Common use of Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Clause in Contracts

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Bell Robert G.), Merger Agreement (Tanimoto Sarina), Merger Agreement (Silverback Therapeutics, Inc.)

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Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider, act upon and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything Parent's obligation to the contrary contained hereincall, if on the date of give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting in accordance with this Section 5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by any withdrawal, amendment or a date preceding modification of the date on which recommendation of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares board of directors of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or with respect to the Merger, except as may be required by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsapplicable law. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the board of directors of Parent Board shall unanimously (among all directors present at the meeting duly called and held) recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the holders issuance of Parent Common Stock vote to approve in the Merger at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Stockholders' Meeting; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously (among all directors present) recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Stockholders' Meeting; and (iii) neither the board of directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous (among all directors present) recommendation of the board of directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of the board of directors of Parent shall be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to Nothing in Section 5.3(b) shall prevent the contrary contained board of directors of Parent from withdrawing, amending or modifying its unanimous (among all directors present) recommendation in this Agreement, if favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting this Agreement by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: Vote if (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.neither

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Sequana Therapeutics Inc), Merger Agreement (Sequana Therapeutics Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (Arris Pharmaceutical Corp/De/)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementParent will, Parent shall take all action necessary under in accordance with applicable Law to calland its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene and hold a meeting of the holders of capital stock of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Series C Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions Merger (the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) as promptly as practicable. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.3, the Parent board of directors shall include the Parent Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and recommend at the change Parent Stockholders Meeting that the holders of control capital stock of Parent resulting from approve the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A issuance of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers Series C Common Stock in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; Merger and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable shall use its reasonable best efforts to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” obtain and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and solicit such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Lawsapproval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinforegoing, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which or the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain representing the Required Parent Stockholder Requisite Vote, whether or not a quorum would be is present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient enough shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty fifteen (6015) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) adjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. In addition, notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 6.5(c), Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) may postpone or adjourn the Parent Board shall recommend Stockholders Meeting to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of Parent prior to the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholders Meeting. (ii) Notwithstanding any Parent Change in Recommendation, Parent shall nonetheless seek the Parent Requisite Vote at the Parent Stockholders Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VIII prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Without the prior written consent of the Company, the adoption of this Agreement shall be the only matter (other than matters of procedure and matters required by Law to be voted on by Parent’s stockholders in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the transactions contemplated hereby) that Parent shall propose to be acted on by the stockholders of Parent at the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholders Meeting. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Voting Agreement (Newhouse Broadcasting Corp), Merger Agreement (Discovery Communications, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the filing of S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure Securities Act; provided, however, that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Parent's Stockholders' Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the The board of directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the holders issuance of Parent Common Stock vote to approve in the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Merger; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation in favor of the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Merger; and (iii) neither the board of directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the board of directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of Parent's board of directors shall be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Integrated Systems Consulting Group Inc), Merger Agreement (Lipson David S), Merger Agreement (Safeguard Scientifics Inc Et Al)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock to vote on the Charter Amendment and the Share Issuance (the "Parent Stockholders' Meeting"), it being expressly understood that the stockholder vote for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) Share Issuance will be expressly contingent on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of stockholder vote for the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to Charter Amendment but the Merger to stockholder vote for the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with Charter Amendment will not be contingent on stockholder vote for the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) Share Issuance. The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECCompany Stockholders' Meeting is held (but in any event within five business days thereafter). Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Charter Amendment and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Share Issuance (the recommendation of Parent's board of directors that Parent's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Board with respect to Charter Amendment and the Parent Stockholder Matters Share Issuance being referred to as the "Parent Board Recommendation"); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted or proposed. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at Charter Amendment and the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Share Issuance by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out stockholders of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselParent, the Parent Board shall have determinedRecommendation may be withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to the Company if (i) an unsolicited, bona fide written offer is made to Parent by a third party for a merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of substantial assets, sale of shares of capital stock (including without limitation by way of a tender offer) or similar transaction, and such offer is not withdrawn; (ii) Parent's board of directors determines in good faith, faith (after consultation with an independent financial advisor) that such Acquisition Proposal is offer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer, ; (xiv) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all Parent's board of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board directors determines in good faith, after consultation with based upon the advice of Parent’s 's outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for Parent's board of directors to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; (Bv) the Parent Board Recommendation is not withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to the Company at any time prior to five business days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that Parent's board of directors has determined that such offer is a Parent Superior Offer; (vi) Parent shall have given released the Company prior written notice from the provisions of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change any standstill or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change)similar agreement restricting the Company from acquiring securities of Parent; and (Cvii) (1) neither Parent nor any of its Representatives shall have provided to the Company a summary violated any of the material terms restrictions set forth in Section 4.5. (d) Parent's obligation to call, give notice of and conditions of hold the Acquisition Proposal Parent Stockholders' Meeting in accordance with Section 4.4(b)5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, (2) disclosure, announcement or submission of any Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions Superior Offer or other proposalParent Acquisition Proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of or by any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change withdrawal or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (First Virtual Communications Inc), Merger Agreement (Cuseeme Networks Inc), Merger Agreement (Cuseeme Networks Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution execution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of seeking: (i) approval of the issuance Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal; (ii) if deemed necessary or appropriate by Parent or as otherwise required by applicable Law or Contract, to authorize the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to authorize sufficient Parent Common Stock or other securities in Parent’s certificate of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) incorporation for the conversion of the shares of Parent Common Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case issued pursuant to this Agreement and/or to effectuate the Nasdaq rules; Reverse Split (iithe “Charter Amendment Proposal”) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe clauses 4.2(a)(i)–(iii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take Xxxxxx agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Lawsas soon as practicable after the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to If the contrary contained herein, approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or if on the a date of preceding the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then, in each case, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as one or more times to a date or dates no more than 30 days after the scheduled date of for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed so adjourned, and/or if the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an annual meeting or adjourned more than an aggregate special meeting of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsits stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least once every six months until Parent obtains approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): : (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstime frames set forth in Section 4.2(b), and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that the Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Matters. (d) Notwithstanding anything to The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselNasdaq Stock Market Rules, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) Common Stock Payment Shares and the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant Preferred Stock Payment Shares will not be entitled to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of vote on the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysPreferred Stock Conversion Proposal. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Spyre Therapeutics, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to (the holders of "Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall be held on the date mutually selected by the Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”5.2(a). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Merger (the recommendation of Parent's board of directors that Parent's stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger being referred to as the "Parent Board Recommendation"); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent or any committee thereof to withdraw the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw Recommendation or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company shall be adopted. Subject to the Company's rights under Section 8 and the other provisions of this Agreement, nothing in this Section 5.3(b) shall preclude Parent from making any accurate and complete public disclosure of any material facts if: (1) Parent's board of directors determines in good faith, after taking into account the actions set forth in advice of Parent's outside legal counsel, that such disclosure is required by the foregoing clause fiduciary duties of the board of directors of Parent or by any Legal Requirement; and (iii), collectively, a “2) Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall have provided the Company with reasonable advance notice of the content of such disclosure. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), if at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters at Common Stock in the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, Recommendation may be withdrawn or modified in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) manner adverse to the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following applyCompany if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1i) Parent shall have provided to the Company Company, at least five business days prior to each meeting of Parent's board of directors at which such board of directors considers the possibility of withdrawing the Parent Board Recommendation or modifying the Parent Board Recommendation in a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions manner adverse to the terms Company, written notice of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives such meeting together with reasonably available detailed information regarding the circumstances giving rise to negotiate the consideration of such possibility; (ii) Parent's board of directors determines in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only ifthat: (A) a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred since the Parent Board date of this Agreement and is continuing; or (B) since the date of this Agreement, an event has occurred or circumstance exists that, in combination with any other events or circumstances since the date of this Agreement, would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Company Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) Parent's board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with taking into account the advice of Parent’s 's outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for Parent's board of directors to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Lawlaw. Parent shall notify the Company promptly (and in any event within two hours) of: (A) any withdrawal of or modification to the Parent Board Recommendation; and (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three circumstances surrounding such withdrawal or modification. (3d) Business Days prior Parent's obligation to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; call, give notice of and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified hold the Parent Change Stockholders' Meeting in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2accordance with Section 5.3(a) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement not be limited or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions otherwise affected by any withdrawal or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Macromedia Inc), Merger Agreement (Adobe Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Adobe Systems Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable after this Agreement shall have been duly adopted by the filing of Company’s shareholders at the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECCompany Shareholders’ Meeting. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Merger (the recommendation of Parent’s board of directors that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted or proposed. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b)(i), if at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters at Common Stock in the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out stockholders of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselParent, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) Recommendation may be withdrawn or modified if the board of directors of Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines concludes in good faith, after consultation with having taken into account the written advice of Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for the board of directors of Parent to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; law. (Bd) Parent shall have given the Company prior written Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of its intention to consider making a and hold the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice Stockholders’ Meeting shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement be limited or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions otherwise affected by any withdrawal or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (WEB.COM, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Website Pros Inc), Merger Agreement (Website Pros Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementdate hereof, Parent shall will take all action necessary under in accordance with the applicable Law and its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the holders "Parent Stockholders' Meeting") to be held as promptly as practicable, and in any event (to the extent permissible under applicable Law) within 60 days after the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, for the purpose of approving the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock for in connection with the purpose Merger. Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of seeking approval of (i) approving the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions Merger and will take all other action necessary to secure the change vote or consent of control its stockholders required by the rules of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant NASDAQ and applicable Law to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and obtain such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Lawsapprovals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus ) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, . Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting as long as the date of is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by Parent in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate are -47- 52 solicited, in compliance with applicable Law, its Certificate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsIncorporation and Bylaws and the rules of NASDAQ. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the The Board of Directors of Parent Board shall recommend that Parent's stockholders approve the holders issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock vote to approve in connection with the Merger at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Stockholders' Meeting; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve such issuance of shares at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Stockholders' Meeting; and (iii) neither the Board of Directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not be withheldwithdraw, amendedamend or modify, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose or resolve to withholdwithdraw, amend, withdraw amend or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to Company, the Company (recommendation of the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Board of Directors of Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)that Parent's stockholders approve such issuance of shares. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ec) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent its Board of Directors from (i) complying with taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Webmethods Inc), Merger Agreement (Webmethods Inc), Merger Agreement (Webmethods Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary necessary, required and within its powers under applicable Law Laws to cause the Proxy Statement promptly (and, in any event, within 10 days of the SEC’s approval of the Proxy Statement) to be mailed to the Parent Stockholders and to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for Stockholders to vote on the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and Approval Matter (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after reasonably practicable, provided that Parent shall hold the filing Parent Stockholders’ Meeting not later than the date that is thirty (30) days following the mailing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with to the SECParent Stockholders entitled to vote at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be subject to adjournments for up to twenty (20) additional days solely to the extent necessary to solicit additional proxies if the Required Parent Stockholder Vote is not obtained as of the initial Parent Stockholders’ Meeting date. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d6.6(c): (i) the Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock Stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Approval Matter and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, timeframe set forth in Section 6.6(a) above; (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board unanimously recommends that Parent’s stockholders the Parent Stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Approval Matter (the unanimous recommendation of the Parent Board with respect that the Parent Stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Approval Matter being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in any manner, and no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in any manner shall not publicly propose be adopted or proposed. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.6(b), at any time prior to the Parent Stockholder Approval by the Parent Stockholders pursuant to the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, the Parent Board may withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii)if, collectivelybut only if, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on such matters as it deems relevant and based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so withhold, amend, withdraw or modify such recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the result in a breach of its fiduciary duties of under applicable Laws (a “Change in Recommendation”); provided, that the Seller receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of change its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) recommendation at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than Days in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties advance of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company Recommendation being so withdrawn, withheld, amended or modified in a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions manner adverse to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysSeller. (ed) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Board from (iStockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 6.6(a) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication shall not be limited or similar communication of the type contemplated otherwise affected by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that Change in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable LawRecommendation.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Purchase Agreement (Walker & Dunlop, Inc.), Purchase Agreement (Walker & Dunlop, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent, acting through the Parent Board (aor a committee thereof), shall, as promptly as practicable (and in any event within twenty-five (25) Promptly as reasonably practicable Business Days) after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementForm S-4 has been declared effective, Parent shall take all action necessary necessary, including under applicable Law the DGCL, to duly call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock its stockholders for the purpose of seeking approval of approving the Parent Share Issuance (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock including any adjournment, recess or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meetingpostponement thereof, the “Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting”). (b) The and shall not postpone, recess or adjourn such meeting; provided that Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with may postpone, recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything (i) to the contrary contained herein, extent required by applicable Law or (ii) if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it is necessary to postpone, recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement is provided to its stockholders a reasonable amount of time in advance of the Parent Stockholders Meeting or (B) (1) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be is present, or (ii2) it insufficient Parent Shares will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock be represented (whether either in person or by proxy) at the Parent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, then in each case Parent may postpone, recess or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements postponements, recesses or adjournments of, the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as long as, in the case of any postponement, recess or adjournment, the Parent Stockholders Meeting is not postponed, recessed or adjourned to a date that is more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the Parent Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled without the prior written consent of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as Special Committee (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed so long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is not postponed postponed, recessed or adjourned to (x) a date that is more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. after the date on which the Parent Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled and (cy) a date that is less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Outside Date). Parent, acting through the Parent agrees thatBoard, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) shall, unless the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders has made a Change of Parent Common Stock vote Recommendation in accordance with Section 7.3, (1) include in the Joint Proxy Statement the Parent Recommendation, (2) use its reasonable best efforts to approve obtain the Parent Stockholder Matters and Approval, including to actively solicit proxies necessary to obtain the Other Parent Stockholder MattersApproval, and (ii3) postpone, recess or adjourn the Proxy Statement shall include Parent Stockholders Meeting for a statement period of no more than thirty (30) days after the date on which the Parent Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled upon and pursuant to the effect written request from the Special Committee if the Special Committee reasonably believes that (A) Parent will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, or (B) insufficient Parent Shares will be represented (either in person or by proxy) at the Parent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Unless the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve has made a Change of Parent Recommendation in accordance with Section 7.3, Parent shall keep the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board Special Committee updated with respect to proxy solicitation results as reasonably requested by the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Special Committee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior subsequent to the approval date of this Agreement a Change of Parent Recommendation shall have occurred, Parent nevertheless shall submit the Parent Stockholder Matters Share Issuance to the holders of Parent Shares for adoption and approval at the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn unless and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate until this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal is terminated in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysterms. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.), Merger Agreement (BridgeBio Pharma, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementdate hereof, Parent shall will take all action necessary in accordance with the DGCL and its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to convene the Parent Stockholders' Meeting to be held as promptly as practicable, and in any event (to the extent permissible under applicable Law to call, give notice law and Parent's Certificate of Incorporation and hold a meeting Bylaws) within 45 days after the declaration of effectiveness of the holders of Parent Common Stock S-4, for the purpose of seeking approval voting upon this Agreement, the Merger, the change of (i) Parent's name and the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior as pursuant to the Merger (collectively, the "PARENT STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS"). Parent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants solicit from its stockholders proxies in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A favor of the Exchange Act Parent Stockholder Proposals and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any will take all other proposals the Parties deem action necessary or desirable advisable to consummate secure the Contemplated Transactions vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of Nasdaq or Delaware Law to obtain such approval (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”"PARENT STOCKHOLDER VOTE"). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, ' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a date preceding the date vote on which the Parent Stockholder Proposals or, if as of the time for which Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, . Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting as long as the date of is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by Parent in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate are solicited, in compliance with Delaware Law, its Certificate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsIncorporation and Bylaws, the rules of Nasdaq and all other applicable legal requirements. (cii) The Board of Directors of Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders Parent's stockholders vote in favor of Parent Common Stock vote to and adopt and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and Proposals at the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Stockholders' Meeting; (iiB) the Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to in favor of and adopt and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Proposals at the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Stockholders' Meeting; and (iiiC) neither the Board of Directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not be withheldwithdraw, amendedamend or modify, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose or resolve to withholdwithdraw, amend, withdraw amend or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to Company, the Company (recommendation of the actions set forth Board of Directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval favor of and adopt and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysProposals. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Sci Systems Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Sanmina Corp/De)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of in the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior Merger and, to the Merger to extent required under Parent's certificate of incorporation and bylaws and applicable law, the holders election of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change Lev X. Xxxxxx xx Parent's Board of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Directors (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”"PARENT STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure Securities Act; provided, however, that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent's Stockholders' Meeting. Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ ' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited in connection with any postponements or adjournmentssuch Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited, in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the The board of directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the holders issuance of Parent Common Stock vote to approve in the Merger and the election of Lev X. Xxxxxx xx Parent's Board of Directors at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Stockholders' Meeting; (ii) the Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve in favor of the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock in the Merger and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation election of the Parent Lev. J. Lxxxxx xx Parent's Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)of Directors at Parent's Stockholders' Meeting; and (iii) neither the board of directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not be withheldwithdraw, amendedamend or modify, withdrawn or modified (propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the board of directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and the election of Lev X. Xxxxxx xx Parent's Board of Directors. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose be deemed to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) have been modified in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (Molecular Devices Corp), Merger Agreement (Molecular Devices Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to duly call, give notice of of, convene, and hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting as soon as reasonably practicable after the Parent Registration Statement is declared effective, and, in connection therewith, Parent shall mail the Parent Circular to the holders of Parent Common Stock in advance of the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Except to the extent that the Parent Board shall have effected a meeting Parent Adverse Recommendation Change as permitted by Section 5.04 hereof, the Parent Circular shall include the Parent Board Recommendation. Subject to Section 5.04 hereof, Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to: (i) solicit from the holders of Parent Common Stock proxies in favor of the approval of the Parent Stock Issuance; and (ii) take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders of Parent Common Stock for required by applicable Law to obtain such approval. Parent shall keep the purpose of seeking approval of (i) Company updated with respect to proxy solicitation results as requested by the issuance of Company. Once the Parent Common Stock Stockholders Meeting has been called and noticed, Parent shall not postpone or other securities of adjourn the Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of Stockholders Meeting without the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders consent of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (iiother than: (A) in accordance order to obtain a quorum of its stockholders; or (B) as reasonably determined by Parent to comply with Section 14A of applicable Law). Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with Company to hold the Exchange Act Parent Stockholders Meeting on the same day and at the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to same time as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Company Stockholders Meeting shall be held as promptly soon as reasonably practicable after the filing date of this Agreement, and to set the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECsame record date for each such meeting. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinBoard makes a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain alter the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares obligation of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of submit the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject Stock Issuance approval to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve at the Parent Stockholder Matters Stockholders Meeting to consider and the Other Parent Stockholder Mattersvote upon, (ii) the Proxy Statement unless this Agreement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board have been terminated in accordance with respect its terms prior to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Stockholders Meeting. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (GameSquare Holdings, Inc.), Merger Agreement (FaZe Holdings Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stockshall, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting (the "Parent Stockholders' Meeting") of its stockholders entitled to vote thereof in accordance with the DGCL for the purpose of obtaining Parent Stockholder Approval and shall, subject to the provisions of Section 6.6(c), through its board of directors, recommend to its stockholders the adoption of this Agreement. In addition, Parent shall seek approval of an increase in the authorized number of shares of Parent Common Stock. (ii) Subject to Section 6.6(c), Parent shall use its best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the Definitive Proxy Statement with adoption and approval of this Agreement and the SECapproval of the Merger, and shall take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. or DGCL to obtain such approvals. Parent shall take reasonable measures may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders' Meeting (A) if and to the extent necessary to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything any necessary supplement or amendment to the contrary contained hereinProxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on this Agreement and the Merger, if on the date or (B) if, as of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduledoriginally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus), Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, . Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting as long as the date of is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by Parent in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days are solicited, in connection compliance with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees thatthe DGCL, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matterscertificate of incorporation and bylaws of Parent, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters rules of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) all other applicable legal requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior Parent's obligation to the approval of call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholder Matters Stockholders' Meeting in accordance with this Section 6.13(c) shall not be limited to or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to Parent of any Parent Superior Proposal or a Change in Parent Recommendation. (iii) Unless the board of directors of Parent shall have withheld, withdrawn, amended, modified or changed its recommendation of this Agreement and the Merger in compliance with Section 6.6, (A) the board of directors of Parent shall recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of and adopt and approve this Agreement and approve the Merger at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law' Meeting; (B) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice has recommended that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate and adopt and approve this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) and approve the Merger at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change)Stockholders' Meeting; and (C) (1) neither the board of directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall have provided withhold, withdraw, amend, modify, change or propose or resolve to the Company withhold, withdraw, amend, modify or change, in each case in a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice manner adverse to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselthe recommendation of the board of directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of and adopt and approve this Agreement and approve the Merger. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties foregoing recommendation of the board of directors of Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Dayshave been modified in a manner adverse to the Company if the number of directors of Parent supporting the recommendation decreases. (iiiv) other than Parent will, notwithstanding any Change in connection with an Acquisition ProposalParent Recommendation, use commercially reasonable efforts to hold the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be Stockholders' Meeting as soon as reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days practicable after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms date of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysAgreement. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Valueclick Inc/Ca), Merger Agreement (Be Free Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior pursuant to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the board of directors of Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock pursuant to the Merger and the Other Parent Stockholder Matterssuch other matters contemplated by this Agreement that require approval of Parent’s stockholders, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s the stockholders of Parent vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock pursuant to the Merger and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters such other matters contemplated by this Agreement that require approval of Parent’s stockholders (the recommendation of the board of directors of Parent Board with respect that the stockholders of Parent vote to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger and such other matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company shall not publicly propose be adopted or proposed. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b), at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Approval, the board of directors of Parent may withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company if the board of directors of Parent determines in good faith, based on such matters as it deems relevant following consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify such recommendation could result in a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable Legal Requirements, provided, that the Company must receive three (3) business days prior written notice from Parent confirming that Parent’s board of directors has determined to change its recommendation. In the event that the board of directors of Parent decides to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (pursuant to the actions set forth in foregoing, it may actively communicate that decision to the foregoing clause (iii)stockholders of Parent, collectively, including the reasons for such decision and including communicating to the stockholders the existence and terms of a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal and the board of directors’ recommendation with respect to such Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal. (d) Notwithstanding anything Parent’s obligation to the contrary contained in this Agreementcall, if at any time prior to the approval give notice of the Parent Stockholder Matters at and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from Proposal, or by any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change withdrawal or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Diversa Corp), Merger Agreement (Celunol Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of date on which the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementmailed to Parent's stockholders, Parent shall take all lawful and commercially reasonable action necessary under applicable Law in accordance with the NPCA, the rules and regulations of its Principal Market and its Organizational Documents to call, give notice of notice, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures use its Best Efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting within forty-five days of the date the SEC declares the Form S-4 effective. In connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent shall (i) subject to applicable Laws, use its Best Efforts (including postponing or adjourning the Parent Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance to obtain a quorum or to solicit additional proxies) to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval, and (ii) otherwise comply with all applicable LawsLaw pertaining to the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn, delay or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether extent necessary to ensure that any required supplement or not a quorum would be presentamendment to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement is provided to its stockholders, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement) there are insufficient Parent Common Stock Shares represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting. (b) Until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Parent's obligation to call, give notice or convene and hold the Parent may make one Stockholders Meeting in accordance with this Section 6.2 shall not be limited or more successive postponements otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or adjournments submission to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Offer, or by any withholding, withdrawal or modification of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date recommendation of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate Company Board in favor of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsthe Company Stockholder Approval. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement Prior to the effect that the Closing Date, Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to shall take all necessary action as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); sole stockholder of Merger Sub to effect the due authorization and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (approval of this Agreement and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out Board of a material breach Directors and the stockholders of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysMerger Sub. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Superior Galleries Inc), Merger Agreement (Dgse Companies Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSubject to applicable Law, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to duly call, give notice of of, convene, and hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, and, in connection therewith, Parent shall mail the Proxy Statement to the holders of Parent Common Stock in advance of the Parent Stockholders Meeting. The Proxy Statement shall include the Parent Board Recommendation. Unless this Agreement has been duly terminated in accordance with its terms, the Parent Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withhold, withdraw, qualify or modify the Parent Board Recommendation (a meeting “Change in Recommendation”); provided, that the Parent Board may make a Change in Recommendation if it determines in good faith that a failure to make a Change in Recommendation would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations under applicable Law. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to: (i) solicit from the holders of Parent Common Stock proxies in favor of the approval of the HoldCo Stock Issuance; and (ii) take all other actions necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior required by applicable Law to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and obtain such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECapproval. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with keep the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board Company updated with respect to proxy solicitation results as requested by the Company. Once the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Stockholders Meeting has been called and noticed, Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) shall not postpone or adjourn the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and Stockholders Meeting without the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the consent of Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following applyother than: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure order to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties obtain a quorum of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawits stockholders; or (B) as reasonably determined by Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent comply with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law).

