Stockholder Meetings. (a) Each of Viking and Camber shall call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Viking Meeting” and the “Camber Meeting,” respectively) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective, for the purpose of obtaining (a) the Requisite Camber Vote and the Requisite Viking Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger, and (b) if so desired and mutually agreed, a vote upon other matters of the type customarily brought before a meeting of stockholders in connection with the approval of a merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, and each of Viking and Camber shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such meetings to occur on the same date. Subject to Section 6.3(b), each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the stockholders of Viking and Camber, as applicable, the Requisite Viking Vote and the Requisite Camber Vote, as applicable, including by communicating to the respective stockholders of Viking and Camber the Viking Board Recommendation and the Camber Board Recommendation, respectively (and including the respective recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement), and each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, (ii) fail to make the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in the Joint Proxy Statement, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal (defined below) or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any Acquisition Proposal or (B) reaffirm the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in each case within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to that date that is two (2) business days prior to the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable) after an Acquisition Proposal is made public (upon a request by the other party to do so), or (v) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing a “Recommendation Change”). February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, if the Board of Directors of Viking or Camber, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, such Board of Directors may, in the case of Viking, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Viking Vote, and in the case of Camber, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Camber Vote, make a Recommendation Change and submit this Agreement to its stockholders without recommendation (although the resolutions approving this Agreement as of the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event such Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to its stockholders in the Joint Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by Law; provided that such Board of Directors may not take any actions under this sentence unless it (A) gives the other party at least five (5) business days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action and a reasonable description of the event or circumstances giving rise to its determination to take such action (including, in the event such action is taken in response to an Acquisition Proposal, the latest material terms and conditions and the identity of the third party in any such Acquisition Proposal, or any amendment or modification thereof, or describe in reasonable detail such other event or circumstances) and (B) at the end of such notice period, takes into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by the other party and, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would nevertheless be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. No Recommendation Change may be made with respect to an Acquisition Proposal if such Acquisition Proposal was solicited in violation of Section 6.13. Any change in the economic terms of or any other material amendment to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of this Section 6.3 and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 6.3 (except that the notice period shall be shortened to three (3) business days). (c) Except as required by Law or as Viking and Camber may mutually agree, neither Viking nor Camber shall adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting beyond the date on which the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, was (or was required to be) originally scheduled; provided that Viking and Camber shall: (i) be permitted to adjourn or postpone its own stockholder meeting (i.e., the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be), if (A) as of the time for which such meeting is originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Viking Common Stock or Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such meeting, (B) in the case of the Viking Meeting, the Board of Directors of Viking has made a Recommendation Change and, in the case of the Camber Meeting, Board of Directors of Camber has made a Recommendation Change, or (C) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (i) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; and (ii) at Viking’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Camber Meeting, or at Camber’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Viking Meeting, if (A) the Board of Directors of the non-requesting party has made a Recommendation Change or (B) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber be obligated to adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (ii) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days, in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger provided, however, that, if either the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, is adjourned or postponed pursuant to either the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), the other of the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, may be correspondingly adjourned or postponed and such adjournment or postponement shall not affect the aggregate time limits contemplated by the foregoing clause (i) or (ii). (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, (x) the Viking Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted for adoption by the stockholders of Viking at the Viking Meeting, and (y) the Camber Meeting shall be convened and the Share Issuances shall be submitted to the stockholders of Camber at the Camber Meeting, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve either Viking or Camber of such obligation.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Viking Energy Group, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Camber Energy, Inc.)
Stockholder Meetings. (a) Each of Viking and Camber shall call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Viking Meeting” and the “Camber Meeting,” respectively) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective, for the purpose of obtaining (a) the Requisite Camber Vote, the Charter Amendment Vote and the Requisite Viking Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger, and (b) if so desired and mutually agreed, a vote upon other matters of the type customarily brought before a meeting of stockholders in connection with the approval of a merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, and each of Viking and Camber shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such meetings to occur on the same date. Subject to Section 6.3(b), each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the stockholders of Viking and Camber, as applicable, the Requisite Viking Vote, the Requisite Camber Vote and the Requisite Camber Charter Amendment Vote, as applicable, including by communicating to the respective stockholders of Viking and Camber the Viking Board Recommendation and the Camber Board Recommendation, respectively (and including the respective recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement), and each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, (ii) fail to make the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in the Joint Proxy Statement, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal (defined below) or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any Acquisition Proposal or (B) reaffirm the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in each case within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to that date that is two (2) business days prior to the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable) after an Acquisition Proposal is made public (upon a request by the other party to do so), or (v) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing a “Recommendation Change”). February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, if the Board of Directors of Viking or Camber, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, such Board of Directors may, in the case of Viking, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Viking Vote, and in the case of Camber, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Camber Vote, make a Recommendation Change and submit this Agreement to its stockholders without recommendation (although the resolutions approving this Agreement as of the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event such Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to its stockholders in the Joint Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by Law; provided that such Board of Directors may not take any actions under this sentence unless it (A) gives the other party at least five (5) business days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action and a reasonable description of the event or circumstances giving rise to its determination to take such action (including, in the event such action is taken in response to an Acquisition Proposal, the latest material terms and conditions and the identity of the third party in any such Acquisition Proposal, or any amendment or modification thereof, or describe in reasonable detail such other event or circumstances) and (B) at the end of such notice period, takes into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by the other party and, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would nevertheless be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. No Recommendation Change may be made with respect to an Acquisition Proposal if such Acquisition Proposal was solicited in violation of Section 6.13. Any change in the economic terms of or any other material amendment to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of this Section 6.3 and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 6.3 (except that the notice period shall be shortened to three (3) business days).
