Tender Offer Cooperation Sample Clauses

Tender Offer Cooperation. The Company covenants and agrees that: (a) upon the Investors' reasonable request it will reasonably cooperate to provide, or assist the Investors in obtaining from the Company and its advisors, governmental authorities, regulatory agencies or otherwise, all information necessary to enable the Investors to prepare for, initiate, conduct and complete the Tender Offer, including (i) the Investors' preparation of an information statement and the other Offer Materials to be distributed to the Eligible Holders in connection with the Tender Offer, and (ii) a list of the Eligible Holders, the securities they hold of record and their addresses of record for delivery of the Offer Materials; (b) it will provide a statement to the Eligible Holders, pursuant to Rule 14(e)-2 under the Exchange Act; (c) in response to any inquiries from Eligible Holders regarding the Tender Offer, it shall not make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made by the Company, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (d) on the Tender Offer Closing Date, the Company will certify to the Investors the amount of dividends accrued as of the Tender Offer Closing Date on each share of Series D Preferred Stock being purchased pursuant to the Tender Offer.
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Tender Offer Cooperation. In response to any inquiries from Eligible Holders, each Investor covenants and agrees not to make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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Tender Offer Cooperation. (a) Buyer and Sellers hereby agree that, in certain circumstances set forth in such Brazilian Law, the Transactions may, pursuant to Brazilian Law, be conditioned on Buyer’s making a Mandatory Tender Offer. Accordingly, in such circumstance (if it arises), Buyer or any Affiliate thereof shall, to the extent required by applicable Brazilian Law, (i) prepare and file with the CVM an application for the execution of the Mandatory Tender Offer, (ii) execute and conduct the Mandatory Tender Offer and (iii) comply with any applicable requirements of the CVM and BM&FBOVESPA in respect of the Mandatory Tender Offer. (b) Prior to Closing, each Seller shall and shall cause its Affiliates to (and shall use its best efforts to cause the Company and its Subsidiaries to) cooperate with and provide Buyer with such assistance as Buyer may reasonably request to facilitate the Mandatory Tender Offer and in connection with the applications to the CVM referred to in clause (a) (and with respect to the Mandatory Tender Offer as it may apply in the United States, any documentation required to be filed with or furnished to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission), including (i) by providing such information and documents relating to the Company, each Company Subsidiary, itself and its Affiliates, the Transactions, the Purchased Shares and the HoldCo Shares as are reasonably necessary in connection therewith, (ii) by consulting with, and providing Buyer with all information and documents in connection with the Mandatory Tender Offer and (iii) by using their best efforts to cause the Company to take all actions requested by Buyer in connection with the Mandatory Tender Offer as soon as practicable.
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Tender Offer Cooperation. Purchaser hereby irrevocably agrees to comply with its obligations pursuant to article 254-A of Brazilian Corporation Law and the rules set forth by CVM Instruction No. 361, of March 5, 2002, as amended, the Novo Mercado Rules and articles 29 and 31 of the Bylaws. Accordingly, Purchaser shall (a) prepare and file with the CVM, no later than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, an application for the execution of the Mandatory Tender Offer, (b) execute and conduct the Mandatory Tender Offer, and (c) comply in all material respects with any applicable requirements of the CVM and BM&FBOVESPA in respect of the Mandatory Tender Offer, including, if required, to cause the Guarantor to issue a guarantee in favor of the selling shareholders that opt to accept such Mandatory Tender Offer consistently with the guarantee issued on the date hereof in favor of the Sellers.
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Related to Tender Offer Cooperation

  • 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.

  • 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").