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Panbela Therapeutics, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after Subject to the resolution earlier termination of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement in accordance with Section 8, Parent Parent: (i) shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on a proposal to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). ; and (bii) shall submit such proposal to such holders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement (and except for Parent Proposals), shall not submit any other proposal to such holders in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of the Company. Parent in consultation with the Company shall set a record date for Persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not change such record date without the prior written consent of the Company. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held on the date that (or, to the extent that Parent and the Company agree, as promptly as practicable after after) this Agreement shall have been adopted by the filing of Company’s stockholders at the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECCompany Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on Parent after consultation with the date of Company may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, : (A) to the extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or a date preceding amendment to the date on Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is required by applicable Legal Requirements is timely provided to Parent’s stockholders; (B) if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of to be conducted at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one ; or more successive postponements or adjournments (C) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies in favor of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days Common Stock in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsthe Merger. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve approve: (A) the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger; and (B) Parent’s Certificate of Amendment at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Stockholders’ Meeting (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve: (A) the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock in the Merger; and (B) Parent’s Certificate of Amendment being collectively referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company Company; (iii) neither the actions set forth Parent Board nor any committee thereof shall: (A) fail to reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation, or fail to publicly state that the Merger and this Agreement and Parent’s Certificate of Amendment are in the foregoing clause best interest of Parent’s stockholders, within ten business days after the Company requests in writing that such action be taken; (B) fail to publicly announce, within ten business days after a tender offer or exchange offer relating to the securities of Parent shall have been commenced, a statement disclosing that the Parent Board recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; or (C) resolve to take any action described in clauses “(ii)” or “(iii), collectively, ” of this sentence (each of the foregoing actions described in clauses “(ii)” and “(iii)” being referred to as a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation ChangeChange in Recommendation”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholder Matters at Common Stock in the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote:, the Parent Board may effect, or cause Parent to effect, as the case may be, a Parent Change in Recommendation or, alternatively, solely with respect to clause “(i)” of this Section 5.3(c), may terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1(k) and pay the Company the Parent Termination Fee in accordance with Section 8.3(b): (i) if if: (A) Parent has received a not materially breached its obligations under Section 4.4(b) in connection with the Acquisition Proposal referred to in the following clause “(B);” (B) after the date of this Agreement, an unsolicited, bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4C) from any Person that has not been withdrawn the Parent Board determines in its good faith judgment, after consulting with an independent financial advisor and after consultation with outside legal counsel, that such offer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (D) the Parent Board shall have determineddoes not effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation and does not terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1(k), in good faith, either case at any time within five business days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined that such Acquisition Proposal is a Parent Superior Offer; (E) during such five business day period, (x) if requested by the Company, Parent Board may make engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the offer that was determined to constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or Superior Offer no longer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (yF) at the end of such five business day period, such Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn and continues to constitute a Parent may terminate Superior Offer (taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into proposed by the Company as a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all result of the following apply: negotiations required by clause “(AE)” or otherwise); and (G) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, the failure to do so make a Parent Change in Recommendation or, alternatively, terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1(k), would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; or (ii) if: (A) other than the development or circumstances contemplated by clause “(i)” of this Section 5.3(c), a material development or change in circumstances that affects the business, assets or operations of any Oclaro Corporation occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement that was neither known to any Oclaro Corporation nor reasonably foreseeable to any Oclaro Corporation as of the date of this Agreement (such material development or change in circumstances being referred to as an “Parent Intervening Event”); (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate determines in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if anyfaith, after consultation having consulted with its outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedthat, in good faithlight of such Parent Intervening Event, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the a Parent Board Adverse Change in Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(iLegal Requirements; (C) shall also apply at least five business days prior to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to effecting a Parent Change in CircumstanceRecommendation, Parent provides the Company with a written notice specifying the facts underlying the Parent Board’s determination that a Parent Intervening Event has occurred and the rationale and basis for such Parent Change in Recommendation; (D) during such five-business day period, if requested by the Company, Parent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that obviates the need for the Parent Board to effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation as a result of such Parent Intervening Event; and only if: (AE) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s its outside legal counselcounsel and after the conclusion of such five business day period, that that, in light of such Parent Intervening Event, the failure to do so make a Parent Change in Recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; Legal Requirements (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making taking into account any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions changes to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with proposed by the Company as a result of the negotiations required by clause “(to the extent the Company desires to do soD)” or otherwise). (d) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of Notwithstanding any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would Recommendation, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 8.1, this Agreement shall be reasonably likely submitted to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties holders of Parent Common Stock at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting for the purpose of voting on the approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For Common Stock in the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Merger and nothing contained in this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days Agreement shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysrelieve Parent of such obligation. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement Section 5.3 shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from from: (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 taking, and disclosing to its stockholders, a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or a statement required under Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act, ; or (ii) issuing making any disclosure to stockholders of Parent that is required by applicable Legal Requirements; provided, however, that any disclosure other than (A) a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act Act; (B) an express rejection of any applicable Acquisition Proposal; or (iiiC) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case an express reaffirmation of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines Recommendation, shall, in good faitheach case, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely deemed to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawa Parent Change in Recommendation.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Opnext Inc), Merger Agreement (Oclaro, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and Merger (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting will be held as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date on which the Proxy Statement is mailed to the stockholders of Parent, consistent with applicable Legal Requirements. (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.4(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Merger (the recommendation of Parent’s board of directors that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (adversely modified, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or adversely modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse Recommendation shall be adopted or proposed. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Required Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Merger Stockholder Vote. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.4(b), at any time prior to the approval of the Merger by the Required Parent Merger Stockholder Vote, the Parent Board Recommendation may be withdrawn or adversely modified, but only if the fairness opinion or the valuation opinion obtained by Parent in connection with the Contemplated Transactions is rescinded, withdrawn or adversely modified. None of Parent, its officers or its directors shall instruct or request any Person delivering a fairness opinion or valuation opinion to Parent’s board of directors in connection with the Contemplated Transactions to rescind or withdraw such fairness opinion or valuation opinion; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 5.4(c) or elsewhere in this Agreement shall restrict Parent or its board of directors from requesting that Parent’s financial advisors reaffirm, bring down or update any fairness opinion or valuation opinion given in connection with the Contemplated Transactions after Parent’s board of directors shall have consulted with outside legal counsel with respect to the advisability of such a request. In such event Parent shall promptly notify the Company that it has made such request, and Parent shall provide a copy of any such updated valuation or fairness opinion immediately upon receipt thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at nothing shall in any time prior way limit the right of Parent and its board of directors to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation comply with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) obligations under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholdersother applicable Legal Requirements; provided provided, however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) shall not be construed as granting to Parent any right to terminate this Agreement other than in accordance with the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawterms of Section 8.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Conexant Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Acquicor Technology Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary and permitted under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”"PARENT STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event, if permitted under applicable law, within forty- five (45) days after the filing of S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with Securities Act; provided, however, that notwithstanding the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Prospectus/Proxy Statement is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Parent's Stockholders' Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the The board of directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the holders issuance of Parent Common Stock vote to approve in the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Merger; (ii) the Prospectus/Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommend that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation in favor of the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Merger; and (iii) neither the board of directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the board of directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of Parent's board of directors shall be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Scopus Technology Inc), Merger Agreement (Scopus Technology Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to (i) as soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, establish a record date (which shall be as soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement) for, duly call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the holders “Parent Stockholders Meeting”), which meeting shall be scheduled for not later than the 23rd Business Day following the mailing of the Joint Proxy Statement to Parent’s stockholders (but which may be adjourned or postponed as required by the federal securities Laws, the regulations of any national securities exchange on which the Parent Common Stock is listed or Maryland Law) and shall take place promptly and in any event not later than 60 days after the mailing of the Joint Proxy Statement to the Parent’s stockholders (or such later date as required by the federal securities Laws, the regulations of any national securities exchange on which the Parent Common Stock is listed or Maryland Law) for the purpose of seeking approval obtaining the Parent Stockholder Approval and hold a vote of (i) the issuance stockholders of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of on the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions Share Issuance and the change of control of Preemptive Rights Charter Amendment at the Parent resulting from the Contemplated TransactionsStockholders Meeting, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; and (ii) in accordance with Section 14A through its Board of Directors, recommend to its stockholders the Share Issuance and the Preemptive Rights Charter Amendment. Parent agrees that it shall not submit to the vote of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval stockholders of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with at the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more any matters other than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at Share Issuance and the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all Preemptive Rights Charter Amendment. The approval of the following apply: (A) Share Issuance and the Parent Board determines in good faithPreemptive Rights Charter Amendment shall be conditioned on each other, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, such that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days neither shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, approved unless both are approved by the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysstockholders. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc), Merger Agreement (Pathmark Stores Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after Subject to the resolution earlier termination of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement in accordance with Section 8, Parent Parent: (i) shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for to vote on proposals (collectively, the purpose “Parent Proposals”) (A) to approve this Agreement and the Merger, (B) to approve an amendment to Parent’s Articles of seeking approval of Incorporation (i) changing the issuance name of Parent Common to “AllDigital Broadcasting, Inc.,” (ii) effecting the Reverse Stock or other securities of Parent that represent Split and (or are convertible intoiii) more than twenty percent (20%) of increasing the authorized shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior in an amount sufficient to permit Parent to perform its obligations under this Agreement (C) to approve the Merger to the holders issuance of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control shares of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, Common Stock in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; (D) to approve the assumption of the Company Equity Plan, as amended and (iiiE) any other proposals to elect the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions directors indicated on Schedule 5.11 hereto (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). ; and (bii) shall submit such proposal to such holders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement (and except for Parent Proposals), shall not submit any other proposal to such holders in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of the Company. Parent in consultation with the Company shall set a record date for Persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not change such record date without the prior written consent of the Company. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly soon as practicable after following the filing effective date of the Definitive Proxy Form S-4 Registration Statement with the SECSEC and the qualification or exemption from qualification of the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus in applicable jurisdictions (subject to Section 1.5(d)). Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on Parent after consultation with the date of Company may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, : (A) to the extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or a date preceding amendment to the date on Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is required by applicable Legal Requirements is timely provided to Parent’s stockholders; (B) if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of to be conducted at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one ; or more successive postponements or adjournments (C) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies in favor of the approval of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsProposals. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation each of the Parent Board with respect to Proposals at the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as Stockholders’ Meeting (the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company Company; (iii) neither the actions set forth Parent Board nor any committee thereof shall: (A) fail to reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation, or fail to publicly state that the Merger and this Agreement and Parent’s are in the foregoing clause best interest of Parent’s stockholders, within ten business days after the Company requests in writing that such action be taken; (B) fail to publicly announce, within ten business days after a tender offer or exchange offer relating to the securities of Parent shall have been commenced, a statement disclosing that the Parent Board recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; or (C) resolve to take any action described in clauses “(ii)” or “(iii), collectively, ” of this sentence (each of the foregoing actions described in clauses “(ii)” and “(iii)” being referred to as a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation ChangeChange in Recommendation”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholder Matters at Common Stock in the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: , the Parent Board may effect, or cause Parent to effect, as the case may be, a Parent Change in Recommendation or, alternatively, may terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1(k) and pay the Company the Parent Termination Fee in accordance with Section 8.3(b) if: (iA) if Parent has received a not breached its obligations under Section 4.4(b) in connection with the Acquisition Proposal referred to in the following clause “(B);” (B) after the date of this Agreement, an unsolicited, bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4C) from any Person that has not been withdrawn the Parent Board determines in its good faith judgment, after consulting with an independent financial advisor and after consultation with outside legal counsel, that such offer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (D) the Parent Board shall have determineddoes not effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation and does not terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1(k), in good faith, either case at any time within five business days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined that such Acquisition Proposal is a Parent Superior Offer; (E) during such five business day period, (x) if requested by the Company, Parent Board may make engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the offer that was determined to constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or Superior Offer no longer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (yF) at the end of such five business day period, such Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn and continues to constitute a Parent may terminate Superior Offer (taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into proposed by the Company as a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all result of the following apply: negotiations required by clause “(AE)” or otherwise); and (G) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, the failure to do so make a Parent Change in Recommendation or, alternatively, terminate this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.1(k), would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; or (Bd) Notwithstanding any Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in Recommendation, unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 4.4(b)8.1 or prohibited by applicable Legal Requirements, (2) Parent this Agreement shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions be submitted to the terms holders of Parent Common Stock at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting for the purpose of voting on the Parent Proposals and nothing contained in this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the relieve Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysobligation. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement Section 5.3 shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from from: (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 taking, and disclosing to its stockholders, a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or a statement required under Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act, ; or (ii) issuing making any disclosure to stockholders of Parent that is required by applicable Legal Requirements; provided, however, that any disclosure other than (A) a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act Act; (B) an express rejection of any applicable Acquisition Proposal; or (C) an express reaffirmation of the Parent Board Recommendation, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a Parent Change in Recommendation. (f) If at any time, Parent receives or becomes aware of an indication from a stockholder of Parent that such stockholder has or intends to exercise dissenters’ rights with regard to the Merger, Parent shall notify the Company of such indication in writing within two (2) business days of the date on which it received or became aware of such indication. (g) Subject to the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8, prior to the mailing of the Form S-4 Registration Statement, Parent and Merger Sub shall take all action necessary under all applicable Legal Requirements (i) to cause the Board of Directors of Merger Sub to approve this Agreement and the Merger and to recommend approval of the same to the shareholder of Merger Sub, (ii) to cause the shareholders of Merger Sub to approve this Agreement and the Merger by unanimous written consent and (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case provide evidence of the foregoing clause (iii) same to the Company. Such approvals shall provide that they are irrevocable by their terms, except in connection with the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 by Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawor the Company.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Broadcast International Inc), Merger Agreement (Alldigital Holdings, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementdate hereof, Parent shall will take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A the General Corporation Law of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval State of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Delaware (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii"Delaware Law") and (iii) are collectively referred its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to herein as, convene the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ ' Meeting shall to be held as promptly as practicable practicable, and in any event (to the extent permissible under applicable law and Parent's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws) within 45 days after the filing declaration of effectiveness of the Definitive Proxy Statement with S-4, for the SECpurpose of voting upon the Share Issuance. Parent shall will use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the Share Issuance and will take reasonable measures all other action necessary or advisable to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of NASDAQ or Delaware Law to obtain such approval ("Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsStockholder Vote"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the Share Issuance or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, . Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting as long as the date of is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by Parent in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate are solicited, in compliance with Delaware Law, its Certificate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsIncorporation and Bylaws, the rules of NASDAQ and all other applicable legal requirements. (cii) The Board of Directors of Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders Parent's stockholders vote in favor of Parent Common Stock vote to and approve the Share Issuance at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Stockholders' Meeting. The Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to in favor of and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Share Issuance at the Parent Stockholders' Meeting. Neither the Board with respect of Directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheldwithdraw, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw amend or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to Company, the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent Stockholder Matters at that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of and approve the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysShare Issuance. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Sawtek Inc \Fl\), Merger Agreement (Triquint Semiconductor Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments Parent will, in accordance with applicable Law and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementParent Charter and Parent Bylaws, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to callestablish a record date for, duly call and give notice of of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance capital stock of Parent Common Stock or other securities of to consider and vote upon the Parent that represent Share Issuance as promptly as practicable, which meeting shall in any event take place within forty-five (or are convertible into45) more than twenty percent (20%) days after the declaration of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A effectiveness of the Exchange Act and Form S-4. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to hold the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with Parent Stockholders Meeting on the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to same day as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” Company Stockholders Meeting and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly soon as practicable after the filing date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective. Subject to the provisions of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with Section 5.3, the Parent Stockholders’ Board shall include the Parent Board Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and recommend at the Parent Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Lawsthat the holders of capital stock of Parent approve the Parent Share Issuance and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and solicit such approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinforegoing, (x) if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding before the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain representing the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be is present, or (iiB) it will not have sufficient enough shares of Parent Class A Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent may (and, if requested by the Company, Parent shall) postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting and (y) Parent may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to (A) allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that Parent has determined, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of Parent prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting or (B) ensure that the shares of Parent Class B Common Stock represented by the Parent Proxies (as defined in Section 5.5(b)(ii) below) are voted at such Parent Stockholders Meeting in the manner set forth in the Parent Proxies, as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty fifteen (6015) calendar days in connection with any such postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject adjournments pursuant to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation either or both of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); preceding clauses (x) and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”y). (dii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained set forth herein, Parent shall (i) cause the independent directors and executive officers of Parent appointed as attorney and proxy in each proxy delivered concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, if at any time prior Agreement (the “Parent Proxies”) to vote the approval shares of the Parent Stockholder Matters Class B Common Stock at the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, to approve the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) Share Issuance and to otherwise vote the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all shares of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal Class B Common Stock in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make Proxies at the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange ActStockholders Meeting, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication take all other actions necessary or similar communication advisable to effectuate the intent of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) Parent Proxies, including designating any additional officers or directors of Parent to act as substitute attorneys and proxies under the Exchange Act Parent Proxies in the event that any of the directors or officers listed therein are unwilling or unable to vote the shares of Parent Class B Common Stock in accordance with the Parent Proxies at the Parent Stockholders Meeting and (iii) otherwise making any disclosure shall take all actions necessary or advisable to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in prevent such Parent Proxies from being revoked (to the case of the foregoing clause maximum extent permitted under applicable Laws). (iii) Notwithstanding any Parent Change in Recommendation, Parent shall seek the Parent Board determines Stockholder Approval at the Parent Stockholders Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in good faithaccordance with Article VII prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Without the prior written consent of the Company, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could the Parent Share Issuance shall be reasonably likely the only matter (other than matters of procedure and matters required by Law to be inconsistent voted on by Parent’s stockholders in connection with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawthe transactions contemplated hereby) that Parent shall propose to be acted on by the stockholders of Parent at the Parent Stockholders Meeting.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Twilio Inc), Merger Agreement (SendGrid, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent Parent: (i) shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”) to vote on a proposal to approve the Parent Share Issuance as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement (subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 5.3(a). ); (bii) shall submit such proposal to such holders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and, unless Parent’s board of directors has made a Parent Recommendation Change, shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies to vote in favor of such proposal from such holders before the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting; and (iii) shall not submit any other proposal (other than a customary proposal to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting) to such holders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting that is not related to the approval or consummation of any of the Contemplated Transactions without the prior written consent of the Company. Parent, in consultation with the Company, shall set a record date for Persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and, except as required by applicable Legal Requirements, shall not change such record date without the prior written consent of the Company. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Securities Act and the Joint Proxy Statement with the SECStatement/Prospectus has been mailed to Parent’s stockholders. Parent shall take use its reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Legal Requirements. (b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of in this Agreement: (i) Parent shall not postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ MeetingMeeting without the consent of the Company, other than (A) to the extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is required by applicable Legal Requirements is properly disclosed to Parent’s stockholders, (B) to the extent necessary to obtain a date preceding quorum if, as of the date on time at which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of to be conducted at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or (C) as long contemplated by Section 5.3(b)(ii); and (ii) Parent (A) may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting one time for up to 10 days and (B) shall postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting up to two times for up to 10 days each time if the Company reasonably requests such postponement or adjournment, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses “(A)” and “(B)”, in order to permit the solicitation of additional proxies in favor of the proposal to approve the Parent Share Issuance (but in no event shall the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting be postponed or adjourned pursuant to this clause “(ii)” to a date later than five Business Days prior to the End Date). Unless Parent’s board of directors has made a Parent Recommendation Change, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts during any such postponement or adjournment to solicit and obtain such proxies in favor of the proposal to approve the Parent Share Issuance as soon as reasonably practicable. (c) Subject to applicable Legal Requirements, Parent shall cooperate with the Company and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting to be held on the same date as the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, and if, notwithstanding such efforts, the Company Stockholders’ Meeting is held on a date of prior to the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed held, Parent shall, subject to Parent’s right to postpone or adjourned more than an aggregate adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting pursuant to Section 5.3(b), use its reasonable best efforts to hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting on a date that is as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsthe Company Stockholders’ Meeting. (cd) Unless Parent’s board of directors has made a Parent agrees thatRecommendation Change in accordance with Section 5.3(f), subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus includes the opinion of the financial advisor referred to in Section 3.14. (e) Except as provided in Section 5.3(f), neither Parent’s board of directors nor any committee thereof shall: (i) withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to the Company the Parent Board Recommendation; (ii) recommend the approval, acceptance or adoption of, or approve, endorse, accept or adopt, any Disruptive Parent Acquisition Proposal; (iii) resolve, agree or publicly propose to take any of the actions set forth referred to in clause “(i)” or clause “(ii)” of this Section 5.3(e) (each of the foregoing clause actions described in clauses “(i),” “(ii)” and “(iii), collectively, ” of this Section 5.3(e) being referred to as a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”); or (iv) cause or permit any Parent Entity to execute or enter into any Disruptive Parent Acquisition Contract. (df) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(e), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Share Issuance by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, Parent’s board of directors may make a Parent Recommendation Change: (i) if if: (A) a bona fide, written Disruptive Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent after the date of this Agreement and is not withdrawn; (which B) such Disruptive Parent Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of result from a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement deemed breach pursuant to Section 9.1(j4.4(d)) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of any of the following apply: provisions of Section 4.4 or this Section 5.3; (AC) the Parent Board Parent’s board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation having taken into account the advice of an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and the advice of Parent’s outside legal counsel, that such Disruptive Parent Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Disruptive Parent Superior Offer; (D) Parent’s board of directors determines that, in light of such Disruptive Parent Superior Offer, the failure to make a Parent Recommendation Change would be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations under applicable Legal Requirements; (E) no less than four Business Days prior to making a Parent Recommendation Change, Parent’s board of directors delivers to the Company a written notice (a “Parent Recommendation Change Notice”) (1) stating that Parent has received a Disruptive Parent Superior Offer that did not result from a breach (or deemed breach pursuant to Section 4.4(d)) of any of the provisions of Section 4.4 or this Section 5.3, (2) stating that Parent’s board of directors intends to make a Parent Recommendation Change (and describing any intended Parent Recommendation Change), (3) specifying the material terms and conditions of such Disruptive Parent Superior Offer, including the identity of the Person making such Disruptive Parent Superior Offer and (4) attaching copies of the most current and complete draft of any Disruptive Parent Acquisition Contract relating to such Disruptive Parent Superior Offer and all other documents and communications received by the Parent Entities or their Representatives relating to such Disruptive Parent Superior Offer; (F) for four Business Days after receipt by the Company of such Parent Recommendation Change Notice, Parent’s board of directors has not made a Parent Recommendation Change; (G) throughout such four Business Day period, Parent engages (to the extent requested by the Company) in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the failure to make a Parent Recommendation Change would not be inconsistent with the fiduciary obligations of Parent’s board of directors under applicable Legal Requirements; and (H) at the time of making a Parent Recommendation Change, Parent’s board of directors determines in good faith, after taking into account the advice of an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and the advice of Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to make a Parent Recommendation Change would still be inconsistent with the fiduciary obligations of Parent’s board of directors under applicable Legal Requirements in light of such Disruptive Parent Superior Offer; provided, however, that when making such determination, Parent’s board of directors shall be obligated to consider any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by the Company as a result of the negotiations required by clause “(G)” above or otherwise; or (ii) if: (A) there shall arise after the date of this Agreement a material event, material development or material change in circumstances that relates to and is material to the Parent Entities, taken as a whole (but does not relate to any Disruptive Parent Acquisition Proposal), and such material event, material development or material change in circumstances (1) was not known, and was not reasonably foreseeable, by Parent’s board of directors on the date of this Agreement, based on facts known to Parent’s board of directors as of the date of this Agreement, and (2) becomes known to Parent’s board of directors prior to the approval of the Parent Share Issuance by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote (any such material event, material development or material change in circumstances being referred to as a “Parent Change in Circumstances”); (B) Parent provides the Company, at least 48 hours (or such lesser prior notice as is provided to the members of the board of directors of Parent) prior to any meeting of Parent’s board of directors at which such board of directors will consider and determine whether such Parent Change in Circumstances requires Parent’s board of directors to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation, with a written notice specifying the date and time of such meeting, the reasons for holding such meeting and a reasonably detailed description of such Parent Change in Circumstances; (C) Parent’s board of directors determines in good faith, after having taken into account the advice of an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and the advice of Parent’s outside legal counsel, that, in light of such Parent Change in Circumstances, the failure to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations under applicable Legal Requirements; (D) no less than four Business Days prior to withdrawing or modifying the Parent Board Recommendation, Parent’s board of directors delivers to the Company a written notice (1) stating that a Parent Change in Circumstances has arisen, (2) stating that it intends to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in light of such Parent Change in Circumstances and describing any intended modification of the Parent Board Recommendation and (3) containing a reasonably detailed description of such Parent Change in Circumstances; (E) throughout such four Business Day period, Parent engages (to the extent requested by the Company) in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the failure to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would not be inconsistent with the fiduciary obligations of Parent’s board of directors under applicable Legal Requirements in light of such Parent Change in Circumstances; and (F) at the time of withdrawing or modifying the Parent Board Recommendation, Parent’s board of directors determines in good faith, after taking into account the advice of an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and the advice of Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would still be inconsistent with the fiduciary obligations of Parent’s board of directors under applicable Legal Requirements in light of such Parent Change in Circumstances; provided, however, that when making such determination, Parent’s board of directors shall be obligated to consider any changes to the terms of this Agreement proposed by the Company as a result of the negotiations required by clause “(E)” above or otherwise. (g) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent from: (i) taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act; (ii) complying with Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act; or (iii) making any disclosure to its stockholders if Parent’s board of directors determines in good faith, after having taken into account the advice of Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board obligations under applicable Legal Requirements; provided, however, that this Section 5.3(g) shall not be deemed to permit Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice board of its intention directors to consider making make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (except to the extent the Company desires to negotiatepermitted by Section 5.3(f) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, (it being understood and (3) after considering the results of agreed that any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties disclosure of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of type described in this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice5.3(g), except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under of the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure Act, shall be deemed to be a Parent Recommendation Change unless Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case board of the foregoing clause (iii) directors publicly reaffirms the Parent Board determines Recommendation in good faithsuch disclosure). (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, after consultation with its outside legal counselnone of the following actions shall be deemed to constitute a Parent Recommendation Change: (i) the determination, in and of itself, by Parent’s board of directors that failure a Disruptive Parent Acquisition Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely result in a Disruptive Parent Superior Offer; (ii) the delivery, in and of itself, of a Parent Recommendation Change Notice to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.the Company pursuant to clause “(E)” of Section

