Proxy Matters Sample Clauses

Proxy Matters. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of Section 9.1 of this Agreement, if the Registration Statement has not been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to May 15, 2004, the Company will promptly take all such actions as may be necessary to withdraw the Registration Statement, and the Company shall continue to have an obligation under Section 8.4 of this Agreement to seek Stockholder Approval. If the Company withdraws the Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 8.8 and receives Stockholder Approval, the Company may, subject to approval by the Board of Directors, file a subsequent registration statement with the Commission and provide the Company’s shareholders the opportunity to participate in a subsequent rights offering.”
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Proxy Matters. (i) The Sub-Adviser, or its designee, shall review all Fund proxy solicitation materials provided to it by the Funds’ custodian and shall be responsible for voting in its discretion proxies for the securities held by the Funds in accordance with the Sub-Adviser’s proxy voting policies and procedures, without consultation with the Adviser or the Funds. The Adviser shall instruct the Funds’ custodian and other appropriate parties providing services to the Funds to promptly forward all proxy solicitation materials for the Funds to the Sub-Adviser, including any misdirected proxy solicitation materials. The Sub-Advisor is not responsible for completing and filing Form N-PX on behalf of the Funds
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Proxy Matters. Each Stockholder Party represents and warrants to ------------- Parent that any proxies heretofore given in respect of its shares of Common Stock are not irrevocable, and that any such proxies are hereby revoked.
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Proxy Matters. Each Seller acknowledges and agrees that it ------------- understands that, in connection with the transactions contemplated by a separate agreement, and specifically the pending transaction (the "Calgene Transaction") with Calgene, Inc. ("Calgene") an Affiliate of Buyer will be preparing and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and that Calgene will be preparing and filing with the SEC a proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in connection with Calgene's solicitation of approval of the Calgene Transaction by its stockholders. Each Seller further acknowledges and agrees that it understands that the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement will contain information regarding the assets, liabilities, business and condition, financial and otherwise, of the Seller and the Business. The Seller hereby agrees, at Buyer's expense (except that preparation of the 1995 Financial Statements and information and documentation relating to compliance with HSR shall be at Seller's expense) to cooperate in all reasonable respects with Calgene, Buyer and Buyer's Affiliates in their preparation of the information concerning Seller and the Business for inclusion in the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement and to use reasonable best efforts to furnish, or cause to be furnished, such information concerning the Seller and the Business as Calgene, Buyer and Buyer's Affiliates may reasonably request in connection with their preparation and filing of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement. Buyer shall furnish to Seller a copy of the form of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement (and any amendment or supplement of either thereof) proposed to be filed with the SEC and provide Seller reasonable opportunity to review same reasonably in advance of any filing thereof with the SEC and shall be reasonably responsive to any comments or suggestions made by Seller regarding the information contained therein concerning the Seller and the Business and shall furnish Seller with a copy of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement (and any amendment or supplement of either thereof) as such is filed with the SEC.
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Proxy Matters. BF has complied with the proxy requirements of Regulations 14A and 14C promulgated under the 1934 Act in connection with this Agreement, including the obtaining of consents to the Merger by the shareholders of BF and the sending of any applicable notices to the shareholders of BF.
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Proxy Matters. 35 ARTICLE IX TERMINATION...............................................................35 9.1 Termination.........................................................35
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Proxy Matters. (a) The Company, as lead shareholder of the Shareholder Group, agrees to cause the Shareholder Group to include the Executive in the proposed director slate with respect to the Proxy Solicitation, along with Jamex X. Xxxx xxx Jamex X. XxXxxxxxxx (xxe designees of the Shareholder Group). These three individuals will serve as a nominating committee (the "Nominating Committee"), which will select the remaining nominees from a list of candidates developed by the Nominating Committee. Each nominee must be approved by all members of the Nominating Committee. Upon the failure of the Nominating Committee to reach unanimous agreement on the director slate, either the Executive or the Company may declare this Agreement terminated, and all parties shall have no further obligations or liability under this Agreement (except with respect to Section 10 below).
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Related to Proxy Matters

