Special Meeting Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by such persons and only in such manner as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. No business may be transacted at any special meeting of stockholders other than the business specified in the notice of such meeting. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders.
Initial Meeting (a) The parties must meet within 10 Business Days after the date of delivery of the dispute notice and attempt to resolve the dispute.
(b) Each party must use its best endeavors to resolve the dispute and act in good faith.
Final Meeting The goal of this subtask is to complete the closeout of this Agreement. • Meet with Energy Commission staff to present project findings, conclusions, and recommendations. The final meeting must be completed during the closeout of this Agreement. This meeting will be attended by the Recipient and CAM, at a minimum. The meeting may occur in person or by electronic conferencing (e.g., WebEx), with approval of the CAM. The technical and administrative aspects of Agreement closeout will be discussed at the meeting, which may be divided into two separate meetings at the CAM’s discretion. o The technical portion of the meeting will involve the presentation of findings, conclusions, and recommended next steps (if any) for the Agreement. The CAM will determine the appropriate meeting participants. o The administrative portion of the meeting will involve a discussion with the CAM and the CAO of the following Agreement closeout items: Disposition of any state-owned equipment. Need to file a Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement (Form UCC-1) regarding the Energy Commission’s interest in patented technology. The Energy Commission’s request for specific “generated” data (not already provided in Agreement products). Need to document the Recipient’s disclosure of “subject inventions” developed under the Agreement. “Surviving” Agreement provisions such as repayment provisions and confidential products. Final invoicing and release of retention. • Prepare a Final Meeting Agreement Summary that documents any agreement made between the Recipient and Commission staff during the meeting.
Shareholder Meeting (a) The first sentence of Section 6.2(a) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: “As promptly as practicable following the effectiveness of the Form S-4 (subject to any extension reasonably necessary to comply with applicable Law, including amending any disclosure document to be delivered to holders of Xxxxx Common Shares or Mercury Common Stock in connection with the Amendment or otherwise acting to address any oral or written comments made by the SEC), Mercury shall, in consultation with Xxxxx, in accordance with applicable Law and the Mercury Organizational Documents, (i) establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of a meeting of the holders of Mercury Voting Common Stock (the “Mercury Shareholder Meeting”) at which meeting Mercury shall seek the Required Mercury Vote, which record date shall be no later than ten (10) days after the date on which the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, and (ii) convene and hold the Mercury Shareholder Meeting.”
(b) The first sentence of Section 6.2(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read as follows: “As promptly as practicable following the effectiveness of the Form S-4 (subject to any extension reasonably necessary to comply with the DLLCA, the Xxxxx LLC Agreement and applicable Law, including amending any disclosure document to be delivered to holders of Xxxxx Common Shares or Mercury Common Stock in connection with the Amendment or otherwise acting to address any oral or written comments made by the SEC), Xxxxx shall, in consultation with Mercury, in accordance with applicable Law and the Xxxxx LLC Agreement, (i) establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of a meeting of the holders of Xxxxx Common Shares (the “Xxxxx Shareholder Meeting”) at which meeting Xxxxx shall seek the Required Xxxxx Vote, which record date shall be no later than ten (10) days after the date on which the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act, and (ii) convene and hold the Xxxxx Shareholder Meeting.”
(c) The following is hereby added as a new Section 6.2(d) of the Merger Agreement:
(d) Unless otherwise agreed to by Mercury and Xxxxx, the Mercury Shareholder Meeting shall be convened on August 20, 2014, and, without conducting any business, shall be adjourned until 11:00 a.m. eastern time on October 6, 2014 (subject to any adjournment or postponement thereof in accordance with Section 6.2(a)), which new date, time and place shall be announced at the Mercury Shareholder Meeting before adjournment. Unless otherwise agreed to by Mercury and Xxxxx, the Xxxxx Shareholder Meeting shall be convened on August 20, 2014, and, without conducting any business, shall be adjourned until 9:00 a.m. eastern time on October 6, 2014 (subject to any adjournment or postponement thereof in accordance with Section 6.2(b)), which new date, time and place shall be announced at the Xxxxx Shareholder Meeting before adjournment.” Unless otherwise agreed to by Mercury and Xxxxx, the record date for the Mercury Shareholder Meeting and the Xxxxx Shareholder Meeting shall continue to be July 18, 2014 (subject to any change required by applicable Law, the Mercury Organizational Documents or the Xxxxx LLC Agreement, as applicable or to address any oral or written comments made by the SEC).
