SEC for additional information, and Parent shall will promptly provide the other party with a reasonable period copies of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Lawlaw, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Southern Union Co)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each The Company will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as soon as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state or provincial securities laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the preparationForm S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, filing as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and distribution without providing the other party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. Parent or the Company, as applicable, will advise the other promptly after it receives oral or written notice of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any oral or written request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Prospectus or the Form F-4. Each of S-4 or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the Company SEC for additional information, and Parent shall will promptly provide the other party with a reasonable period copies of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments written communication from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXstate securities commission. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Lawlaw, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Plains Exploration & Production Co), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreementhereof (but in any event within twenty-five (25) Business Days after the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall shall, subject to Section 6.4, include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/ProspectusRecommendation, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have respond to any comments by the Form F-4 declared effective under SEC staff in respect of the Securities Act preliminary Proxy Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable after the receipt thereof, and shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable following the time the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC for mailing to the Company’s (and in any event within ten Business Days after such filing time). Parent and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary Merger Sub shall provide to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all such information concerning itself, its themselves and their Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested is customarily included in a proxy statement prepared in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution a transaction of the Proxy Statement/Prospectustype contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise required by Law, Management Information Circular and requested by the Form F-4SEC or its staff or as the Company may reasonably request. Each The Company will notify Parent promptly of the receipt of any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of or its Representatives may receive from time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments time from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or in connection with the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX Contemplated Transactions and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or for additional information with respect to the Proxy Statement or the transactions contemplated hereby and shall the Company will supply the other party Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXSEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours Contemplated Transactions. Subject to applicable Law, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any written comments of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects SEC staff with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Actrespect thereto, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular Company shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to permit them review and to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws propose comments on such document or response and the rules of the TSXCompany shall consider and implement in good faith such comments reasonably proposed by Parent or its counsel for inclusion therein. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Stockholders’ Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meetingthereof) any information relating to Parent the Company or the CompanyParent, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers directors or directorsofficers, is discovered by Parent or the Company a Party that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party Party that discovers such information shall will promptly notify the other parties Parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall will be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of ParentCompany. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.66

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (United States Steel Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreementhereof (and in any event within twenty Business Days after the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall shall, subject to Section 5.4, include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/ProspectusRecommendation, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have respond to any comments by the Form F-4 declared effective under SEC staff in respect of the Securities Act Proxy Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing the receipt thereof, to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC staff as promptly as reasonably practicable and (B) keep shall cause the Form F-4 effective for so long definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the record date established for the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and Meeting promptly following the holders of its shares time the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC for mailing to the other Company’s stockholders (and provide in any event within five Business Days after such other assistance as may be reasonably requested time). Unless the Board of Directors has made a Change of Recommendation in connection accordance with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable LawSection 5.4(c) or Section 5.4(d), the information contained in the Management Information Circular Recommendation shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each Parent and Merger Sub shall provide to the Company such information concerning themselves and their Affiliates as is customarily included in a proxy statement prepared in connection with a transaction of the type contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise required by applicable Law, requested by the SEC or its staff or as the Company and Parent shall respond promptly may reasonably request. Prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXits staff with respect thereto, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and to propose comments on such document or response and consider in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the good faith such comments reasonably proposed by Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXor its counsel for inclusion therein. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent the Company or the CompanyParent, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that a party, which information should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that either the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were are made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto party and the Company shall prepare (with the assistance of Parent) and mail to its stockholders such an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administratorssupplement, as applicable, andin each case, to the extent required by applicable Law. Each of the Company, disseminated Parent and Merger Sub agrees to promptly (i) correct any information provided by it specifically for use in the Proxy Statement if and to the stockholders extent that such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect and (ii) supplement the information provided by it specifically for use in the Proxy Statement to include any information that shall become necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement, in light of the Company and the shareholders of Parentcircumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company shall agrees to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 Statement as so corrected or supplemented promptly to be mailed filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to its stockholders, in each case as and to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentextent required by applicable Law.