HSR Approval The applicable waiting period under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.
Shareholders' Approval If required by applicable law in order to consummate the Merger: (a) The Company shall, at the direction of Buyer, cause a meeting of its shareholders (the "Company Shareholders' Meeting") to be duly called and held as soon as practicable following the consummation of the Offer (which shall include acceptance for payment of and payment for all Common Shares duly tendered) for the purpose of voting on the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger (the "Company Shareholder Approval"). The Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable law and the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to duly call, give notice of, and convene the Company Shareholders' Meeting. (b) The Company shall, at the direction of Buyer, solicit from holders of Common Shares entitled to vote at the Company Shareholders' Meeting proxies in favor of the Company Shareholder Approval and shall take all other action necessary or, in the judgment of Buyer, helpful to secure the vote or consent of such holders required by the DGCL or this Agreement to effect the Merger. (c) The Company shall, at the direction of Buyer, as promptly as practicable following the consummation of the Offer prepare and file, a proxy or information statement relating to Company Shareholders' Meeting (together with all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, the "Proxy Statement") with the SEC and will use all commercially reasonable efforts to respond to the comments of the SEC and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's shareholders at the earliest practical time. The Company will notify Buyer 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
Required Consent In addition, without limiting the generality of Section 4.2(a), except as required by the terms of this Agreement, by Legal Requirements or by the terms of any Contract in effect on the date hereof and made available to Company or as provided in Section 4.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, without the prior written consent of Company, during the period from the date hereof and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Effective Time of the First Merger, Parent shall not do any of the following, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the following: (i) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of any capital stock or split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock other than a cash management transaction between Parent and a wholly owned Subsidiary of it, or between wholly owned Subsidiaries of Parent in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (ii) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or the capital stock of its Subsidiaries, except repurchases of shares at cost in connection with the termination of the employment relationship with any Parent Employee pursuant to stock option or purchase Contracts in effect on the date hereof or entered into in the ordinary course of business after the date hereof; (iii) Issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of capital stock, or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into shares of capital stock, or enter into other agreements or commitments obligating it to issue any such securities or rights, other than: (A) issuances of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of Parent Options, warrants or other rights of Parent or the settlement of Parent Restricted Stock Units existing on the date hereof in accordance with their present terms or granted pursuant to clause (B) hereof, (B) grants of stock options or other stock based awards (including restricted stock and Parent Restricted Stock Units) of or to acquire, shares of Parent Common Stock granted under the Parent Stock Plans in effect on the date hereof, in each case (x) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (y) with respect to stock options, granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value of Parent Common Stock on the date of grant, provided that the total number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon all such stock-based awards may not exceed 800,000 shares, (C) warrants to acquire not more than 1 million shares of Parent Common Stock that may be issued to prospective retailers, content providers or other strategic partners and (D) the Charter Amendment; (iv) Cause or permit any amendments to any of the Parent Charter Documents except the Charter Amendment; (v) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any equity or voting interest in all or a portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any Person or division or product line thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets that, in each such case, are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (vi) Sell, lease, exclusively license, encumber or otherwise convey or dispose of any properties or assets material to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except (A) sales of inventory, products or equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (B) the sale, lease or disposition of excess or obsolete property or assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in each case, which are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (vii) Make any loans, advances or capital contributions to any Person, other than: (A) loans or investments