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shall not recommend to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval or shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Buyer its recommendation, use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement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.
Stockholders Meeting (a) If required by applicable law in order to consummate the Merger, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with applicable law:
Shareholders Meeting (a) If required by applicable law in order to consummate the Merger, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with applicable law:
Stockholder Meeting SSE will submit to its stockholders this Agreement and any other matters required to be approved or adopted by stockholders in order to carry out the intentions of this Agreement. In furtherance of that obligation, SSE will take, in accordance with applicable law and its articles of incorporation and bylaws, all action necessary to call and give notice of a meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholder Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting on approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions provided for in this Agreement and mail the Proxy Statement as promptly as possible, and convene and hold the Stockholder Meeting as promptly as possible after the mailing date of the Proxy Statement, after SSE has been notified that NVSL has filed all applications to Governmental Entities to obtain all approvals, consents and waivers required to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. SSE’s Board of Directors will use all reasonable best efforts to obtain from SSE’s stockholders a vote approving this Agreement. Except as provided in this Agreement, (i) SSE’s Board of Directors shall recommend to SSE’s stockholders approval of this Agreement, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that SSE’s Board of Directors has recommended that SSE’s stockholders vote in favor of the approval of this Agreement and (iii) neither SSE’s Board of Directors nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, the recommendation of SSE’s Board of Directors that SSE’s stockholders vote in favor of approval of this Agreement or make any statement in connection with the Stockholder Meeting inconsistent with such recommendation (collectively, a “Change in Recommendation”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) SSE has complied in all material respects with its obligations under Section 5.1, (y) SSE (1) has received an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal from a third party that SSE’s Board of Directors concludes in good faith constitutes a Superior Proposal after giving effect to all of the adjustments that may be offered by NVSL pursuant to clause (3) below, (2) has notified NVSL, at least five business days in advance, of it is intention to effect a Change in Recommendation, specifying the material terms and conditions of any such Superior Proposal and furnishing to NVSL a copy of the relevant proposed transaction documents, if such exist, with the person making such Superior Proposal and (3) during the period of not less than five business days following SSE’s delivery of the notice referred to in clause (2) above and prior to effecting such Change in Recommendation, has negotiated, and has used reasonable best efforts to cause its financial and legal advisors to negotiate, with NVSL in good faith (to the extent that NVSL desires to negotiate) to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal and (z) SSE’s Board of Directors, after consultation with and based on the advice of counsel, determines in good faith that it would result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable law to recommend this Agreement, then in submitting the Agreement to stockholders at the Stockholder Meeting it may submit the Agreement without recommendation, or following submission of the Agreement to stockholders it may withdraw, amend or modify its recommendation, in which case the Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation, or the withdrawal, amendment or modification of its recommendation, to the stockholders in the Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by law.
Stockholders Meetings Section 1. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be held on the third Thursday in April each year at the principal office at the Company or at such other date, time, or place as may be designated by resolution by the Board of Directors.
Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement the Company shall take all action necessary to call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholders Meeting”), which shall occur not later than the 60th day after the Closing (the “Stockholders Meeting Deadline”), for the purpose of seeking approval of the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholder Approval”) for an increase in the number of shares of authorized Common Stock (the “Share Increase”) from 200,000,000 to no less than 500,000,000 shares (the “Proposal”). In connection therewith, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the SEC proxy materials (including a proxy statement and form of proxy) for use at the Stockholders Meeting and, after receiving and promptly responding to any comments of the SEC thereon, shall promptly mail such proxy materials to the stockholders of the Company. Each Investor shall promptly furnish in writing to the Company such information relating to such Investor and its investment in the Company as the Company may reasonably request for inclusion in the Proxy Statement. The Company will comply with Section 14(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder in relation to any proxy statement (as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”) and any form of proxy to be sent to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Stockholders Meeting, and the Proxy Statement shall not, on the date that the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to stockholders or at the time of the Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein not false or misleading, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies or the Stockholders Meeting which has become false or misleading. If the Company should discover at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any event relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors that is required to be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement, in addition to the Company's obligations under the 1934 Act, the Company will promptly inform the Investors thereof.