(c) Except as required by Law or as Viking and Camber may mutually agree, neither Viking nor Camber shall adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting beyond the date on which the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, was (or was required to be) originally scheduled; provided that Viking and Camber shall:
(i) be permitted to adjourn or postpone its own stockholder meeting (i.e., the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be), if (A) as of the time for which such meeting is originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Viking Common Stock or Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such meeting, (B) in the case of the Viking Meeting, the Board of Directors of Viking has made a Recommendation Change and, in the case of the Camber Meeting, Board of Directors of Camber has made a Recommendation Change, or (C) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (i) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; and
(ii) at Viking’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Camber Meeting, or at Camber’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Viking Meeting, if (A) the Board of Directors of the non-requesting party has made a Recommendation Change or (B) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber be obligated to adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (ii) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days, in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger provided, however, that, if either the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, is adjourned or postponed pursuant to either the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), the other of the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, may be correspondingly adjourned or postponed and such adjournment or postponement shall not affect the aggregate time limits contemplated by the foregoing clause (i) or (ii).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, (x) the Viking Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted for adoption by the stockholders of Viking at the Viking Meeting, and (y) the Camber Meeting shall be convened and the Share Issuances and Charter Amendment shall be submitted to the stockholders of Camber at the Camber Meeting, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve either Viking or Camber of such obligation.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Camber Energy, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Viking Energy Group, Inc.)
Stockholder Meetings. (a) Each of Viking and Camber shall call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Viking Meeting” and the “Camber Meeting,” respectively) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective, for the purpose of obtaining (a) the Requisite Camber Vote and the Requisite Viking Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger, and (b) if so desired and mutually agreed, a vote upon other matters of the type customarily brought before a meeting of stockholders in connection with the approval of a merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, and each of Viking and Camber shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such meetings to occur on the same date. Subject to Section 6.3(b), each of Viking and Vikingand, Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the stockholders of Viking and Camber, as applicable, the Requisite Viking Vote and the Requisite Camber Vote, as applicable, including by communicating to the respective stockholders of Viking and Camber the Viking Board Recommendation and the Camber Board Recommendation, respectively (and including the respective recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement), and each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, (ii) fail to make the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in the Joint Proxy Statement, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal (defined below) or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any Acquisition Proposal or (B) reaffirm the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in each case within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to that date that is two (2) business days prior to the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable) after an Acquisition Proposal is made public (upon a request by the other party to do so), or (v) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing a “Recommendation Change”). February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, if the Board of Directors of Viking or Camber, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, such Board of Directors may, in the case of Viking, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Viking Vote, and in the case of Camber, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Camber Vote, make a Recommendation Change and submit this Agreement to its stockholders without recommendation (although the resolutions approving this Agreement as of the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event such Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to its stockholders in the Joint Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by Law; provided that such Board of Directors may not take any actions under this sentence unless it (A) gives the other party at least five (5) business days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action and a reasonable description of the event or circumstances giving rise to its determination to take such action (including, in the event such action is taken in response to an Acquisition Proposal, the latest material terms and conditions and the identity of the third party in any such Acquisition Proposal, or any amendment or modification thereof, or describe in reasonable detail such other event or circumstances) and (B) at the end of such notice period, takes into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by the other party and, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would nevertheless be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. No Recommendation Change may be made with respect to an Acquisition Proposal if such Acquisition Proposal was solicited in violation of Section 6.13. Any change in the economic terms of or any other material amendment to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of this Section 6.3 and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 6.3 (except that the notice period shall be shortened to three (3) business days).. February 2021 - April 2023 – First Amendment to
(c) Except as required by Law or as Viking and Camber may mutually agree, neither Viking nor Camber shall adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting beyond the date on which the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, was (or was required to be) originally scheduled; provided that Viking and Camber shall:
(i) be permitted to adjourn or postpone its own stockholder meeting (i.e., the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be), if (A) as of the time for which such meeting is originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Viking Common Stock or Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock or Camber Preferred Stock, as the case may be, represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such meeting, (B) in the case of the Viking Meeting, the Board of Directors of Viking has made a Recommendation Change and, in the case of the Camber Meeting, Board of Directors of Camber has made a Recommendation Change, or (C) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (i) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; and