  • Stockholder Meeting; Proxy Material Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the Company shall cause the Company Stockholder Meeting to be duly called and held as soon as reasonably practicable for the purpose of voting on the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger unless a vote of stockholders of the Company is not required by New York Law. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the Directors of the Company shall recommend approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger by the Company's stockholders at the Company Stockholder Meeting, and will include such recommendation in the Company Proxy Statement; provided, however, that, consistent with its fiduciary duties set forth in Section 5.04, the Board of Directors of the Company shall be permitted to (i) not recommend to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval or (ii) withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Buyer and Merger Subsidiary its recommendation to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval, but in each of cases (i) and (ii) only if and to the extent that the Company has complied with Section 5.04 and this Section 5.02 and a Superior Proposal (as defined below) is pending at the time the Company's Board of Directors determines to take any such action or inaction. The Company will (i) in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting, promptly prepare and file with the SEC, use commercially reasonable efforts to have cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable and thereafter mail to its stockholders as promptly as practicable the Company Proxy Statement and all other proxy materials for such Company Stockholder Meeting and (ii) unless, to the extent permitted by the second sentence of this Section 5.02, and subject to Section 5.04, the Board of Directors shall not recommend to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval or shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Buyer its recommendation, use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Merger, provided that the obligation of the Company to cause the Company Proxy Statement and the proxy to be mailed to the Company's stockholders is subject to the Board of Directors of the Company having received from Jefferies & Co., Inc. confirmation of its opinion referred to in Section 3.02 as of the date scheduled for mailing of the Company Proxy Statement if the Board of Directors requests such a confirmation. For purposes of this Agreement, "Superior Proposal" means any bona fide Acquisition Proposal, on terms that the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its reasonable good faith judgment are more favorable to the Company's stockholders taken as a whole than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and with respect to which the Company's Board of Directors determines, in its reasonable good faith judgment, after consultation with its financial advisors, the Person making such Acquisition Proposal has the financial means to consummate such Acquisition Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, "Acquisition Proposal" means any offer or proposal for a merger, consolidation or tender or exchange offer or other business combination involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or the acquisition of any substantial debt or equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company or of any Company Subsidiary, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

  • Preparation of Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) The Company shall, as soon as practicable following the date of execution of this Agreement, prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement (as defined in Section 6.01(c)) in preliminary form (provided that Parent, Sub and their counsel shall be given reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement prior to its filing with the SEC), and each of the Company, Parent and Sub shall use its best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto. The Company shall notify Parent promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement. If at any time prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval there shall occur any event that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and mail to its stockholders such an amendment or supplement. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's stockholders as promptly as practicable after filing with the SEC. Subject to the fiduciary duties of the Company Board under applicable law, (i) the Proxy Statement shall contain the recommendation of the Company Board that the stockholders of the Company vote to adopt and approve this Agreement and the Merger and (ii) if requested to do so by Parent at any time prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting (as defined in Section 6.01(b)) and subject to compliance with applicable laws, if there shall have been publicly announced an alternative Acquisition Proposal, the Company Board shall within a reasonable period of time following such request (and prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting) publicly reaffirm such recommendation and/or shall publicly announce that it is not recommending that the stockholders of the Company accept an alternative Acquisition Proposal, provided that such reaffirmation or announcement does not require significant delay in the timing of the Company Stockholders Meeting.

  • Preparation of the Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event within 30 Business Days following the date of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”) to be sent to holders of shares of Company Common Stock (the “Company Stockholders”) relating to the meeting of Company Stockholders (the “Company Stockholder Meeting”) to be held for the purpose of considering and taking action on the adoption of this Agreement. The Acquirer Parties will furnish all information concerning the Acquirer Parties and their Affiliates to the Company, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement. The Company will promptly notify Parent upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement, and will provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to resolve as promptly as reasonably practicable any comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company will (i) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement or response (including the proposed final version of the Proxy Statement or response), (ii) consider in good faith all comments reasonably proposed by Parent, and (iii) except in connection with any Company Adverse Recommendation Change, not file or mail such document or respond to the SEC prior to receiving the approval of Parent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