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Momentive Global Inc.), Merger Agreement (Momentive Global Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of of: (i) the issuance of the aggregate Merger Consideration issued or issuable from time to time hereunder in the form of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants stockholders in connection with the Contemplated Transactions Transactions; and (ii) the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section the clauses 5.3(a)(i) – (ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one postpone or more successive postponements or adjournments of adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty thirty (6030) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments; provided, however, that more than one such postponement or adjournment shall not be permitted without the Company’s prior written consent. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Mattersshall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not (A) be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not resolve or publicly propose or agree to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation or make any statement, filing or release adverse to the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iiiiii)(A), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)) or (B) take any action to exempt any Person from the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL or any other applicable state takeover statute. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder’s Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j9.1(f) at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Parent Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), including the identity of the Person making such Acquisition Proposal and, if applicable, a copy of the relevant proposed transaction agreement, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three four (34) Business Days after the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three four (34) Business Days shall be deemed to be two three (23) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Parent Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified in writing to the Company the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(f) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could would be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with violate applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Kubient, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Kubient, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments date hereof and in consultation with the filing Company, Parent will set preliminary record dates for the Parent Stockholders Meeting and commence broker searches pursuant to Section 14a-13 of the Definitive Proxy StatementExchange Act in connection therewith. Parent, acting through the Parent shall Board (or the Special Committee), shall, as promptly as practicable (and in any event within thirty (30) Business Days) after the Form S-4 has been declared effective, take all action necessary necessary, including under applicable Law the DGCL, to duly call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock its stockholders for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) obtaining the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Stockholder Approval and the Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) Majority of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital StockMinority Stockholder Approval (including any adjournment, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary recess or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meetingpostponement thereof, the “Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting”). (b) The and shall not postpone, recess or adjourn such meeting; provided that Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with may postpone, recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything (i) to the contrary contained herein, extent required by applicable Law or (ii) if on Parent (or the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent Special Committee) reasonably believes that (iA) it is necessary to postpone, recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Form S-4 or the Joint Disclosure Statement is provided to its stockholders a reasonable amount of time in advance of the Parent Stockholders Meeting or (B) (1) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval or the Parent Majority of the Minority Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum would be is present, or (ii2) it insufficient Parent Shares will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock be represented (whether either in person or by proxy) at the Parent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, then in each case Parent (or the Special Committee) may postpone, recess or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements postponements, recesses or adjournments of, the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as long as, in the case of any postponement, recess or adjournment, the Parent Stockholders Meeting is not postponed, recessed or adjourned to a date that is more than forty-five (45) days after the date on which the Parent Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Parent, acting through the Parent Board or the Special Committee, shall, unless the Parent Board has made a Change of Parent Recommendation in accordance with Section 7.3, (1) include in the Joint Disclosure Statement the Parent Recommendation, (2) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval or the Parent Majority of the Minority Stockholder Approval, including to actively solicit proxies necessary to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval or the Parent Majority of the Minority Stockholder Approval, and (3) postpone, recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting for a period of no more than forty-five (45) days after the date on which the Parent Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled upon and pursuant to the written request from the Company if the Company reasonably believes that (A) Parent will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval and the Parent Majority of the Minority Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, or (B) insufficient Parent Shares will be represented (either in person or by proxy) at the Parent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as Stockholders Meeting. Parent shall keep the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board Company updated with respect to proxy solicitation results as reasonably requested by the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior subsequent to the approval date of this Agreement a Change of Parent Recommendation shall have occurred, Parent nevertheless shall submit the Parent Stockholder Matters Share Issuance and the Merger to the holders of Parent Shares for approval at the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn unless and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate until this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal is terminated in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysterms. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (NantKwest, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Cambridge Equities, LP)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent Parent: (i) shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law to Legal Requirements to, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date the Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for to vote on a proposal to approve the purpose Parent Share Issuance (the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”); and (ii) shall submit such proposal to, and, unless the Parent Board has effected a Parent Change in Recommendation in compliance with Section 5.3(c), shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies in favor of seeking approval of (i) such proposal from, such holders at the issuance of Parent Common Stock or Stockholders Meeting and shall not submit any other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior proposals to the Merger to the such holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and Parent Stockholders Meeting (other than a customary proposal regarding adjournment of the change Parent Stockholders Meeting) without the prior written consent of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated TransactionsCompany. Parent, in each case pursuant consultation with the Company, shall set a record date for Persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A Parent Stockholders Meeting and shall not change such record date without the prior written consent of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunderCompany (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary conditioned or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”delayed). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after on a date mutually selected by Parent and the filing of Company, within 45 days following the Definitive Proxy date upon which the Form S-4 Registration Statement with is declared effective under the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take use its reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement: (A) Parent shall not postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting without the consent of the Company, if on other than: (1) to the date extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is required by applicable Legal Requirements is disclosed to Parent’s stockholders within a reasonable amount of time in advance of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, ; or a date preceding (2) if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient scheduled there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business to be conducted at the Parent Stockholders Meeting, to the extent necessary to obtain such a quorum; and (B) Parent shall adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting if the Company reasonably requests such adjournment in order to solicit additional proxies in favor of the approval of the Parent Stockholders’ Share Issuance, in which case, Parent shall, unless the Parent Board has effected a Parent Change in Recommendation in compliance with Section 5.3(c), use its reasonable best efforts during any such adjournment to solicit and obtain such proxies in favor of the approval of the Parent Share Issuance as soon as reasonably practicable; provided, however, that with respect to this clause “(B),” the Company shall be entitled to request such adjournment twice and, in any event, for no more than 7 days in each instance and in no event shall such adjournment be extended to a date that would necessitate Parent setting a new record date under applicable Legal Requirements. Subject to applicable Legal Requirements: (x) Parent shall cooperate with the Company and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Parent Stockholders Meeting to be held on the same date as the Company Stockholders Meeting; and (y) if, notwithstanding such efforts, the Company Stockholders Meeting is held prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its meeting to be held as long promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsCompany Stockholders Meeting. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and Share Issuance at the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Stockholders Meeting (the such recommendation of the Parent Board with respect that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Share Issuance being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company Company; and (iii) neither the actions set forth Parent Board nor any committee thereof shall: (A) fail to include the Parent Board Recommendation in the foregoing clause Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, (B) fail to reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation, or fail to publicly state that the First Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are in the best interest of Parent’s stockholders, within 10 Business Days after the Company reasonably requests (which requests shall be limited to no more than once every 30 days) in writing that such action be taken; (C) fail to publicly announce, within 10 Business Days after a tender offer or exchange offer with respect to the securities of a Parent Entity shall have been commenced by the filing of a Schedule TO with respect thereto, a statement disclosing that the Parent Board recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; (D) fail to issue, within 10 Business Days following a request by the Company after an Acquisition Proposal with respect to a Parent Entity is publicly announced, a press release announcing its opposition to such Acquisition Proposal; or (E) resolve or publicly propose to take any action described in clauses “(ii)” or “(iii), collectively, ” of this sentence (each of the foregoing actions described in clauses “(ii)” and “(iii)” being referred to as a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation ChangeChange in Recommendation”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Share Issuance by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote:, the Parent Board may effect, or cause Parent to effect, as the case may be, a Parent Change in Recommendation and not include the Parent Board Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (which shall constitute a Parent Change in Recommendation): (i) if if: (A) Parent has received a not materially breached its obligations under Section 4.4(b) or Section 5.3(b) in connection with the Acquisition Proposal referred to in the following clause “(B);” (B) after the date of this Agreement, an unsolicited, bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4C) from any Person that has not been withdrawn the Parent Board determines in its good faith judgment, after consulting with its financial advisor and after consultation with outside legal counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (D) the Parent Board shall have determineddoes not effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in good faith, Recommendation at any time within five Business Days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined that such Acquisition Proposal is a Parent Superior Offer (together with a written summary of the Parent Superior Offer and setting forth the identity of the Person making such Parent Superior Offer and all the material terms and conditions of such Parent Superior Offer in reasonable detail) (it being understood and agreed that any revision or modification in any material respect to such Parent Superior Offer after such written notice shall require a new written notice by Parent to the Company in compliance with this clause “(D)” and a new matching period under clause “(E)” below, except that such written notice and matching period shall be three Business Days); (E) during such five Business Day period, if requested by the Company, Parent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company and its Representatives and directs its financial advisors and outside legal advisors to engage in good faith negotiations with the Company and its Representatives, the intent and purpose of which is to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the Acquisition Proposal that was determined to constitute a Parent Superior Offer no longer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer, so that the transactions contemplated hereby may be effected; (xF) at the Parent Board may make end of such five Business Day period, such offer has not been withdrawn and continues to constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or Superior Offer (y) Parent may terminate taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into proposed by the Company as a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all result of the following apply: negotiations required by clause “(AE)” or otherwise); and (G) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, the failure to do so would make a Parent Change in Recommendation could reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; or (ii) if: (A) a material development or change in circumstances that is not related to an Acquisition Proposal with respect to a Parent Entity occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement that was not known by, nor reasonably foreseeable to, the Parent Board as of the date of this Agreement (such material development or change in circumstances being referred to as a “Parent Intervening Event”); (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) seven Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Change in Recommendation, Parent shall have provided to provides the Company with a summary of written notice specifying the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) information with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposalParent Intervening Event and that it intends to make a Parent Change in Recommendation; (C) during such seven Business Day period, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made requested by the Company, if anyParent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company and its Representatives and directs its financial advisors and outside legal advisors to engage in good faith negotiations with the Company and its Representatives, to amend this Agreement in such a manner that obviates the need for the Parent Board to effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation as a result of such Parent Intervening Event; and (D) at the end of such seven Business Day period, the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with its outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedthat, in good faithlight of such Parent Intervening Event, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the a Parent Board Adverse Change in Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant could reasonably be expected to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubtLegal Requirements. (d) Notwithstanding any Parent Change in Recommendation, unless this Agreement is earlier terminated in accordance with Section 7.1, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) Parent Share Issuance shall also apply to any material change be submitted to the facts holders of Parent’s Common Stock at the Parent Stockholders Meeting for the purpose of voting on the approval of such matter and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the relieve Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysobligation. (e) Nothing contained in this Section 5.3 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to prohibit Parent or Parent, the Parent Board from or any committee thereof from: (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(aissuing any “stop-look-and-listen” communication to the stockholders of Parent pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, ; (ii) issuing taking and disclosing to the stockholders of Parent a “stop, look and listen” communication position with respect to a tender or similar communication of the type contemplated exchange offer by Section 14d-9(f) a third party pursuant to Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act Act; or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure if required by applicable Legal Requirements, issuing a press release disclosing that Parent has received a bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal that the Parent Board has determined in compliance with Section 4.4(b) could reasonably be expected to Parent’s stockholders; provided howeverresult in a Parent Superior Offer (provided, that (A) such Acquisition Proposal did not result from a material breach of Section 4.4, and (B) Parent provides the Company at least one Business Day prior to release of such press release, a copy of such press release); provided, that, in the case of the foregoing clause “(ii)” and “(iii) )” of this sentence, any such disclosure shall be deemed to be a withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board determines Recommendation if the Parent Board fails to expressly and publicly reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawor communication.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Gulfmark Offshore Inc), Merger Agreement (Tidewater Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will take all action that is necessary in accordance with applicable law and its Certificate of Incorporation and bylaws to convene a special meeting of its stockholders (athe “Parent Stockholders Meeting” and together with the Company Stockholders Meeting, the “Stockholders Meetings”) Promptly as reasonably soon as practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock Registration Statement becomes effective for the purpose of seeking approval obtaining the Parent Stockholder Approval (and shall, subject to the other provisions herein relating to the timing of such meeting, use its reasonable best efforts to convene the Parent Stockholders Meeting within 45 days after the Registration Statement becomes effective). Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent may, without the consent of the Company, adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders Meeting for up to 30 days (or for such longer period as is required by law) (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement), there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent may make one (ii) if the failure to adjourn or more successive postponements or adjournments of postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting as long as would reasonably be expected to be a violation of applicable law, (iii) for the date distribution of any legally required supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement, or (iv) to solicit additional proxies if Parent reasonably determines that it is necessary or advisable to do so in order to obtain the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection Stockholder Approval. The proxy statement distributed by Parent with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject respect to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Stockholders Meeting will be the Joint Proxy Statement and will include the recommendation of Parent’s Board shall recommend of Directors that the holders of Parent Common Stock its stockholders vote to authorize and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and (the Other Parent Stockholder MattersRecommendation”), (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include unless Parent effects a statement Parent Adverse Recommendation Change pursuant to Section 4.9. Subject to the effect that the preceding sentence, Parent Board recommends that Parent’s will use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from its stockholders vote proxies or votes sufficient to approve obtain the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Approval. Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation shall file a Certificate of the Parent Board with respect Amendment relating to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as Certificate Amendment with the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) Secretary of State of the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval State of Delaware promptly after receipt of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysApproval. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Lennar Corp /New/), Merger Agreement (CalAtlantic Group, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Form S-4 Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall (i) take all reasonable action necessary under applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and and, within 60 calendar days after the date the S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (iA) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Company Members pursuant to the holders terms of Company Capital Stockthis Agreement, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and (B) the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated TransactionsMerger, in each case pursuant to the extent necessary, (C) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq rules; Reverse Split, (iiD) if requested by Company prior to the filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement / Prospectus / Information Statement, the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to increase the authorized shares of Parent Common Stock, (E) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the name change of Parent, (F) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders the Parent Stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive executed officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions applicable (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe foregoing clauses (A) are collectively referred to as – (F), collectively, the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iiiii) are collectively referred mail to herein asthe Parent Stockholders as of the record date established for stockholders’ meeting of Parent, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and Proxy Statement / Prospectus / Information Statement (such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board of Directors shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock Stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); (ii) the Proxy Statement / Prospectus / Information Statement shall include a statement of the Parent Board Recommendation; (iii) the Parent Board of Directors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the timeframe set forth in Section 5.3(a); and (iiiiv) (A) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board shall not publicly propose of Directors or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to Company shall be adopted or proposed and (B) the Company Parent Board of Directors shall not recommend any Acquisition Transaction (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, collectively a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreementforegoing, if at any time prior to the approval receipt of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board of Directors may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (Ai) the Parent Board of Directors has received an Acquisition Proposal that the Parent Board of Directors has determined in its good faith judgment, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to result in, a Superior Offer or (ii) as a result of a material development or change in circumstances (other than an Acquisition Proposal) that affects the business, assets or operations of Parent that occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement that was neither known to Parent or the Parent Board of Directors nor reasonably foreseeable as of the date of this Agreement (a “Parent Intervening Event”), the Parent Board of Directors determines in its good faithfaith judgment, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change is consistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board of Directors’ compliance with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s stockholders the Parent Stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; provided, however, that prior to Parent taking any action permitted under this Section 5.3(c), (BA) in the case of a Superior Offer, (1) Parent shall have given must promptly notify Company, in writing, at least two Business Days (the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider “Notice Period”) before making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant Change, of its intention to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior take such action with respect to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (Superior Offer, which notice shall not constitute state expressly that Parent has received an Acquisition Proposal that the Parent Board of Directors intends to declare a Superior Offer and that the Parent Board of Directors intends to make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change), and (2) Parent attaches to such notice the most current version of the proposed agreement and the identity of the third party making such Superior Offer; and (C3) Parent negotiates with the Company in good faith to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, if the Company, in its discretion, proposes to make such adjustments (it being agreed that in the event that, after commencement of the Notice Period, there is any material revision to the terms of a Superior Offer, the Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Notice Period subsequent to the time Parent notifies the Company of any such material revision (it being agreed that there shall be only one extension); or (B) in the case of a Parent Intervening Event, (1) Parent promptly notifies Company, in writing, within the Notice Period before making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, which notice shall have provided state expressly the material facts and circumstances related to the applicable Parent Intervening Event and that the Parent Board of Directors intends to make a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, and (2) Parent negotiates with the Company a summary of in good faith to make such adjustments in the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, so that such Acquisition Proposal is Parent Intervening Event ceases to require a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant Change, if the Company, in its discretion, proposes to Section 9.1(jmake such adjustments (it being agreed that in the event that, after commencement of the Notice Period, there is any material development in an Parent Intervening Event, the Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Notice Period subsequent to the time Parent notifies the Company of any such material development (it being agreed that there shall be only one extension). (d) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of Unless the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make Directors has effected a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response accordance with Section 5.3(c), Parent’s obligation to a Parent Change in Circumstancecall, if give notice of and only if: (A) hold the Parent Board determines Stockholders’ Meeting in good faithaccordance with Section 5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counseldisclosure, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or Acquisition Proposal, or by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent its Board of Directors from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 taking and 14e-2(a) promulgated under disclosing to the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing Parent Stockholders a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type position as contemplated by Section 14d-9(fRule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or complying with the provisions of Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act (iiiother than Rule 14d-9(f) otherwise under the Exchange Act), (ii) making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) Parent Stockholders if the Parent Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to would be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties to the Parent Stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements, and (iii) making a “stop, look and listen” communication to the Parent Stockholders pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act, provided, however, that in the case of each of the foregoing clauses “(i)” and “(ii),” any such disclosure or public statement shall be deemed to be a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement unless the Parent Board of Directors reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation in such disclosure or public statement or within five Business Days of such disclosure or public statement.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Flex Pharma, Inc.), Merger Agreement

