TAKEOVER OFFERS Sample Clauses

TAKEOVER OFFERS. In the event the Company receives a takeover offer, the Board of Directors shall consider all relevantfactors in evaluating such offer, including, but not limited to, the terms of the offer, and the potential economic and social impact of such offer on the Company's stockholders, employees, customers, creditors and community in which it operates.
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TAKEOVER OFFERS. Each of the First Reserve Funds covenants that it shall not, and that no other member of the First Reserve Group shall, directly or indirectly advise, assist, act as a financing source for or otherwise invest in any other Person in connection with a transaction or group of transactions that would result in a change of control of Superior (as such term is defined in Superior's 1999 Stock Incentive Plan), publicly disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing, or initiate, induce or attempt to induce any other Person to initiate any proposal that can reasonably be expected to result in a change of control of Superior. Subject to compliance with this Section 3.5, on and after the eleventh business day after commencement of a tender or exchange offer made by a Person who is not a member of the First Reserve Group for outstanding Superior Securities (a "Qualifying Offer"), any member of the First Reserve Group may tender or exchange any Superior Securities beneficially owned by it pursuant to such Qualifying Offer, provided the Qualifying Offer shall have been approved, or not opposed, by the Board. If a Qualifying Offer is opposed by the Board, then, from and after the eleventh business day after commencement of such Qualifying Offer, any member of the First Reserve Group may tender or exchange shares of Superior Securities pursuant to such Qualifying Offer only if (i) no tender or exchange of, or indication of an intention to tender or exchange, Superior Securities is made by any member of the First Reserve Group earlier than 24 hours prior to the expiration of any time after which Superior Securities tendered may be treated less favorably than other Superior Securities tendered or exchanged prior thereto, and (ii) a binding agreement is reached with the bidder or offeror prior to any tender or exchange specifying that only such number of Superior Securities submitted for tender or exchange shall be accepted by the bidder or offeror as are equal to (A) the percentage of such Superior Securities not beneficially owned by the First Reserve Group that have been tendered or exchanged, multiplied by (B) the total number of such Superior Securities beneficially owned by the member of the First Reserve Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 3.5 shall terminate upon the earlier of the fifth anniversary of this Agreement or such time as the First Reserve Group beneficially owns less than 15% of the Voting Pow...
TAKEOVER OFFERS. (a) Each member of the FRC Group covenants and agrees not to (i) publicly suggest or announce its willingness or desire to engage in a transaction or group of transactions or have another person engage in a transaction or group of transactions that would result in a change of control of Weatherford, (ii) present to Weatxxxxxxx xx to any third party any proposal that can reasonably be expected to result in a change of control of Weatxxxxxxx, xx (iii) initiate, induce or attempt to induce or give encouragement to any other person to initiate any proposal that can reasonably be expected to result in a change of control of Weatherford. (b) Subject to compliance with Section 4.6(a) above, on and after the eleventh business day after commencement

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  • Tender Offers In case (i) a tender or exchange offer made by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock shall expire and such tender or exchange offer (as amended upon the expiration thereof) shall require the payment to stockholders (based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer) of Purchased Shares) of an aggregate consideration having a fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution) that combined together with (ii) the aggregate of the cash plus the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution), as of the expiration of such tender or exchange offer, of consideration payable in respect of any other tender or exchange offer, by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of the Common Stock expiring within the 12 months preceding the expiration of such tender or exchange offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section or this paragraph (6) has been made and (iii) the aggregate amount of any distributions to all holders of the Company's Common Stock made exclusively in cash within the 12 months preceding the expiration of such tender or exchange offer and in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to paragraph (5) of this Section or this paragraph (6) has been made, exceeds 15% of the product of the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock as of the last time (the "Expiration Time") tenders could have been made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended) times the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time, then, and in each such case, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the date of the Expiration Time, the Settlement Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by dividing the Settlement Rate immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time by a fraction (A) the numerator of which shall be equal to (x) the product of (I) the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the date of the Expiration Time and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the Expiration Time less (y) the amount of cash plus the fair market value (determined as aforesaid) of the aggregate consideration payable to stockholders based on the transactions described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (assuming in the case of clause (i) the acceptance, up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer, of Purchased Shares), and (B) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (x) the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock as of the Expiration Time and (y) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) as of the Expiration Time less the number of all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the "Purchased Shares").

  • Other Offers Neither Stockholder (in Stockholder’s capacity as such), nor any of Stockholder’s Subsidiaries, if any, shall, nor shall Stockholder or any of Stockholder’s Subsidiaries, if any, authorize or permit any of its or their respective Representatives to, and Stockholder shall instruct, and cause each applicable Subsidiary of Stockholder to instruct, each such Representative not to, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions: (i) solicit, initiate, cause or induce the making, submission or announcement of, or knowingly encourage, facilitate or assist, an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish to any Person (other than Parent, Acquisition Sub or any designees of Parent or Acquisition Sub) any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or afford to any Person (other than Parent, Acquisition Sub or any designees of Parent or Acquisition Sub) 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, in any such case with the intent to induce the making, submission or announcement of, or the intent to encourage, facilitate or assist, an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiries or the making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; or (iv) enter into any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to an Acquisition Transaction. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the foregoing restrictions by any Subsidiary of Stockholder or Representatives of Stockholder or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.02

  • Hostile Tender Offers None of the proceeds of the sale of any Notes will be used to finance a Hostile Tender Offer.