Stockholder Meeting; Proxy Material Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the Company shall cause the Company Stockholder Meeting to be duly called and held as soon as reasonably practicable for the purpose of voting on the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger unless a vote of stockholders of the Company is not required by New York Law. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the Directors of the Company shall recommend approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger by the Company's stockholders at the Company Stockholder Meeting, and will include such recommendation in the Company Proxy Statement; provided, however, that, consistent with its fiduciary duties set forth in Section 5.04, the Board of Directors of the Company shall be permitted to (i) not recommend to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval or (ii) withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Buyer and Merger Subsidiary its recommendation to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval, but in each of cases (i) and (ii) only if and to the extent that the Company has complied with Section 5.04 and this Section 5.02 and a Superior Proposal (as defined below) is pending at the time the Company's Board of Directors determines to take any such action or inaction. The Company will (i) in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting, promptly prepare and file with the SEC, use commercially reasonable efforts to have cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable and thereafter mail to its stockholders as promptly as practicable the Company Proxy Statement and all other proxy materials for such Company Stockholder Meeting and (ii) unless, to the extent permitted by the second sentence of this Section 5.02, and subject to Section 5.04, the Board of Directors shall not recommend to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval or shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Buyer its recommendation, use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Merger, provided that the obligation of the Company to cause the Company Proxy Statement and the proxy to be mailed to the Company's stockholders is subject to the Board of Directors of the Company having received from Jefferies & Co., Inc. confirmation of its opinion referred to in Section 3.02 as of the date scheduled for mailing of the Company Proxy Statement if the Board of Directors requests such a confirmation. For purposes of this Agreement, "Superior Proposal" means any bona fide Acquisition Proposal, on terms that the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its reasonable good faith judgment are more favorable to the Company's stockholders taken as a whole than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and with respect to which the Company's Board of Directors determines, in its reasonable good faith judgment, after consultation with its financial advisors, the Person making such Acquisition Proposal has the financial means to consummate such Acquisition Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, "Acquisition Proposal" means any offer or proposal for a merger, consolidation or tender or exchange offer or other business combination involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or the acquisition of any substantial debt or equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company or of any Company Subsidiary, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Shareholders Meeting (a) If required by the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and/or applicable law in order to consummate the Merger, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with applicable law:
(i) duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its Shareholders (the "Special Meeting") as soon as practicable following the acceptance for payment of and payment for Shares by the Purchaser pursuant to the Offer for the purpose of considering and taking action upon this Agreement, whether or not the Board of Directors determines at any time subsequent to the Company Board Meeting that this Agreement is no longer advisable and recommends that Shareholders reject it;
(ii) prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement or, if the Purchaser shall have accepted for payment and purchased Shares permitting the Purchaser to cast at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by all holders of Shares on a fully diluted basis, information statement relating to the Merger and this Agreement and use its reasonable best efforts (x) to obtain and furnish the information required to be included by the SEC in the Statement (as hereinafter defined) and, after consultation with Parent, to respond promptly to any comments made by the SEC with respect to the preliminary proxy or information statement and cause a definitive proxy or information statement (the "Statement") to be mailed to its Shareholders and (y) to obtain the necessary approvals of the Merger and this Agreement by its Shareholders; and
(iii) subject to the fiduciary obligations of the Board of Directors of the Company under applicable law as advised by outside counsel, include in the Statement the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that Shareholders vote in favor of the approval of the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement; provided, however, that notwithstanding any withdrawal, modification or amendment of the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company made at the Company Board Meeting, the Company agrees that if the Purchaser purchases Shares pursuant to the Offer, this Agreement shall be submitted to the Shareholders for approval and adoption at the Special Meeting whether or not the Board of Directors determines at any time subsequent to the Company Board Meeting that this Agreement is no longer advisable and recommends that Shareholders reject it.
(b) Parent agrees that it will vote, or cause to be voted, all of the Shares then owned by it, the Purchaser or any of its other subsidiaries in favor of the approval of the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement.
Meeting of Shareholders (a) Promptly after the date hereof, the Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with the GBCC and its Articles of Incorporation and by-laws to convene a meeting of shareholders ("Company Shareholders Meeting") to be held as promptly as practicable after the S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC for the purposes of voting upon this Agreement and the Merger. Neither the Board of Directors of the Company nor any committee thereof shall, except as required by their fiduciary duties as determined in good faith (in reliance on the opinion of its outside counsel), withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the approval or recommendation by the Board of Directors of the Company or such committee of this Agreement or the Merger. Nothing contained in this Section 6.3(a) shall prohibit the Company from making any disclosure to the Company's shareholders if, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company (in reliance upon the opinion of its outside counsel), such disclosure is necessary for the Board of Directors to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable law. The Company shall deliver to Parent, concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Voting Agreement executed by Szlam.
(b) If necessary, Parent shall take all action necessary in accordance with the DGCL and its Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws to convene a meeting of stockholders (the "Parent Stockholders Meeting") to be held as promptly as practicable after the S-4 Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC for the purposes of voting upon this Agreement and the Merger. Neither the Board of Directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall, except as required by their fiduciary duties as determined in good faith (in reliance on the opinion of its outside counsel), withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the approval or recommendation by the Board of Directors of Parent or such committee of this Agreement or the Merger. Nothing contained in this Section 6.3(b) shall prohibit Parent from making any disclosure to Parent's stockholders if, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent (in reliance upon the opinion of its outside counsel), such disclosure is necessary for the Board of Directors to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable law.
