Company Actions. (a) Contemporaneous with the filing of the Schedule TO and the Registration Statement, the Company shall, in a manner that complies with Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act, file with the SEC a Tender Offer Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the Offer (together with all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, the “Schedule 14D-9”) that shall contain the recommendation referred to in clause (iii) of Section 3.4. The Company shall cause the Schedule 14D-9 to be disseminated to the holders of the Shares as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws. The Purchaser shall provide the Company with all information concerning the Purchaser and its directors, officers and affiliates as shall be required to be included in the Schedule 14D-9. The Company, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other hand, agrees to promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the extent that it shall have become false or misleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable law. The Company further agrees to take all steps necessary to cause the Schedule 14D-9, as so corrected (if applicable), to be filed with the SEC and disseminated to holders of the Shares, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities laws. The Purchaser and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review the Schedule 14D-9 before it is filed with the SEC, and the Company shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by the Purchaser and its counsel. In addition, the Company shall provide the Purchaser and its counsel with copies of any written comments, and shall inform them of any oral comments, that the Company or its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after the Company’s receipt of such comments, and any written or oral responses thereto. The Purchaser and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review any such written responses, and the Company shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by the Purchaser and its counsel. No amendment or supplement to the Schedule 14D-9 shall be made by the Company without providing the Purchaser and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review any such amendment or supplement, and the Company shall give due conside...
Company Actions. The Company hereby consents to the Offer and represents and warrants that (a) its Board of Directors (at a meeting duly called and held), has (i) determined that the Offer and the Merger are fair to and in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company, (ii) resolved to approve the Offer and the Merger and recommend (subject to its fiduciary duties after taking into account advice of legal counsel) acceptance of the Offer and approval and adoption of this Agreement by such stockholders of the Company, (iii) taken all necessary steps to render Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") inapplicable to the Merger, (iv) resolved to elect not to be subject, to the extent permitted by law, to any state takeover law other than Section 203 of the DGCL that may purport to be applicable to the Offer, the Merger or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (v) approved the Company Rights Agreement Amendment (as defined below), and (b) Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities Corporation ("DLJ"), the Company's financial advisor, has advised the Company's Board of Directors that, in their opinion, the consideration to be paid in the Offer and the Merger to the Company's stockholders is fair, from a financial point of view, to such stockholders. Upon commencement of the Offer, the Company shall file with the SEC a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (the "Schedule 14D-9") containing the recommendations of its Board of Directors in favor of the Offer and the Merger and shall permit the inclusion in the Offer Documents of such recommendations, in each case subject to the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of the Company. The Company, IHK and Merger Sub will promptly correct any information provided by them for use in the Schedule 14D-9 that becomes false or misleading in any material respect, and the Company will take all steps necessary to cause the Schedule 14D-9 as so corrected to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to holders of shares of Company Common Stock, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable law. IHK and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Schedule 14D-9 prior to its filing with the SEC. The Company agrees to provide IHK with any comments that may be received from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 and any amendments thereto, promptly after receipt thereof.
Company Actions. (a) The Company hereby approves of and consents to the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Company Actions. Any actions, approvals, decisions, or determinations to be made by the Company under this Employment Agreement shall be made by the Company’s Board, except as otherwise expressly provided herein. For purposes of any references herein to the Board’s designee, any such reference shall be deemed to include the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and such other or additional officers, or committees of the Board, as the Board may expressly designate from time to time for such purpose.
Company Actions. (a) Schedule 14D-9. The Company shall (i) file with the SEC, concurrently with the filing by Parent and Merger Sub of the Schedule TO and the Offer Documents, a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the Offer (together with all amendments and supplements thereto, and including all exhibits thereto, the “Schedule 14D-9”) containing, except as provided in Section 6.3, the Company Board Recommendation and a notice of appraisal rights in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and (ii) take all steps necessary to disseminate the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after commencement of the Offer to the Company Stockholders as and to the extent required by Rule 14d-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act and any other applicable U.S. federal securities Laws. To the extent requested by the Company, Parent shall cause the Schedule 14D-9 to be mailed or otherwise disseminated to the Company Stockholders together with the Offer Documents. The Company shall cause the Schedule 14D-9 to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of applicable Law. Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly furnish in writing to the Company all information concerning Parent and Merger Sub that is required by applicable Law or is reasonably requested by the Company to be included in the Schedule 14D-9. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cooperate in good faith to determine the information regarding Parent and Merger Sub that is necessary to include in the Schedule 14D-9 in order to satisfy applicable Law. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly correct any information provided by it or any of its respective Representatives for use in the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the extent such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect. The Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Schedule 14D-9, as so corrected, to be filed with the SEC and disseminated to the Company Stockholders, in each case, as and to the extent required by applicable Law, or by the SEC or its staff or NASDAQ. Unless the Company Board has effected a Company Board Recommendation Change and except in connection with any communication pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall provide Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Schedule 14D-9 prior to the filing thereof with the SEC, and the Company shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any co...
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Company Actions. (a) The Company hereby consents to the Offer and, subject to Sections 4.4 and 5.1, to the inclusion in the Offer Documents of the recommendation of the Company Board described in Section 2.22.
Company Actions. (a) The Company hereby approves of and consents to the Offer and consents to the inclusion in the Offer Documents of the Company Board Recommendation, and the Company shall not withdraw or modify such recommendation in any manner adverse to the Purchaser or Parent except as set forth in Section 6.4(c) and Section 6.4(d).
Company Actions. (a) The Company hereby approves of and consents to the Offer and represents and warrants that the Board of Directors of the Company, at a meeting duly called and held, duly adopted resolutions by unanimous vote (i) determining that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the Merger, are advisable and are fair to and in the best interest of the Company's stockholders, (ii) approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the Merger, which approval constitutes approval under Section 203 of the DGCL such that the Offer, the Merger and this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby are not and shall not be subject to any restriction of Section 203 of the DGCL, (iii) waiving the application of Article IV of the Company's bylaws with respect to this Agreement, the Offer and the Merger pursuant to Section 7 thereof and (iv) resolving to recommend acceptance of the Offer and to recommend that stockholders of the Company tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer and to recommend approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger by the Company's stockholders at the Company Stockholders Meeting (as defined herein) (the recommendations referred to in this clause (iv) are collectively referred to in this Agreement as the "Recommendations"). The Company represents and warrants that its Board of Directors has received the opinion, each dated May 7, 2001, of each of Goldxxx, Xxchx & Xo. ("Goldxxx Xxxhs") and Petrxx Xxxkxxx & Xo., Inc. ("Petrxx Xxxkxxx") xhat, as of such date and on the basis of and subject to the matters described therein, the Offer Consideration and the Merger Consideration, taken together, was fair to the Company's stockholders (other than Parent and the Company) from a financial point of view.