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of date on which the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementmailed to Parent's stockholders, Parent shall take all lawful and commercially reasonable action necessary under applicable Law in accordance with the NPCA, the rules and regulations of its Principal Market and its Organizational Documents to call, give notice of notice, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures use its Best Efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting within forty-five days of the date the SEC declares the Form S-4 effective. In connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent shall (i) subject to applicable Laws, use its Best Efforts (including postponing or adjourning the Parent Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance to obtain a quorum or to solicit additional proxies) to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval, and (ii) otherwise comply with all applicable LawsLaw pertaining to the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn, delay or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether extent necessary to ensure that any required supplement or not a quorum would be presentamendment to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement is provided to its stockholders, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement) there are insufficient Parent Common Stock Shares represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting. (b) Until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Parent's obligation to call, give notice or convene and hold the Parent may make one Stockholders Meeting in accordance with this Section 6.4 shall not be limited or more successive postponements otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or adjournments submission to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Offer, or by any withholding, withdrawal or modification of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date recommendation of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate Company Board in favor of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsthe Company Stockholder Approval. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement Prior to the effect that the Closing Date, Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to shall take all necessary action as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); sole stockholder of Merger Sub to effect the due authorization and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (approval of this Agreement and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out Board of a material breach Directors and the stockholders of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysMerger Sub. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Dgse Companies Inc), Merger Agreement (Superior Galleries Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including: (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Stock and Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rulesrules (the “Parent Share Issuance”); and (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Transactions. (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) through Section 5.3(a)(ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and, in any event, no later than forty-five (45) calendar days (or such shorter period time as may be reasonably recommended by a proxy solicitation firm engaged by Parent in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting) after the effective date of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECRegistration Statement. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty thirty (6030) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments without the prior written consent of the Company. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstimeframe set forth in Section 5.3(b), (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiiii)(1) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified modified, (and 2) the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board RecommendationRecommendation and (3) in a manner adverse no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Company Parent Board Recommendation or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectivelyif taken, shall constitute, in each case, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and this Section 5.3(d), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written bona fide Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of result from a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”; and such period, the “Parent Notice Period”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1C)(1) Parent shall have provided to the Company with the identity of the Person making the Acquisition Proposal, as well as a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal (and in the case of a written Acquisition Proposal, any written documentation related thereto) in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal shall, and shall have made caused its Representatives reasonably available to to, during the Parent Notice Period, negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyadjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For ; provided that (x) the avoidance Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to change its recommendation during the Parent Notice Period, which notice shall include a description in reasonable detail of doubtthe reasons for such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change and written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer during the Parent Notice Period; (y) during any Parent Notice Period, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) Company shall also apply be entitled to any material change deliver to the facts and circumstances relating Parent one or more counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination NoticeParent will, except and cause its Representatives to, negotiate with the Company in good faith (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the references applicable Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer; and (z) in the event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in price that Parent’s stockholders would receive as a result of such potential Superior Offer), Parent shall be required to provide the Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least three (3) Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the Parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d) and the Parent Board shall not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the end of such Parent Notice Period as so extended (it being understood that there may be deemed to be two (2) Business Days.multiple extensions); and (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1C)(1) Parent shall have specified provided the Company with a description of the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, including the material facts and circumstances related to the Parent Change in Circumstance, (2) Parent shall, and shall have given caused its Representatives to, during the Company the three four (34) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposalNotice, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed enable the Company to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or other make another proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three four (34) Business Days shall be deemed to be two three (23) Business DaysDays (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions). (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or the case of Parent Board pursuant to the foregoing clause (iii) shall be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the bidder’s tender offer unless the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such additional disclosure could be reasonably likely to would be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. Parent shall not withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.3(d). (f) Unless this Agreement is otherwise terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(b) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Acquisition Proposal or by any Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (MorphImmune Inc.), Merger Agreement (Immunome Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of the following matters: (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the name change of Parent; (iii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants Company’s stockholders in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and Transactions; (iv) the adoption of the equity incentive plan attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “2020 Plan”); (v) the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case Merger pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; and (iivi) the issuance of (a) shares of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of certain warrants to be issued in accordance with Section 14A the Pre-Closing Financing, and (b) additional shares of Parent Common Stock that may be issued following the closing of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a nonPre-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Closing Financing (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe clauses 5.3(a)(i)–(vi) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit such approval; (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(c) and subject to compliance with Section 4.4, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel), the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Parent Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after delivery of the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other Other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Parent Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after delivery of the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (iii) Parent’s obligation to solicit the consent of its stockholders to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal or by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided howeverstockholders if, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) ), the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments Parent will, in accordance with applicable Law and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementParent Charter and Parent Bylaws, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to callestablish a record date for, duly call and give notice of of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene and hold a meeting of holders of capital stock of Parent to consider and vote upon the Parent Share Issuance as promptly as practicable. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3, the Parent Board shall include the Parent Board Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and recommend at the Parent Stockholders Meeting that the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance capital stock of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsShare Issuance and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and solicit such approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinforegoing, (x) if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding before the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain representing the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be is present, or (iiB) it will not have sufficient enough shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent may (and, if requested by the Company, Parent shall) postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting and (y) Parent may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that Parent has determined, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of Parent prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty thirty (6030) calendar days in connection with any such postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject adjournments pursuant to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation either or both of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, preceding clauses (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or and (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Science Applications International Corp), Merger Agreement (Engility Holdings, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of to consider and vote to approve (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to stockholders of the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; terms of this Agreement and (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and Reverse Split (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Securities Act, and in any event within forty five (45) days after the Registration Statement with is declared effective under the Securities Act (other than to the extent that the Registration Statement is subject to any stop order or proceeding (or threatened proceeding by the SEC) seeking a stop order with respect to the Registration Statement, in which case such forty five (45) day period shall be tolled for the earlier of forty five (45) days or so long as such stop order remains in effect or proceeding or threatened proceeding remains pending. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and Section 5.3 (including Section 5.3(e)), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to if, but only if, following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; , (Bii) Parent shall have given has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Notice Period (as defined below), negotiate with the Company prior written notice of its intention in good faith (if the Company so desires) to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any make such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided adjustments to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b)ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, and (2iii) Parent if after the Company shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice delivered to propose revisions Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with during the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determined in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawchange its recommendation at least four Business Days in advance of such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer. For In the avoidance event of doubtany material amendment to any Superior Offer, Parent shall be required to provide the provisions Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d)(i5.3(c) and the Parent Board shall also apply to any material change not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the facts and circumstances relating to end of such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysParent Notice Period as so extended. (iid) other Other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposala bona fide written Superior Offer (which shall be subject to Section 5.3(c)), the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parentthe Company’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to change its recommendation at least three (3) four Business Days prior to making any such in advance of the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation ChangeChange (the “Parent Change in Circumstance Notice”); and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after the Determination Parent Change in Circumstance Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposalproposal so that such Parent Change in Circumstance would no longer necessitate a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate negotiated in good faith with the Company (to the extent if the Company desires to do soso desires) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. (e) Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or Acquisition Proposal, or by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ef) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s the Parent stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, further, that any such disclosures (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be a change of the Parent Board Recommendation unless the Parent Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation (i) in such communication or (ii) within three Business Days after being requested in writing to do so by the Company.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, Merger Agreement (Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; rules (the matters contemplated by clause (i) and (ii) in accordance with of this Section 14A of 5.3(a), the Exchange Act and “Required Parent Stockholder Matters”); (iii) the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; Equity Plan Proposals and (iiiiv) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i), Section 5.3(a)(ii), Section 5.3(a)(iii) and Section 5.3(a)(iv) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Required Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Required Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (CalciMedica, Inc. /DE/), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Graybug Vision, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent Parent: (i) shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”) to vote on proposals to approve (A) the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger; and (B) an amendment to Parent’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of shares of Parent Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Parent’s certificate of incorporation from 60,000,000 shares to 100,000,000 shares (the “Parent’s Amendment Certificate” and together with the proposal set forth in clause “(A). ” the “Parent Proposals”); and (bii) shall submit such Parent Proposals to such holders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, shall not submit any other proposal to such holders in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that Parent may submit the Other Parent Proposals to its stockholders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of the Company. Parent, in consultation with the Company shall set a record date for persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not change such record date without the prior written consent of the Company. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held on the same date this Agreement would be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for adoption at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting (or, to the extent that Parent and the Company agree, as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECthereafter). Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on Parent may after consultation with the date of Company adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Meeting only: (i) to the extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or a date preceding amendment to the date on Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is required by applicable law is timely provided to Parent’s stockholders; (ii) if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of to be conducted at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one ; or more successive postponements or adjournments (iii) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies in favor of the approval of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsProposals. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Proposals (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Proposals being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not not, directly or indirectly, be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company Company; (iii) neither the actions set forth Parent Board nor any committee thereof shall: (A) fail to reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation, or fail to publicly state that the Merger and this Agreement are in the foregoing clause best interest of Parent’s stockholders, within ten business days after the Company requests in writing that such action be taken; (B) fail to publicly announce, within ten business days after a tender offer or exchange offer relating to the securities of Parent shall have been commenced, a statement disclosing that the Parent Board recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; (C) fail to issue, within ten business days after a Parent Acquisition Proposal is publicly announced, a press release announcing its opposition to such Parent Acquisition Proposal; or (D) recommend, adopt or approve a Parent Acquisition Proposal; or (iv) resolve to take any action described in clauses “(ii)” or “(iii), collectively, ” of this sentence (each of the foregoing actions described in clauses “(ii),” “(iii)” and “(iv)” being referred to as a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation ChangeChange in Recommendation”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Proposals by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, the Parent Board may effect, or cause Parent to effect, as the case may be, a Parent Change in Recommendation: (i) if if: (A) Parent has received a written not breached its obligations under Section 4.4(b) in connection with the Parent Acquisition Proposal referred to in the following clause “(which B);” (B) after the date of this Agreement, an unsolicited Parent Acquisition Proposal did is made to Parent and is not arise out withdrawn; (C) the Parent Board determines in its good faith judgment, after consulting with a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and outside legal counsel, that such Parent Acquisition Proposal constitutes a material breach Parent Superior Offer; (D) the Parent Board does not effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation at any time within four business days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined that such Parent Acquisition Proposal is a Parent Superior Offer; (E) during such four business day period, if requested by the Company, Parent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the Parent Acquisition Proposal that was determined to constitute a Parent Superior Offer no longer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (F) at the end of Section 4.4) from any Person that such four business day period, such Parent Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make continues to constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or Superior Offer (y) Parent may terminate taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into proposed by the Company as a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all result of the following apply: negotiations required by clause “(AE)” or otherwise); and (G) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that the that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, a failure to do so make a Parent Change in Recommendation would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawlaw; or (ii) if: (A) other than the development or circumstances contemplated by clause “(i)” of this Section 5.3(c), a material development or change in circumstances occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement that was neither known to any Accelrys Corporation or any Representative of any Accelrys Corporation nor reasonably foreseeable to any Accelrys Corporation as of the date of this Agreement (such material development or change in circumstances being referred to as a “ Parent Intervening Event”); provided, however, that (1) in no event shall the receipt, existence of or terms of a Parent Acquisition Proposal or a Parent Superior Offer or any inquiry relating thereto or the consequences thereof constitute a Parent Intervening Event and (2) in no event shall any event, occurrence, fact, condition, effect, change or development that has an adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of any Symyx Corporation, constitute a Parent Intervening Event, unless such event, occurrence, fact, condition, effect, change or development has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (B) at least four business days prior to any meeting of the Parent shall have given Board at which the Parent Board will consider whether such Parent Intervening Event requires the Parent Board to effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation, Parent provides the Company prior with a written notice specifying the date and time of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change)meeting and the reasons for holding such meeting; and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to during such proposed revisions or other proposalfour business day period, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made requested by the Company, if anyParent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that obviates the need for the Parent Board to effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation as a result of such Parent Intervening Event; and (D) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with its outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedthat, in good faithlight of such Parent Intervening Event, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the a Parent Board Adverse Change in Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant would reasonably be expected to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Dayslaw. (iid) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Notwithstanding any Parent Change in CircumstanceRecommendation, if and only if: (A) unless earlier terminated in accordance with Section 8.1, this Agreement shall be submitted to the holders of Parent Common Stock at the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that Stockholders’ Meeting for the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties purpose of voting on the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; Proposals and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit be deemed to relieve Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawobligation.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Accelrys, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Accelrys, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” Meeting”) to present one or more proposals to the stockholders in order to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval, including the Nasdaq Issuance Proposal, Equity Plan Proposal and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein asCharter Amendment Proposals, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, other proposals that Parent and the Company may mutually agree upon (the “Parent Stockholders’ MeetingStockholder Proposals”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, and in any event no later than forty-five (45) days after the effective date of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECRegistration Statement. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApprovals, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty thirty (6030) days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. If on the date of the Parent Stockholder Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholder Meeting is scheduled, the parties are unable to negotiate an agreed upon determination of Net Cash or pursuant to Section 3.7, Parent will postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Parent Stockholder Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholder Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): 7.3(c), (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Proposals and shall solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, timeframe set forth in Section 7.3(a) above and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Proposals (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); ) and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 7.3(b), if and subject to compliance with Section 6.4 and Section 7.3, at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at Proposals by the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: Approval, (i) if Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal Superior Offer or (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out ii) as a result of a material breach of Section 4.4) from development or change in circumstances (other than any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselsuch event, development or change to the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant extent related to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) any Acquisition Proposal, Acquisition Inquiry, Acquisition Transaction or the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; consequences thereof or (B) the fact, in and of itself, that Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice meets or exceeds internal budgets, plans or forecasts of its intention to consider making a revenues, earnings or other financial performance or results of operations) that affects the business, assets or operations of Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change that occurs or terminate arises after the date of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination NoticeParent Intervening Event) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change if, but only if (i) in response to the case of a Parent Change in CircumstanceSuperior Offer, if following the receipt of and only if: on account of such Superior Offer, (A1) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation consulting with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so withhold, amend, withdraw or modify such recommendation would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Notice Period, negotiate with the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice in good faith to propose revisions make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to negotiate in good faith with the Company constitute a Superior Offer (to the extent the Company desires to do sonegotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) if after considering the results Company shall have delivered to Parent an irrevocable written offer to alter the terms or conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to this Agreement during the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determined in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that (x) the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to change its recommendation at least four (4) Business Days in advance of the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include a description in response reasonable detail of the reasons for such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, and written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer, (y) during any Parent Notice Period, the Company shall be entitled to deliver to Parent one or more counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal and Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent will, and cause its Representatives to, negotiate with the fiduciary duties Company in good faith (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the applicable Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer and (z) in the event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in the amount, form or mix of consideration or percentage of the Parent Board to combined company that Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance would receive as a result of doubtsuch potential Superior Offer), the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed required to provide the Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two (2) Business DaysDays remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 7.3(c) and the Parent Board shall not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the end of such Parent Notice Period as so extended (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions) or (ii) in the case of a Parent Intervening Event, Parent promptly notifies the Company, in writing, within the Parent Notice Period before making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, which notice shall state expressly the material facts and circumstances related to the applicable Parent Intervening Event and that the Parent Board intends to make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change. (d) Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholder meeting in accordance with Section 7.3(a) shall not be limited to or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or Acquisition Proposal, or by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation or any Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or the case of Parent Board pursuant to Rules 14d- 9 and 14e-2(a) shall be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the foregoing clause (iii) bidder’s tender offer unless the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could statement would reasonably be reasonably likely expected to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Graphite Bio, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stockwill, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable in accordance with applicable Law and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene a meeting of holders of Shares to consider and vote upon the Parent Share Issuance and the Parent Charter Amendment, which meeting shall in any event take place within 45 days after the filing declaration of the Definitive Proxy effectiveness of the Registration Statement with (the SEC“Parent Stockholders Meeting”). Parent shall take use its reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with hold the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting are solicited on the same day as the Company Stockholders Meeting and as soon as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3, the Parent Board shall include the Parent Board Recommendation in compliance with all applicable Lawsthe Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and recommend at the Parent Stockholders Meeting that the holders of capital stock of Parent approve the Parent Share Issuance and the Parent Charter Amendment, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and solicit such approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinforegoing, (A) if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding before the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i1) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain representing the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be present, is present or (ii2) it will not have sufficient enough shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent may (and, if requested by the Company, Parent shall) postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting and (B) Parent may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that Parent has determined, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of Parent prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar 30 days in connection with any such postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject adjournments pursuant to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation either or both of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: preceding clauses (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; and (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) Notwithstanding any Parent Change in Recommendation, Parent shall seek the Parent Stockholder Approval at the Parent Stockholders Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Parent Share Issuance, the Parent Charter Amendment and, subject to the sole discretion of the Parent Board, the Parent 2011 Equity Incentive Plan Amendment, shall be the only matters (other than matters of procedure and matters required by Law to be voted on by Parent’s stockholders in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Contemplated Transactions) that Parent shall propose to be acted on by the stockholders of Parent at the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholders Meeting. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (SomaLogic, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under in accordance with applicable Law law and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws to call, give notice of and hold convene a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s its stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing date hereof for the purpose of voting on the Definitive Proxy Statement with Prize Proposal and any other matters required to be approved by the SEC. stockholders of Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with consummation of the Merger. Subject to its fiduciary duties and Section 5.4, the board of directors of Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with shall recommend approval of the Prize Proposal and other matters and shall take all applicable Lawslawful action to solicit such approval, including timely mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the stockholders of Parent. Notwithstanding anything the above, however, the following shall be conditions to the contrary contained herein, if on the date mailing of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares stockholders of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments.Parent: (ca) Parent agrees that, subject shall have received an opinion from Dain Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx xx another firm of investment bankers or financial advisors selected by the Special Committee (which opinion shall be reasonably acceptable in form and substance to Section 5.3(d): (ithe Special Committee) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Merger is fair to Parent Board recommends that Parent’s and its stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters from a financial point of view, and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation such opinion shall not be withheldhave been withdrawn, amended, withdrawn revoked or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)modified. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (Bb) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice received a letter from each of its intention Arthxx Xxxexxxx XXX and Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, respectively, to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant and Prize, addressed to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary Prize, dated as of the material terms and conditions of date the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice Proxy Statement/Prospectus is first mailed to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedParent's stockholders, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer form and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be substance reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board satisfactory to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if such accountants' review of certain financial and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing accounting matters contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 Proxy Statement/Prospectus and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable LawRegistration Statement.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Vista Energy Resources Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of of: (i) the amendment of Parent's certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) the issuance pursuant to the Merger and the Private Placement of shares of Parent Common Capital Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated TransactionsMerger and the Private Placement, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and ; (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable amendment of Parent's certificate of incorporation to consummate effect the Contemplated Transactions Parent Series A Preferred Automatic Conversion immediately following the consummation of the Private Placement; and (iv) the Parent EIP Amendment (the matters contemplated by this Section the clauses 5.3(a)(i) through (iv) are collectively referred to as the "Parent Common Stockholder Matters," and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iithe clauses 5.3(a)(i) and through (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, as the “Other "Closing Parent Common Stockholder Matters,” " and such meeting, the "Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act and in any event no later than 50 calendar days thereafter. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required required approval of the holders of Parent Common Stock at the Parent Stockholders' Meeting with respect to all of the Parent Common Stockholder VoteMatters, whether or not a quorum would be present, present at the Parent Stockholders' Meeting or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, Parent and the Company may make one mutually agree to postpone or more successive postponements or adjournments of adjourn the Parent Stockholders' Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty twenty (6020) consecutive calendar days in connection with any postponements such postponement or adjournmentsadjournment. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Common Stockholder Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval (the Other recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Common Stockholder MattersMatters being referred to, collectively, as the "Parent Board Recommendation"); (ii) the Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Common Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Matters; and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not resolve or publicly propose or agree to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a "Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change"); and (iv) other than a Parent Permitted Confidentiality Agreement, neither Parent nor its Affiliates shall enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet or any other agreement, understanding or contract (whether binding or not) contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal, submit any Acquisition Proposal to the vote of any stockholders of Parent or resolve, propose or agree to do any of the foregoing. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Common Stockholder Matters by the required vote of the holders of Parent Common Stock at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote' Meeting: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s 's outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a "Determination Notice") (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of and written material relating to the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), including unredacted copies of the Acquisition Proposal and all other documents related to the Acquisition Proposal (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three four (34) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three four (34) Business Days shall be deemed to be two three (23) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s 's outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three four (34) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three four (34) Business Days shall be deemed to be two three (23) Business Days. (e) Subject to Section 9.1(j), Parent's obligation to solicit the approval of the Parent Common Stockholder Matters by the required vote of the holders of Parent Common Stock at the Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal or by any Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change. (f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a "stop, look and listen" communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholdersthe Parent stockholders that is required by applicable Law; provided howeverthat Parent shall not effect or disclose pursuant to such rules or Law or otherwise take a position which constitutes, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the a Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure Adverse Recommendation Change unless specifically permitted pursuant to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawthe terms of Section 5.3.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Proteon Therapeutics Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of of: (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) this Agreement, including the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants Company’s stockholders in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and Transactions; (iii) the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case Merger pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (iv) the 2019 Plan (as defined in Section 5.20(a)); and (iiv) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to the Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive executed officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions applicable (the matters contemplated by this Section the clauses 5.3(a)(i) – (iii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iiclauses 5.3(a)(iv) and (iiiv) are collectively is referred to herein as, as the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Mattersshall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j9.1(f) at least three (3) four Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j9.1(f) would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) four Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) three Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) four Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) four Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) three Business Days. (e) Parent’s obligation to solicit the consent of its stockholders to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal. (f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s the Parent stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (GTX Inc /De/)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (aA) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”"PARENT STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the filing of S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure Securities Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Parent's Stockholders' Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cB) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the The board of directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the holders issuance of Parent Common Stock vote to approve in the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Merger; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/ Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation in favor of the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Merger; and (iii) neither the board of directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the board of directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of Parent's board of directors shall be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board said recommendation shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would no longer be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawunanimous. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.5.4

