Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus. Parent and the Company shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement and shall provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration. (b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. (c) If, at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include 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 which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Comtech Telecommunications Corp /De/), Merger Agreement (Gilat Satellite Networks LTD), Merger Agreement (Gilat Satellite Networks LTD)
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall jointly prepare and file with the SEC a joint proxy statement/prospectus (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement as amended or supplemented from time to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements theretotime, the “Joint Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders holders of Parent Common Stock relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting meeting of such holders (the “Parent Shareholder Meeting”) to be held to consider adoption of this Agreement (including in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICLany event, the Exchange Act Parent Share Issuance) and to the Securities Law; holders of Company Common Stock relating to the meeting of such holders (the “Company Shareholder Meeting”) to be held to consider adoption of this Agreement and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Form S-4”), in which the Joint Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the 1933 Act of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities 1933 Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and filing, keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger or, if earlier, until this Agreement is terminated and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the applicable provisions of the Exchange 1933 Act and the Securities 1934 Act. Each The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the 1933 Act. Parent shall also take any action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to file a general consent to service of process) required to be taken under any applicable Blue Sky Laws in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparationany such action. No filing of, filing and distribution of or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statementwill be made by Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested will be made by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify or Parent, in each case, without providing the other upon party and its respective counsel the reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. The parties shall notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request from by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement for additional information and shall provide the supply each other with copies of all correspondence between it and such party or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SECSEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Joint Proxy Statement, the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicableMerger. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall will advise the otherCompany, promptly after receipt of it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of when the Form S-4S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, If at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, Effective Time any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include 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 which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, parties hereto and the Company and Parent parties shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary an appropriate amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 describing such information and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in the disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations stockholders of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes each of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Kindred Healthcare, Inc), Merger Agreement (Rehabcare Group Inc)
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and Parent shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement as may be further amended or supplemented from time to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements theretotime, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectusincluded. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective its reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep filing. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the shareholders of the Company as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and under the Securities Act. Each Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested by the other in connection with any such action and the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statementwill be made by Parent, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC no filing of, or any request from the SEC for amendments amendment or supplements to the Form S-4 or supplement to, the Proxy Statement and shall provide will made by the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its RepresentativesCompany, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and in each case without providing Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the otherthereon. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, If at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, Effective Time any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors or officers, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to either the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of either such documents document would not include 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 party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, parties hereto and the Company and Parent an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall cooperate in the prompt filing be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law or the SEC, disseminated to the shareholders of the Company. The parties shall notify each other promptly of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, of the issuance of any necessary amendment ofstop order or suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or supplement to, of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 andor for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of (i) all correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or staff of the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the extent required by Applicable LawProxy Statement, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment Form S-4 or supplement the Merger and (ii) all orders of the SEC relating to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by ParentForm S-4.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Walt Disney Co/), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Pixar \Ca\)
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, and in any event no later than thirty (30) calendar days following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall jointly prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement and cause to be made available to filed with the Company Shareholders relating to SEC the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4S-4 with respect to the Parent Common Stock issuable in the Merger, in which will include the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus. Parent and with respect to the Company Stockholder Meeting. Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Form 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 the Securities Act, and (C) keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities ActMerger. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, other and provide such other assistance, assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement Statement, and shall shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, and all written comments with respect to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 received from the SEC and advise the other Party of any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement or the Proxy Statement, as applicableForm S-4 received from the SEC. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comment from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) cooperate and provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other). Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the otherCompany, promptly after receipt of it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall use its their reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also use reasonable best efforts to take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. foreign or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the issuance of the Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference thereinany such actions.
