Company Board Recommendation (a) The Company hereby consents to the Offer and represents, as of the date of this Agreement, that the Company Board, at a meeting duly called and held, has unanimously made the Company Board Recommendation. Subject in each case to Section 6.1(b), the Company hereby consents to the inclusion of a description of the Company Board Recommendation in the Offer Documents and, during the Pre-Closing Period, neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) (A) fail to make, withdraw (or modify or qualify in a manner adverse to Parent or Purchaser), or publicly propose to fail to make, withdraw (or modify or qualify in a manner adverse to Parent or Purchaser), the Company Board Recommendation or (B) approve, recommend or declare advisable, or publicly propose to approve, recommend, endorse or declare advisable, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Schedule 14D-9 when disseminated to the Company’s stockholders (any action described in clause (i) or (ii) being referred to as a “Company Adverse Change Recommendation”), (iii) publicly make any recommendation in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer (other than the Offer) other than a recommendation against such offer or (iv) approve, recommend or declare advisable, or propose to approve, recommend or declare advisable, or allow the Company to execute or enter into any Contract (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal requiring, or reasonably expected to cause, the Company to abandon, terminate, delay or fail to consummate, or that would otherwise materially impede, interfere with or be inconsistent with, the Transactions.
Board Recommendation The Acquiror Company Board, by unanimous written consent, has determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable and in the best interests of the Acquiror Company’s stockholders and has duly authorized this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Board Recommendations (a) In connection with the Merger and the Stockholders’ Meeting, the Board of Directors of the Company shall (i) subject to Section 5.5(b), recommend to the Company Stockholders to vote in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement and the Merger and use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the necessary approvals by the Company Stockholders of this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) otherwise comply with the legal requirements applicable to such meeting.
No Solicitation by Parent (a) Parent shall not directly or indirectly, and shall not authorize or permit any of its Subsidiaries or any Representative directly or indirectly to, (i) solicit, initiate, encourage, induce or facilitate the making, submission or announcement of any Parent Acquisition Proposal or take any action that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (ii) furnish any information regarding Parent or its Subsidiaries to any Person in connection with or in response to a Parent Acquisition Proposal or an inquiry or indication of interest that could lead to a Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Parent Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Parent Acquisition Proposal or (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Parent Acquisition Transaction; provided, however, that this Section 4.5(a) shall not prohibit (A) Parent, or the Board of Directors of Parent from furnishing nonpublic information regarding Parent to, or entering into discussions with, any Person in response to a Parent Superior Offer that is submitted to Parent by such Person (and not withdrawn) if (1) neither Parent, its Subsidiaries nor their respective Representatives shall have violated any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 4.5, (2) the Board of Directors of Parent concludes in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that such action is required in order for the board of directors of Parent to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent's stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements, (3) at least two business days prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information to, or entering into discussions with, such Person, Parent gives the Company written notice of the identity of such Person and of Parent's intention to furnish nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person, and Parent receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement containing customary limitations on the use and disclosure of all nonpublic written and oral information furnished to such Person or any of such Person's Representatives by or on behalf of Parent, and (4) at least two business days prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information to such Person, Parent furnishes such nonpublic information to the Company (to the extent such nonpublic information has not been previously furnished by Parent to the Company); or (B) complying with Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act with regard to a Parent Acquisition Proposal. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent acknowledges and agrees that any violation of any of the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any Representative of Parent or its Subsidiaries, whether or not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this Section 4.5 by Parent.