Shareholder Meeting (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable (but in any event no more than forty-five (45) days) following the date of this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall jointly prepare and Parent shall cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4 with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock and New Parent Preferred Stock (or depositary shares in respect thereof) issuable in the Company Merger, which will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus with respect to the Company Shareholder Meeting. Each of the Company and Parent, as applicable, shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus cleared and the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing, (B) ensure that the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and Securities Act, (C) mail or deliver the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the Company’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective and (D) keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as is necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information required to be disclosed in the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement/Prospectus or as may reasonably be requested concerning itself, its Affiliates and its shareholders to the other, including all information necessary for the preparation of pro forma or other financial statements, and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, and all written comments with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 received from the SEC and advise the other Party of any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 received from the SEC. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate and provide the other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments received by the other Party on such document or response. Parent shall advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Company Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, NYSE rules and regulations, any applicable foreign or state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock and New Parent Preferred Stock (or depositary shares in respect thereof) in the Company Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Shares and Company Series D Preferred Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actions. Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, any applicable foreign or state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the issuance of the new Parent OP Interests in connection with the Partnership Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company, the Partnership and the holders of the Partnership OP Units as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actions. The Parent Parties shall have the right, to the extent necessary (and following consultation with the Company), to prepare and file a Form S-4 with respect to the new Parent OP Interests (the “OP Unit Form S-4”) to be issued in connection with the Partnership Merger. The Company Parties will cooperate in the preparation of the OP Unit Form S-4 pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Parent Parties determine to prepare and file the OP Unit Form S-4, (x) the Parent Parties shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after such determination, the OP Unit Form S-4, (y) all references in this Agreement to “Form S-4” (including this Section 7.1 and Section 8.1(b)) shall be deemed to refer to the Form S-4 and the OP Unit Form S-4, collectively.
Shareholders Meetings IVAX shall call and hold the IVAX Shareholders' Meeting and Bergen shall call and hold the Bergen Shareholders' Meeting as promptly as practicable for the purpose of voting upon the approval of this Agreement pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement and the Mergers contemplated hereby, and each of Bergen and IVAX shall use its reasonable efforts to hold the Shareholders' Meetings on the same day and as soon as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective. IVAX shall use its reasonable efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Mergers contemplated hereby pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of shareholders required by the FBCA or applicable stock exchange requirements to obtain such approval, except to the extent that the Board of Directors of IVAX determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel (who may be IVAX's regularly engaged outside legal counsel) that the withdrawal, modification or change of its recommendation is required by its fiduciary duties to IVAX's shareholders under applicable Law, and prior to such determination any person (other than Bergen) shall have made a public announcement or otherwise communicated to IVAX with respect to a Competing Transaction that, as determined by the Board of Directors of IVAX in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel (who may be its regularly retained outside counsel) and financial advisors, contains terms more favorable to the shareholders of IVAX than those provided for in the Reorganization. Bergen shall use its reasonable efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Mergers contemplated hereby pursuant to the Joint Proxy Statement, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of shareholders required by the NJBCA or applicable stock exchange requirements to obtain such approval, except to the extent that the Board of Directors of Bergen determines in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel (who may be Bergen's regularly engaged outside legal counsel) that the withdrawal, modification or change of its recommendation is required by its fiduciary duties to Bergen's shareholders under applicable Law, and prior to such determination any person (other than IVAX) shall have made a public announcement or otherwise communicated to Bergen with respect to a Competing Transaction that, as determined by the Board of Directors of Bergen in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel (who may be its regularly retained outside counsel) and financial advisors, contains terms more favorable to the shareholders of Bergen than those provided for in the Reorganization. Each of the parties hereto shall take all other action necessary or, in the opinion of the other parties hereto, advisable to promptly and expeditiously secure any vote or consent of shareholders required by applicable Law and such party's Certificate or Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to effect the Mergers.
Stockholder Meetings All expenses incidental to holding meetings of Stockholders, including the printing of notices and proxy materials, and proxy solicitation therefor.
Proxy Statement/Prospectus (a) Parent and the Company shall cooperate in preparing and each shall cause to be filed with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, mutually acceptable proxy materials which shall constitute the Proxy Statement-Prospectus relating to the matters to be submitted to the Company stockholders at the Company Stockholders Meeting and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 with respect to the issuance of Parent Common Stock in the Merger. The Proxy Statement-Prospectus will be included as a prospectus in and will constitute a part of the Registration Statement as Parent's prospectus. Each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement-Prospectus cleared by the SEC and the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC and to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby. Parent and the Company shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other party copies of any written comments and advise the other party of any oral comments, received from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement-Prospectus or Registration Statement. The parties shall cooperate and provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement-Prospectus and the Registration Statement prior to filing such with the SEC, and will provide each other with a copy of all such filings made with the SEC. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no amendment or supplement (including by incorporation by reference) to the Proxy Statement-Prospectus or the Registration Statement shall be made without the approval of both parties, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that with respect to documents filed by a party which are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Proxy Statement-Prospectus, this right of approval shall apply only with respect to information relating to the other party or its business, financial condition or results of operations. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement-Prospectus to be mailed to the Company's stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act. Each party will advise the other party, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement-Prospectus or the Registration Statement. If at any time prior to the Effective Time any information relating to Parent or the Company, or any of their respective affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent or the Company which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any of the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement-Prospectus so that any of such documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party hereto and, to the extent required by law, rules or regulations, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and disseminated to the stockholders of the Company.