(cb) If, at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Company Stockholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, any of the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include 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 which that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to stockholders of the Company Shareholdersand the stockholders of Parent. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c5.4(b) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a5.4(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b5.4(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Stockholder Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
(c) The Company shall, in consultation with Parent, in accordance with applicable Law and the Company Governing Documents, establish a record date and meeting date for the Company Stockholder Meeting, and shall, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Stockholder Meeting. The Company shall not change the record date or meeting date for the Company Stockholder Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote at the Company Stockholder Meeting and to hold the Company Stockholder Meeting as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. The Company shall, through the Company Board of Directors, recommend to its stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval, include such recommendation in the Proxy Statement and solicit and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, except to the extent that the Company Board of Directors shall have made a Company Adverse Recommendation Change as permitted by Section 5.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4(c), if, on a date for which the Company Stockholder Meeting is scheduled, the Company has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares of Company Common Stock to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, Parent may require the Company, and the Company shall have the right, to adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholder Meeting to a date determined in consultation with Parent (provided, that the Company Stockholder Meeting shall not be postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than thirty (30) days after the date for which the Company Stockholder Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law)); provided, however, the Company Stockholder Meeting may not be postponed or adjourned on the date the Company Stockholder Meeting is scheduled if the Company shall have received proxies in respect of an aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock, which have not been withdrawn, such that the Company Stockholder Approval will be obtained at such meeting.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (OHI Healthcare Properties Limited Partnership), Merger Agreement (MedEquities Realty Trust, Inc.)
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus. Parent and the Company shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement and shall provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or on behalf of the Company, as applicable, Company or any of its Subsidiaries for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared filed with the SEC and at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or misleading and (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to stockholders of Parent and the Company Shareholders or and at the time times of the Company Shareholders’ Meetingsuch meetings, 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 are made, not misleading. The If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or with respect to any information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement, shall occur which is required to be described in an amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement, such event shall be so described, and such amendment or supplement shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, as required by law, disseminated to the stockholders of Parent entitled to vote at the meeting of Parent's stockholders to which the Joint Proxy Statement applies and to the holders of the Company Common Stock entitled to vote at the meeting of the Company's stockholders to which the Joint Proxy Statement applies. The Joint Proxy Statement, to the extent it relates to the Company, will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference thereinthereunder.
(c) If, at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include 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 which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Morgan Associates Inc), Merger Agreement (Kinder Richard D)
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) and in any event within 20 Business Days following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (and file with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) SEC the Proxy Statement and cause to be filed Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the Form S-4, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary through the Effective Time and to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the applicable provisions of the Exchange Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Each Parent shall also take any action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or to file a general consent to service of process) required to be taken under any applicable state securities Laws in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates the Company and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparationany such action. The Company, filing and distribution of in connection with a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, may amend or supplement the Form S-4 and the or Proxy StatementStatement (including by incorporation by reference) to effect such a Company Adverse Recommendation Change. No filing of, and or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested will be made by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify or Parent, in each case, without providing the other upon party and its respective counsel the reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon and giving due consideration to such comments. The parties shall notify each other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and any request from by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement for additional information and shall provide the supply each other with copies of all correspondence between it and such party or any of its Representativesrepresentatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, SEC or its staff on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement, the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicableMerger. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall will advise the otherCompany, promptly after receipt of it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of when the Form S-4S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, If at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, Effective Time any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliatesaffiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include 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 which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, parties hereto and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information must be promptly filed with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement disseminated to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations stockholders of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Ico Inc), Merger Agreement (Schulman a Inc)
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and Parent shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement as may be further amended or supplemented from time to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements theretotime, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectusincluded. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective its reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep filing. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the shareholders of the Company as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and under the Securities Act. Each Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested by the other in connection with any such action and the preparation, filing and distribution of the 50 Form S-4 and the Proxy Statementwill be made by Parent, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC no filing of, or any request from the SEC for amendments amendment or supplements to the Form S-4 or supplement to, the Proxy Statement and shall provide will made by the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its RepresentativesCompany, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and in each case without providing Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the otherthereon. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, If at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, Effective Time any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors or officers, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to either the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of either such documents document would not include 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 party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, parties hereto and the Company and Parent an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall cooperate in the prompt filing be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law or the SEC, disseminated to the shareholders of the Company. The parties shall notify each other promptly of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, of the issuance of any necessary amendment ofstop order or suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or supplement to, of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 andor for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of (i) all correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or staff of the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the extent required by Applicable LawProxy Statement, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment Form S-4 or supplement the Merger and (ii) all orders of the SEC relating to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by ParentForm S-4.
