Press Release; Communications. Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a mutually agreeable press release, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A (the “Mutual Press Release”), announcing certain terms of this Agreement. In connection with the execution of this Agreement, and subject to the terms of this Agreement, no Party (including the Company’s Board and any committee thereof) shall issue any other press release or public statement regarding this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby without the prior written consents of the other Parties, other than a Form 8-K and proxy materials for the 2021 Annual Meeting to be filed by the Company and an amendment to the Schedule 13D filed by the Alden Funds or their Affiliates relating to the Company to be filed by the Alden Funds or their Affiliates, provided, that the Company may make any ordinary course communications with Company constituencies, including employees, customers, suppliers, investors and stockholders, and SEC filing disclosures consistent with, and containing no material information not contained in, the Mutual Press Release, Form 8-K and Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto). During the Cooperation Period, no Party shall make any public announcement or statement that is inconsistent with or contrary to the statements made in the Mutual Press Release, except as required by law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or governmental entity with the prior written consent of the Alden Funds and the Company, as applicable, and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement. The Company, with respect to its Form 8-K, and the Alden Funds, with respect to the amendment to the Schedule 13D, will provide the other Party, prior to each such filing, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents, and each such Party will consider any comments from the other Party in good faith.
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Press Release; Communications. Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a mutually agreeable press release, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A B (the “Mutual Press Release”), announcing certain terms of this Agreement. In connection with the execution of this Agreement, and subject to the terms of this Agreement, no Party (including the Company’s Board and any committee thereof) shall issue any other press release or public statement regarding this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby without the prior written consents of the other Parties, other than a Form 8-K and proxy statement materials for the 2021 2016 Annual Meeting to be filed by the Company and an amendment to the Engaged Group’s Schedule 13D filed by the Alden Funds or their Affiliates relating to the Company to be filed by the Alden Funds or their AffiliatesEngaged Group, provided, that the Company may make any ordinary course communications with Company constituencies, including employees, customers, suppliers, investors and stockholders, and SEC filing disclosures consistent with, and containing no material information not contained in, with the Mutual Press Release, Form 8-K and Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto). 13D. During the Cooperation Standstill Period, no Party shall make any public announcement or statement that is inconsistent with or contrary to the statements made in the Mutual Press Release, except as required by law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or governmental entity with the prior written consent of the Alden Funds Engaged Group and the Company, as applicable, and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement. The Company, with respect to its Form 8-K, and the Alden FundsEngaged Group, with respect to the its amendment to the its Schedule 13D, will provide the other Party, prior to each such filing, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents, and each such Party will consider any comments from the other Party in good faith.
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Press Release; Communications. Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a mutually agreeable press release, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A (the “Mutual Press Release”), announcing certain terms of this Agreement. In connection with the execution of this Agreement, and subject to the terms of this Agreement, no Party (including the Company’s Board and any committee thereof) shall issue any other press release or public statement regarding this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby without the prior written consents of the other Parties, other than a Form 8-K and proxy statement materials for the 2021 2020 Annual Meeting to be filed by the Company and an amendment to the Schedule 13D filed by the Alden Funds or their Affiliates relating to the Company to be filed by the Alden Funds or their Affiliates, provided, that the Company may make any ordinary course communications with Company constituencies, including employees, customers, suppliers, investors and stockholders, and SEC filing disclosures consistent with, and containing no material information not contained in, the Mutual Press Release, Form 8-K and Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto). 13D. During the Cooperation Period, no Party shall make any public announcement or statement that is inconsistent with or contrary to the statements made in the Mutual Press Release, except as required by law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or governmental entity with the prior written consent of the Alden Funds and the Company, as applicable, and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement. The Company, with respect to its Form 8-K, and the Alden Funds, with respect to the amendment to the Schedule 13D, will provide the other Party, prior to each such filing, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents, and each such Party will consider any comments from the other Party in good faith.
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Press Release; Communications. Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a mutually agreeable press release, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A B (the “Mutual Press Release”), announcing certain terms of this Agreement. In connection with the execution of this Agreement, and subject to the terms of this Agreement, no Party (including the Company’s Board and any committee thereof) shall issue any other press release or public statement regarding this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby without the prior written consents consent of the other PartiesParty, other than a Form 8-K and proxy materials statement for the 2021 2016 Annual Meeting and 2017 Annual Meeting (if applicable) to be filed by the Company and an amendment to the its Schedule 13D filed by the Alden Funds or their Affiliates relating to the Company to be filed by the Alden Funds or their AffiliatesGroup, provided, that the Company may make any ordinary course communications with Company constituencies, including employees, customers, suppliers, investors and stockholders, and SEC filing disclosures shareholders consistent with, and containing no material information not contained in, with the Mutual Press Release, Form 8-K and Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto). 13D. During the Cooperation Standstill Period, no Party shall make any public announcement or statement that is inconsistent with or contrary to the statements made in the Mutual Press Release, except as required by law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or governmental entity with the prior written consent of the Alden Funds and Group and/or the Company, as applicable, and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement. The Company, with respect to its Form 8-K, and the Alden FundsGroup, with respect to the its amendment to the its Schedule 13D, will provide the other Party, prior to each such filing, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents, and each such Party will consider any comments from the other Party in good faith.
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Press Release; Communications. Promptly following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall issue a mutually agreeable press release, in substantially the form attached hereto as Annex A C (the “Mutual Press Release”), announcing certain terms of this Agreement. In connection with the execution of this Agreement, and subject to the terms of this Agreement, no Party (including the Company’s Board and any committee thereofBoard) shall issue any other press release or public statement regarding this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby without the prior written consents of the other Parties, other than a Form 8-K and proxy statement materials for the 2021 2016/17 Annual Meeting and 2018 Annual Meeting to be filed by the Company and an amendment to the any Engaged Group’s Schedule 13D filed by the Alden Funds or their Affiliates relating to the Company to be filed by the Alden Funds or their AffiliatesEngaged Group, provided, that the Company may make any ordinary course communications with Company constituencies, including employees, customers, suppliers, investors and stockholders, and SEC filing disclosures consistent with, and containing no material information not contained in, with the Mutual Press Release, Form 8-K and Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto). 13D. During the Cooperation Standstill Period, no Party shall make any public announcement or statement that is inconsistent with or contrary to the statements made in the Mutual Press Release, except as required by law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange or governmental entity with the prior written consent of the Alden Funds Engaged Group and the Company, as applicable, and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement. The Company, with respect to its Form 8-K, and the Alden FundsEngaged Group, with respect to the any filing or amendment to the a Schedule 13D, will provide the other Party, prior to each such filing, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such documents, and each such Party will consider any comments from the other Party in good faith. Each Party hereto acknowledges and agrees that it will not, and will take all necessary actions to cause its Affiliates to not, issue any release, make any filing or otherwise make any public statement, in each instance, that is inconsistent with the Mutual Press Release.
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