by it or a wholly owned Subsidiary of it to or in it or any wholly owned Subsidiary of it, (B) employee loans or advances for travel and entertainment expenses made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (C) pursuant to clause (v) above; (viii) Except as required by GAAP or the SEC, materially revalue any of its assets; (ix) Except as set forth in Section 4.2(b) to Parent Disclosure Schedule, pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any threatened or actual litigation or any dispute that would reasonably be expected to lead to litigation (whether or not commenced prior to the date of this Agreement), other than (x) the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction, solely for cash in amounts not exceeding $500,000 individually or $1 million in the aggregate, net of any insurance proceeds received in connection with such payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (y) the discharge, settlement or satisfaction of any such litigation or dispute that does not involve any payment by Company or any of its Subsidiaries and does not impose any obligation on Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a non-exclusive license of Intellectual Property that is not material to Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole); (x) Take any action to render inapplicable, or to exempt any third Person (other than Company) from any state takeover law or state law that purports to limit or restrict business combinations or the ability to acquire or vote shares of capital stock; (xi) Transfer or license to any Person or otherwise extend, amend or modify in any material respect any rights to Parent IP, or enter into any Contracts or make other commitments to grant, transfer or license to any Person material future Parent IP rights, in each case, other than non-exclusive licenses granted to customers, resellers and end users in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (xii) Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person, issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee any debt securities of another Person, enter into any “keep well” or other Contract to maintain any financial statement condition of any other Person (other than any wholly owned Subsidiary of it) or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, in all cases to the extent the amount thereof would exceed $10 million in the aggregate, other than (A) guarantees and letters of credit issued to suppliers of Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or (B) in connection with the financing of ordinary course trade payables, in either case consistent with past practice; (xiii) Other than as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, appoint a new member of the board of directors of Parent; (xiv) Take any action that is intended or would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the First Merger set forth in Article VI not being satisfied; (xv) Enter into any new line of business material to Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (xvi) Fail to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain in full force and effect insurance coverage substantially similar to insurance coverage maintained on the date hereof; or (xvii) Agree in writing to take any of the actions described in (i) through (xvi) above.
Required Regulatory Approvals (a) The obligations of each Party under this Agreement are expressly contingent upon (i) each Party receiving all licenses, permits, permissions, certificates, approvals, authorizations, consents, franchises and releases from any local, state, or federal regulatory agency or other governmental agency or authority (which may include, without limitation and as applicable, the NYISO and the PSC) or any other third party that may be required for such Party in connection with the performance of such Party’s obligations under or in connection with this Agreement (the “Required Approvals”), (ii) each Required Approval being granted without the imposition of any modification or condition of the terms of this Agreement or the subject transactions, unless such modification(s) or condition(s) are agreed to by both Parties in their respective sole discretion, and (iii) all applicable appeal periods with respect to the Required Approvals having expired without any appeal having been made or, if such an appeal has been made, a full, final and non-appealable determination having been made regarding same by a court or other administrative body of competent jurisdiction, which determination disposes of or otherwise resolves such appeal (or appeals) to the satisfaction of both Parties in their respective sole discretion. (b) If any application or request is made in connection with seeking any Required Approval and is denied, or is granted in a form, or subject to conditions, that either Party rejects, in its sole discretion, as unacceptable, this Agreement shall terminate as of the date that a Party notifies the other Party of such denial or rejection, in which event the obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall cease as of such date and this Agreement shall terminate, subject to NYSEG’s obligation to pay National Grid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 10.3 above) for all Reimbursable Costs. All of National Grid’s actual costs in connection with seeking Required Approvals shall be included within the meaning of the term Reimbursable Costs and shall be paid for by NYSEG.