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Samples: Merger Agreement
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) prepare, and cause to be filed Parent shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, the "Form S-4"), in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectusincluded. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective its commercially reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Form S-4 effective for so as long as is necessary to complete consummate the Merger Merger. The Company and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including Parent shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the provisions of Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Exchange Act and Company Stockholders as promptly as 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 of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning provide the other party and their respective counsel with (i) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that such Person and party or its Affiliates and counsel may receive from time to time from the holders of SEC or its capital stock staff with respect to the other, and provide such other assistanceProxy Statement or the Form S-4, as may be reasonably requested applicable, promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (ii) a reasonable opportunity to participate in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of response to those comments. No amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and will be made by Parent or the Proxy StatementCompany without the approval of the other parties hereto, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement which approval shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to not be included thereinunreasonably withheld or delayed. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify will advise the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement and shall provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, party promptly after receipt of it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of when the Form S-4S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or order, the suspension of the qualification of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with request by the Merger and the issuance SEC for amendment of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at or the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleadingForm S-4. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, at any time prior to the receipt of Effective Time, Parent or the Requisite Shareholder Approval, Company discovers any information relating to the Company or Parentany party, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company officers or Parent whichdirectors, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or the Proxy StatementS-4, so that any none of such those documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements thereinin any such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party which party that discovers such that information shall promptly notify the other Parties, party and the Company and Parent an appropriate amendment or supplement describing that information shall cooperate in the prompt filing be promptly filed with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Applicable Lawlaw or regulation, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement disseminated to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations stockholders of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) Parent and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
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Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare prepare, and Parent shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement as may be further amended or supplemented from time to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements theretotime, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectusincluded. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective its commercially reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep filing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and under the Securities Act. Each Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested by the other in connection with any such action and the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statementwill be made by Parent, and no preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 will be made by Parent, and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC no filing of, or any request from the SEC for amendments amendment or supplements to the Form S-4 or supplement to, the Proxy Statement and shall provide will be made by the Company, in each case without providing the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other party hereto with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the otherthereon. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, If at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder ApprovalEffective Time, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, or officers, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to either the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of either such documents document would not include 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 party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, parties hereto and the Company and Parent an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall cooperate in the prompt filing be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law or the SEC, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The parties shall notify each other promptly of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, of the issuance of any necessary amendment ofstop order or suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or supplement to, of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 andor for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of (i) all correspondence between it or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or staff of the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the extent required by Applicable LawProxy Statement, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment Form S-4 or supplement the Merger and (ii) all orders of the SEC relating to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by ParentForm S-4.
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Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall jointly prepare (and file with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) the SEC a proxy statement statement/prospectus (as amended or supplemented from time to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements theretotime, the “Proxy Statement”) and), as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the holders of Company Shareholders Common Stock relating to the meeting of such holders (the “Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; Shareholder Meeting”) to be held to consider adoption of this Agreement and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the 1933 Act of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger. Parent Each of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement shall comply as to form, in all material respects, with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and Parent prior to filing. Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities 1933 Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and filing, keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger or, if earlier, until this Agreement is terminated and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the applicable provisions of the Exchange 1933 Act and the Securities 1934 Act. Each of The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock Proxy Statement to be mailed to the other, and provide such other assistance, Company’s shareholders as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 and is declared effective under the Proxy Statement1933 Act. No filing of, and or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested will be made by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the 33 Table of Contents other party and Parent its respective counsel the reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. The parties shall notify each other promptly notify the other upon of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request from by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement for additional information and shall provide the supply each other with copies of all correspondence between it and such party or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SECSEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement, the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicableMerger. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall will advise the otherCompany, promptly after receipt of it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of when the Form S-4S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, If at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, Effective Time any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include 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 which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, parties hereto and the Company and Parent parties shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary an appropriate amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 describing such information and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in the disseminating of the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations shareholders of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Metropolitan Health Networks Inc)
Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) . As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare prepare, and Parent shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement as may be further amended or supplemented from time to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements theretotime, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectusincluded. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective its commercially reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and keep filing. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and under the Securities Act. Each Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested by the other in connection with any such action and the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statementwill be made by Parent, and no preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 will be made by Parent, and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC no filing of, or any request from the SEC for amendments amendment or supplements to the Form S-4 or supplement to, the Proxy Statement and shall provide will be made by the Company, in each case without providing the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other party hereto with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the otherthereon. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, If at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder ApprovalEffective Time, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, or officers, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to either the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of either such documents document would not include 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 party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, parties hereto and the Company and Parent an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall cooperate in the prompt filing be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law or the SEC, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The parties shall notify each other promptly of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, of the issuance of any necessary amendment ofstop order or suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or supplement to, of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 andor for additional information and shall supply each other with copies of (i) all correspondence between it or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or staff of the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the extent required by Applicable LawProxy Statement, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment Form S-4 or supplement the Merger and (ii) all orders of the SEC relating to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by ParentForm S-4.