(ii) at Viking’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Camber Meeting, or at Camber’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Viking Meeting, if (A) the Board of Directors of the non-requesting party has made a Recommendation Change or (B) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber be obligated to adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (ii) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days, in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger provided, however, that, if either the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, is adjourned or postponed pursuant to either the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), the other of the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, may be correspondingly adjourned or postponed and such adjournment or postponement shall not affect the aggregate time limits contemplated by the foregoing clause (i) or (ii).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, (x) the Viking Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted for adoption by the stockholders of Viking at the Viking Meeting, and (y) the Camber Meeting shall be convened and the Share Issuances shall be submitted to the stockholders of Camber at the Camber Meeting, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve either Viking or Camber of such obligation.. February 2021 - April 2023 – First Amendment to
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Viking Energy Group, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Camber Energy, Inc.)
Stockholder Meetings. (a) Each of Viking and Camber shall call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Viking Meeting” and the “Camber Meeting,” respectively) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective, for the purpose of obtaining (a) the Requisite Camber Vote, the Charter Amendment Vote and the Requisite Viking Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger, and (b) if so desired and mutually agreed, a vote upon other matters of the type customarily brought before a meeting of stockholders in connection with the approval of a merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, and each of Viking and Camber shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such meetings to occur on the same date. Subject to Section 6.3(b), each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the stockholders of Viking and Camber, as applicable, the Requisite Viking Vote, the Requisite Camber Vote and the Requisite Camber Charter Amendment Vote, as applicable, including by communicating to the respective stockholders of Viking and Camber the Viking Board Recommendation and the Camber Board Recommendation, respectively (and including the respective recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement), and each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, (ii) fail to make the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in the Joint Proxy Statement, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal (defined below) or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any Acquisition Proposal or (B) reaffirm the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in each case within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to that date that is two (2) business days prior to the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable) after an Acquisition Proposal is made public (upon a request by the other party to do so), or (v) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing a “Recommendation Change”). February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, if the Board of Directors of Viking or Camber, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, such Board of Directors may, in the case of Viking, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Viking Vote, and in the case of Camber, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Camber Vote, make a Recommendation Change and submit this Agreement to its stockholders without recommendation (although the resolutions approving this Agreement as of the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event such Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to its stockholders in the Joint Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by Law; provided that such Board of Directors may not take any actions under this sentence unless it (A) gives the other party at least five (5) business days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action and a reasonable description of the event or circumstances giving rise to its determination to take such action (including, in the event such action is taken in response to an Acquisition Proposal, the latest material terms and conditions and the identity of the third party in any such Acquisition Proposal, or any amendment or modification thereof, or describe in reasonable detail such other event or circumstances) and (B) at the end of such notice period, takes into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by the other party and, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would nevertheless be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. No Recommendation Change may be made with respect to an Acquisition Proposal if such Acquisition Proposal was solicited in violation of Section 6.13. Any change in the economic terms of or any other material amendment to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of this Section 6.3 and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 6.3 (except that the notice period shall be shortened to three (3) business days).
(c) Except as required by Law or as Viking and Camber may mutually agree, neither Viking nor Camber shall adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting beyond the date on which the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, was (or was required to be) originally scheduled; provided that Viking and Camber shall:
(i) be permitted to adjourn or postpone its own stockholder meeting (i.e., the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be), if (A) as of the time for which such meeting is originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Viking Common Stock or Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such meeting, (B) in the case of the Viking Meeting, the Board of Directors of Viking has made a Recommendation Change and, in the case of the Camber Meeting, Board of Directors of Camber has made a Recommendation Change, or (C) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (i) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; and
(ii) at Viking’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Camber Meeting, or at Camber’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Viking Meeting, if (A) the Board of Directors of the non-requesting party has made a Recommendation Change or (B) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber be obligated to adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (ii) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days, in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger provided, however, that, if either the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, is adjourned or postponed pursuant to either the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), the other of the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, may be correspondingly adjourned or postponed and such adjournment or postponement shall not affect the aggregate time limits contemplated by the foregoing clause (i) or (ii).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, (x) the Viking Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted for adoption by the stockholders of Viking at the Viking Meeting, and (y) the Camber Meeting shall be convened and the Share Issuances Issuance and Charter Amendment shall be submitted to the stockholders of Camber at the Camber Meeting, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve either Viking or Camber of such obligation.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Camber Energy, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Camber Energy, Inc.)
