Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the preliminary proxy materials relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity, the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advance. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filing. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. Newco and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, as the other may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger. (b) (i) The Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be. (c) The Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith. (d) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings. (e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement (in no event later than five (5) Business Days after such clearance).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Sumtotal Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Sumtotal Systems Inc)
Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The Company shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary proxy materials relating to Proxy Statement for use in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth within twenty (10th20) day following calendar days after the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) hereof or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity, the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advanceearlier date as is reasonably practicable. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall as promptly prepare and file with the SEC as reasonably practicable after making such Other Required Newco Filingdetermination. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and NasdaqNASDAQ. Newco Parent and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco Parent and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, ) as the other Company may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Statement and any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Statement or Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed by the Company with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) The Company, after consultation with Parent (i) The Company and including comments reasonably proposed by Parent), will use its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments made by the SEC the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(c) The Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(d) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) . Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and after confirmation from the SEC or its staff that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, or the expiration of any waiting period with respect to, the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing and, if necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws, after the Proxy Statement shall have been so mailed, promptly circulate amended, supplemental or supplemented proxy material, and, if required in connection therewith, re-solicit proxies.
(c) (i) The Company and its Affiliates shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing in no event later than five any such case referenced in the preceding clause (5i) Business Days or (ii) without providing Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) The Company shall advise Parent and Merger Sub, promptly after such clearance)the Company receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(e) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 4.3, the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Knology Inc)
Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The Company shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary proxy materials relating to Proxy Statement for use in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth within twenty (10th20) day following calendar days after the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) hereof or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity, the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advanceearlier date as is reasonably practicable. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall as promptly prepare and file with the SEC as reasonably practicable after making such Other Required Newco Filingdetermination. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and NasdaqNASDAQ. Newco Parent and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco Parent and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, ) as the other Company may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Statement and any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Statement or Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed by the Company with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) The Company, after consultation with Parent (i) The Company and including comments reasonably proposed by Parent), will use its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments made by the SEC the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(c) The Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(d) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) . Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and after confirmation from the SEC or its staff that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, or the expiration of any waiting period with respect to, the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing and, if necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws, after the Proxy Statement shall have been so mailed, promptly circulate amended, supplemental or supplemented proxy material, and, if required in connection therewith, re-solicit proxies.
(i) The Company and its Affiliates shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing in no event later than five any such case referenced in the preceding clause (5i) Business Days or (ii) without providing Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) The Company shall advise Parent and Merger Sub, promptly after such clearance)the Company receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(e) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 4.3, the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
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Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The Promptly after the execution of this Agreement (and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days after the date of this Agreement), the Company shall use its best efforts will prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement to cause the preliminary proxy materials relating be sent to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed Shareholders in connection with the Company Shareholders Meeting. The Company will not file the Proxy Statement with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity, the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) with without first providing Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, and the Company will give due consideration to, and consider in good faith, all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by Parent or its counsel. Subject to Section 5.5 and unless there has been a Change of Recommendation, the Company will (A) include the Company Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, (B) use its reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies to obtain the Requisite Company Vote and (C) take all other action reasonably necessary or advisable to secure the Requisite Company Vote. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to resolve all SEC comments, if any, with respect to the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable after the receipt thereof. Promptly (but in any event no more than ten (10) Business Days) following the (1) confirmation by the SEC that it has no further comments or (2) if applicable, expiration of the 10-day waiting period contemplated by Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, the Company will cause the Proxy Statement in definitive form to be mailed to the Company Shareholders as of the record date established for the Company Shareholders Meeting.
(b) Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub will furnish all information concerning such Person and its Affiliates to the other, and provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested by such other party hereto to be included therein and will otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other in the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and the resolution of any comments received from the SEC.
(c) The Company will notify Parent promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) of the receipt of any comments, whether written or oral, from the SEC and of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Parent Filing, or for additional information, and will supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on each the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to such filing filings.
(d) Except in advance. connection with a Change of Recommendation or thereafter, no amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement will be made by the Company without the approval of Parent, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(e) If the Company determines that it is required to file any document other than the Proxy Statement with the SEC any in connection with the Merger pursuant to applicable Law (such document, as amended or supplemented, an “Other Required Company Filing”), then the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to promptly prepare and file such Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such SEC; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 nor any Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for quarterly periods ending in 2018 shall be deemed an “Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any ” for purposes of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required this Agreement and shall not be subject to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub Parent’s prior review and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filingcomment. The Company shall will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and NasdaqNASDAQ. Newco and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, as the other may reasonably request Except in connection with a Change of Recommendation or thereafter, the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Company may not file any Other Required Company Filing with the SEC without first providing Parent and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, and the Company will give due consideration to, and will consider in good faith, all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by Parent or its counsel.