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

  • The Tender Offer (a) CIG shall (i) commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Exchange Act) the Tender Offer on the Commencement Date and (ii) cause the Tender Offer to remain open until the twentieth Business Day after such commencement of the Tender Offer or, as set forth in this Section 3.01(a), such other later date as CIG, the NBCU Entities and the Company may agree (the “Tender Offer Initial Expiration Date” and together with any extension permitted hereunder, the “Tender Offer Expiration Date”). CIG shall be obligated to accept for payment and pay for shares of Class A Common Stock validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer, subject only to the satisfaction or waiver of each of the conditions set forth in Annex A (the “Tender Offer Conditions”). CIG shall have the right to amend or make changes to the terms of the Tender Offer; provided, however, that, without the prior written consent of the Company, the NBCU Entities and the Xxxxxx Stockholders, CIG shall not do any of the following: (A) decrease the Offer Price or change the form of consideration to be paid in the Tender Offer, (B) impose any conditions to the Tender Offer other than the Tender Offer Conditions or (C) otherwise amend the Tender Offer in a manner that would materially and adversely affect the holders of shares of Class A Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, CIG shall have the right to extend the Tender Offer beyond the Tender Offer Initial Expiration Date for: (1) any period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or the staff thereof applicable to the Tender Offer or (2) any period required by applicable Law, and upon the Company’s request, CIG shall extend the Tender Offer beyond the Tender Offer Initial Expiration Date for one period of up to 30 days for the purpose of satisfying (x) the requirements under any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC or the staff thereof applicable to the Tender Offer or (y) the waiting period requirements applicable to the Tender Offer under the HSR Act. CIG may extend the Tender Offer beyond the date on which shares of Class A Common Stock are first accepted for payment as a “subsequent offering period” (as such term is defined in Rule 14d-1(g)(8) under the Exchange Act in accordance with Rule 14d-11 of the Exchange Act (a “Subsequent Period”); provided, that upon the request of the Company, CIG shall extend the Tender Offer for one such Subsequent Period; provided, further, that no Subsequent Period shall be less than three Business Days nor more than 20 Business Days and that the total number of Subsequent Periods shall not exceed one. To the extent CIG amends or makes changes to the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer pursuant to this Section 3.01(a), the Company and the NBCU Entities shall cooperate with CIG in making any filings or amendments required by the DGCL, the Exchange Act, the Securities Act or any other applicable Law, or as otherwise may be necessary to effect such amendment or change. (b) As promptly as reasonably practicable on the date the Tender Offer is commenced, (A) CIG shall file with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with all amendments thereto, the “Tender Offer Schedule TO”) and (B) the Company shall file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the “Schedule 14D-9”) with respect to the Tender Offer, each of which will comply in all material respects with the provisions of all applicable federal and state securities laws, and will contain (including as an exhibit) or incorporate by reference an offer to purchase relating to the Tender Offer and forms of the related letter of transmittal (which documents, together with the Tender Offer Schedule TO and any supplements or amendments thereto, are referred to collectively as the “Tender Offer Documents”). The related letter of transmittal shall provide that, among other matters, in order for shares of Class A Common Stock to be validly tendered, each holder of shares of Class A Common Stock who tenders in the Tender Offer shall represent and warrant to CIG that (x) such holder has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer shares of Class A Common Stock in the Tender Offer, (y) such holder is not prohibited or restricted from tendering shares of Class A Common Stock in the Tender Offer by the terms of such shares or any Contract and (z) when such shares are accepted for payment by CIG, CIG shall acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all Liens. (c) The Schedule 14D-9 shall contain the recommendation of the Board described in Section 3.02(a) which recommendation shall not be withdrawn or amended without the prior written consent of CIG and NBCU; provided, however, that the Company’s recommendation may be withdrawn or modified by the Board without the prior written consent of CIG and NBCU to the extent that the Board determines in the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment, after receiving the advice of outside counsel, that such recommendation would no longer be consistent with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law. On the date filed with the SEC and on the date first disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, the Schedule 14D-9 shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation is made by the Company with respect to written information supplied by CIG or the NBCU Entities specifically for inclusion in the Schedule 14D-9. On the date filed with the SEC and on the date first disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, the Tender Offer Documents shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no representation shall be made by CIG with respect to written information supplied by the Company or the NBCU Entities specifically for inclusion in the Tender Offer Documents, and no representation shall be made by the Company with respect to written information supplied by CIG or the NBCU Entities specifically for inclusion in the Tender Offer Documents. CIG and the Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Tender Offer Documents to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws. Each of CIG, the NBCU Entities and the Company shall promptly correct or supplement any information provided by it for use in the Tender Offer Documents if and to the extent that it shall have become false and misleading in any material respect, and CIG and the Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Tender Offer Documents as so corrected to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Company’s stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws. The Company, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review the initial Tender Offer Documents before they are filed with the SEC. CIG, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review the initial Schedule 14D-9 before it is filed with the SEC. In addition, CIG, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, agree to provide the other, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel with any comments or other communications that either party or their counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 or the Tender Offer Documents promptly after the receipt of such comments or other communications. The Company, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any response of CIG to comments or other communications from the SEC or any amended or revised Tender Offer Documents before it is filed with the SEC. CIG, the NBCU Entities and their respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review any response of the Company to comments or other communications from the SEC or any amended or revised Schedule 14D-9 before it is filed with the SEC. (d) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, promptly after the expiration of the “initial offering period” (as such term is defined in Rule 14d-1(g)(4) under the Exchange Act) and, if applicable, promptly in accordance with Rule 14d-11 under the Exchange Act, during the Subsequent Period, CIG shall accept for payment and pay for, in accordance with the terms of the Tender Offer, all of the shares of Class A Common Stock validly tendered pursuant to the Tender Offer and not validly withdrawn. (e) If the payment of the Offer Price is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered certificate formerly evidencing shares of Class A Common Stock is registered on the stock transfer books of the Company, it shall be a condition of payment that the certificate so surrendered shall be endorsed properly or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid all transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Offer Price to a Person other than the registered holder of the certificate surrendered, or shall have established to the satisfaction of CIG that such taxes either have been paid or are not applicable.