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Envision Healthcare Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this AgreementAgreement (and in any event on or before the date that is eighteen (18) Business Days after the date hereof, (i) provided that if the Company and requests that Parent agree to a reasonable extension of such period, then consent to such request shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Statement (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; providedRecommendation), that and, if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4necessary, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts prepare any other document required by applicable Law to be filed with the SEC (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers“Additional Filings”). Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, Parent and its Affiliates and the holders of its shares Subsidiaries to the other Company as the Company shall reasonably request, and provide such the Company other assistance assistance, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution preparation of the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement and any Additional Filings, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4Proxy Statement and any Additional Filings shall include all information reasonably requested by Parent to be included therein. Each The Company agrees that at the date of mailing to stockholders of the Company and Parent shall provide at the other party with a reasonable period time of time to review the Company Meeting, (i) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement will comply with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and any amendments thereto prior to filing the rules and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, regulations thereunder and (ii) none of the information contained in supplied by the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained Company or any of its Subsidiaries for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to Statement will contain any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Parent and Merger Sub agree that none of the information supplied by either of them for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement and, to the extent necessary, any Additional Filings cleared by the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC (and in any event within five (5) Business Days, provided that if the Company requests that Parent agree to a reasonable extension of such period, then consent to such request shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Company shall as promptly as practicable notify Parent of the receipt of any oral or written comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement. The Company shall cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft of the Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto), and Parent and the Company shall cooperate and provide each other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any Additional Filings (including each amendment or supplement thereto) and all responses to requests for additional information by and replies to comments of the SEC, prior to filing such with or sending such to the SEC, and Parent and the Company will provide each other with copies of all such filings made and correspondence with the SEC. If at any time prior to the Effective Time, any information should be discovered by any party hereto which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or any Additional Filings so that the Proxy Statement or any Additional Filings would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and and, to the extent required by applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required and disseminated by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Wca Waste Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreementhereof (and in any event within twenty-five (25) Business Days after the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall shall, subject to Section 5.3, include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/ProspectusRecommendation, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have respond to any comments by the Form F-4 declared effective under SEC staff in respect of the Securities Act Proxy Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable after the receipt thereof (with the assistance of Parent and Merger Sub), and shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders promptly following the time the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC for mailing to the Company’s stockholders (and in any event within five (5) Business Days after such filing time). Parent and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary Merger Sub shall provide to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all such information concerning itself, its themselves and their Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested is customarily included in a proxy statement prepared in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution a transaction of the Proxy Statement/Prospectustype contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise required by applicable Law, Management Information Circular and requested by the Form F-4. Each of SEC or its staff or as the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall may reasonably consider any comments from the other partyrequest. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly Statement or filing any other required filings (or, in each case, any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXwith respect thereto, as applicable. Each of the Company shall (unless and until a Change of Recommendation has occurred or in connection with the matters described in Section 5.3) provide Parent and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on (which comments shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written be made promptly) such document or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information response and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of consider in good faith, including in such document or response comments reasonably proposed by Parent or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXcounsel. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent the Company or the CompanyParent, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that a party, which information should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that either the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were are made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto party and the Company shall, if it determines in good faith that such information should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, correct (with the assistance of Parent) such information, and as promptly as reasonably practicable, prepare and file an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus disseminate same to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Univar Solutions Inc.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement and in any event within 45 days after the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby in accordance herewith. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares each use their respective reasonable best efforts to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and cause the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time S-4 to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements provisions of the Exchange Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act and other applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders Laws. Each of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of Company will cause the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit Prospectus to state any material fact necessary be mailed to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administratorsits respective stockholders, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 S-4 is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act (such dateAct. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts, and the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent, to keep the Form S-4 effective through the Closing in any event within seven days order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and the Share Issuance. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection with any such action. No filing or mailing of of, or amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be considered by the other Party in good faith); provided, however, that the Company, in connection with a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, a Company Takeover Proposal or a Company Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Company Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to Parent or its business, financial condition or results of operations; provided, further, however, that Parent, in connection with a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, a Parent Takeover Proposal or a Parent Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Parent Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to the stockholders Company or its business, financial condition or results of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.operations. 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Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Coherent Inc)