(f) On the date of filing, the date of mailing to the Company Stockholder Shareholders (if applicable) and at the time of the Company Shareholders Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to neither the Proxy Statement, Statement nor any Other Required Company Filing or will contain any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no covenant is made by the party which discovers such Company with respect to any information shall promptly notify the othersupplied by Parent, and an appropriate amendment Merger Sub or supplement to any of their Affiliates for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing. The information supplied by the applicable Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filings will not, at the time that such Proxy Statement or Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and is filed with the SEC andSEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the extent required by applicable law or statements therein, in light of the SEC or its staffcircumstances under which they are made, disseminated to the Company Stockholdersnot misleading. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) (i) The Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newcoinformation supplied by Parent, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with the SEC Affiliates for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filingwill not, as at the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to time that the Proxy Statement, any Statement or such Other Required Company Filing or is filed with the SEC, contain any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(c) The Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt untrue statement of a request by the SEC material fact or its staff for an amendment or revisions omit to the Proxy Statement, state any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(d) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement (in no event later than five (5) Business Days after such clearance).material
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Bravo Brio Restaurant Group, Inc.)
Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the preliminary proxy materials relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day As soon as practicable following the date hereof (and in no event more than 30 days after the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity), the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement for use in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting, provided that the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) with Parent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each thereon and the Company shall make such filing in advancerevisions as reasonably requested by the Parent. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable lawLaw, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filing. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. Newco Parent and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco Parent and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, ) as the other Company may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Statement any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law Law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) At the earliest practicable time (and in any event within five Business Days) following the date (the “SEC Clearance Date”) of (i) The confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or (ii) the expiration of the ten-day waiting period provided in Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act, the Company shall file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders.
(c) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 6.5(a), (i) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, Affiliates shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, Affiliates shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(cd) The CompanyUnless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 6.5(a), on the one hand, and Newco Company shall advise Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(de) Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Article VIII or the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f6.5(a), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement (in no event later than five (5) Business Days after such clearance).
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Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The As soon as practicable following the date hereof (and in any event the Company shall use its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause do so within fifteen (15) calendar days), the Company, in consultation with Parent, shall prepare and file with the SEC, a preliminary proxy materials relating to Proxy Statement for use in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the date hereofMeeting. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, The Proxy Statement shall include the written opinion notice to stockholders required by 262 of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) or the DGCL that appraisal rights will be available. As promptly as practicable after any other filing with comments are received from the SEC thereon (or any other Governmental Entityupon notice from the SEC that no such comments will be made), the Company shall, in consultation with Parent, prepare and file any required amendments to, and the definitive, Proxy Statement with the SEC. The Company shall provide Newco Parent (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s and its counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each the preliminary Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto prior to filing such filing in advancewith the SEC, and will provide Parent with a copy of all such filings made with the SEC. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any Filing within a reasonable amount of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filingtime. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and NasdaqSEC. Newco Parent and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco Parent and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, ) as the other Company may reasonably request as required in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Statement and any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Statement or Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) (i) The Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(c) The Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(d) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing (the date of such confirmation, the "SEC Clearance Date"). If the SEC has failed to affirmatively notify the Company within ten (10) days after the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC that it will not be reviewing the Proxy Statement, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement and the date on which the Company receives such confirmation shall be the SEC Clearance Date.
(c) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 5.4(a), (i) the Company and its Affiliates shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing in no event later than five any such case referenced in the preceding clause (5i) Business Days or (ii) without providing Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 5.4(a), the Company shall advise Parent and Merger Sub, promptly after such clearancethe Company receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(e) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.4(a), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Proginet Corp)
Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The As soon as practicable following the date hereof (and in any event the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the preliminary proxy materials relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth do so within fifteen (10th15) day following the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entitycalendar days), the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall prepare and file with the SEC, a preliminary Proxy Statement for use in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) connection with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advancethe solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any Filing within a reasonable amount of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filingtime. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. Newco Parent and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco Parent and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, ) as the other Company may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Statement and any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco Parent or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Statement or Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) (i) The Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(c) The Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(d) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing (the date of such confirmation, the "SEC Clearance Date"). If the SEC has failed to affirmatively notify the Company within ten (10) days after the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC that it will not be reviewing the Proxy Statement, then the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement and the date on which the Company receives such confirmation shall be the SEC Clearance Date.