  • Proxy Statement As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, and each of the Company and Parent shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, prepare and, after consultation with each other, file with the SEC all Other Filings that are required to be filed by such party in connection with the Transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall consult with Parent and provide Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto (and to review and comment on any comments of the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto), and shall incorporate all reasonable comments and requests made by Parent, prior to the filing thereof. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and all other applicable Laws and shall directly or indirectly incorporate the fairness option referred to in Section 3.29 therein if requested by Parent. The Company shall promptly provide Parent and its counsel with a copy or a description of any comments received by the Company or its counsel from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, and shall respond as promptly as practicable to any such comments. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable after it is filed. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the earlier of (i) receiving notification that the SEC or its staff is not reviewing the Proxy Statement or (ii) the conclusion of any SEC or staff review of the Proxy Statement. If any event relating to any of the Company Entities occurs, or if the Company becomes aware of any information, that causes any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement to have become false or misleading in any material respect, then the Company shall promptly inform Parent thereof and shall promptly file an appropriate amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, mail such amendment or supplement to the stockholders of the Company. If any event relating to Parent or Merger Sub occurs, or if Parent becomes aware of any information, that causes any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement to have become false or misleading in any material respect, then Parent shall promptly inform the Company thereof and the Company shall promptly file an appropriate amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, mail such amendment or supplement to the stockholders of the Company.

  • Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement the Company shall take all action necessary to call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholders Meeting”), which shall occur not later than the 60th day after the Closing (the “Stockholders Meeting Deadline”), for the purpose of seeking approval of the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholder Approval”) for an increase in the number of shares of authorized Common Stock (the “Share Increase”) from 200,000,000 to no less than 500,000,000 shares (the “Proposal”). In connection therewith, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the SEC proxy materials (including a proxy statement and form of proxy) for use at the Stockholders Meeting and, after receiving and promptly responding to any comments of the SEC thereon, shall promptly mail such proxy materials to the stockholders of the Company. Each Investor shall promptly furnish in writing to the Company such information relating to such Investor and its investment in the Company as the Company may reasonably request for inclusion in the Proxy Statement. The Company will comply with Section 14(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder in relation to any proxy statement (as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”) and any form of proxy to be sent to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Stockholders Meeting, and the Proxy Statement shall not, on the date that the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to stockholders or at the time of the Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein not false or misleading, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies or the Stockholders Meeting which has become false or misleading. If the Company should discover at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any event relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors that is required to be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement, in addition to the Company's obligations under the 1934 Act, the Company will promptly inform the Investors thereof.

  • Stockholders Meetings Section 1. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time, or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors.

  • PROSPECTUS AND PROXY STATEMENTS; VOTING 3.1. At least annually, the Trust or its designee shall provide the Company, free of charge, with as many copies of the current prospectus (describing only the Portfolios listed in Schedule A hereto) for the Shares as the Company may reasonably request for distribution to existing Policy owners whose Policies are funded by such Shares. The Trust or its designee shall provide the Company, at the Company's expense, with as many copies of the current prospectus for the Shares as the Company may reasonably request for distribution to prospective purchasers of Policies. If requested by the Company in lieu thereof, the Trust or its designee shall provide such documentation (including a "camera ready" copy of the new prospectus as set in type or, at the request of the Company, as a diskette in the form sent to the financial printer) and other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the parties hereto once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus for the Shares is supplemented or amended) to have the prospectus for the Policies and the prospectus for the Shares printed together in one document; the expenses of such printing to be apportioned between (a) the Company and (b) the Trust or its designee in proportion to the number of pages of the Policy and Shares' prospectuses, taking account of other relevant factors affecting the expense of printing, such as covers, columns, graphs and charts; the Trust or its designee to bear the cost of printing the Shares' prospectus portion of such document for distribution to owners of existing Policies funded by the Shares and the Company to bear the expenses of printing the portion of such document relating to the Accounts; provided, however, that the Company shall bear all printing expenses of such combined documents where used for distribution to prospective purchasers or to owners of existing Policies not funded by the Shares. In the event that the Company requests that the Trust or its designee provides the Trust's prospectus in a "camera ready" or diskette format, the Trust shall be responsible for providing the prospectus in the format in which it or MFS is accustomed to formatting prospectuses and shall bear the expense of providing the prospectus in such format (e.g., typesetting expenses), and the Company shall bear the expense of adjusting or changing the format to conform with any of its prospectuses.

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