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Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 6.3(b), from the No-Shop Period Start Date until the Offer Acceptance Time, in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of the obligations set forth in Section 6.3(b), (i) the Company may, directly or indirectly, through one or more of their Representatives (including the Advisor), contact the Person or group of Persons making such Acquisition Proposal solely to clarify any ambiguous terms and conditions thereof so as to determine whether such Acquisition Proposal constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to constitute, a Superior Proposal, and (ii) the Company may, upon a good faith determination by the Company Board (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to do so would be or would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with, furnish any non-public information relating to the Company Group to, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company Group pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement to any Person or its Representatives that has made or delivered to the Company such Acquisition Proposal, and otherwise facilitate such Acquisition Proposal or assist such Person (and its Representatives, prospective debt and equity financing sources and/or their respective Representatives) with such Acquisition Proposal (in each case, if requested by such Person); provided, that, prior to taking any action described in this Section 6.3(c)(ii), the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that (x) the Company will substantially concurrently provide to Parent and its Representatives any non-public information that is provided to any Person or its Representatives given such access in connection with the actions permitted by this Section 6.3(c)(ii) that was not previously made available to Parent and (y) the Company Group shall not provide (and shall not permit any of their respective Representatives to provide) any competitively sensitive non-public information to ...
Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 5.3(c), from the No-Shop Period Start Date until the Company’s receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company Board (or a committee thereof) may, directly or indirectly, through one or more of their Representatives, (i) contact any Third Party in writing (with a request that any response from such Third Party is in writing) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal submitted by such Third Party solely to clarify any ambiguous terms and conditions thereof that are necessary to determine whether such Acquisition Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be likely to lead to a Superior Proposal (without the Company Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof acting with the full force and authority of the Company Board) being required to make the determination in the following clause (ii)(y)), and (ii) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with, furnish any non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries to, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement to any Person or its Representatives that has made or delivered to the Company an Acquisition Proposal, and otherwise facilitate such Acquisition Proposal or assist such Person (and its Representatives, prospective debt and equity financing sources and/or their respective Representatives) with such Acquisition Proposal (in each case, if requested by such Person), in each case (x) with respect to an Acquisition Proposal that was not the result of any material breach of Section 5.3(b) and (y) only if the Company Board (or a duly authorized committee thereof acting with the full force and authority of the Company Board) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that (1) such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably likely lead to a Superior Proposal and (2) the failure to enter into discussions regarding such Acquisition Proposal would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, however, that (A) the Company shall provide to Parent and its Representatives any non-public information that is provided to any Person or its Representatives given such access that...
Superior Proposals. In the event that any Person or Group submits to the Company (and does not withdraw) an unsolicited, written, bona fide Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board concludes in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel and a financial advisor of national standing) is, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.3(a), the Company may, so long as the Company Stockholder Approval has not yet been obtained, (i) enter into discussions with such Person or Group regarding such Acquisition Proposal and (ii) deliver or make available to such Person non-public information regarding the Company and the Subsidiaries; provided that, in each such case, the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Company Representatives shall have complied with each of the following: (A) none of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Company Representatives shall have violated any of the provisions of this Section 5.3 in any material respect, (B) the Company Board first shall have concluded in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations to the Company’s stockholders under Applicable Legal Requirements, (C) prior to making available to any such Person any material non-public information, the Company first shall have received from such Person an executed Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (a copy of which executed Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement shall be provided to Parent, for informational purposes only, within one Business Day of its execution), (D) prior to engaging in any discussions, providing to Parent written notice of its intent to engage in such discussions and (E) prior to or contemporaneously with delivering or making available any such non-public information to such Person, the Company shall have delivered or made available such non-public information to Parent (to the extent such non-public information has not previously been delivered or made available by the Company to Parent).
Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 5.3, from the date hereof until the Company’s receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approvals, the Company and the Company Board (or a committee thereof) may, directly or indirectly through one or more of their Representatives, participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with, furnish any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement to any Person or its Representatives that has made, renewed or delivered to the Company an Acquisition Proposal after the date of this Agreement, and otherwise facilitate such Acquisition Proposal or assist such Person (and its Representatives and financing sources) with such Acquisition Proposal (in each case, if requested by such Person), in each case with respect to an Acquisition Proposal that was not solicited in breach of Section 5.3(a) and that the Company Board (or a committee thereof) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) either constitutes a Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal and that failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided, that, subject to applicable Law, the Company shall provide to the Purchaser any non-public information or data that is provided to any Person given such access that was not previously made available to the Purchaser prior to or substantially concurrently with the time it is provided to such Person.
Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, at any time prior to obtaining the Requisite Stockholder Approval, if the Company has received a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that the Company Special Committee has concluded in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) is a Superior Proposal, then the Company Special Committee may (A) effect a Company Recommendation Change with respect to such Superior Proposal or (B) authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h) to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal, in each case if and only if:
(1) the Company Special Committee determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties pursuant to applicable Law;
(2) the Company has complied in all material respects with its obligations pursuant to this Section 5.4 with respect to such Acquisition Proposal;
(3) the Company has provided prior written notice to Parent at least four Business Days in advance (the “Notice Period”) to the effect that the Company Special Committee has (A) received a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that has not been withdrawn; (B) concluded in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; and (C) resolved to effect a Company Recommendation Change or to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(h), which notice will describe the basis for such Company Recommendation Change or termination (but which notice will not in and of itself constitute a Company Recommendation Change), including the identity of the Person or Group making such Acquisition Proposal and the material terms of such Acquisition Proposal and include copies of all documents relating to such Acquisition Proposal (including any financing commitments); and
(4) prior to effecting such Company Recommendation Change or termination, the Company and its Representatives, until 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the Notice Period, have (A) negotiated with Parent and its Representatives in good faith (to the extent that Parent requests to negotiate) to make such adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents so that such Acquisition Proposal would cease to constitute ...
Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.2(a), in the event that Apogent or F▇▇▇▇▇, as the case may be, receives an unsolicited, bona fide written Alternative Transaction Proposal which is determined (in accordance with Section 8.3(p)) to be, or is reasonably likely to be, a Superior Proposal (as defined in Section 8.3(p)), it may then take the following actions (but only (1) if and to the extent that (y) its Board of Directors concludes in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so is reasonably likely to result in a breach of its fiduciary obligations to its shareholders or stockholders, as applicable, under Applicable Laws, and (z) Apogent or F▇▇▇▇▇, as the case may be, has given the other party at least two business days prior written notice of its intention to take any of the following actions and of the identity of the Person or group of Persons making such Alternative Transaction Proposal and the material terms and conditions of such Alternative Transaction Proposal and (2) if it shall not have breached in any material respect any of the provisions of this Section 4.2):
(i) Furnish nonpublic information to the Person or group of Persons making such Superior Proposal, provided that (A) prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information, it receives from such Person or group of Persons an executed confidentiality and standstill agreement containing terms at least as restrictive as the terms contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2004, between F▇▇▇▇▇ and Apogent (the “CDA”) and (B) contemporaneously with furnishing any such nonpublic information to such Person or group of Persons, it furnishes such nonpublic information to the other party hereto (to the extent such nonpublic information has not been previously so furnished to such party); and
(ii) Engage in discussions or negotiations with such Person or group of Persons with respect to such Superior Proposal.
Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 5.3(b) and except as contemplated by Section 5.3(a), from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the Company’s receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval, the Company and the Company Board (or the Company Special Committee) may, after giving Parent reasonably prompt notice of its intent to do so, directly or indirectly through one or more of their Representatives (including the Advisor), participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with, furnish any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement to any Person or its Representatives that has made, renewed or delivered to the Company an Acquisition Proposal after the date of this Agreement that did not result from any material breach of Section 5.3(b), and otherwise facilitate such Acquisition Proposal or assist such Person (and its Representatives and financing sources) with such Acquisition Proposal (in each case, if requested by such Person); if and only if, the Company Board (or the Company Special Committee) has determined in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that such Acquisition Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal. Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall promptly make available to Parent any material non-public information concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries that is provided to any such Person or its Representatives that was not previously made available to Parent.
Superior Proposals. If a Superior Proposal is made, each Shareholder hereby agrees that it shall continue to comply with its restrictions, obligations and covenants as set forth herein, and in furtherance thereof shall: (a) continue to publicly support the Arrangement, (b) keep deposited with the Depositary the Share Certificates and Letter of Transmittal required to be deposited therein pursuant to Section 3, (c) vote or cause to be voted in favour of the Arrangement Resolution the Subject Shares, and (d) pursuant to Section 3 execute and deliver a Proxy or Proxies in respect of the Subject Shares in favour of Symmetry and Acquisitionco and not revoke such Proxy or Proxies.
Superior Proposals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.6(a), at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to obtaining the Company Requisite Vote, the Company may, in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of Section 6.6(a) and that the Independent Committee determines, in its good faith judgment, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor (if any), constitutes or may reasonably be expected to lead to a Superior Proposal, (i) furnish information and data with respect to the Company and the Company Subsidiaries to the Person making such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement on terms at least as restrictive as those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement (except for such changes necessary in order for the Company to be able to comply with its obligations under this Agreement) (a copy of which confidentiality agreement shall be promptly (in all events within 24 hours) provided for informational purposes only to Parent), and (ii) participate, through the Independent Committee, in discussions or negotiations with such Person and its Representatives regarding such Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that the Company shall promptly (and in any event, within 48 hours) provide or make available to Parent any material non-public information concerning the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries that is provided to the Person making such Acquisition Proposal or its Representatives which was not previously or concurrently provided or made available to Parent.
Superior Proposals. Neither IAMGOLD nor its directors shall, in respect of any Acquisition Proposal, accept, approve or recommend or enter into any agreement in respect of such Acquisition Proposal unless:
(a) the directors of IAMGOLD have determined in good faith that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal;
(b) Gold Fields has been provided with a copy of the document containing such Superior Proposal (with such deletions as are necessary to protect any confidential portions of such document, provided that the material terms and conditions of, and the identity of the person making, such Superior Proposal may not be deleted);
(c) five business days have elapsed from the later of the date on which Gold Fields received notice of the determination of IAMGOLD to accept, approve or recommend or to enter into an agreement in respect of such Superior Proposal and the date Gold Fields received a copy of the Superior Proposal, and (A) Gold Fields has not, within such five business day period, made an offer in writing to amend this Agreement to at least match the Superior Proposal (a "Matching Offer") or (B) Gold Fields has made a Matching Offer and the directors of IAMGOLD determine (which determination need not be made within such five day period) in good faith, after consultation with and receiving advice from, as appropriate, their respective financial, legal and other advisors, that such Matching Offer would not, if consummated in accordance with its terms, result in a transaction:
(i) which is equivalent or superior, from a financial point of view, to IAMGOLD to the Superior Proposal (and IAMGOLD shall have received a written opinion from its financial advisers substantially to such effect); or
(ii) the acceptance of which by IAMGOLD, having regard to all of the then prevailing circumstances, would be more likely to result in the performance by the directors of IAMGOLD of their fiduciary obligations under applicable Laws;
(d) IAMGOLD terminates this Agreement pursuant to subsection 17(a) if Gold Fields has elected not to match the Superior Proposal or if an offer made by Gold Fields under subsection 15(c) is not accepted by IAMGOLD; and
(e) IAMGOLD makes the payment contemplated by, and in accordance with, section 16.