Information Statement (a) Parent and Company shall cooperate and promptly prepare and Company shall promptly file with the SEC no later than ten (10) calendar days after the date of this Agreement the Information Statement. The Information Statement shall contain (i) the notice of action by written consent required by Section 228(e) of the DGCL and (ii) the notice of availability of appraisal rights and related disclosure required by Section 262 of the DGCL.
(b) Parent and Company shall, upon request, furnish each other with all information concerning themselves, their Subsidiaries, directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Information Statement or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Parent agrees, as to itself and its Subsidiaries, that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it to Company in writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Information Statement will when filed with the SEC and at the time it is mailed to holders of Company Common Stock, contain 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 not misleading. Parent further agrees that if it becomes aware that any information furnished by it would cause any of the statements in the Information Statement to be false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or to omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not false or misleading, to promptly inform Company and to take appropriate steps to correct the Information Statement. Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to resolve all SEC comments with respect to the Information Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof and to have the Information Statement cleared by the staff of the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing.
(c) No amendment or supplement to the Information Statement will be made by Company without the approval of the Parent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Company shall promptly provide notice to Parent of any correspondence or communications with or comments from the SEC and shall provide Parent with copies of all such written comments and written correspondence and a detailed written summary of any substantive oral communications with the SEC. Company shall not submit any response letters or other correspondence to the SEC without the approval of Parent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
(d) Prior to filing or mailing the Information Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC (or the staff of the SEC) with respect thereto, Company shall provide Parent a reasonable opportunity to review and to propose comments on such document or response and shall, in good faith, consider the reasonable comments of Parent. As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Information Statement has been cleared by the SEC or after ten (10) calendar days have passed since the date of filing of the preliminary Information Statement with the SEC without notice from the SEC of its intent to review the Information Statement, Company shall promptly file with the SEC the Information Statement in definitive form as contemplated by Rule 14c–2 promulgated under the Exchange Act substantially in the form previously cleared or filed with the SEC, as the case may be, and mail a copy of the Information Statement to Company’s stockholders of record in accordance with Sections 228 and 262 of the DGCL.
Antitrust Certification Statements (Tex Government Code § 2155.005) By submission of this bid or proposal, the Bidder certifies that: I affirm under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of Texas that: (1) I am duly authorized to execute this contract on my own behalf or on behalf of the company, corporation, firm, partnership or individual (Company) listed below; (2) In connection with this bid, neither I nor any representative of the Company has violated any provision of the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act, Tex. Bus. & Comm. Code Chapter 15; (3) In connection with this bid, neither I nor any representative of the Company has violated any federal antitrust law; (4) Neither I nor any representative of the Company has directly or indirectly communicated any of the contents of this bid to a competitor of the Company or any other company, corporation, firm, partnership or individual engaged in the same line of business as the Company.