  • JOINT SETTLEMENT RECOMMENDATION 2. Staff conducted an investigation of the Respondent’s activities. The investigation disclosed that the Respondent had engaged in activity for which the Respondent could be penalized on the exercise of the discretion of the Hearing Panel pursuant to s. 24.1 of By-law No. 1. 3. Staff and the Respondent recommend settlement of the matters disclosed by the investigation in accordance with the terms and conditions set out below. The Respondent agrees to the settlement on the basis of the facts set out in Part IV herein and consents to the making of an Order in the form attached as Schedule “A”. 4. Staff and the Respondent agree that the terms of this Settlement Agreement, including the attached Schedule “A”, will be released to the public only if and when the Settlement Agreement is accepted by the Hearing Panel.

  • Offer Documents (a) As promptly as practicable on the date of commencement of the Offer, Parent and Purchaser will file or cause to be filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (together with all amendments and supplements thereto, the "SCHEDULE TO") which will contain an offer to purchase and related letter of transmittal and other ancillary Offer documents and instruments pursuant to which the Offer will be made (collectively, with any supplements or amendments thereto, the "OFFER DOCUMENTS"). Parent and Purchaser represent, warrant and covenant that the Offer Documents will comply in all material respects with the Exchange Act and any other applicable laws and will contain (or will be amended in a timely manner so as to contain) all information which is required to be included therein in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and other applicable laws; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no representation, warranty or covenant hereby is made or will be made by Parent or Purchaser with respect to information supplied by Company in writing expressly for inclusion in the Offer Documents ("COMPANY SUPPLIED INFORMATION"). No representation, warranty or covenant is made or will be made herein by Company with respect to information contained in, or incorporated by reference into, the Offer Documents other than Company Supplied Information. (b) Parent, Purchaser and Company will each promptly correct any information provided by them for use in the Offer Documents if and to the extent that it becomes false or misleading in any material respect and Parent and Purchaser will jointly and severally take all lawful action necessary to cause the Offer Documents as so corrected to be filed promptly with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Shareholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable law. In conducting the Offer, Parent and Purchaser will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and other applicable laws. Parent and Purchaser will afford Company and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Offer Documents, including any amendments thereto, prior to the filing thereof with the SEC. (c) Parent and Purchaser will file with the Commissioner of Commerce of the State of Minnesota any registration statement relating to the Offer required to be filed pursuant to Chapter 80B of the Minnesota Statutes. (d) Parent and Purchaser will disseminate to the Shareholders the Offer Documents and information contained in the registration statement relating to the Offer required to be filed pursuant to Chapter 80B of the Minnesota Statutes to the extent and within the time period required by Regulation 14D promulgated under the Exchange Act and Chapter 80B of the Minnesota Statutes.