Stockholders Approval (a) The Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Laws and the Organizational Documents of the Company to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, to be held as promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement by the SEC and the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (and in any event will use reasonable best efforts to convene such meeting within 45 days thereof). Except as permitted by Section 6.3, the Company Board shall recommend that the stockholders of the Company approve and adopt this Agreement at the Company Stockholders Meeting and the Company Board shall solicit from stockholders of the Company proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement, and the Joint Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company (i) shall be required to adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholders Meeting (A) to the extent necessary to ensure that any legally required supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement is provided to the Company’s stockholders or (B) if, as of the time for which the Company Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, there are insufficient shares of Company Common Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct business at such Company Stockholders Meeting and (ii) may adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholders Meeting if, as of the time for which the Company Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, there are insufficient shares of Company Common Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval; provided, however, that unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, the Company Stockholders Meeting shall not be adjourned or postponed to a date that is more than 15 Business Days after the date for which the meeting was previously scheduled (it being understood that such Company Stockholders Meeting shall be adjourned or postponed every time the circumstances described in the foregoing clauses (i)(A) and (i)(B) exist, and such Company Stockholders Meeting may be adjourned or postponed every time the circumstances described in the foregoing clause (ii) exist); and provided further that the Company Stockholders Meeting shall not be adjourned or postponed to a date on or after three Business Days prior to the Outside Date. The Company shall promptly provide Parent with all voting tabulation reports relating to the Company Stockholders Meeting that have been prepared by the Company or the Company’s transfer agent, proxy solicitor or other Representative, and shall otherwise keep Parent reasonably informed regarding the status of the solicitation and any material oral or written communications from or to the Company’s stockholders with respect thereto. Unless there has been a Company Change of Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.3, the Parties agree to cooperate and use their reasonable best efforts to defend against any efforts by any of the Company’s stockholders or any other Person to prevent the Company Stockholder Approval from being obtained. Once the Company has established a record date for the Company Stockholders Meeting, the Company shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for the Company Stockholders Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless required to do so by applicable Law or its Organizational Documents or in connection with a postponement or adjournment permitted hereunder. Without the prior written consent of Parent or as required by applicable Law, the Company shall not call any meeting of the stockholders of the Company other than the Company Stockholders Meeting. (b) Parent shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Laws and the Organizational Documents of Parent to duly give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders for the purpose of obtaining the Parent Stockholder Approval, to be held as promptly as reasonably practicable following the clearance of the Joint Proxy Statement by the SEC and the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (and in any event will use reasonable best efforts to convene such meeting within 45 days thereof). Except as permitted by Section 6.4, the Parent Board shall recommend that the stockholders of Parent approve the Parent Stock Issuance and the Parent Board shall solicit from stockholders of Parent proxies in favor of the Parent Stock Issuance, and the Joint Proxy Statement shall include the Parent Board Recommendation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent (i) shall be required to adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders Meeting (A) to the extent necessary to ensure that any legally required supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement is provided to the Parent’s stockholders or (B) if, as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, there are insufficient shares of Parent Class A Common Stock and Parent Class B Common Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct business at such Parent Stockholders Meeting and (ii) may adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholders Meeting if, as of the time for which the Parent Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, there are insufficient shares of Parent Class A Common Stock and Parent Class B Common Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval; provided, however, that unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, the Parent Stockholders Meeting shall not be adjourned or postponed to a date that is more than 15 Business Days after the date for which the meeting was previously scheduled (it being understood that such Parent Stockholders Meeting shall be adjourned or postponed every time the circumstances described in the foregoing clauses (i)(A) and (i)(B) exist, and such Parent Stockholders Meeting may be adjourned or postponed every time the circumstances described in the foregoing clause (ii) exist); and provided further that the Parent Stockholders Meeting shall not be adjourned or postponed to a date on or after three Business Days prior to the Outside Date. Parent shall promptly provide the Company with all voting tabulation reports relating to the Parent Stockholders Meeting that have been prepared by Parent or Parent’s transfer agent, proxy solicitor or other Representative, and shall otherwise keep the Company reasonably informed regarding the status of the solicitation and any material oral or written communications from or to Parent’s stockholders with respect thereto. Unless there has been a Parent Change of Recommendation in accordance with Section 6.4, the Parties agree to cooperate and use their reasonable best efforts to defend against any efforts by any of the Parent’s stockholders or any other Person to prevent the Parent Stockholder Approval from being obtained. Once Parent has established a record date for the Parent Stockholders Meeting, Parent shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for the Parent Stockholders Meeting without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless required to do so by applicable Law or its Organizational Documents or in connection with a postponement or adjournment permitted hereunder. (c) The Parties shall cooperate and use their reasonable best efforts to set the record dates for and hold the Company Stockholders Meeting and the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as applicable, on the same day and at approximately the same time. (d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Article VIII, each of the Company and Parent agrees that its obligations to call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Stockholders Meeting and the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall not be affected by the making of a Company Change of Recommendation or a Parent Change of Recommendation, as applicable, and its obligations pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall not be affected by the commencement, announcement, disclosure, or communication to the Company or Parent, as applicable, of any Company Competing Proposal or Parent Competing Proposal or other proposal (including, with respect to the Company, a Company Superior Proposal) or the occurrence or disclosure of any Company Intervening Event or Parent Intervening Event. (e) Immediately after the execution of this Agreement, Parent shall duly approve and adopt this Agreement in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub in accordance with applicable Law and the Organizational Documents of Merger Sub and deliver to the Company evidence of its vote or action by written consent so approving and adopting this Agreement.