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Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement (and in any event, within twenty (20) Business Days after the date of this Agreement), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file (as applicable) with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and . The Company will not file the Proxy Statement (iior any amendments or supplements thereto) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC without first providing Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, and the Canadian Securities Administrators Company will give due consideration to, and consider in good faith, all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by Parent and its counsel. Parent shall cooperate with the Form F-4 with respect to Company in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and furnish all information concerning Parent Common Shares to be issued and its Affiliates that is required in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the The Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicableSEC. Each of the The Company and Parent shall notify the other party Parent promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or for additional information and shall supply the other party Parent with copies of all correspondence between it the Company and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXSEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXAgreement. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Stockholders’ Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meetingthereof) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of ParentCompany. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 Statement to be mailed disseminated to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under resolution of any comments of the Securities Act SEC or the staff of the SEC with respect to the preliminary Proxy Statement (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly ) (and but in any event event, within seven days of ten (10) Business Days thereafter, unless otherwise agreed to by the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the CompanyCompany and Parent), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Arconic Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement and in any event within 45 days after the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby in accordance herewith. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares each use their respective reasonable best efforts to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and cause the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time S-4 to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements provisions of the Exchange Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act and other applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders Laws. Each of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of Company will cause the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit Prospectus to state any material fact necessary be mailed to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administratorsits respective stockholders, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 S-4 is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act (such dateAct. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts, and the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent, to keep the Form S-4 effective through the Closing in any event within seven days order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and the Share Issuance. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection with any such action. No filing or mailing of of, or amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be considered by the other Party in good faith); provided, Parent shall file however, that the Management Information Circular Company, in connection with a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, a Company Takeover Proposal or a Company Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.Joint Proxy

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Ii-Vi Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after Without in any way limiting the date remaining provisions of this Section 5.1, the Company, the Parents and Merger Sub shall each use all commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken such actions as may be required to be taken under the Exchange Act, any other federal securities Laws, and under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (i) . In connection with the Merger and the Company and Parent Meeting, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerSEC, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after following the date of this Agreement (and in any event within fifteen (15) days following the date of this Agreement unless otherwise consented to by the Parents (such filing consent not to be unreasonably withheld)), the Proxy Statement in preliminary form relating to the Merger and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company and Parent the Parents shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates use commercially reasonable efforts to respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments of the SEC and to cause the holders of its shares Proxy Statement to be mailed to the other and provide such other assistance as may be Company Common Stockholders at the earliest reasonably requested in connection with practicable date; provided that prior to the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company shall consult with the Parents with respect to such filing and Parent shall afford the Parents or their Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon, and shall consider reasonably in good faith including in such document comments reasonably proposed by the Parents. The Parents and Merger Sub shall provide the other party Company, as promptly as practicable, with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement which may be required under applicable Law. Each of the The Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly Parents of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or for additional information information, and shall will promptly supply the other party Parents with copies of all correspondence between it and any of the Company or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff members of the SEC or the TSXits staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours Merger. Each of the Company, the Parents and Merger Sub shall use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Proxy Statement and any other required filings as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements Each of the Exchange ActCompany, the Securities Act Parents and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting Merger Sub agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the foregoing, Parent Proxy Statement which shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXhave become materially false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating event should occur which is required by applicable Law to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement, the Company will, with the cooperation of the Parents, upon learning of such event, promptly prepare and file such amendment or supplement with the SEC to the extent required by applicable Law and shall mail such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, Company’s stockholders to the extent required by applicable Law; provided that prior to such filing, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular consult with the Canadian Securities Administrators Parents with respect to such amendment or supplement and mail shall afford the Management Information Circular Parents or their Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon, and shall consider reasonably in good faith including in such amendment or supplement comments reasonably proposed by the shareholders of ParentParents.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Reddy Ice Holdings Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement and in any event within 45 days after the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby in accordance herewith. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares each use their respective reasonable best efforts to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and cause the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time S-4 to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements provisions of the Exchange Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act and other applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders Laws. Each of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of Company will cause the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit Prospectus to state any material fact necessary be mailed to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administratorsits respective stockholders, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 S-4 is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act (such dateAct. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts, and the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent, to keep the Form S-4 effective through the Closing in any event within seven days order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Mergers and the Share Issuance. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the First Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection with any such action. No filing or mailing of of, or amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be considered by the other Party in good faith); provided, however, that the Company, in connection with a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, a Company Takeover Proposal or a Company Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Company Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to Parent or its business, financial condition or results of operations; provided, further, however, that Parent, in connection with a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, a Parent Takeover Proposal or a Parent Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Parent Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to the stockholders Company or its business, financial condition or results of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.operations. A “

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Lumentum Holdings Inc.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreementhereof (but in any event within thirty (30) days after the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus , which shall, subject to Section 6.5, include the Recommendation, and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with use reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments by the staff of the SEC in respect of the preliminary Proxy Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable after the receipt thereof, and shall cause the Canadian Securities Administrators commencement of the Form F-4 with respect mailing of the definitive Proxy Statement to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable following the First Merger, which shall include time the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement is cleared by the SEC for mailing to the Company’s stockholders (and in any event within three (3) Business Days after such time); provided, that if notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in no event shall the definitive Proxy Statement be required to be filed with the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect or mailed to the Parent Common Shares Company’s stockholders prior to be issued in connection with the First MergerNo-Shop Period Start Date. For purposes of the prior sentence, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 Statement shall be deemed instead to refer be “cleared by the SEC” on (x) the date that is 10 calendar days (calculated in accordance with Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act) after filing the Proxy Statement in preliminary form if, prior to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with date, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus SEC does not provide comments or (y) in the Management Information Circular. Each of event that the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after SEC advises during such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable 10 calendar day period of time that it intends to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in date on which the Management Information Circular Company shall be consistent in all material respects with have been informed by the substantive information contained in SEC staff that it has no further comments on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each Parent and Merger Sub shall provide to the Company such information concerning themselves and their Affiliates as is customarily included in a proxy statement prepared in connection with a transaction of the type contemplated by this Agreement or as otherwise required by Law, requested by the SEC or the staff of the SEC. The Company will notify Parent promptly, and Parent shall respond promptly to in any event, within twenty-four (24) hours, of the receipt of any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that the Company or its Representatives may receive from time to time from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or in connection with the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX Transactions and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or for additional information with respect to the Proxy Statement or the Transactions and shall the Company will supply the other party Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXSEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours Transactions. Subject to applicable Law, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement (including the preliminary Proxy Statement) (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any written comments of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements staff of the Exchange ActSEC with respect thereto, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular Company shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to permit them review and to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws propose comments on such document or response and the rules of the TSXCompany shall consider in good faith such comments reasonably proposed by Parent or its counsel for inclusion therein. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Stockholders’ Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent the Company or the CompanyParent, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers directors or directorsofficers, is discovered by Parent or the Company a Party that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party Party that discovers such information shall will promptly notify the other parties Parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall will be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Encore Wire Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare the Form S-4, which will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, (ii) Parent and the Company shall file with the SEC the preliminary Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (iiiii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently in connection with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus registration under the Management Information Circular. Each Securities Act of the Company and shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and will cause the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSX. If at any time prior mailed to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their its respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administratorsstockholders, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 S-4 is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act (the date upon which such datemailing occurs, the “Clearance Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus Mailing Date”). Promptly (Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts, and the Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent, to keep the Form S-4 effective through the Closing in any event within seven days order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and the Share Issuance. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the Share Issuance and the reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection with any such action. No filing or mailing of of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other Party’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be considered by the other Party in good faith); provided, however, that Parent or the Company, as applicable, in connection with an Adverse Recommendation Change, a Takeover Proposal or a Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to the stockholders of the Company)other Party or its business, Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.financial