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Samples: Merger Agreement (First Consulting Group Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Subject to Section 5.04, (ai) Promptly as reasonably promptly as practicable following the clearance of the Parent Registration Statement by the SEC and after reasonable consultation with the Company, Parent shall establish the record date, or duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting in accordance with the DGCL (and in any event within 10 Business Days after the date of clearance of the Parent Registration Statement, unless otherwise required by applicable Laws), (ii) as promptly as practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments Parent Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Securities Act, Parent shall cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to Parent’s stockholders in compliance with applicable Law and (iii) as promptly as practicable after the filing mailing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of solicit proxies from the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) vote in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of Mergers and the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselother Transactions; provided, the Parent Board shall have determinedhowever, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For for the avoidance of doubt, Parent may postpone or adjourn the provisions Parent Stockholders Meeting: (i) with the consent of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. Company; (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, for the Parent Board may make absence of a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawquorum; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making to allow reasonable additional time (not to exceed 20 days) for the filing and distribution of any supplemental or amended disclosure with respect to Parent’s stockholders; provided howeverthe Transactions, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) which the Parent Board determines has determined in good faith, faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make ) is necessary under applicable Laws and for such supplemental or amended disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Lawdisseminated to and reviewed by Parent’s stockholders prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, including Parent’s requirement to call and hold the Parent Stockholder Meeting shall not be affected by the commencement, public proposal, public disclosure or communication to Parent of any Takeover Proposal, Intervening Event or the Parent Board making a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change. Subject to Section 5.04, unless Parent shall have made a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, the Parent Board shall use its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawreasonable best efforts to solicit the Requisite Parent Vote at the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Prior to the mailing of the Parent Registration Statement, Parent shall be entitled to engage a proxy solicitor that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and Parent shall keep the Company reasonably informed regarding its solicitation efforts and proxy tallies following the mailing of the Parent Registration Statement.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (SilverSun Technologies, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution execution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”) for the purpose of seeking: (i) approval of the Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal; and (ii) approval of (A) an amendment of the Parent Charter to increase the number of authorized shares of Parent Common Stock or (B) a reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock, in either case ((A) or (B)) by a number of authorized shares or at a stock split ratio, as the case may be, sufficient to allow the conversion of all shares of Parent Convertible Preferred Stock and have reserved and authorized a number of shares of Parent Common Stock sufficient to cover all shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon such conversion (the “Share Increase Proposal”) (the matters contemplated by clauses (i) and (ii) in this Section 4.1(a), together, are referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take Xxxxxx agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Lawsas soon as practicable after the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to If the contrary contained herein, approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or if on the a date of preceding the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then, in each case, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as one or more times to a date or dates no more than 30 days after the original scheduled date of for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed so adjourned, or adjourned more than if the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter (including engaging a third party proxy solicitor), and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an aggregate annual meeting or special meeting of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsits stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least once every six months until Parent obtains approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): : (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstime frames set forth in Section 4.1(b), and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that the Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Matters. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementThe Company and Parent acknowledge that, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Actrules of Nasdaq, (ii) issuing a “stop, look Parent Common Stock Payment Shares and listen” communication or similar communication of Parent Preferred Stock Payment Shares will not be entitled to vote on the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable LawPreferred Stock Conversion Proposal.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Selecta Biosciences Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will take, in accordance with applicable Law and its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, all action necessary to convene a meeting of holders of Parent Common Stock (athe “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) Promptly as reasonably promptly as practicable after the resolution execution of SEC staff comments this Agreement to consider and vote upon the approval of the Share Issuance and the filing Merger, the adoption of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary and any other matters required under applicable Law to callbe considered at the Parent Stockholders Meeting, give notice regardless of whether there has been a Parent Recommendation Change, but subject to Parent’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(j) (Parent Superior Proposal). So long as there has not been a Parent Recommendation Change, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the approval of the Share Issuance and hold the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Parent may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting (i) with the consent of the Company, (ii) for the absence of a meeting of quorum, (iii) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies from the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose in favor of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Share Issuance or the Merger or the adoption of this Agreement; provided, that Parent Stockholder Matters at may not postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be more than two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response times pursuant to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) without the prior written consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or (iv) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing and distribution of any supplemental or amended disclosure which the Parent Board determines has determined in good faith, faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel, ) that the failure to make so file or distribute such disclosure could would reasonably be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated to and reviewed by Parent’s stockholders prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall, at the request of the Company, to the extent permitted by Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Lawadjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to a date specified by the Company for the absence of a quorum or if Parent has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares for the Parent Stockholder Approval; provided, that Parent shall not be required to adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting more than two times pursuant to this sentence, and no such adjournment pursuant to this sentence shall be required to be for a period exceeding fifteen (15) business days. Subject to Section 5.2(g) hereof, the Parent Board shall recommend approval of the Share Issuance and the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement and shall take all lawful action to solicit such approval.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (INC Research Holdings, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementdate hereof, Parent shall will take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A Delaware Law and its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to convene the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall to be held as promptly as practicable practicable, and in any event (to the extent permissible under applicable law and Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws) within forty-five (45) days after the filing declaration of effectiveness of the Definitive Proxy Statement with S-4, for the SECpurpose of voting upon the Share Issuance. Parent shall will use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of approval of the Share Issuance and will take reasonable measures all other action necessary or advisable to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of Nasdaq or Delaware Law to obtain such approval (“Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsStockholder Vote”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ MeetingMeeting solely to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent’s stockholders in advance of a vote on the Share Issuance or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, . Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by Parent in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsthe Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited, in compliance with Delaware Law, its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the rules of Nasdaq and all other applicable legal requirements. (cii) (A) The Board of Directors of Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders Parent’s stockholders vote in favor of Parent Common Stock vote to and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Share Issuance; (iiB) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/ Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect effect, that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has recommended that Parent’s stockholders vote to in favor of and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Share Issuance at the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Stockholders’ Meeting; and (iiiC) neither the Board of Directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not be withheldwithhold, amendedwithdraw, withdrawn amend or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly modify, or propose or resolve to withhold, amendwithdraw, withdraw amend or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to Company, the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given vote in favor of and approve the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysShare Issuance. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Netscreen Technologies Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution execution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, call and give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of seeking: (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) approval of the Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal; and (ii) approval of an amendment to Parent’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorizes shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such amount as determined by the Merger to Parent Board following the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Closing (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe clauses 5.2(a)(i) – (ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on as soon as practicable after the date hereof, and in any event on or before the date 100 days after the date hereof. If the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which then Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements times to a date or adjournments of dates no more than 30 days after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the scheduled date of for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed so adjourned, and/or if the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an annual meeting or adjourned more than an aggregate special meeting of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsits stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least once every six months until Parent obtains approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): : (i) the Parent Board shall shall, subject in all cases to compliance with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain such approval. The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the Other Parent Stockholder MattersNasdaq Stock Market Rules, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (Common Stock Payment Shares and the Parent Board shall Preferred Stock Payment Shares will not publicly propose be entitled to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify vote on the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to to, in consultation with the Company, establish a record date for, call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for to consider and vote on Parent Proposals at the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The . Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable practicable, in accordance with applicable Law and Parent’s Organizational Documents, after the filing of Form S-4 Effective Date, but in no event later than 30 days following the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECForm S-4 Effective Date. . Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent (after consultation with the Company) reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Parent Required Vote for each Parent Stockholder VoteProposal, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in compliance with the DGCL and Parent’s Organizational Documents, as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) Promptly following the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders execution of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to Parent shall approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the approval of Merger and the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedTransactions, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) its capacity as the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all sole stockholder of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysMerger Sub. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Rodgers Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law and its Organizational Documents to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of to consider and vote (i) to approve and adopt this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to stockholders of the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; terms of this Agreement, and (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (adopt the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as 5.19 (collectively, the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act; provided that Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) mail the Proxy Statement and all proxy materials to the Parent stockholders promptly after the date the SEC declares the Form S-4 effective (and in any case prior to February 14, 2020 if such date is on or prior to February 7, 2020), and (B) hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote within forty-five days of the Definitive Proxy Statement with date the SECSEC declares the Form S-4 effective. Parent shall take use commercially reasonable measures efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited solicited, and the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is called and conducted, in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw and its Organizational Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (iiB) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty thirty (6030) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.03(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve each of the Parent Stockholder Matters and Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstime set forth in Section 5.03(a), (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve each of the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.03(b), and subject to compliance with Section 4.04 and other subsections of this AgreementSection 5.03, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstanceif, if and but only if: , following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company make a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and Change would reasonably likely be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, (C) (1ii) Parent shall have specified has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detailNotice Period, (2) Parent shall have given negotiate with the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice in good faith to propose revisions make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyconstitute a Superior Offer, and (3iii) after considering the results Company shall have delivered to Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to this Agreement during the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determines in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make the a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parentchange its recommendation at least four Business Days in advance of such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include a description in reasonable detail of the reasons for such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change and, if such reasons are related to a Superior Offer, written copies of such Acquisition Proposal and any relevant proposed transaction terms or agreements with any Person making a potential Superior Offer. In the event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in the amount, form or mix of consideration the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law. For would receive as a result of such potential Superior Offer), Parent shall be required to provide the avoidance Company with notice of doubtsuch material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least three Business Days remain in the provisions Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the Parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d)(ii5.03(c) and the Parent Board shall not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the end of such Parent Notice Period as so extended. (d) Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 5.03(a) shall also apply to not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal, or by any Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysBoard Adverse Recommendation Change. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act; provided, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or the case of Parent Board pursuant to Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) shall be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the foregoing clause (iii) bidder’s tender offer unless the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including statement would result in a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. (f) Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall take all necessary action as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub to effect the due authorization and approval of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions by the board of directors and the stockholders of Merger Sub.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Conatus Pharmaceuticals Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Company Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with Securities Act; provided, however, that notwithstanding the SEC. foregoing, nothing in this Section 5.3 shall obligate Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the call, give notice of, convene or hold a Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will if the holders of the Company Common Stock do not receive proxies sufficient to obtain approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, Merger or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares if, prior to the time the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled to be held, there is a Material Adverse Effect on the Company that arose from (A) the Company's breach of or failure to perform its covenants as set forth in Sections 4 and 5 hereof, or (B) the Company's breach of or inaccuracy of any of its representations and warranties as set forth in Section 2 that resulted from 42 49 facts, circumstances, events or conditions which existed at any time prior to and through the date of this Agreement. (i) The Board of Directors of Parent shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Merger; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation in favor of the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Merger; and (iii) neither the Board of Directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the Board Recommendation of Directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of Parent's Board of Directors shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Compurad Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law Legal Requirements and Parent's charter documents to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable after this Agreement shall have been duly approved by the filing of Company's stockholders at the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECCompany Stockholders' Meeting. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Merger (the recommendation of Parent's board of directors that Parent's stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger being referred to as the "Parent Board Recommendation"); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted or proposed. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b)(i), if at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters at Common Stock in the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out stockholders of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselParent, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) Recommendation may be withdrawn or modified if the board of directors of Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines concludes in good faith, after consultation with having taken into account the advice of Parent’s 's outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would create a substantial risk of liability for breach of the Parent board of directors' fiduciary obligations to Parent's stockholders under applicable law. (d) Parent's obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders' Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(a) shall not be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties limited or otherwise affected by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Ixys Corp /De/)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of of, and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on a proposal to approve the issuance of the Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior issued pursuant to the Merger terms of this Agreement (the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) and shall submit such proposal to such holders at the holders of Company Capital StockParent Stockholders Meeting. Parent (in consultation with the Company) shall set a single record date for persons entitled to notice of, Company Options and Company Warrants to vote at, the Parent Stockholders Meeting and shall not change such record date (whether in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and Parent Stockholders Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof) without the change prior written Consent of control the Company. The Parent Stockholders Meeting shall be held (on the same date as the date of the Company Stockholders Meeting) as promptly as practicable after (but in any event no later than 40 days after) the Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act. Subject to Section 5.9(c), the Joint Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of Parent resulting from Board that the Contemplated Transactions, in each case Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the issuance of the Parent Common Stock issued pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; terms of this Agreement (ii) in accordance with Section 14A the recommendation of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively Parent Board being referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ MeetingBoard Recommendation”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything Legal Requirements. (b) Subject to the contrary contained hereinSection 5.9(c), if on the date of neither the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that Board nor any committee thereof shall: (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company, or adopt or propose a resolution to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company; (ii) fail to reaffirm, without qualification, the Parent Board Recommendation within 10 Business Days after the Company requests in writing that such action be taken; (iii) fail to announce publicly, within 10 Business Days after a tender offer or exchange offer relating to securities of Parent shall have been commenced, that the actions set forth Parent Board recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer (it being understood that the Parent Board or any committee thereof may make or cause Parent to make a customary “stop, look and listen” communication or may elect to take no position with respect to a Parent Acquisition Proposal until the close of business on the tenth Business Day after the commencement of such Parent Acquisition Proposal pursuant to Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act without such action in and of itself being considered a Parent Change in Recommendation); (iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Parent Acquisition Proposal; or (v) publicly resolve or propose to take any action described in clauses (i) through (iv) of this sentence (each of the foregoing clause actions described in clauses (iii), collectively, i) through (v) of this sentence being referred to as a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation ChangeChange in Recommendation”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.9(b), if at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters at Common Stock issued pursuant to the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting terms of this Agreement by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, the Parent Board may effect, or cause Parent to effect, as the case may be, a Parent Change in Recommendation: (i) if (A) after the date of this Agreement, a Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (B) such Parent Acquisition Proposal was not obtained or made as a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make direct or indirect result of a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate breach of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of or the following apply: Confidentiality Agreement; (AC) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation and outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of such Parent Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Parent Proposal; (D) the Parent Board does not effect, or cause Parent to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making effect, a Parent Board Adverse Change in Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) time within five Business Days after the Determination Notice Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined that such Parent Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Parent Proposal; (E) during such five Business Day period, if requested by the Company, Parent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to propose revisions amend this Agreement in such a manner that the Parent Acquisition Proposal that was determined to constitute a Superior Parent Proposal no longer constitutes a Superior Parent Proposal; (F) at the end of such five Business Day period, such Parent Acquisition Proposal has not been withdrawn and continues to constitute a Superior Parent Proposal (taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with irrevocably agreed by the Company as a result of the negotiations required by clause (to the extent the Company desires to negotiateE) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, otherwise); and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (AG) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Superior Parent Proposal, the failure to do so make a Parent Change in Recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board obligations to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; Legal Requirements (B) Parent shall have given it being understood that in the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making event of any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the a Superior Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubtProposal, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii5.9(c)(i) shall also apply to any material change such revised Parent Acquisition Proposal as if it were a new Parent Acquisition Proposal hereunder, except that to the facts and circumstances relating extent such revisions are proposed during such five Business Day period, the five Business Day period shall instead be the greater of the remaining time of such initial five Business Day Period related to such Parent Change in Circumstance Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days.); (eii) Nothing contained in if (A) a Parent Intervening Event occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or Agreement; (B) the Parent Board does not effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation at any time within five Business Days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that, in light of a Parent Intervening Event, the Parent Board intends to effect a Parent Change in Recommendation; (iC) complying during such five Business Day period, if requested by the Company, Parent engages in good-faith negotiations with Rules 14d-9 the Company to amend this Agreement in a manner that obviates the need for the Parent Board to effect, or cause Parent to effect, a Parent Change in Recommendation as a result of such Parent Intervening Event; and 14e-2(a(D) promulgated under at the Exchange Actend of such five Business Day period, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Parent Intervening Event, the failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to a Parent Change in Recommendation would be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties obligations to Parent’s stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Seventy Seven Energy Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary and within its powers under applicable Law Laws to cause the Proxy Statement promptly to be mailed to the Parent Stockholders and to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for Stockholders to vote on the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and Approval Matter (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after reasonably practicable, provided that in no event shall Parent be required to hold the filing Parent Stockholders’ Meeting earlier than the forty-fifth (45th) day following the mailing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with to the SECParent Stockholders entitled to vote at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be subject to adjournments for up to twenty (20) additional days solely to the extent necessary to solicit additional proxies if the Required Parent Stockholder Vote is not obtained as of the initial Parent Stockholders’ Meeting date. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything The written consent of the Company shall be required to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting; provided, that in any case Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting if Parent reasonably determines, following consultation with its legal counsel, that failure to do so is necessary to avoid a breach of applicable Law, in which case, Parent will hold or resume the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting on the earliest date preceding the date thereafter on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether could be held or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsresumed without breaching applicable Law. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d6.7(c): (i) the Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock Stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Approval Matter and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, timeframe set forth in Section 6.7(a) above; (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board unanimously recommends that Parent’s stockholders the Parent Stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Approval Matter (the unanimous recommendation of the Parent Board with respect that the Parent Stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Approval Matter being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company shall not publicly propose be adopted or proposed. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.7(b), at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger by the Parent Stockholders pursuant to the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, the Parent Board may withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii)if, collectivelybut only if, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after based on such matters as it deems relevant following consultation with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so withhold, amend, withdraw or modify such recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the result in a breach of its fiduciary duties of under applicable Laws (a “Change in Recommendation”); provided, that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of change its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) recommendation at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than Days in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties advance of the Parent Board Recommendation being withdrawn, withheld, amended or modified in a manner adverse to the Company. (d) Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior obligation to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; call, give notice of and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified hold the Parent Change Stockholders’ Meeting in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2accordance with Section 6.7(a) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement not be limited or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions otherwise affected by any withdrawal or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Standard Parking Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution execution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of seeking: (i) approval of the issuance Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal; (ii) if deemed necessary or appropriate by Parent or as otherwise required by applicable Law or Contract, to authorize the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to authorize sufficient Parent Common Stock or other securities in Parent’s certificate of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) incorporation for the conversion of the shares of Parent Common Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case issued pursuant to this Agreement and/or to effectuate the Nasdaq rules; Reverse Split (iithe “Charter Amendment Proposal”) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe clauses 4.1(a)(i) and 4.1(a)(ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with (i) call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance as soon as practicable after the date hereof, and (ii) to solicit and obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, including without limitation, (A) engaging a nationally recognized proxy solicitation firm and information agent, (B) actively attempting to contact and obtain votes from the Parent’s stockholders (including its retail stockholders with all applicable Lawsmeaningful holdings of Parent Common Stock), and (C) working with the Parent’s transfer agent and inspector of elections to facilitate an appropriate and straightforward process for obtaining the Required Parent Stockholder Vote. Notwithstanding anything to If the contrary contained herein, approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or if on the a date of preceding the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (ix) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (iiy) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then, in each case, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as one or more times to a date or dates no more than 30 days after the scheduled date of for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed so adjourned, and/or if the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an annual meeting or adjourned more than an aggregate special meeting of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsits stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least once every six months until Parent obtains approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): : (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstime frames set forth in Section 4.2(b), and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that the Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Matters. (d) Notwithstanding anything to The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselNasdaq Stock Market Rules, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) Common Stock Payment Shares and the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant Preferred Stock Payment Shares will not be entitled to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of vote on the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysPreferred Stock Conversion Proposal. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Traws Pharma, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of in the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior Merger and, to the Merger to extent required under Parent's certificate of incorporation and bylaws and applicable law, the holders election of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal Xxx X. Xxxxxx to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion 's Board of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Directors (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”"PARENT STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure Securities Act; provided, however, that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent's Stockholders' Meeting. Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ ' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited in connection with any postponements or adjournmentssuch Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited, in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the The board of directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the holders issuance of Parent Common Stock vote in the Merger and the election of Xxx X. Xxxxxx to approve Parent's Board of Directors at the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Stockholders' Meeting; (ii) the Joint Prospectus/Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve in favor of the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock in the Merger and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation election of the Parent Lev. X. Xxxxxx to Parent's Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)of Directors at Parent's Stockholders' Meeting; and (iii) neither the board of directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not be withheldwithdraw, amendedamend or modify, withdrawn or modified (propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the board of directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and the election of Xxx X. Xxxxxx to Parent's Board of Directors. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose be deemed to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) have been modified in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (LJL Biosystems Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will take, in accordance with applicable Law and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, all action necessary to convene a meeting of holders of Parent Common Stock (athe “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) Promptly as reasonably promptly as practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments S4 Registration Statement is declared effective to consider and vote upon this Agreement, the Parent Charter Amendment, the Parent Share Issuance, and the filing Parent Option Plan Increase and to cause such vote to be taken; provided that nothing herein shall prevent Parent from postponing or adjourning the Parent Stockholders Meeting on any occasion if (i) there are holders of insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock present or represented by a proxy at the Definitive Proxy StatementParent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Parent Stockholders Meeting, (ii) Parent shall take all action necessary under is required to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting by applicable Law or a request from the SEC or its staff, or (iii) the Parent Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is necessary or appropriate to call, postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting in order to (x) give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of sufficient time to evaluate any information or disclosure that Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior has sent to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement or otherwise made available to the effect that the holders of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheldCommon Stock, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) to provide additional time to solicit proxies from the holders of Parent may terminate Common Stock; provided, further, that Parent shall not postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to a date that is in the aggregate more than 45 days after the date for which the Parent Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled or to a date on or after three business days prior to the Termination Date (other than, following consultation with the Company, any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law or a request from the SEC or its staff). Parent shall promptly provide the Company with all voting tabulation reports relating to the Parent Stockholders Meeting that have been prepared by Parent or Parent’s transfer agent, proxy solicitor or other Representative, and shall otherwise keep the Company reasonably informed regarding the status of the solicitation and any material oral or written communications from or to Parent. Subject to Section 5.3, Parent’s board of directors shall recommend the approval and adoption of (x) this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if by the Parent Public Shareholders and only if all of the following apply: (Ay) the Parent Board determines in good faithCharter Amendment, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with Parent Share Issuance and the fiduciary duties Parent Option Plan Increase by the requisite stockholders of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available take all lawful action to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to solicit such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysapprovals. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (KushCo Holdings, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will take, in accordance with applicable Law and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, all action necessary to convene a meeting of holders of Parent Common Stock (athe “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) Promptly as reasonably promptly as practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective to consider and vote upon this Agreement, the Parent Charter Amendment, the Parent Share Issuance, and the filing Parent Option Plan Increase and to cause such vote to be taken; provided that nothing herein shall prevent Parent from postponing or adjourning the Parent Stockholders Meeting on any occasion if (i) there are holders of insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock present or represented by a proxy at the Definitive Proxy StatementParent Stockholders Meeting to constitute a quorum at the Parent Stockholders Meeting, (ii) Parent shall take all action necessary under is required to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting by applicable Law or a request from the SEC or its staff, or (iii) the Parent Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that it is necessary or appropriate to call, postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting in order to (x) give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of sufficient time to evaluate any information or disclosure that Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior has sent to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement or otherwise made available to the effect that the holders of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheldCommon Stock, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) to provide additional time to solicit proxies from the holders of Parent may terminate Common Stock; provided, further, that Parent shall not postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to a date that is in the aggregate more than 45 days after the date for which the Parent Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled or to a date on or after three business days prior to the Termination Date (other than, following consultation with the Company, any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law or a request from the SEC or its staff). Parent shall promptly provide the Company with all voting tabulation reports relating to the Parent Stockholders Meeting that have been prepared by Parent or Parent’s transfer agent, proxy solicitor or other Representative, and shall otherwise keep the Company reasonably informed regarding the status of the solicitation and any material oral or written communications from or to Parent. Subject to Section 5.3, Parent’s board of directors shall recommend the approval and adoption of (x) this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if by the Parent Public Shareholders and only if all of the following apply: (Ay) the Parent Board determines in good faithCharter Amendment, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with Parent Share Issuance and the fiduciary duties Parent Option Plan Increase by the requisite stockholders of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available take all lawful action to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to solicit such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysapprovals. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Greenlane Holdings, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution earlier to occur of (i) confirmation by the SEC staff that it has no further comments and on the filing preliminary Proxy Statement or (ii) expiration of the Definitive Proxy Statement10-day waiting period contemplated by Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of of: (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants Company’s stockholders in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and Transactions; (iii) the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case Merger pursuant to the Nasdaq rules, if required; and (iiiv) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to the Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive executed officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions applicable (the matters contemplated by this Section the clauses 5.3(a)(i) – (iii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iiclause 5.3(a)(iv) and (iii) are collectively is referred to herein as, as the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after practicable, and in any event within 60 days, following the earlier to occur of (A) confirmation by the SEC that it has no further comments or (B) expiration of the 10-day waiting period contemplated by Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act with respect to the filing of the Definitive preliminary Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsStatement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Meeting or on a date preceding the date on which or the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (iiB) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person Person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may may, after reasonable consultation with the Company, postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, shall use reasonable best efforts to solicit such approval; (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn withdrawn, qualified or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw withdraw, qualify or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company Company; and (iv) the Parent Board shall not fail to recommend, in a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9, against any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction subject to Regulation 14D promulgated under the Exchange Act (other than any other tender offer or exchange offer by Parent or Merger Sub) within ten (10) Business Days after the commencement (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act) of such Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause clauses (iii) and (iv), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.44.4 (other than de minimis violations)) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) four Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) three Business Days. (ii) other Other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) four Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to could be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) four Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) three Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s the Parent stockholders; provided provided, however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Newlink Genetics Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to stockholders of the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; terms of this Agreement (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive Table of Contents proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and Section 5.3, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstanceif, if and but only if: , following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer, (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; , (Bii) Parent shall have given has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Notice Period (as defined below), negotiate with the Company a Determination Notice at least three in good faith (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given if the Company the three (3so desires) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyconstitute a Superior Offer, and (3iii) if after considering the results Company shall have delivered to Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to this Agreement during the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determined in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawchange its recommendation at least four Business Days in advance of such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer. For In the avoidance event of doubtany material amendment to any Superior Offer, Parent shall be required to provide the provisions Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d)(ii5.3(c) and the Parent Board shall also apply to any material change not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the facts and circumstances relating to end of such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysNotice Period as so extended. (ed) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s the Parent stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, further, that any such disclosures (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be a change of the Parent Board Recommendation unless the Parent Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation (i) in such communication or (ii) within three Business Days after being requested in writing to do so by the Company.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Versartis, Inc.)

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Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall (i) take all action necessary under applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). ) to vote on the approval of this Agreement and the Parent Documents and the Transactions, including the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, the Parent Charter Amendment, including for purposes of effectuating the Reverse Split, the Tellenger Sale and the Incentive Plan (bcollectively, the “Parent Stockholder Approval Matters”) and (ii) mail to Parent Stockholders as of the record date established for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, the S-4 Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after practicable, and in any event within 45 days, following the filing of date that SEC declares the Definitive Proxy S-4 Registration Statement with the SECto be effective. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the any date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, on or a date preceding before the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (iiB) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may may, in its sole discretion, postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.03(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, timeframe set forth in Section 5.03(a) above; (ii) the Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Approval Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not not, except to the extent required by applicable law, publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to Company, and no resolution by the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation Change”)in a manner adverse to Company shall be adopted or proposed; and (iv) Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from its stockholders the Parent Stockholder Approval, including by soliciting proxies in favor thereof. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.03(b), if and subject to compliance with Section 5.13, at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters at by the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselApproval, the Parent Board shall have determined, Recommendation may be withdrawn or modified (a “Parent Change in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (xRecommendation”) if the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines concludes in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s outside legal counselcounsel and financial advisors, that as a result of Parent’s receipt of an Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a violation of Section 5.13 and which constitutes a Superior Offer, the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for the Parent Board to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; (B) provided, however, that prior to Parent taking any action permitted under this Section 5.03(c), Parent shall have given the (i) provide Company with four (4) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention advising Company that it intends to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any effect such Parent Board Adverse Change in Recommendation Change or termination and specifying, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Changeincluding, in the case of an Acquisition Proposal, the information required by Section 5.13(b); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2ii) Parent shall have given the Company the three during such four (34) Business Days after Day period, negotiate, and cause its Representatives to negotiate, with Company in good faith (to the Determination Notice extent Company wishes to negotiate) to enable Company to determine whether to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with such that it would obviate the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of need for the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubteffect such withdrawal or modification, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(iand (iii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines consider in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure faith any proposal by Company to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to amend the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available in a manner that would obviate the need to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with Recommendation. (d) Notwithstanding the fiduciary duties occurrence of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination NoticeRecommendation, except that Parent shall nonetheless submit this Agreement to the references Parent Stockholders for adoption at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article IV prior to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Daysthe Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) taking and disclosing to the stockholders of Parent a position as contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or complying with Rules the provisions of Rule 14d-9 and 14e-2(aunder the Exchange Act (other than Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, ) or (ii) issuing making a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication to the stockholders of the type contemplated by Section Parent pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) Act, in each case provided Parent has otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided complied with the terms of this Section 5.03, provided, however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or the case of Parent Board pursuant to Rules 14d-9 or 14e-2(a) will be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the foregoing clause (iii) bidder’s tender offer unless the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including statement would result in a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable LawLegal Requirements; provided, further, that (A) in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), any such disclosure or public statement shall be deemed to be a Parent Change in Recommendation subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement unless the Parent Board reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation in such disclosure or public statement; and (B) Parent shall not affect a Parent Change in Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.03(c).