Stockholder Meeting (a) The Company will duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of stockholders (the "Stockholder Meeting") for the purpose of considering the approval of this Agreement and at such meeting call for a vote and cause proxies to be voted in respect of the approval and adoption of this Agreement. The Stockholder Meeting shall be held as soon as practicable following the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, and the Company will, through its Board of Directors, recommend to its stockholders the approval of this Agreement, and shall not withdraw or modify such recommendation. The record date for the Stockholder Meeting shall be a date subsequent to the date Parent or Sub becomes a record holder of Company Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Offer.
(b) The Company shall, at Parent's request, as soon as practicable following the expiration of the Offer, prepare and file a preliminary Proxy Statement with the SEC and shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of the SEC or its staff and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's stockholders as promptly as practicable after responding to all such comments to the satisfaction of the staff. The Company shall notify Parent promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional information and will supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or the Merger. If at any time prior to the Stockholder Meeting there shall occur any event that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and mail to its stockholders such an amendment or supplement. The Company shall not mail any Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, to which Parent reasonably objects. Parent shall cooperate with the Company in the preparation of the Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto, including the supply of any information required to be included in the Proxy Statement regarding Parent or Sub.
(c) Parent agrees to cause all Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer and all other Shares owned by Parent or any subsidiary of Parent to be voted in favor of approval of the Merger.
Special Meetings; Notice Special meetings of the Board for any purpose may be called at any time by the President or by any two Managers. Special meetings of the Board shall be held upon four days’ written notice or 48 hours notice given personally or by telephone, e-mail, facsimile or other similar means of communication. Any such written notice shall be addressed or delivered to each Manager at such Manager’s address as it is shown upon the records of the Company or may have been given to the Company by the Manager for purposes of notice or, if such address is not shown on records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place in which the meetings of the Board are regularly held. Written notice by mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time a written notice is deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid. Any personal notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is personally delivered to the recipient. Written notice by e-mail shall be deemed to have been given at the time it is actually transmitted by the person giving the notice by e-mail to the recipient.
Stockholder Meetings (a) As promptly as practicable following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Company shall, in consultation with Parent, in accordance with Applicable Law and the Company Organizational Documents, (i) establish a record date (the “Company Record Date”) for, duly call and give notice of a meeting of the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote on the Mergers (the “Company Stockholder Meeting”) at which meeting the Company shall seek the Company Stockholder Approval, which record date shall be no later than ten (10) days after the date on which the Registration Statement is declared effective under the 1933 Act, (ii) cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (and all other proxy materials for the Company Stockholder Meeting) to be mailed to its stockholders and (iii) within forty (40) days after the Company Record Date, duly convene and hold the Company Stockholder Meeting. Subject to Section 6.02, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on its part to cause the Company Stockholder Approval to be received at the Company Stockholder Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and shall comply with all legal requirements applicable to the Company Stockholder Meeting. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, adjourn, postpone or otherwise delay the Company Stockholder Meeting; provided that the Company may, without the prior written consent of Parent, adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholder Meeting, after consultation with Parent, if the Company believes in good faith that such adjournment or postponement is reasonably necessary to allow reasonable additional time to (x) solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, or (y) distribute any supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that the Board of Directors of the Company has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel is necessary under Applicable Law and for such supplement or amendment to be reviewed by the Company’s stockholders prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting.
(b) As promptly as practicable following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the Parent shall, in consultation with the Company, in accordance with Applicable Law and the Parent Organizational Documents, (i) establish a record date (which date shall be the same as the Company Record Date) for, duly call and give notice of a meeting of the stockholders of Parent entitled to vote on the Parent Share Issuance (the “Parent Stockholder Meeting”) at which meeting Parent shall seek the Parent Stockholder Approval, (ii) cause the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus (and all other proxy materials for the Parent Stockholder Meeting) to be mailed to its stockholders and (iii) duly convene and hold the Parent Stockholder Meeting on the same date and time as the Company Stockholder Meeting. Subject to Section 7.02, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable on its part to cause the Parent Stockholder Approval to be received at the Parent Stockholder Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and shall comply with all legal requirements applicable to the Parent Stockholder Meeting. Parent shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, adjourn, postpone or otherwise delay the Parent Stockholder Meeting; provided that Parent may, without the prior written consent of the Company, adjourn or postpone the Parent Stockholder Meeting, after consultation with the Company, if Parent believes in good faith that such adjournment or postponement is reasonably necessary to allow reasonable additional time to (x) solicit additional proxies necessary to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval, or (y) distribute any supplement or amendment to the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus that the Board of Directors of Parent has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel is necessary under Applicable Law and for such supplement or amendment to be reviewed by Parent’s stockholders prior to the Parent Stockholder Meeting.
(c) Notwithstanding (x) any Company Adverse Recommendation Change or Parent Adverse Recommendation Change, (y) the public proposal or announcement or other submission to the Company or any of its Representatives of a Company Acquisition Proposal or the public proposal or announcement or other submission to Parent or any of its Representatives of a Parent Acquisition Proposal or (z) anything in this Agreement to the contrary, unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, the obligations of the Company and Parent under Section 8.03 and this Section 8.04 shall continue in full force and effect.
