Future Acquisitions. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Board has approved any and all "business combinations" (as that term is defined in the Act) by and between the Company and any one or more of the Purchasers and/or any one or more "affiliates" and/or "associates" thereof (in each case, as the Act defines those terms) (a "Purchaser Business Combination"); provided that if the future Purchaser Business Combination would otherwise have been prohibited by the Act (a "Covered Combination"), then (1) the Company shall first obtain an opinion from a nationally-recognized financial advisor retained by and reporting to a committee of the Board (which committee is hereby authorized and shall consist solely of those Board members who, at such time, are disinterested directors) that such transaction is either fair to the shareholders of the Company from a financial point of view or necessary for the continued financial viability of the Company; and (2) in addition, if such Covered Combination is a transaction for which shareholder approval is required by law, then, such transaction must be approved by a majority of the shareholders that are unaffiliated with the Purchasers; and provided further that notwithstanding the foregoing, neither of the restrictions in clause (1) or (2) of the preceding proviso shall apply to any Purchaser Business Combination if the primary purpose of such transaction is to reincorporate the Company in another jurisdiction and following such transaction the common stock of the surviving corporation is beneficially owned by substantially the same persons and in substantially the same percentages as the common stock of the Company was beneficially owned immediately prior to the transaction.
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Samples: Common Stock Purchase Agreement (SB Asia Infrastructure Fund L.P.), Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Intelligroup Inc), Common Stock Purchase Agreement (Venture Tech Assets Ltd.)
Future Acquisitions. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Board has approved any and all "business combinations" (as that term is defined in the Act) by and between the Company and any one or more of the Purchasers and/or any one or more "affiliates" and/or "associates" thereof (in each case, as the Act defines those terms) (a "Purchaser Business Combination"); provided that if the future Purchaser Business Combination would otherwise have been prohibited by the Act (a "Covered Combination"), then (1) the Company shall first obtain an opinion from a nationally-recognized financial advisor retained by and reporting to a committee of the Board (which committee is hereby authorized and shall consist solely of those Board members who, at such time, are disinterested directors) that such transaction is either fair to the shareholders of the Company from a financial point of view or necessary for the continued financial viability of the Company; and (2) in addition, if such Covered Combination is a transaction for which shareholder approval is required by law, then, such transaction must be approved by a majority of the shareholders that are unaffiliated with the Purchasers; and provided further that notwithstanding the foregoing, neither of the restrictions in clause (1) or (2) of the preceding proviso shall apply to any Purchaser Business Combination if the primary purpose of such transaction is to reincorporate the Company in another jurisdiction and following such transaction the common stock of the surviving corporation is beneficially owned by substantially the same persons and in substantially the same percentages as the common stock of the Company was beneficially owned immediately prior to the transaction.primary
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