Approval of Stockholders If an option is granted by this Agreement prior to approval of the stockholders of the Plan, the option granted shall be null and void unless stockholder approval is obtained within twelve months after the Plan was adopted.
Merger Without Meeting of Stockholders Notwithstanding Section 2.8, in the event that Parent, the Purchaser and the Parent Subsidiaries shall acquire and then hold at least 90% of the outstanding Shares pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, the parties hereto agree to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after the acceptance for payment of and payment for Shares by the Purchaser pursuant to the Offer without a meeting of stockholders of the Company, in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL.
Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylaws, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.
Meeting of Stockholders Promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, each of Parent and Company will take all action necessary or advisable in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements and its certificate of incorporation or articles of incorporation and bylaws to call, hold and convene a meeting of its stockholders to consider, in the case of Parent, the Share Issuance, the Charter Amendment, and the Annual Meeting Matters, and, in the case of Company, adoption of this Agreement (each, a “Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be held as promptly as practicable after the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Each of Parent and Company will use reasonable best efforts to hold their respective Stockholders’ Meetings on the same date. In the case of Parent, such Stockholders’ Meeting shall also function and operate as Parent’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Subject to Section 5.3(d), each of Parent and Company will use reasonable best efforts to (i) solicit from their respective stockholders proxies in favor of, in the case of Parent, the Share Issuance, the Charter Amendment and the Annual Meeting Matters and, in the case of Company, the adoption of this Agreement and (ii) secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of Nasdaq or applicable Legal Requirements to obtain such approvals, including engaging one or more nationally recognized proxy solicitation firms and information agents to assist in such solicitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent or Company, as the case may be, may adjourn or postpone its Stockholders’ Meeting to the extent necessary (A) to provide any necessary supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to its respective stockholders in advance of the vote on the Share Issuance, the Charter Amendment and the Annual Meeting Matters (in the case of Parent) or the adoption of this Agreement (in the case of Company), (B) if as of the time for which the Stockholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus) there are insufficient shares of capital stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to approve such matters thereat or to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such Stockholders’ Meeting or (C) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies in favor of approval of the matters to be voted upon at such Stockholders’ Meeting. Each of Parent and Company shall ensure that its respective Stockholders’ Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by it in connection with its Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited, in compliance with the DGCL (in the case of Company) or the CCC (in the case of Parent), its certificate of incorporation or articles of incorporation and bylaws, the rules of Nasdaq and all other applicable Legal Requirements. The obligation of Parent or Company, as the case may be, to call, give notice of, convene and hold its Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with this Section 5.2(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to it of any Acquisition Proposal (as defined in Section 5.3(g)(i)) with respect to it, or by any withdrawal, amendment or modification of the recommendation of its Board of Directors with respect to the Transaction, this Agreement, the Charter Amendment, the Share Issuance and/or the Annual Meeting Matters.
Rights of Stockholders No holder of this Warrant shall be entitled, as a Warrant holder, to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of the Shares or any other securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof for any purpose, nor shall anything contained herein be construed to confer upon the holder of this Warrant, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether upon any recapitalization, issuance of stock, reclassification of stock, change of par value, consolidation, merger, conveyance, or otherwise) or to receive notice of meetings, or to receive dividends or subscription rights or otherwise until the Warrant shall have been exercised and the Shares purchasable upon the exercise hereof shall have become deliverable, as provided herein.
List of Stockholders The Secretary shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the corporation. In the event that the corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the corporation. The list shall be open to examination of any stockholder during the time of the meeting as provided by law.
Special Meetings of Stockholders Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) provided that the special meeting has been called in accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 2.3 for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 2.11 and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.11. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board of Directors, any stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice, containing the information required by paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this Section 2.11, is delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 120th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 90th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement, if any, is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. The public announcement, if any, of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.
Required Vote of the Company Stockholders The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Voting Stock in favor of the adoption of this Agreement (the “Company Stockholder Approval”) is the only vote of holders of securities of the Company that is required to approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers.
No Vote of Parent Stockholders No vote of the stockholders of Parent or the holders of any other securities of Parent (equity or otherwise) is required by any applicable Law, the certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other equivalent organizational documents of Parent or the applicable rules of any exchange on which securities of Parent are traded, in order for Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.