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Eldorado Resorts, Inc.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company shall cooperate in preparing and Parent shall prepare and file cause to be filed with the SEC mutually acceptable proxy materials for the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each shareholders of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts an information statement pursuant to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep for the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each stockholders of the Company and Parent that shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review together constitute the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing Parent and the Company shall reasonably consider any comments from prepare, and Parent shall file with the other party. Subject to applicable LawSEC, the information contained Form S-4. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus will include notice to stockholders required by Section 262(d)(1) of the DGCL that appraisal rights will be available with respect to Parent Class B Stock and notice to stockholders required by Section 228(e) of the DGCL that the stockholders of Parent have taken action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus in and will constitute a part of the Management Information Circular Form S-4 as Parent's prospectus. Each of Parent and the Company shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in use reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request Prospectus cleared by the SEC or and the staff of Form S-4 declared effective by the SEC or and to keep the TSX for amendments or supplements Form S-4 effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Proxy Statement/Prospectustransactions contemplated hereby. Parent and the Company shall, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide each other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one handwritten comments, and the SEC or the staff advise each other of the SEC or the TSX, on the other handany oral comments, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus or Form F-4 S-4 received from the SEC. Parent and the Company shall cooperate and provide each other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any amendment or supplement to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and the Form F-4 shall comply as S-4 prior to form in all material respects filing such with the applicable requirements SEC, and each will provide each other with a copy of all such filings made with the SEC. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no amendment or supplement (including by incorporation by reference) to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 shall be made without the approval of both Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, the Company, in connection with a Change of Recommendation, may amend or supplement the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) to effect such a Change of Recommendation. The Company and Parent will use reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Company shareholders and Parent stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and the Company will advise the other party, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the Exchange Acttime when the Form S-4 has become effective, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws andissuance of any stop order, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that suspension of the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders qualification of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply Common Stock issuable in all material respects connection with applicable Laws and the rules Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any request by the SEC for amendment of the TSXProxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4. If If, at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that and such information should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Prospectus so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers hereto discovering such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and party and, to the extent required by law, rules or regulations, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, and disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentthe Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Knight Ridder Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement and in any event within 10 Business Days after the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby in accordance herewith. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares each use their respective reasonable best efforts to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and cause the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time S-4 to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements provisions of the Exchange Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act and other applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders Laws. Each of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of Company will cause the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit Prospectus to state any material fact necessary be mailed to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administratorsits respective stockholders, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 S-4 is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act (such dateAct. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts, and the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent, to keep the Form S-4 effective through the Closing in any event within seven days order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and the Share Issuance. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection with any such action. No filing or mailing of of, or amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be considered by the other Party in good faith); provided, however, that the Company, in connection with a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, a Company Takeover Proposal or a Company Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Company Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to Parent or its business, financial condition or results of operations; provided, further, however, that Parent, in connection with a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, a Parent Takeover Proposal or a Parent Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Parent Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to the stockholders Company or its business, financial condition or results of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.operations. 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Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Coherent Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement and in any event within 10 Business Days after the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First MergerS-4, which shall will include the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and (B) to keep the Form F-4 S-4 effective for so as long as necessary to complete consummate the MergersMerger and the other transactions contemplated hereby in accordance herewith. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares each use their respective reasonable best efforts to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and cause the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time S-4 to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements provisions of the Exchange Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act and other applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders Laws. Each of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of Company will cause the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit Prospectus to state any material fact necessary be mailed to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administratorsits respective stockholders, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 S-4 is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act (such dateAct. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts, and the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent, to keep the Form S-4 effective through the Closing in any event within seven days order to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and the Share Issuance. Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the issuance and reservation of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock, or holders of a beneficial interest therein, as may be reasonably requested by Parent in connection with any such action. No filing or mailing of of, or amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of will be made by Parent or the Company, as applicable, without the other’s prior consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the other Party a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be considered by the other Party in good faith); provided, however, that the Company, in connection with a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, a Company Takeover Proposal or a Company Superior Proposal may amend or supplement the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and/or the Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) pursuant to a Company Qualifying Amendment, and in such event, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.or its business, financial