Change of Recommendation Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, at any time prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company’s Board of Directors may, if it concludes in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal advisors) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, make an Adverse Recommendation Change; provided that prior to any such Adverse Recommendation Change, (A) the Company shall have given Parent and Merger Sub prompt written notice advising them of (x) the decision of the Company’s Board of Directors to take such action and the reasons therefor and (y) in the event the decision relates to an Alternative Transaction Proposal, a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Alternative Transaction Proposal and other information requested to be provided with respect thereto pursuant to this Section 5.4, including the information required to be provided pursuant to Section 5.4(b) and (c), (B) the Company shall have given Parent and Merger Sub three (3) Business Days (the “Notice Period”) after delivery of each such notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement (or make another proposal) and, during the Notice Period, the Company shall, and shall direct its financial advisors and outside legal advisors to, negotiate with Parent in good faith (to the extent Parent desires to negotiate) to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that, if applicable, such Alternative Transaction Proposal ceases to constitute (in the judgment of the Company’s Board of Directors, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal advisors), a Superior Proposal or, if the Adverse Recommendation Change does not involve an Alternative Transaction Proposal, to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Adverse Recommendation Change is otherwise not necessary, and (C) the Company’s Board of Directors shall have determined in good faith, after considering the results of such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by Parent and Merger Sub, if any, that such Alternative Transaction Proposal, if applicable, continues to constitute a Superior Proposal or that such Adverse Recommendation Change is otherwise still required; provided further that, (1) if during the Notice Period described in clause (B) of this paragraph any revisions are made to the Superior Proposal, if applicable, and the Company’s Board of Directors in its good faith judgment determines (after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal advisors) that such revisions are material (it being understood that any change in the purchase price or form of consideration in such Superior Proposal shall be deemed a material revision), the Company shall deliver a new written notice to Parent and shall comply with the requirements of this Section 5.4(d) with respect to such new written notice except that the new Notice Period shall be two (2) Business Days instead of three (3) Business Days and (2) in the event the Company’s Board of Directors does not make the determination referred to in clause (C) of this paragraph but thereafter determines to make an Adverse Recommendation Change pursuant to this Section 5.4(d), the procedures referred to in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above shall apply anew and shall also apply to any subsequent withdrawal, amendment or change.
No Solicitation During the Term, each Signatory Stockholder shall not, nor shall it permit or authorize any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the "Representatives") to, (i) solicit or initiate, or encourage, directly or indirectly, any inquiries regarding or the submission of, any Extraordinary Transaction, (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person any information or data with respect to, or take any other action to knowingly facilitate the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Extraordinary Transaction or (iii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Extraordinary Transaction or approve or resolve to approve any Extraordinary Transaction. Upon execution of this Agreement, each Signatory Stockholder shall, and it shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing. Each Signatory Stockholder will promptly notify Parent of the existence of any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry received by such Signatory Stockholder, and each Signatory Stockholder will immediately communicate to Parent the terms of any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry which it may receive (and will promptly provide to Parent copies of any written materials received by it in connection with such proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry) and the identity of the Person making such proposal or inquiry or engaging in such discussion or negotiation.
No Solicitation; Acquisition Proposals (a) Stockholder shall not, and shall cause each of its controlled Affiliates, and its and their respective officers and directors (if applicable) not to, and will instruct and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any of its other Affiliates or Persons acting on its or their behalf (including employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other agents, "Representatives") not to, directly or indirectly, (A) solicit, initiate, endorse or knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate the submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry or any proposals or offers that constitute or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (B) furnish or disclose any information regarding the Company to any Person in connection with, or in response to, an Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, (C) engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry, or (D) approve, recommend or enter into, any letter of intent or similar document, agreement or commitment, or agreement in principle (whether written or oral, binding or nonbinding) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that in each of the foregoing clauses (A)-(D), in the event a Third Party submits an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal to the Company, the Stockholder or any of its Representatives shall not be prohibited from participating in any discussions or negotiations with respect to a possible tender and support, voting or similar agreement in connection with such Acquisition Proposal if and only if, and following the Company’s receipt of such Acquisition Proposal, the Company Board determines that the Company and its representatives may engage in such discussions or negotiations in response to such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of Section 6.2(a) of the Merger Agreement. Stockholder shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing solicitation of, or discussions or negotiations with, any Person relating to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Inquiry.
Company Board Approval The Company Board has unanimously (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement and consummate the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; (ii) approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and the consummation of the Merger upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; and (iii) resolved to recommend that the Company Stockholders adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger in accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the “Company Board Recommendation”), which Company Board Recommendation has not been withdrawn, rescinded or modified in any way as of the date hereof.
No Solicitations From and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time or termination of this Agreement pursuant to ARTICLE X, the Company will not nor will it authorize or permit any of its officers, directors, affiliates or employees or any investment banker, attorney or other advisor or representative retained by it, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or initiate the making, submission or announcement of any other acquisition proposal, (ii) participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any person any non-public information with respect to any other acquisition proposal, (iii) engage in discussions with any Person with respect to any other acquisition proposal, except as to the existence of these provisions, (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any other acquisition proposal or (v) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any contract agreement or commitment contemplating or otherwise relating to any other acquisition proposal.
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