Stockholder Meetings. (a) Each of Viking and Camber shall call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Viking Meeting” and the “Camber Meeting,” respectively) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the S-4 is declared effective, for the purpose of obtaining (a) the Requisite Camber Vote, the Charter Amendment Vote and the Requisite Viking Vote required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger, and (b) if so desired and mutually agreed, a vote upon other matters of the type customarily brought before a meeting of stockholders in connection with the approval of a merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby, and each of Viking and Camber shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such meetings to occur on the same date. Subject to Section 6.3(b), each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the stockholders of Viking and Camber, as applicable, the Requisite Viking Vote, the Requisite Camber Vote and the Requisite Camber Charter Amendment Vote, as applicable, including by communicating to the respective stockholders of Viking and Camber the Viking Board Recommendation and the Camber Board Recommendation, respectively (and including the respective recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement), and each of Viking and Camber and their respective Boards of Directors shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, (ii) fail to make the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in the Joint Proxy Statement, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal (defined below) or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any Acquisition Proposal or (B) reaffirm the Viking Board Recommendation, in the case of Viking, or the Camber Board Recommendation, in the case of Camber, in each case within ten (10) business days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to that date that is two (2) business days prior to the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable) after an Acquisition Proposal is made public (upon a request by the other party to do so), or (v) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing a “Recommendation Change”). February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, if the Board of Directors of Viking or Camber, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, such Board of Directors may, in the case of Viking, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Viking Vote, and in the case of Camber, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Camber Vote, make a Recommendation Change and submit this Agreement to its stockholders without recommendation (although the resolutions approving this Agreement as of the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event such Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to its stockholders in the Joint Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by Law; provided that such Board of Directors may not take any actions under this sentence unless it (A) gives the other party at least five (5) business days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action and a reasonable description of the event or circumstances giving rise to its determination to take such action (including, in the event such action is taken in response to an Acquisition Proposal, the latest material terms and conditions and the identity of the third party in any such Acquisition Proposal, or any amendment or modification thereof, or describe in reasonable detail such other event or circumstances) and (B) at the end of such notice period, takes into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by the other party and, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that taking such action would nevertheless be required to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law. No Recommendation Change may be made with respect to an Acquisition Proposal if such Acquisition Proposal was solicited in violation of Section 6.13. Any change in the economic terms of or any other material amendment to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of this Section 6.3 and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 6.3 (except that the notice period shall be shortened to three (3) business days).
(c) Except as required by Law or as Viking and Camber may mutually agree, neither Viking nor Camber shall adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting beyond the date on which the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, was (or was required to be) originally scheduled; provided that Viking and Camber shall:
(i) be permitted to adjourn or postpone its own stockholder meeting (i.e., the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be), if (A) as of the time for which such meeting is originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of Viking Common Stock or Viking Preferred Stock or Camber Common Stock, as the case may be, represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such meeting, (B) in the case of the Viking Meeting, the Board of Directors of Viking has made a Recommendation Change and, in the case of the Camber Meeting, Board of Directors of Camber has made a Recommendation Change, or (C) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (i) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; andand Agreement and Plan of Merger
(ii) at Viking’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Camber Meeting, or at Camber’s request, cause to be adjourned or postponed the Viking Meeting, if (A) the Board of Directors of the non-requesting party has made a Recommendation Change or (B) a change to the method or structure of effecting the combination of Viking and Camber is to be effected pursuant to Section 6.15, provided, further, that in no event shall Viking or Camber be obligated to adjourn or postpone the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (ii) more than two (2) times and by more than forty-five (45) calendar days, in the aggregate with respect to all such adjournments or proposals; February 2021 - Agreement and Plan of Merger provided, however, that, if either the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, is adjourned or postponed pursuant to either the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), the other of the Viking Meeting or the Camber Meeting, as the case may be, may be correspondingly adjourned or postponed and such adjournment or postponement shall not affect the aggregate time limits contemplated by the foregoing clause (i) or (ii).
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, (x) the Viking Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted for adoption by the stockholders of Viking at the Viking Meeting, and (y) the Camber Meeting shall be convened and the Share Issuances Issuance and Charter Amendment shall be submitted to the stockholders of Camber at the Camber Meeting, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve either Viking or Camber of such obligation.
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