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Wavedancer, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementStatement has Cleared Comments, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including: (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants Stock in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; rules (the “Parent Share Issuance”); (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act Name Change Amendment and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and Parent Plan Increase; (iii) the timely compliance by Parent with all of its obligations contained in Section 5.9; and (iv) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Transactions, including to the extent required by Item 402(t) of Regulation S-K. (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) through Section 5.3(a)(iv) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments and, in any event, no later than fifty (50) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be reasonably recommended by a proxy solicitation firm, if any, engaged by Parent in connection with the SECParent Stockholders’ Meeting) after the Proxy Statement has Cleared Comments. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty thirty (6030) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments without the prior written consent of the Company. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall Unanimously recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstimeframe set forth in Section 5.3(b), (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board Unanimously recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiiii)(1) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified modified, (and 2) the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation, and (3) in a manner adverse no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Company Parent Board Recommendation or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectivelyif taken, shall constitute, in each case, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and this Section 5.3(d), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written bona fide Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of result from a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”; and such period, the “Parent Notice Period”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1C)(1) Parent shall have provided to the Company with the identity of the Person making the Acquisition Proposal, as well as a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal (and in the case of a written Acquisition Proposal, any written documentation related thereto) in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal shall, and shall have made caused its Representatives reasonably available to to, during the Parent Notice Period, negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyadjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For ; provided that (x) the avoidance Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board (with the recommendation of doubtthe Special Committee) has determined to change its recommendation during the Parent Notice Period, which notice shall include a description in reasonable detail of the reasons for such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change and written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer during the Parent Notice Period; (y) during any Parent Notice Period, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) Company shall also apply be entitled to any material change deliver to the facts and circumstances relating Parent one or more counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination NoticeParent will, except and cause its Representatives to, negotiate with the Company in good faith (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the references applicable Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer; and (z) in the event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in price that Parent’s stockholders would receive as a result of such potential Superior Offer), Parent shall be required to provide the Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least three (3) Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the Parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d) and the Parent Board shall not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the end of such Parent Notice Period as so extended (it being understood that there may be deemed to be two (2) Business Days.multiple extensions); and (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1C)(1) Parent shall have specified provided the Company with a description of the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, including the material facts and circumstances related to the Parent Change in Circumstance, (2) Parent shall, and shall have given caused its Representatives to, during the Company the three four (34) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposalNotice, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed enable the Company to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or other make another proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board (with the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three four (34) Business Days shall be deemed to be two three (23) Business DaysDays (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions). (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or the case of Parent Board pursuant to the foregoing clause (iii) shall be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the bidder’s tender offer unless the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such additional disclosure could be reasonably likely to would be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. Parent shall not withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.3(d). (f) Unless this Agreement is otherwise terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(b) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Acquisition Proposal or by any Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Kidpik Corp.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution execution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of seeking: (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) approval of the Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal; (ii) approval of an amendment to Parent’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such amount as determined by the Merger to Parent Board following the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Closing (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe clauses 4.2(a)(i)–(ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited as soon as practicable after the date hereof, and in compliance with all applicable Lawsany event on or before the date 70 days after the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to If the contrary contained herein, approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or if on the a date of preceding the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably reasonable believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then, in each case, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as one or more times to a date or dates no more than 30 days after the scheduled date of for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed so adjourned, and/or if the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an annual meeting or adjourned more than an aggregate special meeting of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsits stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least once every six months until Parent obtains approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): : (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstime frames set forth in Section 4.2(b), and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that the Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Matters. The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (Common Stock Payment Shares and the Parent Board shall Preferred Stock Payment Shares will not publicly propose be entitled to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify vote on the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Miragen Therapeutics, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of to consider, act upon and vote upon (i) the issuance adoption of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stockthis Agreement, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunderParent Preferred Stock Conversion, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate Reverse Stock Split, (iv) the Contemplated Transactions Increased Authorization and (v) the Name Change (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Form S-4 Registration Statement with is declared effective by the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited solicited, in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything Parent's obligation to the contrary contained hereincall, if on the date of give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting in accordance with this Section 6.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal, or a date preceding by any withdrawal, amendment or modification of the date on which recommendation of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares Board of Directors of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) with respect to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsMerger. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d6.3(c): (i) the Board of Directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of (A) the holders adoption of Parent Common Stock vote to approve this Agreement, (B) the Parent Stockholder Matters Preferred Stock Conversion, (C) the Reverse Stock Split (D) the Increased Authorization, and (E) the Other Name Change at the Parent Stockholder Matters, Stockholders' Meeting; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve in favor of (A) the adoption of this Agreement, (B) the Parent Stockholder Matters Preferred Stock Conversion, (C) the Reverse Stock Split, (D) the Increased Authorization and (E) the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Name Change at the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Stockholders' Meeting; and (iii) neither the Board of Directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of (A) the adoption of this Agreement, (B) the Parent Preferred Stock Conversion, (C) the Reverse Stock Split, (D) the Increased Authorization and (E) the Name Change. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of the Board Recommendation of Directors shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (dc) Notwithstanding anything Nothing in Section 6.3(b) shall prevent the Board of Directors of Parent from withdrawing, amending or modifying its unanimous recommendation in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and amending the Form S-4 Registration Statement (provided that Parent shall use its best efforts not to delay the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent Stockholders' Meeting if it amends the Form S-4 Registration Statement) at any time prior to the approval adoption of this Agreement by the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: Vote if (i) if a Superior Offer is made to Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal and is not withdrawn, (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out ii) neither Parent nor any of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board its Representatives shall have determinedviolated any of the restrictions set forth in Section 5.3, and (iii) the Board of Directors of Parent concludes in good faith, that in light of such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offeroffer, (x) based upon the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice advice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make withdraw, amend or modify such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including recommendation would create a substantial risk of liability for breach of its fiduciary duties 50. obligations to Parent's stockholders under applicable Lawlaw. Nothing contained in this Section 6.3 shall limit Parent's obligation to call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders' Meeting (regardless of whether the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent shall have been withdrawn, amended or modified).

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Paradigm Technology Inc /De/)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for to vote on a proposal to authorize the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Reverse Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of Split and issue the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions this Agreement (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall be held (on a date selected by Parent in consultation with the Company) as promptly as practicable after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve authorize the Parent Stockholder Matters Reverse Stock Split and issue the Other shares of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement at the Parent Stockholders' Meeting (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “"Parent Board Recommendation"); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted or proposed. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), if at any time prior to the approval adoption of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting this Agreement by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedRecommendation may be withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to the Company if: (i) an unsolicited, in good faith, that such bona fide written Parent Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (ii) Parent provides the Company with at least five business days prior notice of any meeting of Parent's board of directors at which such board of directors will consider and determine whether such offer is a Parent Superior Offer, ; (xiii) the Parent's board of directors determines in good faith (based upon a written opinion of an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) that such Parent Board may make Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all ; (iv) Parent's board of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board directors determines in good faith, after consultation with having taken into account the advice of Parent’s 's outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for Parent's board of directors to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Lawlaw; (Bv) the Parent shall have given Board Recommendation is not withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to the Company prior at any time within five business days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that Parent's board of its intention to consider making directors has determined that such offer is a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change)Superior Offer; and (Cvi) (1) neither Parent nor any of its Representatives shall have provided to the Company a summary breached or taken any action inconsistent with any of the material terms provisions set forth in Section 4.4. For purposes of this Agreement, Asante Partners LLC is a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation. (d) Parent's obligation to call, give notice of and conditions of hold the Acquisition Proposal Parent Stockholders' Meeting in accordance with Section 4.4(b)5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, (2) disclosure, announcement or submission of any Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions Superior Offer or other proposalParent Acquisition Proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of or by any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change withdrawal or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Specialized Health Products International Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent Parent: (i) shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on a proposal to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; Listing Rule 5635 (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). ; and (bii) The shall submit such proposal to such holders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not submit any other proposal to such holders in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of the Company. Parent in consultation with the Company shall set a record date for persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not change such record date without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Subject to the rights to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting set forth below, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held on the same date as promptly as practicable after the filing of Company Stockholders’ Meeting (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECCompany and Parent). Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited by the Xxxx Corporations and their Representatives in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on Parent may after consultation with the date of Company adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ MeetingMeeting only: (i) to the extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is required by applicable Legal Requirement (or in connection with the settlement of any applicable litigation) is timely provided to, and may be reviewed by, Parent’s stockholders (with the determination of whether such adjournment or postponement is necessary under applicable Legal Requirements or in connection with a date preceding settlement to be determined in good faith by the date on Parent Board); (ii) if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of to be conducted at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments ; (iii) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies in favor of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is Common Stock in the Merger; or (iv) to a date not postponed later than two business days after the expiration of any five-business-day (or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty two-business-day, as applicable) period contemplated by Section 5.3 (60c)(i) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments(ii). (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board has determined that this Agreement and the Merger are advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, Parent and its stockholders, and recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Merger at the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters Stockholders’ Meeting (such determination and recommendation being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, directly or indirectly withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company; (iii) neither the Parent Board nor any committee thereof shall: (A) fail to include the Parent Board Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; (B) recommend, adopt or approve, or propose publicly to recommend, adopt or approve, an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Parent; (C) fail to publicly reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation within five business days after the Company requests in writing that such action be taken; or (D) resolve to take any action described in clauses “(ii)” or “(iii)” of this sentence (each of the foregoing actions described in clauses “(ii)” and “(iii)” being referred to as a “Parent Change in Recommendation”). (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, the Parent Board may effect, or cause Parent to effect, as the case may be, a Parent Change in Recommendation: (i) if: (A) Parent has not breached, in any material respect, its obligations under Section 4.4 in connection with the offer referred to in the following clause “(B);” (B) after the date of this Agreement, an unsolicited, bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (C) the Parent Board determines in its good faith judgment, after consulting with its outside financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such offer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (D) no less than five business days prior to taking the action set forth in the foregoing clause (C) the Parent provides the Company written notice of the Parent Board’s intent to take the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iiiC) and specifying the reasons therefor (including the terms and conditions of such Parent Superior Offer, the identity of the Person making the Parent Superior Offer and copies of all relevant documents (including proposed agreements) relating thereto that are the basis of the proposed action by the Parent Board) (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to the terms of such Parent Superior Offer shall require a new notice period of two business days for purposes of this clause (D), collectively(E) and (F)); (E) during such five business day period (or two business day period, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”as applicable). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior requested by the Company, Parent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the approval of the offer that was determined to constitute a Parent Stockholder Matters Superior Offer no longer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (F) at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: end of such five business day period (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that or two business day period, as applicable), such offer has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make continues to constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or Superior Offer (y) Parent may terminate taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into proposed by the Company as a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all result of the following apply: negotiations required by clause “(AE)” or otherwise); and (G) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that the that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, a failure to do so make a Parent Change in Recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawlaw; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days.or (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) other than (1) Parent shall have specified the in connection with a Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) Recommendation with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect a Parent Superior Offer to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of which the foregoing clause (iiii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.applies; or

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Luna Innovations Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to to, in consultation with the Company, establish a record date for, call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for to consider and vote on Parent Proposals at the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The . Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable practicable, in accordance with applicable Law and Parent’s Organizational Documents, after the filing of Form S-4 Effective Date, but in no event later than 30 days following the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECForm S-4 Effective Date. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent (after consultation with the Company) reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Parent Required Vote for each Parent Stockholder VoteProposal, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in compliance with the DGCL and Parent’s Organizational Documents, as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) Promptly following the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders execution of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to Parent shall approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the approval of Merger and the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedTransactions, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) its capacity as the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all sole stockholder of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysMerger Sub. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (BCTG Acquisition Corp.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of of: (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) unless mutually agreed between the Parties otherwise, the consummation of the Asset Disposition pursuant to Section 4.7 of this Agreement; and (iii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants stockholders in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section the clauses 5.3(a)(i) – (iii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one postpone or more successive postponements or adjournments of adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments; provided, however, that more than one such postponement or adjournment shall not be permitted without the Company’s prior written consent. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Mattersshall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not resolve or publicly propose or agree to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder’s Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j9.1(f) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Parent Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Parent Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(f) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Tocagen Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC and either (i) the SEC has indicated either that it does not intend to review the Proxy Statement or that its review of the Definitive Proxy Statement has been completed, or (ii) at least ten calendar days shall have passed since the Proxy Statement was filed with the SECSEC without receiving any correspondence from the SEC commenting upon or indicating that it intends to review the Proxy Statement. Parent shall take use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Parent’s Board of Directors shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock in the Merger and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstimeframe set forth in Section 5.3(a) above, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Merger (the recommendation of Parent’s Board of Directors that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Board of Directors of Parent or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company shall not publicly propose be adopted or proposed. (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b), at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger by the stockholders of Parent by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, Parent’s Board of Directors may withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (if, but only if Parent’s Board of Directors determines in good faith, based on such matters as it deems relevant following consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, that the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii)failure to withhold, collectivelyamend, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)withdraw or modify such recommendation would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Legal Requirements. (d) Notwithstanding anything Parent’s obligation to the contrary contained in this Agreementcall, if at any time prior to the approval give notice of the Parent Stockholder Matters at and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by in accordance with Section 5.3(a) or solicit the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (iApproval in accordance with Section 5.3(b) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did shall not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from be limited or otherwise affected by any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change withdrawal or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent its Board of Directors from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or its Board of Directors pursuant to Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) shall be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the case bidder’s tender offer unless Parent’s Board of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including statement would result in a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable LawLegal Requirements. Parent shall not withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to the Company the Parent Board Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.3(c).

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution execution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”) for the purpose of seeking: (i) approval of the Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal; and (ii) approval of an amendment to Parent’s certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of Parent Common Stock to such amount as determined by the Parent Board following the Closing (the “Charter Amendment Proposal”) (the matters contemplated by Section 4.2(a)(i)-(ii) are referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited as soon as practicable after the date hereof, and in compliance with all applicable Lawsany event on or before the date that is ninety (90) days after the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to If the contrary contained hereinapproval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or, if on the a date of preceding the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then, in each case, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as one or more times to a date or dates no more than thirty (30) days after the scheduled date of for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed so adjourned, and/or if the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six (6) months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six (6) months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an annual meeting or adjourned more than an aggregate special meeting of sixty its stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least once every six (606) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsmonths until Parent obtains approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): : (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstime frames set forth in Section 4.2(b), and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that the Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Matters. The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (Common Stock Payment Shares and the Parent Board shall Preferred Stock Payment Shares will not publicly propose be entitled to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify vote on the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Leap Therapeutics, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall (i) take all action necessary under applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). ) to vote on the Merger, the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, the Parent Amended and Restated Charter, including for purposes of effectuating Reverse Split (bcollectively, the “Parent Stockholder Approval Matters”) and (ii) mail to Parent Stockholders as of the record date established for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Proxy Statement / Prospectus / Information Statement. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable practicable, and in any event within 45 days, after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which or the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (iiB) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may (or will, at the Company’s direction) postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 15 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. In the event that during the five (5) Business Days prior to the date that the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is then scheduled to be held, Parent delivers a notice of an intent to make an Parent Change in Recommendation, the Company may direct Parent to recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting for up to five (5) Business Days and Parent shall promptly, and in any event no later than the next Business Day, recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with the Company’s direction. In addition, in the event the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled to occur less than two (2) Business Days after the publication of the Exchange Ratio Announcement, Parent may, or the Company may direct Parent to, recess or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting until the date such that the meeting would be held on the date that is two (2) Business Days following the publication of the Exchange Ratio Announcement (in each case to the extent the Company or Parent believes in good faith that such recess or adjournment is required by applicable Legal Requirements or the rules of the NYSE MKT). Parent will ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): 5.3(c) : (i) the Parent Parent’s Board of Directors shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstimeframe set forth in Section 5.3(a) above, (ii) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus/Information Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Approval Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Parent’s Board with respect of Directors that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to Company, and no resolution by the Board of Directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to Company shall be adopted or proposed; and (iv) Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from its stockholders the Company (the actions set forth Parent Stockholder Approval, including by soliciting proxies in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)favor thereof. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters at by the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselApproval, the Parent Board shall have determined, Recommendation may be withdrawn or modified (a “Parent Change in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (xRecommendation”) if the board of directors of Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines concludes in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s outside legal counselcounsel and financial advisors, that (x) as a result of Parent’s receipt of an Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a violation of Section 5.13 that constitutes a Superior Offer, or (y) as a result of a material development or change in circumstances (other than an Acquisition Proposal) that affects the failure business, assets or operations of Parent that occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement and that was neither known to do so would be Parent or its board of directors nor reasonably likely to be inconsistent with foreseeable as of the fiduciary duties date of this Agreement (a “Parent Intervening Event”), and in each case the withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for the board of directors of Parent to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; provided, however, that prior to Parent taking any action permitted under this Section 5.3(c), Parent shall provide Company with four (B4) Business Days’ prior written notice advising the Company that it intends to effect such withdrawal or modification to the Parent Board Recommendation and specifying, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor (including, in the case of a Parent Acquisition Proposal, the information required by Section 5.13(b) and, in the case of a Parent Intervening Event, the material facts and circumstances related to the applicable Parent Intervening Event), and during such four (4) business day period, (i) Parent shall have given negotiate, and cause its Representatives to negotiate, with Company in good faith (to the extent the Company prior written notice of its intention wishes to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant negotiate) to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior enable Company to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice determine whether to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement such that it would obviate the need for Parent’s board of directors to effect such withdrawal or make another proposal modification, and (ii) Parent shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate consider in good faith with any proposal by Company to amend the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, terms and (3) after considering the results conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant in a manner that would obviate the need to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties effect such withdrawal or change of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (iid) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, Notwithstanding the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a occurrence of any Parent Change in CircumstanceRecommendation, if and only if: (A) Parent shall nonetheless submit this Agreement to the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of Stockholders for adoption at the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days Stockholders Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article 7 prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholders Meeting. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent its Board of Directors from (i) taking and disclosing to the stockholders of Parent a position as contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or complying with Rules the provisions of Rule 14d-9 and 14e-2(aunder the Exchange Act (other than Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, ) or (ii) issuing making a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication to the stockholders of the type contemplated by Section Parent pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) Act, in each case provided Parent has otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided complied with the terms of this Section 5.3, provided, however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or its board of directors pursuant to Rules 14d-9 or 14e-2(a) will be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the case bidder’s tender offer unless the board of the foregoing clause (iii) the directors of Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including statement would result in a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable LawLegal Requirements; provided, further, that (A) in the case of each of the foregoing clauses “(i)” and “(ii),” any such disclosure or public statement shall be deemed to be a Parent Change in Recommendation subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement unless Parent’s Board of Directors reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation in such disclosure or public statement; and (B) Parent shall not affect a Parent Change in Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.3(c).