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Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare prepare, and Parent shall file with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement as may be further amended or supplemented from time to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements theretotime, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectusincluded. Parent and Each of the Company and Parent shall use their respective its commercially reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Form S-4 effective for so as long as is necessary to complete consummate the Merger Merger. The Company and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including Parent shall use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to cause the provisions of Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Exchange Act and Company Stockholders as promptly as 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 of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall provide the other party and their respective counsel with (i) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that such party or its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4, as applicable, promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (ii) a reasonable opportunity to participate in the response to those comments.
(c) No amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 will be made by Parent or the Company without the approval of the other parties hereto, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify will advise the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement and shall provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, as applicable. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, party promptly after receipt of it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of when the Form S-4S-4 has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or order, the suspension of the qualification of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with request by the Merger and the issuance SEC for amendment of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at or the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleadingForm S-4. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, at any time prior to the receipt of Effective Time, Parent or the Requisite Shareholder Approval, Company discovers any information relating to the Company or Parentany party, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company officers or Parent whichdirectors, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, to the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 or the Proxy StatementS-4, so that any none of such those documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements thereinin any such document, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party which party that discovers such that information shall promptly notify the other Parties, party and the Company and Parent an appropriate amendment or supplement describing that information shall cooperate in the prompt filing be promptly filed with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Applicable Lawlaw or regulation, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement disseminated to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations stockholders of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) Parent and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.
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Form S-4 and Proxy Statement. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall, with the assistance and approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of Parent, prepare the Proxy Statement and Parent, with the assistance and approval (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of the Company, shall prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) a proxy statement to be made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) and, as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, cause it to be furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K and to be sent or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders relating to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting in compliance with Applicable Law, including the ICL, the Exchange Act and the Securities Law; and (ii) Parent shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) and cause to be filed file with the SEC the Form S-4, in which the Proxy Statement will shall be included as a prospectus. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent and Merger Sub and the Company will furnish to each other the information relating to it required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to be set forth in the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement. Each of Parent and the Company shall use their respective its reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after such filing and keep it is filed with the SEC. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the shareholders of the Company as soon as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger and ensure that it complies in all material respects with Applicable Law, including the provisions of the Exchange Act and under the Securities Act. Each Parent shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger, and the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other, and provide such other assistance, Company as may be reasonably requested required in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement, and the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by any such other Party to be included thereinaction. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of agree to correct any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC information provided by it for amendments or supplements to use in the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement and which shall provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Form S-4 have become false or the Proxy Statement, as applicablemisleading. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as soon as reasonably practicable to notify the Company of the effectiveness of the Form S-4, and each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify the other of the receipt of any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or furnishing of the Proxy Statement (or and any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto) to the SEC and making it available to the Company Shareholders or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall (A) provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and (B) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by the other. Each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other, promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Stock Merger Consideration for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Each of the Company and Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the ICL, the Securities Law, the TASE, the Nasdaq or any other applicable non-U.S. or state securities or “blue sky” Laws in connection with the Merger and the issuance of the Stock Merger Consideration.
(b) The Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, covenant that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent or the Company, as applicable, for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 or any amendment or supplement thereto is declared effective under the Securities Act, 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, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; or (ii) the Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first filed with the SEC or mailed or otherwise made available to the Company Shareholders or at the time of the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Form S-4 will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, it being understood that no covenant is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with Applicable Laws, including the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the ICL, it being understood that no covenant is made by the Company with respect to statements or omissions made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(c) If, at any time prior to the receipt of the Requisite Shareholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, as applicable, should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include 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 which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company Shareholders. Nothing in this Section 6.5(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 6.5(a). For purposes of this Section 6.5(c) and Section 6.5(b), any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholders’ Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parentfor additional information.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Osmonics Inc)