  • Warrant Solicitation and Warrant Solicitation Fee (a) The Company has engaged Xxxxxxx, on a non-exclusive basis, as its agent for the solicitation of the exercise of the Warrants. The Company, at its cost, will (i) assist Xxxxxxx with respect to such solicitation, if requested by Xxxxxxx, and (ii) provide Xxxxxxx, and direct the Company’s transfer agent and the Warrant Agent to deliver to Xxxxxxx, lists of the record and, to the extent known, beneficial owners of the Company’s Warrants. The Company hereby instructs the Warrant Agent to cooperate with Xxxxxxx in every respect in connection with Xxxxxxx’x solicitation activities, including, but not limited to, providing to Xxxxxxx, at the Company’s cost, a list of record and beneficial holders of the Warrants and circulating a prospectus or offering circular disclosing the compensation arrangements referenced in Section 3.3.5(b) below to holders of the Warrants at the time of exercise of the Warrants. In addition to the conditions set forth in Section 3.3.5(b), Xxxxxxx shall accept payment of the warrant solicitation fee provided in Section 3.3.5(b) only if it has provided bona fide services to the Company in connection with the exercise of the Warrants and only to the extent that an investor who exercises his Warrants specifically designates, in writing, that Xxxxxxx solicited his exercise. In addition to soliciting, either orally or in writing, the exercise of Warrants by a Warrant holder, such services may also include disseminating information, either orally or in writing, to Warrant holders about the Company or the market for the Company’s securities, or assisting in the processing of the exercise of Warrants. (b) In each instance in which a Warrant is exercised, the Warrant Agent shall promptly give written notice of such exercise to the Company and Xxxxxxx (“Warrant Agent’s Exercise Notice”). If, upon the exercise of any Warrant more than one year from the effective date of the Registration Statement, (i) the market price of the Company’s Common Stock is greater than the Warrant Price, (ii) disclosure of compensation arrangements between the Company and Xxxxxxx with respect to the solicitation of the exercise of the Warrants was made both at the time of the Public Offering and at the time of exercise (by delivery of the Prospectus or as otherwise required by applicable law, rule or regulation), (iii) the holder of the Warrant confirms in writing that the exercise of the Warrant was solicited by Xxxxxxx, (iv) the Warrant was not held in a discretionary account, and (v) the solicitation of the exercise of the Warrant was not in violation of Regulation M (as such rule or any successor rule may be in effect as of such time of exercise) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, then the Warrant Agent, simultaneously with the distribution of the Common Stock underlying the Warrants so exercised in accordance with the instructions from the Company following receipt of the proceeds to the Company received upon exercise of such Warrant(s), shall, on behalf of the Company, pay a fee of 5% of the Warrant Price to Xxxxxxx, provided that Xxxxxxx delivers to the Warrant Agent within ten (10) business days from the date on which Xxxxxxx has received the Warrant Agent’s Exercise Notice, a certificate that the conditions set forth in the preceding clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) have been satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fee will be paid to Xxxxxxx with respect to the exercise by the Underwriters or their affiliates or the Company’s officers or directors of Warrants purchased by it or them upon exercise of the Representative’s Warrants and still held by any of the Underwriters or them for its or their own account. Xxxxxxx and the Company may at any time during business hours, examine the records of the Warrant Agent, including its ledger of original Warrant certificates returned to the Warrant Agent upon exercise of Warrants. (c) The provisions of this Section 3.3.5. may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of Xxxxxxx.

  • Failure to Consummate Business Combination The Placement Warrants shall be terminated upon the dissolution of the Company or in the event that the Company does not consummate the Business Combination within 24 months from the completion of the IPO.

  • Preparation of the Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) If, after the Acceptance Time, the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock at a meeting of the holders of Company Common Stock is required under the MGCL in order to consummate the Merger (the “Company Stockholder Approval”), then: (i) As promptly as practicable after the later of the Acceptance Time or the expiration of any subsequent offering period provided in accordance with Rule 14d-11 under the Exchange Act, the Company shall file with the SEC the Proxy Statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company relating to the Company Stockholders Meeting. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the SEC to clear the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable after such filing (including by responding to comments of the SEC). Parent shall furnish all information as may be reasonably requested by the Company in connection with any such action and the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement. (ii) As promptly as practicable after the clearance of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Proxy Statement will be made by the Company without providing Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. (iii) The Company shall notify Parent promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or the staff of the SEC and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (b) If, after the Acceptance Time, the Company Stockholder Approval is required under the MGCL in order to consummate the Merger, then: (i) As soon as practicable following the clearance of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, the Company shall duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of seeking the Company Stockholder Approval. (ii) Unless the Company has effected an Adverse Recommendation Change, the Company shall, through the Company Board, make the Board Recommendation to the extent related to the Merger, and shall include such Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, and use its reasonable best efforts to (x) solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement, and (y) take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the Company Stockholder Approval. (c) If, after the Acceptance Time, the Company Stockholder Approval is required under the MGCL in order to consummate the Merger, nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to relieve the Company of its obligation to submit the Merger to its stockholders for a vote on the approval thereof. The Company agrees that, unless this Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with ARTICLE 9, its obligations to hold the Company Stockholder Meeting after the Acceptance Time pursuant to this Section 7.02(c) shall not be affected by the commencement, public proposal, public disclosure or communication to the Company of any Superior Proposal or by any Adverse Recommendation Change.

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