(c) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 5.5(a), (i) the Company and its Affiliates shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing in no event later than five any such case referenced in the preceding clause (5i) Business Days or (ii) without providing Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 5.5(a), the Company shall advise Parent and Merger Sub, promptly after such clearancethe Company receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement or any Other Required Company Filing, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(e) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.5(a), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
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Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The As soon as practicable following the date hereof (and in any event the Company shall use its best efforts to cause the preliminary proxy materials relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth do so within five (10th5) day Business Days following the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity), the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary Proxy Statement for use in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) connection with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advancethe solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable lawLaw, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any Filing within a reasonable amount of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filingtime. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. Newco Parent and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco Parent and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, ) as the other Company may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Statement and any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any the Company, Parent or Merger Sub discovers that information relating to the Company, Newco or Merger Subit, or any of their its respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Companyin each case, Newco or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Statement or Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law or the SEC or its staff, disseminate to the Company Stockholders an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information information.
(b) Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly prepared and filed as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and, in any event, the Company shall use best efforts to mail the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated Proxy Statement to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees Stockholders within three (3) Business Days after confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in additional comments on, the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Mergeror any Other Required Company Filing.
(bc) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.5(a), (i) The the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, Affiliates shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, Affiliates shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon and consider in good faith including in such filing, amendment or participate therein, as the case may becommunication comments reasonably requested by Parent.
(cd) The CompanyUnless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.5(a), on the one hand, and Newco Company shall advise Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it the Company receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, Statement or any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(de) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f5.5(a), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement (in no event later than five (5) Business Days after such clearance).
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Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the preliminary proxy materials relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to in Section 3.3(b) hereof) or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity, the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advance. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filing. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. Newco and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, as the other may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) (i) The Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(c) The Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(d) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement (in no event later than five (5) Business Days after such clearance).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Vista Equity Partners Fund III LP)
Proxy Statement and Other Required Sec Filings. (a) The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the preliminary proxy materials relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be filed with the SEC no later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day As soon as practicable following the date hereof. Prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials hereof (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include the written opinion of RBC Capital Markets referred to and in Section 3.3(bany event within ten (10) hereof) or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental EntityBusiness Days), the Company shall provide Newco (which term shall prepare and file with the SEC, the Proxy Statement for use in all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Newco’s counsel) connection with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on each such filing in advancethe solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting. If the Company determines that it is required to file with the SEC any Other Required Company Filing under applicable law, the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Company Filing. If Newco, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates determine that they are required to file any Other Required Newco Filing under applicable law, then Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, if applicable, shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC such Other Required Newco Filing. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement and any Other Required Company Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC and Nasdaq. Newco and Merger Sub shall cause any Other Required Newco Filing to comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC. The Company, Newco and Merger Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, as the other may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Newco or Merger Sub, or any of their respective partners, members, stockholders, directors, officers or other Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company, Newco or Merger Sub which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, so that the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or the applicable Other Required Company Filing or Other Required Newco Filing describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable law or the SEC or its staff, disseminated to the Company Stockholders. The Company agrees that no other matters shall be brought before the Company Stockholder Meeting or included in the Proxy Statement other than the approval of this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing and any Other Required Newco Filing.
(c) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 6.5(a), (i) The the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not file with the SEC the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and (ii) the Company and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and Newco, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, shall not correspond or otherwise communicate with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, in any such case referenced in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) without providing the other, to the extent practicable, other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon or participate therein, as the case may be.
(cd) The Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to the terms of Section 6.5(a), the Company, on the one hand, and Newco and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, any receipt of comments from the SEC or its staff on the Proxy Statement, any Other Required Company Filing or any Other Required Newco Filing, as the case may be, or any receipt of a request by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith.
(de) Unless the Company Board or any authorized committee thereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in accordance with the terms of Section 5.3(f6.5(a), the Company shall include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement and, if applicable, any Other Required Company Filings.
(e) Subject to applicable law, the Company shall (a) establish a record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting and (b) use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement (in no event later than five (5) Business Days after such clearance).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Entrust Inc)