  • Tender Offer (a) The Borrower will use its best efforts to consummate the Tender Offer with respect to all of the Holding Company Convertible Notes tendered thereunder no later than November 5, 2009 (or such later date to which the Tender Offer may be extended by the Borrower in good faith) (and, upon the consummation thereof, the Borrower shall promptly notify in writing the Administrative Agent of the completion of the Tender Offer Transactions). (b) As of the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower shall deposit the Initial Second Priority Proceeds (less the portion thereof to be used, together with the proceeds of the Tranche B Term Loans and the Tranche B-1 Term Loans, to make the payments provided for in Section 5.01(f)) directly into the Initial Second Priority Debt Proceeds Collateral Account; provided that, at any time after the Fourth Restatement Effective Date, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the funds from the Initial Second Priority Debt Proceeds Collateral Account shall be available to be withdrawn at the request of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent solely (but for no other purpose) (i) to purchase the Holding Company Convertible Notes pursuant to the consummation of the Tender Offer and (ii) if any Holding Company Convertible Notes remain outstanding after consummation of the Tender Offer, (A) to repurchase, redeem, defease, retire or acquire for value or pay the principal of any of the remaining Holding Company Convertible Notes or (B) to make payment of cash dividends or distributions to the Holding Company in an amount sufficient to enable the Holding Company to repurchase, redeem, defease, retire, acquire for value or pay the principal of any such Holding Company Convertible Notes (provided that such payments are applied directly to such repurchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement, acquisition for value or payment of principal); provided further that (A) following the expiration of the put rights of the holders of the Holding Company 3.00% Convertible Notes on May 15, 2010 and/or the holders of the Holding Company 4.875% Convertible Notes on January 15, 2011 (but excluding any other put rights thereunder), to the extent that any such holders do not exercise such put rights pursuant to the terms thereof, within 120 days after the expiration of such put rights, the Borrower shall apply the portion of the balance held in the Initial Second Priority Debt Proceeds Collateral Account that it does not require to satisfy any such remaining put rights (or, upon expiration of all such put rights, the entire remaining balance held therein) (x) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, to purchase, repurchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire for value any of the Other Debt and/or (y) to prepay the Tranche B Term Loans and (if any) the Incremental Loans in the order specified in Section 2.09(b)(iii); and (B) prior to any request for withdrawal of funds by the Borrower from the Initial Second Debt Priority Proceeds Collateral Account, the Borrower shall provide a certificate signed by a senior officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent certifying as to the use of such funds and that such use is permitted under this Section.

  • Acquisition Transactions The Company shall provide the holder of this Warrant with at least twenty (20) days’ written notice prior to closing thereof of the terms and conditions of any of the following transactions (to the extent the Company has notice thereof): (i) the sale, lease, exchange, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business, or (ii) its merger into or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), or any transaction (including a merger or other reorganization) or series of related transactions, in which more than 50% of the voting power of the Company is disposed of.

  • Business Combination Vote It is acknowledged and agreed that the Company shall not enter into a definitive agreement regarding a proposed Business Combination without the prior consent of the Sponsor. The Sponsor and each Insider, with respect to itself or herself or himself, agrees that if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a proposed initial Business Combination, then in connection with such proposed initial Business Combination, it, she or he, as applicable, shall vote all Founder Shares and any Public Shares held by it, her or him, as applicable, in favor of such proposed initial Business Combination (including any proposals recommended by the Board in connection with such Business Combination) and not redeem any Public Shares held by it, her or him, as applicable, in connection with such shareholder approval.

  • Business Combination In the event any person or entity (regardless of any FINRA affiliation or association) is engaged to assist the Company in its search for a merger candidate or to provide any other merger and acquisition services, the Company will provide the following to FINRA and the Representative prior to the consummation of the Business Combination: (i) complete details of all services and copies of agreements governing such services; and (ii) justification as to why the person or entity providing the merger and acquisition services should not be considered an “underwriter and related person” (as such term is defined in Rule 5110 of FINRA’s Rules) with respect to the Offering. The Company also agrees that proper disclosure of such arrangement or potential arrangement will be made in any proxy or tender offer statement which the Company files in connection with the Business Combination.

  • Similar Offerings The Company has not, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, and will not, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the 1933 Act.

  • Business Combination Announcement Within four (4) Business Days following the consummation by the Company of a Business Combination, the Company shall cause an announcement (“Business Combination Announcement”) to be issued by a press release service announcing the consummation of the Business Combination and indicating that the Representative was one of the co-managing underwriters in the Offering and also indicating the name and location of any other financial advisors engaged by the Company as a merger and acquisitions advisor. The Company shall supply the Representative with a draft of the Business Combination Announcement and provide the Representative with a reasonable advance opportunity to comment thereon. The Company will not issue the Business Combination Announcement without the final approval of the Representative, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld.

  • Issuance in connection with a Business Combination If, in connection with a Business Combination, the Company (a) issues additional Ordinary Shares or equity-linked securities at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per share (with such issue price or effective issue price as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, in good faith, and in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor, the initial shareholders or their affiliates, without taking into account any shares of the Company’s Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B Ordinary Shares”), issued prior to the Public Offering and held by the initial shareholders or their affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (b) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of the Business Combination on the date of the consummation of such Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (c) the Market Value (as defined below) is below $9.20 per share, then the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the greater of (i) the Market Value or (ii) Newly Issued Price, and the Redemption Trigger Price (as defined below) will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the greater of (i) the Market Value or (ii) the Newly Issued Price. Solely for purposes of this Section 4.6, the “Market Value” shall mean the volume weighted average trading price of the Ordinary Shares during the twenty (20) trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the date of the consummation of the Business Combination.

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