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Mast Therapeutics, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementdate hereof, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, call and give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of seeking: (i) approval the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to stockholders of the holders Company upon conversion of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants the Parent Preferred Stock Payment Shares in connection accordance with the Contemplated Transactions and terms of the change Series A Certificate of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rulesDesignation; and (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal an amendment to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote certificate of incorporation to approve certain compensation that may become payable increase the number of authorizes shares of Parent Common Stock to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with such amount as determined by the completion board of directors of Parent following the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Closing (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe Sections 4.2(a)(i) – (ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long soon as practicable after the date of hereof, and in any event on or before the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar date 100 days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) after the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to date hereof. If the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by one or more times to a date or dates no more than 30 days after the Required scheduled date for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) Meeting is not so adjourned, and/or if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties approval of the Parent Board Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to Parent’s obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders under applicable Law; (B) of Parent shall have given or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six months after the Company prior written notice Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an annual meeting or special meeting of its intention stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to consider making a approve the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such once every six months until Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties obtains approval of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholder Matters. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Stockholder Support Agreement (Aquinox Pharmaceuticals, Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of to consider and vote to approve (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to stockholders of the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; terms of this Agreement and (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and Reverse Split (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and Section 5.3, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) Superior Offer from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselwithdrawn, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to if, but only if, following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; , (Bii) Parent shall have given has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Notice Period (as defined below), negotiate with the Company prior written notice of its intention in good faith (if the Company so desires) to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any make such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided adjustments to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b)ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, and (2iii) Parent if after the Company shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice delivered to propose revisions Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with during the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determined in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawchange its recommendation at least four Business Days in advance of such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer. For In the avoidance event of doubtany material amendment to any Superior Offer, Parent shall be required to provide the provisions Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d)(i5.3(c) and the Parent Board shall also apply to any material change not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the facts and circumstances relating to end of such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysParent Notice Period as so extended. (iid) other Other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposala bona fide written Superior Offer (which shall be subject to Section 5.3(c)), the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parentthe Company’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to change its recommendation at least three (3) four Business Days prior to making any such in advance of the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation ChangeChange (the “Parent Change in Circumstance Notice”); and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after the Determination Parent Change in Circumstance Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposalproposal so that such Parent Change in Circumstance would no longer necessitate a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate negotiated in good faith with the Company (to the extent if the Company desires to do soso desires) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be is reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s the Parent stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, further, that any such disclosures (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be a change of the Parent Board Recommendation unless the Parent Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation (i) in such communication or (ii) within three Business Days after being requested in writing to do so by the Company.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Edge Therapeutics, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall shall: (i) take all action necessary under action, in accordance with the DGCL and all other applicable Law and Parent's charter documents, necessary to duly call, give notice of of, hold and hold convene a special meeting of holders of Parent Common Stock as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, to consider and vote on the approval of this Agreement and the Merger and the issuance of the Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, the "Proposals") (the “Stockholders Meeting”); (ii) include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of its Board of Directors that the stockholders of Parent vote in favor the Proposals; and (iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from all stockholders of Parent approval of the Proposals and take all other actions reasonably necessary, or in the reasonable judgment of Parent advisable, to secure the approval of the Proposals by Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. (b) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, Parent shall file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have cleared by the Commission, proxy solicitation materials (including a proxy statement and related form of proxy) with respect to the Stockholders Meeting. Parent shall cause the proxy solicitation materials to be mailed to the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after approval thereof by the filing Commission. The term “Proxy Statement” shall mean such proxy statement and all amendments or supplements thereto, if any, similarly mailed. The Companies will provide Parent with any information that may be reasonably requested in order to effectuate the preparation and mailing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECpursuant to this Section 5.9. Parent will provide the Companies and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review the Proxy Statement prior to its mailing and shall take reasonable measures to ensure that include in such document or response all proxies solicited in connection with comments reasonably proposed by the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsCompanies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the The Proxy Statement shall include a statement to recommendation of the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote of Directors to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions proposals set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Proxy Statement. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (General Finance CORP)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall (i) take all action necessary under applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). ) to vote on the Merger, the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, the Parent Charter Amendment, including for purposes of effectuating Reverse Split, and, to the extent required by the rules and regulations of Nasdaq(collectively, the “Parent Stockholder Approval Matters”) and (bii) mail to Parent Stockholders as of the record date established for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, the Proxy Statement. The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after practicable, and in any event within 50 days, following the filing earlier to occur of (A) confirmation by the SEC that it has no further comments or (B) expiration of the Definitive Proxy Statement with 10-day waiting period contemplated by Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the SECExchange Act (as extended pursuant to any adjournment or postponement permitted below, the “Parent Vote Deadline”). Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which or the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (iiB) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may may, in its sole discretion, postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.03(c): (i) the Parent Board Parent’s board of directors shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, timeframe set forth in Section 5.03(a) above; (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Approval Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect Parent’s board of directors that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to Company shall be adopted or proposed; and (iv) Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from its stockholders the Company (the actions set forth Parent Stockholder Approval, including by soliciting proxies in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)favor thereof. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.03(b), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Approval Matters at by the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselApproval, the Parent Board shall have determined, Recommendation may be withdrawn or modified (a “Parent Change in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (xRecommendation”) if the board of directors of Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines concludes in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s outside legal counselcounsel and financial advisors, that as a result of Parent’s receipt of an Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a violation of Section 5.13 that constitutes a Superior Offer, and the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for the board of directors of Parent to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s stockholders under applicable LawLegal Requirements; provided, however, that prior to Parent taking any action permitted under this Section 5.03(c), Parent shall provide Company with four (B4) Business Days’ prior written notice advising the Company that it intends to effect such withdrawal or modification to the Parent Board Recommendation and specifying, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor (including, in the case of an Acquisition Proposal, the information required by Section 5.13(b) and during such four (4) Business Day period, (i) Parent shall have given the negotiate, and cause its Representatives to negotiate, with Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three in good faith (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the extent Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2wishes to negotiate) Parent shall have given the to enable Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to determine whether to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement such that it would obviate the need for Parent’s board of directors to effect such withdrawal or make another proposal modification, and (ii) Parent shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate consider in good faith with any proposal by Company to amend the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, terms and (3) after considering the results conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant in a manner that would obviate the need to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties effect such withdrawal or change of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (iid) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, Notwithstanding the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a occurrence of any Parent Change in CircumstanceRecommendation, if and only if: (A) Parent shall nonetheless submit this Agreement to the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of Stockholders for adoption at the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days Stockholders Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholders Meeting. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board its board of directors from (i) taking and disclosing to the stockholders of Parent a position as contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or complying with Rules the provisions of Rule 14d-9 and 14e-2(aunder the Exchange Act (other than Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, ) or (ii) issuing making a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication to the stockholders of the type contemplated by Section Parent pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) Act, in each case provided Parent has otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided complied with the terms of this Section 5.03, provided, however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or its board of directors pursuant to Rules 14d-9 or 14e-2(a) will be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the case bidder’s tender offer unless the board of the foregoing clause (iii) the directors of Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including statement would result in a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable LawLegal Requirements; provided, further, that (A) in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), any such disclosure or public statement shall be deemed to be a Parent Change in Recommendation subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement unless Parent’s board of directors reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation in such disclosure or public statement; and (B) Parent shall not affect a Parent Change in Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.03(c).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Alliqua BioMedical, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing following receipt of the Definitive Proxy Statementnecessary report of the expert designated by the Commercial Registry relating to the fair value, as may be required, of the shares, businesses or assets and liabilities to be acquired by Parent through HoldCo in the Merger, the Board of Directors of Parent shall duly take all lawful action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting for the purpose of (i) amending its Organizational Documents by adopting the Parent By-Law Amendments to provide for the creation of the Parent Non-Voting Shares with the rights and other terms and conditions set forth in the Parent By-Law Amendments and approving the revocation of any corporate resolution that has been submitted to, or passed by, the Parent’s general shareholders meeting prior to the date hereof regarding or authorizing the redemption of repurchase of all or a meeting part of the Parent Ordinary Shares, (ii) approving an increase in the share capital of Parent in accordance with Articles 153.1(a) and 155 of the SCL (the “Capital Increase”) against the indirect in-kind contribution that Parent will receive, indirectly through HoldCo in the Merger, consisting, as may be required, in the businesses, assets and liabilities of the Company that are not satisfied by the Common Stock Cash Consideration in exchange for up to that number of Parent Non-Voting Shares as shall be necessary to pay the aggregate Common Stock Share Consideration required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.01(c) and the aggregate consideration required to be paid pursuant to Section 6.05, (iii) approving the listing in the form of Parent ADSs in the NASDAQ in the United States of any Parent Non-Voting Shares issued pursuant to the Capital Increase, (iv) increasing the number of directors that constitutes the Board of Directors of Parent to create an additional vacancy, (v) appointing two individuals designated by the Company, no later than 45 days prior to the Parent's Stockholder Meeting, to the Board of Directors of Parent effective as of the Effective Time for a five year term, and (vi) delegating to the board of directors of Parent the requisite authority to record the Parent By-Law Amendments in the Commercial Registry as promptly as reasonably practicable following the Parent’s Stockholder Meeting and effectuate the Capital Increase, amend the Parent’s Organizational Documents to increase the capital of Parent as shall be necessary to pay the aggregate Common Stock Share Consideration required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.01(c) and the aggregate consideration required to be paid pursuant to Section 6.05 and give full effect to the Parent Stockholder Approval, in each case, by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Parent Common Stock for Ordinary Shares present in person or represented by proxy at a duly constituted meeting of holders of Parent Ordinary Shares at which meeting, if on first call, a quorum of at least one-half of the purpose issued share capital is present or represented by proxy or, if on second call, a quorum of seeking approval at least one-quarter of the issued share capital is present or represented by proxy (provided, however, if, on second call, less than one-half of the issued share capital is present or represented by proxy, the matters being voted upon must be adopted by at least two-thirds of the share capital present or represented at such meeting) (the approvals contemplated by clauses (i) through (vi), the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Stockholder Approval”). Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of shall use reasonable best efforts to solicit the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to Stockholder Approval from the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options Parent Ordinary Shares. The Board of Directors of Parent shall make the Parent Recommendation and Company Warrants shall include such recommendation in the Parent’s Board Report and any documentation made available to the stockholders of Parent or any other third party in connection with the Contemplated Transactions Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, and the change of control of shall not (i) withdraw, modify or qualify (or publicly propose to withdraw, modify or qualify) such recommendation (any action described in this clause (i) being referred to herein as a “Parent resulting from the Contemplated TransactionsAdverse Recommendation Change”), in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; or (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers take any other action or make any other public statement in connection with the completion Parent Stockholders' Meeting inconsistent with the Parent Recommendation; provided that the Board of Directors of Parent may make a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change and may not include the Merger, if applicable; Parent Recommendation in the Parent’s Board Report and (iii) any documentation made available to the stockholders of Parent or any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited third party in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to if the contrary contained herein, if on the date Board of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares Directors of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines concludes in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counseladvisors, that the failure to do so take such action would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent Parent: (i) shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on a proposal to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; Listing Rule 5635 (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). ; and (bii) The shall submit such proposal to such holders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not submit any other proposal to such holders in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting without the prior written consent of the Company. Parent in consultation with the Company shall set a record date for persons entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and shall not change such record date without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Subject to the rights to postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting set forth below, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held on the same date as promptly as practicable after the filing of Company Stockholders’ Meeting (unless otherwise agreed upon by the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECCompany and Parent). Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited by the Xxxx Corporations and their Representatives in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on Parent may after consultation with the date of Company adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ MeetingMeeting only: (i) to the extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that is required by applicable Legal Requirement (or in connection with the settlement of any applicable litigation) is timely provided to, and may be reviewed by, Parent’s stockholders (with the determination of whether such adjournment or postponement is necessary under applicable Legal Requirements or in connection with a date preceding settlement to be determined in good faith by the date on Parent Board); (ii) if as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of to be conducted at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments ; (iii) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies in favor of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is Common Stock in the Merger; or (iv) to a date not postponed later than two business days after the expiration of any five-business-day (or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty two-business-day, as applicable) period contemplated by Section 5.3 (60c)(i) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments(ii). (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board has determined that this Agreement and the Merger are advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, Parent and its stockholders, and recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Merger at the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters Stockholders’ Meeting (such determination and recommendation being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, directly or indirectly withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company; (iii) neither the Parent Board nor any committee thereof shall: (A) fail to include the Parent Board Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus; (B) recommend, adopt or approve, or propose publicly to recommend, adopt or approve, an Acquisition Proposal with respect to Parent; (C) fail to publicly reaffirm the Parent Board Recommendation within five business days after the Company requests in writing that such action be taken; or (D) resolve to take any action described in clauses “(ii)” or “(iii)” of this sentence (each of the foregoing actions described in clauses “(ii)” and “(iii)” being referred to as a “Parent Change in Recommendation”). (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, at any time prior to the approval of the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, the Parent Board may effect, or cause Parent to effect, as the case may be, a Parent Change in Recommendation: (i) if: (A) Parent has not breached, in any material respect, its obligations under Section 4.4 in connection with the offer referred to in the following clause “(B);” (B) after the date of this Agreement, an unsolicited, bona fide, written Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (C) the Parent Board determines in its good faith judgment, after consulting with its outside financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such offer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (D) no less than five business days prior to taking the action set forth in the foregoing clause (C) the Parent provides the Company written notice of the Parent Board’s intent to take the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iiiC) and specifying the reasons therefor (including the terms and conditions of such Parent Superior Offer, the identity of the Person making the Parent Superior Offer and copies of all relevant documents (including proposed agreements) relating thereto that are the basis of the proposed action by the Parent Board) (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to the terms of such Parent Superior Offer shall require a new notice period of two business days for purposes of this clause (D), collectively(E) and (F)); (E) during such five business day period (or two business day period, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”as applicable). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior requested by the Company, Parent engages in good faith negotiations with the Company to amend this Agreement in such a manner that the approval of the offer that was determined to constitute a Parent Stockholder Matters Superior Offer no longer constitutes a Parent Superior Offer; (F) at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: end of such five business day period (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that or two business day period, as applicable), such offer has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make continues to constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or Superior Offer (y) Parent may terminate taking into account any changes to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into proposed by the Company as a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all result of the following apply: negotiations required by clause “(AE)” or otherwise); and (G) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation having consulted with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that the that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, a failure to do so make a Parent Change in Recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawlaw; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days.or (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) other than (1) Parent shall have specified the in connection with a Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) Recommendation with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect a Parent Superior Offer to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of which the foregoing clause (iiii) applies; or (2) in connection with or as a result of the Parent Board determines in good faithmaking of, after consultation or any development or circumstance relating to, an Acquisition Proposal with its outside legal counsel, that failure respect to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely a Xxxx Corporation or an Acquisition Inquiry with respect to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.a Xxxx Corporation;

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Advanced Photonix Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to to, in consultation with the Company, establish a record date for, call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for to consider and vote on Parent Proposals at the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The . Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable practicable, in accordance with applicable Law and Parent’s Organizational Documents, after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with is “cleared” by the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Parent Required Vote for each Parent Stockholder VoteProposal, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in compliance with the DGCL and Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation, as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) Promptly following the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders execution of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to Parent shall approve and adopt this Agreement and approve the approval of Merger and the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedTransactions, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) its capacity as the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all sole stockholder of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysMerger Sub. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of to consider and vote to (i) approve the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock to the members of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the “Share Issuance Proposal”), (ii) approve the change of the corporate name of Parent (the “Name Change Proposal”), (iii) approve the reverse stock split of the Company (the “Reverse Stock Split Proposal”), (iv) approve, if required, (a) the terms of the Parent Preferred Stock to be issued to the current holders of the preferred membership interests of the Company and (b) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of underlying the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior warrants, if any, being issued to any financing sources related to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters transactions contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iAgreement, and (v) approve such other matters as are collectively referred determined to as be required to complete the Closing (collectively, the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may shall postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. Parent agrees that in connection with the reverse stock split, it will obtain the consent of the Company prior to (a) fixing any range for the reverse split to be approved by Parent’s shareholders and (b) setting a final reverse stock split ratio to be effected by the Parent. Parent shall retain, and be responsible for the fees and expenses of, a nationally-recognized proxy solicitor, to be retained for the purpose of the solicitation of votes at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting and any postponements or adjournments thereof. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and Section 5.3, if at any time prior to the approval of the Required Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstanceif, if and but only if: , following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer, (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; , (Bii) Parent shall have given has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Notice Period (as defined below), negotiate with the Company a Determination Notice at least three in good faith (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given if the Company the three (3so desires) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyconstitute a Superior Offer, and (3iii) if after considering the results Company shall have delivered to Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to this Agreement during the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determined in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawchange its recommendation at least four Business Days in advance of such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer. For In the avoidance event of doubtany material amendment to any Superior Offer, Parent shall be required to provide the provisions Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the Parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d)(ii5.3(c) and the Parent Board shall also apply to any material change not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the facts and circumstances relating to end of such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysNotice Period as so extended. (ed) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s the Parent stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, further, that any such disclosures (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be a change of the Parent Board Recommendation unless the Parent Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation (i) in such communication or (ii) within three Business Days after being requested in writing to do so by the Company.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (BioPharmX Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of to consider and vote (i) to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger members of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) to approve an amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Parent to authorize sufficient additional shares of Parent Common Stock to issue the shares of Parent Common Stock to the members of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) to approve an amendment of the certificate of incorporation of Parent to change its corporate name from NTN Buzztime, Inc. to “Brooklyn Immunotherapeutics, Inc.”, (iv) to approve an amendment to the certificate of incorporation of Parent to provide the holders of Company Capital the outstanding shares of Parent’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) the right to vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Stock, Company Options voting together as one class with the holders of the Common Stock and any other class or series of preferred stock so voting as one class, on an as converted to Common Stock basis (the “Series A Charter Amendment”), (v) to approve Parent’s 2020 Stock Incentive Plan, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E, which plan shall authorize the issuance of not more than 7.5% of the fully diluted outstanding shares of Parent common stock to be outstanding immediately following the Effective Time, (vi) to approve a reverse split of Parent’s outstanding common stock in a ratio to be reasonably agreed upon by Parent and Company Warrants in connection with (the Contemplated Transactions “Parent Reverse Stock Split”), and (vii) to approve such other matters as may the change of control of Company and Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to may agree should be voted on by Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with at the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions meeting (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iset forth in clauses (i) are collectively referred to as through (vii), inclusive, the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) set forth in clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (iii) are collectively referred to herein asvi), the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,Charter Proposals” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may shall postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(b), and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and the other subsections of this AgreementSection 5.3, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstanceif, if and but only if: , following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer, (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company make a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and Change would reasonably likely be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, (C) (1ii) Parent shall have specified has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detailNotice Period (as defined below), (2) Parent shall have given negotiate with the Company in good faith (if the three (3Company so desires) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyconstitute a Superior Offer, and (3iii) after considering the results Company shall have delivered to Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to this Agreement during the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determined in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make the a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawchange its recommendation at least four Business Days in advance of such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer. For In the avoidance event of doubtany material amendment to any Superior Offer, Parent shall be required to provide the provisions Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the Parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d)(ii5.3(c) and the Parent Board shall also apply to any material change not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the facts and circumstances relating to end of such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysNotice Period as so extended. (ed) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be would reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, further, that any such disclosures (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be a change of the Parent Board Recommendation unless the Parent Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation (i) in such communication or (ii) within three Business Days after being requested in writing to do so by the Company.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (NTN Buzztime Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including: (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants Company’s stockholders in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; (iii) the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case Merger pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iSections 5.4(a)(i) through 5.4(a)(iii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”); and (iv) the approval of the Equity Plan Amendments. (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, and in any event no later than 45 days after the effective date of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECRegistration Statement. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may (and at the Company’s request, Parent shall) postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.4(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, timeframe set forth in Section 5.4(b); (ii) the Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw of modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.4(c) and subject to compliance with Section 4.4, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in CircumstanceChange, if and if, but only if: , following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer, (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties constitute a violation of the Parent Board to ParentBoard’s stockholders fiduciary duties under applicable Law; (Bii) Parent has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Notice Period, negotiate with the Company in good faith to make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer and (iii) if after the Company shall have given delivered to Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of this Agreement during the Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would constitute a violation of the Parent Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided, that (x) the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to change its recommendation during the Notice Period, which notice shall include a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any description in reasonable detail of the reasons for such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; , and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detailwritten copies of any relevant transaction with any party making a potential Superior Offer, (2y) Parent shall have given during any Notice Period, the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice shall be entitled to propose revisions deliver to the terms of this Agreement Parent one or make another proposalmore counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal and Parent will, and shall have made will cause its Representatives reasonably available to to, negotiate with the Company in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do sonegotiate) with respect to make such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyadjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the applicable Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, and (3z) after considering in the results event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in the amount, form or mix of consideration the Parent’s stockholders would receive as a result of such negotiations potential Superior Offer), Parent shall be required to provide the Company with notice of such material amendment and giving effect to the proposals made by the CompanyNotice Period shall be extended, if anyapplicable, after consultation to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Notice Period following such notification during which the parties shall comply again with outside legal counsel, the requirements of this Section 5.4(d) and the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to not make the a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response prior to the end of such Notice Period so extended (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions). (e) Parent’s obligation to solicit the consent of its stockholders to approve the Parent Change in Circumstance would Stockholder Matters shall not be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with limited or otherwise affected by the fiduciary duties commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal or by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ef) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided howeverstockholders if, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) ), the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to would be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, that in no event shall Parent or the Parent Board make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change except in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.4(d) above.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Sesen Bio, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions following (the matters contemplated by this Section the clauses 5.3(a)(i) – (iii) below are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”)): (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Reverse Split; (ii) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the name change of Parent; and (iii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock to the Company’s stockholders pursuant to this Agreement and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Merger pursuant to Nasdaq rules. (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 30 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Mattersuse reasonable best efforts to solicit such approval, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (failure by Parent to take the actions set forth in the foregoing clause clauses (i), (ii) and/or (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(c) and subject to compliance with Section 4.4, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior OfferChange, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) four Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Parent Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after delivery of the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) four Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) three Business Days. (ii) other Other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Parent Determination Notice at least three (3) four Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) four Business Days after delivery of the Parent Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Parent Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) four Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) three Business Days. (e) Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters in accordance with Section 5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal or by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation. (f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) stockholders if the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to would be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Gemphire Therapeutics Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution execution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of seeking: (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) approval of the Preferred Stock Conversion Proposal; and (ii) approval of an amendment to Parent’s certificate of incorporation to (x) increase the number of authorized shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such amount as determined by the Merger to Parent Board following the holders of Company Capital StockClosing, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to (y) effect the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Reverse Split (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ithe clauses 4.2(a)(i)–(ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take Xxxxxx agrees to use reasonable measures best efforts to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with call and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited as soon as practicable after the date hereof, and in compliance with all applicable Lawsany event on or before the date that is 90 days after the date hereof. Notwithstanding anything to If the contrary contained herein, approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting or if on the a date of preceding the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably reasonable believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, then, in each case, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as one or more times to a date or dates no more than 30 days after the scheduled date of for such meeting, and to obtain such approvals at such time. If the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed so adjourned, and/or if the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters is not then obtained, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as soon as practicable thereafter, and in any event to obtain such approvals at the next occurring annual meeting of the stockholders of Parent or, if such annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, a special meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held within six months after the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. Parent will hold an annual meeting or adjourned more than an aggregate special meeting of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsits stockholders, at which a vote of the stockholders of Parent to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters will be solicited and taken, at least once every six months until Parent obtains approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): : (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstime frames set forth in Section 4.2(b), and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that the Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Matters. The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselNasdaq Stock Market Rules, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) Stock Payment Shares will not be entitled to vote on the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysPreferred Stock Conversion Proposal. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to duly call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”); provided that Parent may adjourn or other securities of postpone the Parent Stockholder Meeting to a later date to the extent that represent Parent believes in good faith that such adjournment or postponement is reasonably necessary (A) to ensure that any required supplement or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of amendment to the shares Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to the holders of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders within a reasonable amount of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants time in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A advance of the Exchange Act and Parent Stockholders Meeting, (B) to allow reasonable additional time to solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iiApproval, (C) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting there are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) and voting to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent may make one (D) if the Company Stockholders Meeting is postponed or more successive postponements adjourned pursuant to Section 4.5(a) or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as (E) otherwise to comply with applicable Law; provided that the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 15 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsadjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. The Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to hold the Company Stockholders Meeting and the Parent Stockholders Meeting on the same day (on a date mutually selected by the Company and Parent) and as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. In the event that during the five Business Days prior to the date that the Parent Stockholders Meeting is then scheduled to be held, Parent delivers a notice of an intent to make a Change of Parent Board Recommendation in accordance with Section 4.7(d), the Company may direct Parent to postpone the Parent Stockholders Meeting for up to five Business Days and Parent shall promptly, and in any event no later than the next Business Day, postpone the Parent Stockholders Meeting in accordance with the Company’s direction. (cii) Parent agrees that, subject Except to Section 5.3(d): (i) the extent the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders have made a Change of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder MattersBoard Recommendation as permitted by Section 4.7(d), (iiA) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders Parent Stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Merger (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect that Parent Stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock in the Merger being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); ) and (iiiB) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw the Parent Board Recommendation or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted. (diii) Notwithstanding anything to any Change of Parent Board Recommendation, Parent shall nonetheless submit the contrary contained Parent Stockholder Approval for approval at the Parent Stockholders Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in this Agreement, if at any time accordance with Article 6 prior to the approval Parent Stockholders Meeting. Without the prior written consent of Company, the Parent Stockholder Matters Approval shall be the only matter (other than matters of procedure and matters required by Law to be voted on by the Parent Stockholders in connection with the Parent Stockholder Approval and the transactions contemplated hereby) that Parent shall propose to be acted on by the Parent Stockholders at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholders Meeting. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Diamond Foods Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementdate hereof, Parent shall will take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A Delaware Law and its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to convene the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ ' Meeting shall to be held as promptly as practicable practicable, and in any event (to the extent permissible under applicable law and Parent's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws) within forty-five (45) days after the filing declaration of effectiveness of the Definitive Proxy Statement with S-4, for the SECpurpose of voting upon the Share Issuance. Parent shall will use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of approval of the Share Issuance and will take reasonable measures all other action necessary or advisable to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with secure the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Lawsvote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of Nasdaq or Delaware Law to obtain such approval ("PARENT STOCKHOLDER VOTE"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting solely to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the Share Issuance or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, . Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting as long as the date of is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by Parent in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate are solicited, in compliance with Delaware Law, its Certificate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsIncorporation and Bylaws, the rules of Nasdaq and all other applicable legal requirements. (cii) (A) The Board of Directors of Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders Parent's stockholders vote in favor of Parent Common Stock vote to and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Share Issuance; (iiB) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/ Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect effect, that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to in favor of and approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Share Issuance at the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Stockholders' Meeting; and (iiiC) neither the Board of Directors of Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not be withheldwithhold, amendedwithdraw, withdrawn amend or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly modify, or propose or resolve to withhold, amendwithdraw, withdraw amend or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to Company, the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent Stockholder Matters at that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of and approve the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysShare Issuance. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Juniper Networks Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. If, and only if, the Alternate Consideration is to be paid by Parent and Merger Sub at the Effective Time in accordance with Section 3.1(a)(ii) hereof: (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Law, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all the solicitation of proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited is done in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Law. (b) Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes agrees that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required board of directors of Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shall recommend that stockholders of Parent approve the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) Stock, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matterssolicit such approval, (ii) the Parent Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s the stockholders vote to of Parent approve the issuance of shares of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock, at the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Stockholders’ Meeting (the recommendation of the board of directors of Parent Board with respect that the stockholders of Parent vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters issuance of the shares being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); , and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted or proposed. (dc) Notwithstanding anything Parent’s obligation to the contrary contained in this Agreementcall, if at any time prior to the approval give notice of the Parent Stockholder Matters at and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with this Section 7.3 shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change withdrawal or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Knot Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to stockholders of the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; terms of this Agreement (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) . The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive Table of Contents proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and Section 5.3, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if , Parent has received receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstanceif, if and but only if: , following the receipt of and on account of such Superior Offer, (Ai) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; , (Bii) Parent shall have given has, and has caused its financial advisors and outside legal counsel to, during the Parent Notice Period (as defined below), negotiate with the Company a Determination Notice at least three in good faith (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given if the Company the three (3so desires) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyconstitute a Superior Offer, and (3iii) if after considering the results Company shall have delivered to Parent a written offer to alter the terms or conditions of any such negotiations and giving effect to this Agreement during the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counselParent Notice Period, the Parent Board shall have determined, determined in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure to make withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties under applicable Law (after taking into account such alterations of the terms and conditions of this Agreement); provided that the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Lawchange its recommendation at least four Business Days in advance of such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change, (the “Parent Notice Period”), which notice shall include written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer. For In the avoidance event of doubtany material amendment to any Superior Offer, Parent shall be required to provide the provisions Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two Business Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d)(ii5.3(c) and the Parent Board shall also apply to any material change not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change prior to the facts and circumstances relating to end of such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysNotice Period as so extended. (ed) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s the Parent stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.; provided, further, that any such disclosures (other than a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed to be a change of the Parent Board Recommendation unless the Parent Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Parent Board Recommendation (i) in such communication or (ii) within three Business Days after being requested in writing to do so by the Company. 45