FCC Approval Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender will take any action pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, which would constitute or result in a change in control of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries requiring the prior approval of the FCC without first obtaining such prior approval of the FCC. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall take or cause to be taken any action which the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to obtain from the FCC such approval as may be necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to exercise and enjoy the full rights and benefits granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including, at the Borrower’s cost and expense, the use of the Borrower’s best efforts to assist in obtaining such approval for any action or transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents for which such approval is required by Law.
Matters Requiring Investor Director Approval So long as either (x) the holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to elect one or more Series A Directors or (y) the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to elect one or more Series B Directors, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Investors that it shall not, nor shall it permit any subsidiary of the Company to, without approval of the Board, which approval must include the affirmative vote of a majority of the Preferred Directors (which majority shall include a Series B Director), or the approval of the Requisite Holders: (a) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to, or own any stock or other securities of, any subsidiary or other corporation, partnership, or other entity unless it is wholly owned by the Company; (b) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to any Person, including, without limitation, any employee or director of the Company or any subsidiary, in excess of $100,000 (in the case of individuals) or $500,000 (in the case of Persons that are not individuals), except advances and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business or under the terms of an employee stock or option plan approved by the Board; (c) guarantee, directly or indirectly, or permit any subsidiary to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any indebtedness of any third party, except for trade accounts of the Company or any subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business; (d) make any investment inconsistent with any investment policy approved by the Board; (e) incur any aggregate indebtedness in excess of $500,000 that is not already included in a budget approved by the Board, other than trade credit incurred in the ordinary course of business; (f) enter into or be a party to any transaction with any stockholder, director or officer of the Company or any “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such Person, except for transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement or transactions (including agreements related to the compensation of the Company’s executive officers) made in the ordinary course of business upon fair and reasonable terms that are approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board; (g) increase the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s equity incentive plan or adopt any other equity incentive plan; (h) hire or terminate the chief executive officer; (i) enter into any corporate strategic relationship involving the payment, contribution, or assignment of money or assets which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period; (j) sell, lease, transfer, exclusively license or otherwise dispose of material assets and/or intellectual property of the Company or its subsidiaries, in one or a series of related transactions, the aggregate value of which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period; (k) acquire (by merger or stock or asset purchase or otherwise) any Person, business or asset in one or a series of related transactions, the aggregate value of which exceeds $5,000,0000 in any such one or series of related transactions or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period; (l) make any material change in the business plan or business scope; (m) settle any material litigation, arbitration or legal disputes; (n) appoint or remove the Company’s auditor or change materially in accounting policies and standards, including financial year or tax year of the Company; (o) effect any single capital expenditure, the value of which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets in any fiscal year; or (p) enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing. For purposes of this Section 5.4, the value of any net assets shall be the value as determined by the Company in good faith. Upon the request of any Investor, the Company shall provide such Investor with reasonable written documentation supporting the basis of such determination of value, and provide such Investor with reasonable access to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company for the purpose of evaluating the foregoing determination. If such Investor raises any reasonable objections to the foregoing determination, the Company shall consider in good faith such objections and make such revisions to the final determination of value as may be mutually agreed between the Company and such Investor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4, such approval of the Board or the Requisite Holders shall not be required with respect to actions contemplated by any agreements entered into between the Company and its stockholder(s) on or prior to the date hereof.
Listing Approval The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance. If (i) any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or (ii) any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and its counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled on, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, by the Representative. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
New Project Approval Consultant and District recognize that Consultant’s Services may include working on various projects for District. Consultant shall obtain the approval of District prior to the commencement of a new project.
Prior Approval The Engineer shall not assign, subcontract or transfer any portion of professional services related to the work under this contract without prior written approval from the State.