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Lumentum Holdings Inc.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreementhereof, (i) Acquiror and Company shall cooperate in preparing and shall cause to be filed with the SEC mutually acceptable proxy materials which shall constitute the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the matters to be submitted to Company’s stockholders at the Company Meeting (such proxy statement/prospectus, and Parent any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) and Acquiror shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, (of which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall be a part) with respect to the Management Information Circularissuance of Acquiror Common Stock in the Merger (such Form S-4, and any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4”). Each of Acquiror and Company shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus cleared by the SEC and the Form S-4 declared effective by the SEC and to keep the Form S-4 effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby. Acquiror and Company shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other party copies of any written comments and Parent advise the other party of any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 received from the SEC. Each party shall cooperate and provide the other party with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the Form S-4 prior to filing such with the SEC, and each party will provide the other party with a copy of all such filings made with the SEC. Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing Merger and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent each party shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates it and the holders of others to its shares to the other and provide such other assistance capital stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4any such action. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from will advise the other party. Subject to applicable Law, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the information contained issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Acquiror Common stock issuable in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects connection with the substantive information contained Merger for offering or sale in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC jurisdiction, or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to or the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of ParentForm S-4.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Usb Holding Co Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, and the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Schedule 13E-3. Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 Company shall cooperate with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued each other in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each preparation of the foregoing documents. The Company and Parent shall will use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under Proxy Statement, and Parent and the Securities Act Company will use their reasonable best efforts to have the Schedule 13E-3, cleared by the staff of the SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep filing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Form F-4 effective for so long Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's stockholders as necessary to complete promptly as practicable after the Mergers. Each Proxy Statement is cleared by the staff of the SEC. The Company and shall as promptly as practicable notify Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each receipt of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any oral or written comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or relating to the TSX, as applicableProxy Statement. Each The Company shall cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft of the Company Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto), and Parent and the Company shall notify cooperate and provide each other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the other party promptly draft Schedule 13E-3 (including each amendment or supplement thereto) and all responses to requests for additional information by and replies to comments of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC SEC, prior to filing such with or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements sending such to the Proxy Statement/ProspectusSEC, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply Parent and the Company will provide each other party with copies of all such filings made and correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and with the SEC or the its staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXthereto. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that any party hereto which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Statement or the Schedule 13E-3 so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement or the Schedule 13E-3 would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and and, to the extent required by applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required and disseminated by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Macdermid Inc)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in no event later than twenty (20) business days) after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file a preliminary version of the Proxy Statement with the SEC SEC, which shall, subject to Section 5.3(e) and Section 5.3(f), include the preliminary Company Board Recommendation. Parent and Merger Sub, and their counsel, shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file Statement before it is filed with the SEC SEC, and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect Company shall give due consideration to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Mergerany reasonable additions, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare deletions or changes suggested thereto by Pxxxxx and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4Merger Sub or their counsel. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the The Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) respond as promptly as practicable to comments by the SEC staff in respect of the Proxy Statement and to have the Form F-4 declared effective Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC and its staff under the Securities Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after such filing initial filing. The Company shall provide Parent and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each its counsel with copies of any written comments, and shall provide them a summary of any oral comments, that the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, or its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments counsel receive from the SEC or the its staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement as promptly as practicable (and in no event later than three (3) business days) after receipt of such comments, Management Information Circular and any written or Form F-4 oral responses thereto. Parent and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any such responses and the Company shall give due consideration to the reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by Parent and its counsel, including by participating with the Company or its counsel in any material discussions or meetings with the SEC. Parent and Merger Sub shall furnish all information that is customarily included in a proxy statement prepared in connection with transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular concerning themselves and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSX. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders affiliates as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentdate hereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Tellurian Inc. /De/)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus , and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 Company shall cooperate with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued each other in connection with the First Merger, which shall include preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the The Company and Parent shall will use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or Statement cleared by the staff of the SEC or as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the TSX, Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s shareholders as applicable. Each promptly as reasonably practicable after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the staff of the SEC. The Company and shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any oral or written comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement. The Company shall cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on, (i) the draft of the Proxy Statement (including each amendment or the TSX supplement thereto) and (ii) all written responses to requests for additional information by and replies to written comments of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC SEC, prior to filing of the Proxy Statement with or the TSX for amendments or supplements sending such to the Proxy Statement/ProspectusSEC, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the other party with Company will provide to Parent copies of all such filings made and correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and with the SEC or the its staff of the SEC or the TSX, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXthereto. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is should be discovered by Parent or the Company that any party hereto which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Statement so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 Statement would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and and, to the extent required by applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required and disseminated by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentthe Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Alltel Corp)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement (but no later than 10 (ten) Business Days after the date hereof), subject to the receipt from Parent and Merger Sub of the information described in the second sentence of this clause (a), the Company shall prepare (in consultation with Parent and after taking into account any comments made by Parent) and file with the SEC (i) the Proxy Statement, which shall, subject to Section 5.3, include the Recommendation and (ii) a Rule 13E-3 transaction statement on Schedule 13E-3 (the “Schedule 13E-3”), and shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments by the SEC staff in respect of the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3 and to cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent Merger Sub shall furnish all information concerning itself, its themselves and their Affiliates that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested Schedule 13E-3, or that is customarily included in a proxy statement or a Schedule 13E-3 prepared in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution transactions of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and type contemplated by this Agreement. The Company shall promptly notify Parent upon the Form F-4. Each receipt of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the its staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) request from the SEC or the its staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Statement or Form F-4 or for additional information the Schedule 13E-3 and shall supply the other party provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSXand its staff, on the other hand, with respect relating to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXSchedule 13E-3. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating to Parent or the Company, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, directors is discovered by Parent or the Company that or Parent which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4Statement or the Schedule 13E-3, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would Schedule 13E-3 or the other filings shall not include a misstatement contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were are made, not no misleading, the party that which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto party, and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated above, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement or making the other filings (including the Schedule 13E-3) (or, in each case, any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company shall provide Parent an opportunity to review and the shareholders of Parentcomment on such document or response and shall include in such document or response comments reasonably proposed by Parent in good faith. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 Statement to be mailed to holders of Common Stock as of the Company’s stockholders record date established for the Company Meeting as promptly as reasonably practicable practicable, and in no event more than five (5) Business Days after the Form F-4 is declared effective under date on which the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parent.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Ancestry.com Inc.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall each use all reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken such actions as reasonably practicable after may be required to be taken under the date of Exchange Act any other federal securities Laws, and under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (i) including the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3. In connection with the Merger and the Company and Parent Meeting, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC Statement and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect Schedule 13E-3 relating to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with Merger and the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectusother transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its all reasonable best efforts to (A) have respond to the Form F-4 declared effective under comments of the Securities Act SEC and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, all as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itselfreasonably practicable; provided, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares however, that prior to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Statement and the Form F-4. Each of Schedule 13E-3, the Company shall consult with Parent with respect to such filings and shall afford Parent or its Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. Parent and Merger Sub shall provide the other party Company with a reasonable period of time to review the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing and shall reasonably consider any comments from the other party. Subject to applicable Law, the information contained in the Management Information Circular shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/ProspectusStatement and the Schedule 13E-3 which may be required under applicable Law and/or which is reasonably requested by the Company. Each of the The Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly Parent of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request by from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Statement or Form F-4 the Schedule 13E-3 or for additional information information, and shall will promptly supply the other party Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and any of the Company or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff members of the SEC or the TSXits staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 the Schedule 13E-3 or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours Merger. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use its respective reasonable best efforts to resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3 and any other required filings as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and Form F-4 shall comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements Each of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws and, without limiting the foregoingCompany, Parent and Merger Sub agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall ensure that the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and the rules of the TSXhave become false or misleading. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) any information relating event should occur which is required by applicable Law to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Schedule 13E-3, the Company will promptly inform Parent. In such case, the Company, with the cooperation of Parent, will, upon learning of such event, promptly prepare and file such amendment or supplement with the SEC to the extent required by applicable Law and shall mail such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 would not include a misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, Company’s stockholders to the extent required by applicable Law; provided, disseminated however, that prior to such filing, the Company shall consult with Parent with respect to such amendment or supplement and shall afford Parent or its Representatives reasonable opportunity to comment thereon. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Company shall have no obligation to notify Parent of any matters to the stockholders extent that the Special Committee or the Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company and Company’s or the shareholders Special Committee’s legal counsel, that to do so would be inconsistent with the directors’ exercise of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed their fiduciary obligations to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentapplicable Law.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Osi Restaurant Partners, Inc.)