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (aA) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for to vote on a proposal to authorize the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Reverse Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of Split and issue the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions this Agreement (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”"PARENT STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall be held (on a date selected by Parent in consultation with the Company) as promptly as practicable after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cB) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d5.3(c): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve authorize the Parent Stockholder Matters Reverse Stock Split and issue the Other shares of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock pursuant to this Agreement at the Parent Stockholders' Meeting (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”"PARENT BOARD RECOMMENDATION"); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted or proposed. (dC) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(b), if at any time prior to the approval adoption of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting this Agreement by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determinedRecommendation may be withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to the Company if: (i) an unsolicited, in good faith, that such bona fide written Parent Acquisition Proposal is made to Parent and is not withdrawn; (ii) Parent provides the Company with at least five business days prior notice of any meeting of Parent's board of directors at which such board of directors will consider and determine whether such offer is a Parent Superior Offer, ; (xiii) the Parent's board of directors determines in good faith (based upon a written opinion of an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) that such Parent Board may make Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all ; (iv) Parent's board of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board directors determines in good faith, after consultation with having taken into account the advice of Parent’s 's outside legal counsel, that that, in light of such Parent Superior Offer, the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation is required in order for Parent's board of directors to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Lawlaw; (Bv) the Parent shall have given Board Recommendation is not withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to the Company prior at any time within five business days after the Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that Parent's board of its intention to consider making directors has determined that such offer is a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change)Superior Offer; and (Cvi) (1) neither Parent nor any of its Representatives shall have provided to the Company a summary breached or taken any action inconsistent with any of the material terms provisions set forth in Section 4.4. For purposes of this Agreement, Asante Partners LLC is a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation. (D) Parent's obligation to call, give notice of and conditions of hold the Acquisition Proposal Parent Stockholders' Meeting in accordance with Section 4.4(b)5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, (2) disclosure, announcement or submission of any Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions Superior Offer or other proposalParent Acquisition Proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of or by any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change withdrawal or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Med-Design Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (aA) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the in Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions I (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ "PARENT STOCKHOLDERS' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held (on a date selected by the Company in consultation with the Company) as promptly as practicable after the filing of Form S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cB) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the The Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board unanimously recommends that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters common Stock in Merger I (the recommendation of Parent's board of directors that Parent's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters shares issuance being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”"PARENT BOARD RECOMMENDATION"); and (iiiii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii)shall be adopted or proposed, collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything except to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to extent that the approval board of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if directors of Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, concluded in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) following the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all receipt of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s advice of its outside legal counsel, that the failure of the board of directors of Parent to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation would result in a breach of its fiduciary obligations to Parent’s its stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Dayslaw. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit be deemed to restrict Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication Legal Requirements or similar communication of the type contemplated be deemed to restrict Parent from making such other disclosures as may be required by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act federal securities laws or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable LawLegal Requirements.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Molecular Devices Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of of: (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the Nasdaq Reverse Split; (ii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants stockholders in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary adoption of a new equity compensation plan, in a form approved by the Company and Parent (such Parent approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or desirable conditioned) (the “2021 Incentive Plan”), which 2021 Incentive Plan will provide for new awards for a number of shares of Parent Common Stock between five percent (5.0%) and seven percent (7.0%) of the aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued and expected to consummate be outstanding immediately after the Contemplated Transactions Effective Time as mutually agreed upon by Parent and the Company, and subject to approval by the Parent Board, (for avoidance of doubt, such number of shares shall be in addition to the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to outstanding Parent Options or subject to Company Options assumed by Parent as contemplated by Section 5.5(a)) (the matters contemplated by this Section the clauses 5.3(a)(i) – (ii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(iiclause 5.3(a)(iii) and (iii) are collectively is referred to herein as, as the “Other Parent Stockholder MattersIncentive Plan Proposal,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECSecurities Act. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable LawsLaw. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one postpone or more successive postponements or adjournments of adjourn the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 60 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments; provided, however, that more than one such postponement or adjournment shall not be permitted without the Company’s prior written consent. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Incentive Plan Proposal and Parent Stockholder Mattersshall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)) and the Incentive Plan Proposal; and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not resolve or publicly propose or agree to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholder’s Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.;

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly As promptly as reasonably practicable after following the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecond Effective Time, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law and the Organizational Documents of Parent to call, give notice of and hold a special meeting of the holders of Parent Common Capital Stock (the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of seeking approval from such holders of (i) for the purpose of the rules of the NYSE, the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Class A Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants shares of Parent Convertible Preferred Stock upon the conversion thereof in connection accordance with the Contemplated Transactions terms of the Certificate of Designation and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) the release of any restrictions on the Parent Consideration Warrants as set forth in accordance with and pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers 5.2(b) (such matters described in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; clauses (i) and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as ii), the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ MeetingProposals”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date If approval of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Stockholder Proposals is not obtained at the Parent Stockholders Meeting or if on a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduledStockholders Meeting, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, present or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Capital Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, then, in each case, Parent may make will use its reasonable best efforts to adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting one or more successive postponements times to a date or adjournments dates no more than 30 days after the scheduled date for such initial meeting and to obtain such approval at such time. If the Parent Stockholders Meeting is not so adjourned, or if the approval of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Stockholder Proposals is not then obtained, Parent will continue to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approvals as long soon as the date of practicable thereafter, including submitting the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting Stockholder Proposals to Parent’s stockholders for approval at each annual and special meeting of Parent’s stockholders following the Closing Date until the Parent Stockholder Proposals is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsduly approved. (c) Except as required by applicable Law, until the Parent agrees thatStockholder Proposals is duly approved, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Capital Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Proposals and shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain approval of the Parent Stockholder Proposals, and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement proxy statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Proposals. The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (NYSE Rules, the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect Class A Common Payment Shares will not be entitled to vote on the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Proposals. (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Nuvation Bio Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (ai) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments Parent will, in accordance with applicable Law and the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementParent Charter and Parent Bylaws, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to callestablish a record date for, duly call and give notice of of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance capital stock of Parent Common Stock or other securities of to consider and vote upon the Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of Share Issuance as promptly as practicable. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to hold the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to Stockholders Meeting on the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to same day as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” Company Stockholders Meeting and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly soon as practicable after the filing date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective. Subject to the provisions of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with Section 5.3, the Parent Stockholders’ Board shall include the Parent Board Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and recommend at the Parent Stockholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Lawsthat the holders of capital stock of Parent approve the Parent Share Issuance and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and solicit such approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinforegoing, (x) if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding before the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (iA) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain representing the Required Parent Stockholder VoteApproval, whether or not a quorum would be is present, or (iiB) it will not have sufficient enough shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting, Parent may (and, if requested by the Company, Parent shall) postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting and (y) Parent may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that Parent has determined, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of Parent prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) 15 calendar days in connection with any such postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject adjournments pursuant to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation either or both of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); preceding clauses (x) and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”y). (dii) Notwithstanding anything any Parent Change in Recommendation, Parent shall seek the Parent Stockholder Approval at the Parent Stockholders Meeting unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article VII prior to the contrary contained Parent Stockholders Meeting. Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Parent Share Issuance shall be the only matter (other than matters of procedure and matters required by Law to be voted on by the Company’s stockholders in this Agreement, if at any time prior to connection with the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters Share Issuance) that Parent shall propose to be acted on by the stockholders of Parent at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysStockholders Meeting. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Metacrine, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to consider and vote upon the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”"PARENT STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the filing of S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective under the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure Securities Act; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained hereinin this Agreement, if on the date of Parent may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Parent's stockholders in advance of a vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger or, or a date preceding if as of the date on time for which the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that originally scheduled (ias set forth in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, . Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of shall ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting as long as the date of is called, noticed, convened, held and coordinated, and that all proxies submitted in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days are solicited, in connection compliance with any postponements or adjournmentsall applicable Legal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d6.3(c): (i) the The Board of Directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the holders issuance of Parent Common Stock vote to approve in the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Merger; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation in favor of the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Merger; and (iii) neither the Board of Directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the Board Recommendation of Directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of Parent's Board of Directors shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to Nothing in Section 6.3(b) shall prevent the contrary contained Board of Directors of Parent from withdrawing, amending or modifying its unanimous recommendation in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval favor of the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters at Common Stock in the Merger if the Board of Directors of Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, concludes in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) based upon the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all advice of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s its outside legal counsel, that the failure withdrawal, amendment or modification of such recommendation is required in order for the Board of Directors of Parent to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent comply with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board obligations to Parent’s 's stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Dayslaw. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Megabios Corp)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action reasonably necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options under this Agreement and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicableNasdaq Listing Rule 5635; and (iiiii) any other proposals the Parties reasonably deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i5.7(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii5.7(a)(ii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d5.7(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, Matters and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) . Neither the Parent Board Recommendation nor any committee thereof shall not be withheld(x) withhold, amendedamend, withdrawn qualify, withdraw or modified modify (and the Parent Board or any committee thereof shall not resolve to or publicly propose to withhold, amend, qualify, withdraw or modify modify) the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company Company; (y) within 10 Business Days’ of the Company’s written request to do so, fail to recommend after the commencement of an Acquisition Proposal through a tender or exchange offer pursuant to Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act for outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock, against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by its stockholders (which request may only be made once with respect to any such Acquisition Proposal and each material modification thereto) or (z) following the public disclosure of an Acquisition Inquiry or Acquisition Proposal, fail to publicly reaffirm, within five Business Days of a written request therefor by the Company, the Parent Board Recommendation (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause clauses (iiix), (y) and (z), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.3(a) of this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of in connection with a material breach of Section 4.45.3) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary copy of the material terms and conditions of the such Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b5.3(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i5.7(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii5.7(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (iii) For the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of Parent under Section 5.3(a) and Section 5.3(b) shall not be impacted by the occurrence of a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement Section 5.3(a) shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties is required under applicable Lawsecurities Laws; provided that in each of cases (i) and (iii) in no event shall Parent make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change (but, for clarity, the communication described in the foregoing clause (ii) shall be deemed to not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change for all purposes hereunder).

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Solid Biosciences Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of to consider, act upon and vote upon (i) the issuance adoption of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stockthis Agreement, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunderParent Preferred Stock Conversion, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate Reverse Stock Split, (iv) the Contemplated Transactions Increased Authorization and (v) the Name Change (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting shall will be held as promptly as practicable and in any event within 45 days after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Form S-4 Registration Statement with is declared effective by the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited solicited, in compliance with all applicable LawsLegal Requirements. Notwithstanding anything Parent's obligation to the contrary contained hereincall, if on the date of give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting' Meeting in accordance with this Section 6.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal, or a date preceding by any withdrawal, amendment or modification of the date on which recommendation of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares Board of Directors of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) with respect to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsMerger. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject Subject to Section 5.3(d6.3(c): (i) the Board of Directors of Parent Board shall unanimously recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of (A) the holders adoption of Parent Common Stock vote to approve this Agreement, (B) the Parent Stockholder Matters Preferred Stock Conversion, (C) the Reverse Stock Split (D) the Increased Authorization, and (E) the Other Name Change at the Parent Stockholder Matters, Stockholders' Meeting; (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has unanimously recommended that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve in favor of (A) the adoption of this Agreement, (B) the Parent Stockholder Matters Preferred Stock Conversion, (C) the Reverse Stock Split, (D) the Increased Authorization and (E) the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of Name Change at the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”)Stockholders' Meeting; and (iii) neither the Board of Directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of (A) the adoption of this Agreement, (B) the Parent Preferred Stock Conversion, (C) the Reverse Stock Split, (D) the Increased Authorization and (E) the Name Change. For purposes of this Agreement, said recommendation of the Board Recommendation of Directors shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)if said recommendation shall no longer be unanimous. (dc) Notwithstanding anything Nothing in Section 6.3(b) shall prevent the Board of Directors of Parent from withdrawing, amending or modifying its unanimous recommendation in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and amending the Form S-4 Registration Statement (provided that Parent shall use its best efforts not to delay the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent Stockholders' Meeting if it amends the Form S-4 Registration Statement) at any time prior to the approval adoption of this Agreement by the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: Vote if (i) if a Superior Offer is made to Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal and is not withdrawn, (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out ii) neither Parent nor any of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board its Representatives shall have determinedviolated any of the restrictions set forth in Section 5.3, and (iii) the Board of Directors of Parent concludes in good faith, that in light of such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offeroffer, (x) based upon the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice advice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make withdraw, amend or modify such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including recommendation would create a substantial risk of liability for breach of its fiduciary duties obligations to Parent's stockholders under applicable Lawlaw. Nothing contained in this Section 6.3 shall limit Parent's obligation to call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholders' Meeting (regardless of whether the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent shall have been withdrawn, amended or modified).

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Abb Asea Brown Boveri LTD)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to duly call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing date the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act (except as provided in this Section 6.06) for the purpose of voting on the approval of the Definitive Proxy Statement with Parent Proposals, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the SECParent Stockholders’ Meeting to be scheduled on the same date as the Company Shareholders’ Meeting. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in In connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited Meeting, the Company shall (i) subject to Section 6.02(b), recommend approval of the Parent Proposals by Parent’s stockholders in the Parent Proxy Statement/Prospectus and (ii) otherwise comply with all legal requirements applicable to such meeting. Subject to Section 6.02(b), regardless of whether there has been a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the approval of the Parent Proposals and take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to secure the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions by Parent’s stockholders, provided that nothing in this Section 6.06 shall prohibit the Parent Board or any committee thereof from making a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change in compliance with this Agreement. Parent shall keep the Company reasonably updated with respect to proxy solicitation results as reasonably requested by the Company, and shall direct its proxy soliciting agent (if applicable) to provide the Company and its Representatives with the results of all applicable Lawsproxy tabulations provided by such proxy soliciting agent (if applicable) to Parent. Notwithstanding anything to Parent shall not, without the contrary contained hereinprior written consent of the Company, if on the date of adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting; provided, however, Parent shall have the right to adjourn or a date preceding postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting: (i) after consultation with the Company, for not more than two (2) periods not to exceed ten (10) Business Days each if on the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is then scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will has not receive received proxies representing a sufficient number of Parent Common Stock to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or Approval; (ii) it will not have sufficient if on the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is then scheduled, there are insufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting; (iii) if an unresolved Company Failure Notice or unresolved Parent Failure Notice remains outstanding; or (iv) after consultation with the Company, Parent may make one if the failure to adjourn or more successive postponements or adjournments of postpone the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as would reasonably be expected to be a violation of applicable Law for the distribution of any required amendment or supplement to the Parent Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be timely provided to the holders of Parent Common Stock. Once Parent has established a record date of for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is without the prior written consent of the Company (not postponed to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or adjourned more conditioned), unless required to do so by applicable Law or Parent’s organizational documents. Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Parent Proposals shall be the only matters (other than an aggregate matters of sixty (60) calendar days procedure and matters required by applicable Law to be voted on by Parent’s stockholders in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board Proposals) that Parent shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote propose to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that be acted on by Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Meeting. Regardless of whether there is a Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counselAdverse Recommendation Change, the Parent Board Stockholders’ Meeting shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal held in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of hereof unless this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate is terminated in good faith accordance with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysArticle 9. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Implementation Agreement (PowerFleet, Inc.)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution Subject to termination of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statementthis Agreement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of of, convene and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for (the purpose of seeking approval of (i"Parent Stockholders' Meeting") to consider, act upon and vote upon the Amendment and the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that the Parent Stockholders' Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited solicited, in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything Legal Requirements. (b) Subject to termination of this Agreement, the contrary contained herein, if on the date Board of Directors of Parent shall recommend by a unanimous vote of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding directors present that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares issuance of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the Amendment. The Proxy Statement Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the Board of Directors of Parent Board recommends has recommended by a unanimous vote of the directors present that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve in favor of the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters Common Stock in the Merger and the Other Amendment. Neither the Board of Directors of Parent Stockholder Matters (nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, in a manner adverse to the recommendation of Company, the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to Recommendation, except as the “Parent Board Recommendation”permitted by Section 5.2(c); and (iii) . For purposes of this Agreement, the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or deemed to have been modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company if any of Parent's directors withdraw their recommendation of the Merger. (c) Nothing in Section 5.2(a) or Section 5.2(b) shall prevent the actions set forth Board of Directors of Parent from withdrawing, amending or modifying the Parent Board Recommendation if the Board of Directors of Parent receives an unsolicited, written Parent Acquisition Proposal that by its terms requires the termination of this Agreement and that Parent reasonably believes is credible and capable of completion, and the Board of Directors of Parent concludes in good faith after consultation with its outside counsel and financial advisors that the foregoing clause (iii)withdrawal, collectivelyamendment or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation and the termination by Parent of this Agreement under Section 8.1(e) is required in order for the Board of Directors of Parent to comply with its fiduciary obligations to Parent's stockholders under applicable law in connection with Parent's entering into, or recommending to Parent's stockholders, a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)Acquisition Transaction. (d) Notwithstanding anything Parent shall use its best efforts to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at hold the Parent Stockholders' Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days within forty-five days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal Form S-4 Registration Statement is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated declared effective under the Exchange Securities Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (Pharmacopeia Inc)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of SEC staff comments and the filing of the Definitive Proxy Statement, Parent shall take all action necessary under all applicable Law Legal Requirements to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of (i) to vote on the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to in the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; (ii) in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act and the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers in connection with the completion of the Merger, if applicable; and (iii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “"Parent Stockholders' Meeting"). (b) . The Parent Stockholders' Meeting will be held, on the same date and at the same time as the Company Stockholders' Meeting. Once the Parent Stockholders' Meeting has been called and notice given, Parent shall be held as promptly as practicable not postpone or adjourn (other than for the absence of a quorum and then only to a future date selected by Parent after consultation with the filing Company) the Parent Stockholders' Meeting without the written consent of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECCompany. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders' Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournmentsLegal Requirements. (cb) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters, (ii) the The Joint Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the board of directors of Parent Board recommends that Parent’s 's stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Stockholder Matters and Common Stock in the Other Parent Stockholder Matters Merger (the recommendation of Parent's board of directors that Parent's stockholders vote to approve the issuance of Parent Board with respect to Common Stock in the Parent Stockholder Matters Merger being referred to as the "Parent Board Recommendation"); and (iii) the . The Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the board of directors of Parent Board shall not publicly propose or any committee thereof to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”)shall be adopted or proposed. (dc) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this AgreementSection 5.3(c), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, nothing in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant shall prevent Parent's board of directors from making any disclosure to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following apply: (A) the Parent Board Parent's Stockholders where it determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the create a substantial risk of liability for breach of its fiduciary duties to Parent's stockholders under applicable Legal Requirements. (d) Parent's obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders' Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by any withdrawal or modification of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination Notice”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); and (C) (1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business DaysRecommendation. (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three (3) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; and (C) (1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three (3) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided however, that in the case of the foregoing clause (iii) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such disclosure could be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc / Ma)

Parent Stockholders’ Meeting. (a) Promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC staff comments and under the filing of the Definitive Proxy StatementSecurities Act, Parent shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold a meeting of the holders of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking approval of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including: (i) the amendment of Parent’s certificate of incorporation to effect the NYSE Reverse Split; (ii) if applicable, the consummation of the Asset Dispositions pursuant to Section 4.7; (iii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock or other securities of Parent that represent (or are convertible into) more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger to the holders of Company Capital Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants in connection with the Contemplated Transactions and the change of control of Parent resulting from the Contemplated Transactions, in each case pursuant to the Nasdaq rules; NYSE rules; (iiiv) in accordance with Section 14A the issuance of the Exchange Act and Post-Merger Warrants to the applicable SEC rules issued thereunder, seeking advisory approval holders of a proposal to Parent’s stockholders for a non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation that may become payable to Parent’s named executive officers Parent Common Stock in connection with the completion Contemplated Transactions; (v) the amendment and restatement of the MergerParent’s certificate of incorporation, attached hereto as Exhibit F, upon the Effective Time; (vi) the adoption of the new Parent Incentive Plan, attached hereto as Exhibit K, along with the reservation of 1,725,000 shares of Parent Common Stock for use under the new Parent Incentive Plan; (vii) if applicable; not previously approved by Parent’s stockholders, the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock that represent more than twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to conversion of the Parent Series B Preferred Stock in connection with the conversion of the Parent Preferred Stock required in Section 4.11 and the change of control of Parent resulting from the conversion of the Parent Preferred Stock, in each case pursuant to the NYSE rules; and (iiiviii) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Contemplated Transactions Transactions. (the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(i) through Section 5.3(a)(viii) are collectively referred to as the “Parent Stockholder Matters,” and the matters contemplated by this Section 5.3(a)(ii) and (iii) are collectively referred to herein as, the “Other Parent Stockholder Matters,” and such meeting, the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”). (b) The Parent Stockholders’ Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable after the filing Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act and, in any event, no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the effective date of the Definitive Proxy Statement with the SECRegistration Statement. Parent shall take reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, or a date preceding the date on which the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the Required Parent Stockholder Vote, whether or not a quorum would be present, or (ii) it will not have sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock represented (whether in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of of, the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of sixty (60) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments. (c) Parent agrees that, subject to Section 5.3(d): (i) the Parent Board shall recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the Other Parent Stockholder Matterstimeframe set forth in Section 5.3(b) above, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve the Parent Stockholder Matters and the Other Parent Stockholder Matters (the recommendation of the Parent Board with respect to the Parent Stockholder Matters being referred to as the “Parent Board Recommendation”); Recommendation”); and (iii) the Parent Board Recommendation shall not be withheld, amended, withdrawn or modified (and the Parent Board shall not publicly propose to withhold, amend, withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation) in a manner adverse to the Company, and no resolution by the Parent Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the Parent Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to the Company or to adopt, approve or recommend (or publicly propose to adopt, approve or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal shall be adopted or proposed (the actions set forth in the foregoing clause (iii), collectively, a “Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change”). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, and subject to compliance with Section 4.4 and this Section 5.3(d), if at any time prior to the approval of the Parent Stockholder Matters at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting by the Required Parent Stockholder Vote: (i) if Parent has received a written bona fide Acquisition Proposal (which Acquisition Proposal did not arise out of a material breach of Section 4.4) from any Person that has not been withdrawn and after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer, (x) the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or (y) Parent may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) to enter into a Permitted Alternative Agreement with respect to such Superior Offer, if and only if all of the following applyif: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company prior written notice of its intention to consider making a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or termination (a “Determination NoticeNotice”; and such period, the “Parent Notice Period”) (which notice shall not constitute a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change); Change); and (C) (1C)(1) Parent shall have provided to the Company a summary of the material terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal in accordance with Section 4.4(b), (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three (3) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal shall, and shall have made caused its Representatives reasonably available to to, during the Parent Notice Period, negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) with respect to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such proposed revisions or other proposal, if anyadjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Offer, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that such Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer and that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For Law; provided, that (x) the avoidance Company receives written notice from Parent confirming that the Parent Board has determined to change its recommendation during the Parent Notice Period, which notice shall include a description in reasonable detail of doubtthe reasons for such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change and written copies of any relevant proposed transaction agreements with any party making a potential Superior Offer or to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) during the Parent Notice Period; (y) during any Parent Notice Period, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(i) Company shall also apply be entitled to any material change deliver to the facts and circumstances relating Parent one or more counterproposals to such Acquisition Proposal and require a new Determination NoticeParent will, except and cause its Representatives to, negotiate with the Company in good faith (to the extent the Company desires to negotiate) to enable the Company to propose in writing an offer binding on the Company to effect such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the references applicable Acquisition Proposal ceases to three constitute a Superior Offer; and (3z) Business Days in the event of any material amendment to any Superior Offer (including any revision in price or percentage of the combined company that Parent’s stockholders would receive as a result of such potential Superior Offer), Parent shall be deemed required to provide the Company with notice of such material amendment and the Parent Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two (2) Business Days.Days remain in the Parent Notice Period following such notification during which the parties shall comply again with the requirements of this Section 5.3(d) and the Parent Board shall not make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) prior to the end of such Parent Notice Period as so extended (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions); and (ii) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, the Parent Board may make a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to a Parent Change in Circumstance, if and only if: (A) the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with Parent’s outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law; Law; (B) Parent shall have given the Company a Determination Notice at least three four (34) Business Days prior to making any such Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change; Change; and (C) (1C)(1) Parent shall have specified the Parent Change in Circumstance in reasonable detail, including the material facts and circumstances related to the applicable Parent Change in Circumstance, (2) Parent shall have given the Company the three four (34) Business Days after the Determination Notice to propose revisions to the terms of this Agreement or make another proposal, and shall have made its Representatives reasonably available to negotiate in good faith with the Company (to the extent the Company desires to do so) with respect to such proposed revisions or other proposal, if any, and (3) after considering the results of any such negotiations and giving effect to the proposals made by the Company, if any, after consultation with outside legal counsel, the Parent Board shall have determined, in good faith, that the failure to make the Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in response to such Parent Change in Circumstance or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(j) would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with the its fiduciary duties of the Parent Board to Parent’s stockholders under applicable Law. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 5.3(d)(ii) shall also apply to any material change to the facts and circumstances relating to such Parent Change in Circumstance and require a new Determination Notice, except that the references to three four (34) Business Days shall be deemed to be two (2) Business Days. (e) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit Parent or the Parent Board from (i) complying with Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) issuing a “stop, look and listen” communication or similar communication of the type contemplated by Section 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act or (iii) otherwise making any disclosure to Parent’s stockholders; provided stockholders; provided, however, that in any disclosure made by Parent or the case of Parent Board pursuant to the foregoing clause (iii) shall be limited to a statement that Parent is unable to take a position with respect to the bidder’s tender offer unless the Parent Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to make such additional disclosure could be reasonably likely to would be inconsistent with applicable Law, including its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. Parent shall not withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to the Company the Parent Board Recommendation unless specifically permitted pursuant to the terms of Section 5.3(d). Unless the Parent Board has effected a Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change in accordance with this Section 5.3 and this Agreement is otherwise terminated pursuant to Section 9.1, Parent’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 5.3(b) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Acquisition Proposal, or by any Parent Board Adverse Recommendation Change.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.)

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