Filings; Other Actions. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company shall cooperate in preparing and Parent shall prepare and file cause to be filed with the SEC mutually acceptable proxy materials for the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC and the Canadian Securities Administrators the Form F-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; provided, that if the SEC determines that Parent is not eligible to file a registration statement on Form F-4, Parent shall instead prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Shares to be issued in connection with the First Merger, which shall include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and all references herein to the Form F-4 shall be deemed instead to refer to such registration statement on Form S-4. Parent shall prepare concurrently with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the Management Information Circular. Each shareholders of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts an information statement pursuant to (A) have the Form F-4 declared effective Rule 14c-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (B) keep for the Form F-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Mergers. Each stockholders of the Company and Parent that shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and the Form F-4. Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party with a reasonable period of time to review together constitute the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any amendments thereto prior to filing Parent and the Company shall reasonably consider any comments from prepare, and Parent shall file with the other party. Subject to applicable LawSEC, the information contained Form S-4. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus will include notice to stockholders required by Section 262(d)(1) of the DGCL that appraisal rights will be available with respect to Parent Class B Stock and notice to stockholders required by Section 228(e) of the DGCL that the stockholders of Parent have taken action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus in and will constitute a part of the Management Information Circular Form S-4 as Parent’s prospectus. Each of Parent and the Company shall be consistent in all material respects with the substantive information contained in use reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall respond promptly to any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall notify the other party promptly of the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC or the staff of the SEC or the TSX and of any request Prospectus cleared by the SEC or and the staff of Form S-4 declared effective by the SEC or and to keep the TSX for amendments or supplements Form S-4 effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Proxy Statement/Prospectustransactions contemplated hereby. Parent and the Company shall, Management Information Circular or Form F-4 or for additional information and shall supply the as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide each other party with copies of all correspondence between it and any of its Representatives, on the one handwritten comments, and the SEC or the staff advise each other of the SEC or the TSX, on the other handany oral comments, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus or Form F-4 S-4 received from the SEC. Parent and the Company shall cooperate and provide each other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any amendment or supplement to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement within 24 hours of the receipt thereof. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular Prospectus and the Form F-4 shall comply as S-4 prior to form in all material respects filing such with the applicable requirements SEC, and each will provide each other with a copy of all such filings made with the SEC. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no amendment or supplement (including by incorporation by reference) to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 shall be made without the approval of both Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that, the Company, in connection with a Change of Recommendation, may amend or supplement the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 (including by incorporation by reference) to effect such a Change of Recommendation. The Company and Parent will use reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Company shareholders and Parent stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and the Company will advise the other party, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the Exchange Acttime when the Form S-4 has become effective, the Securities Act and applicable Canadian Securities Laws andissuance of any stop order, without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that suspension of the Management Information Circular shall provide shareholders qualification of Parent with information in sufficient detail to permit them to form a reasoned judgment concerning the matters to be placed before them at the Parent Shareholder Meeting. The Management Information Circular shall comply Common Stock issuable in all material respects connection with applicable Laws and the rules Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any request by the SEC for amendment of the TSXProxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4. If If, at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement of the Company Stockholder Meeting or the Parent Shareholder Meeting) Effective Time, any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, is discovered by Parent or the Company that and such information should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4, Prospectus so that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Management Information Circular and/or Form F-4 any of such documents would not include a any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party that discovers hereto discovering such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and party and, to the extent required by law, rules or regulations, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed by the Company and/or Parent with the SEC and/or the Canadian Securities Administrators, as applicable, and, to the extent required by applicable Law, and disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and the shareholders of Parent. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form F-4 to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form F-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act (such date, the “Clearance Date”). Promptly (and in any event within seven days of the mailing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of the Company), Parent shall file the Management Information Circular with the Canadian Securities Administrators and mail the Management Information Circular to the shareholders of Parentthe Company.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (McClatchy Co)

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