Preparation of Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) The Company shall, as soon as practicable following the date of execution of this Agreement, prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement (as defined in Section 6.01(c)) in preliminary form (provided that Parent, Sub and their counsel shall be given reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement prior to its filing with the SEC), and each of the Company, Parent and Sub shall use its best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto. The Company shall notify Parent promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company 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. If at any time prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval there shall occur any event that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly prepare and mail to its stockholders such an amendment or supplement. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's stockholders as promptly as practicable after filing with the SEC. Subject to the fiduciary duties of the Company Board under applicable law, (i) the Proxy Statement shall contain the recommendation of the Company Board that the stockholders of the Company vote to adopt and approve this Agreement and the Merger and (ii) if requested to do so by Parent at any time prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting (as defined in Section 6.01(b)) and subject to compliance with applicable laws, if there shall have been publicly announced an alternative Acquisition Proposal, the Company Board shall within a reasonable period of time following such request (and prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting) publicly reaffirm such recommendation and/or shall publicly announce that it is not recommending that the stockholders of the Company accept an alternative Acquisition Proposal, provided that such reaffirmation or announcement does not require significant delay in the timing of the Company Stockholders Meeting.
Preparation of the Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the preliminary proxy statement and any amendments or supplements thereto relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting to be held in connection with the Merger (the “Proxy Statement”). The Company shall file with the SEC the definitive Proxy Statement and shall cause the mailing of the definitive Proxy Statement to the stockholders of the Company at the earliest practicable date. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. Each of the Company and Parent, as promptly as practicable, shall furnish all information concerning such party to the other as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement. The Company shall promptly notify Parent upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff or any request from the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement and shall provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC and its staff, on the other hand. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Parent or any of their respective affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, so that the Proxy Statement 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 are made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company shall provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response.
Proxy Statement; Stockholders Meeting (a) Promptly following the execution and delivery of this Agreement the Company shall take all action necessary to call a meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholders Meeting”), which shall occur not later than the 60th day after the Closing (the “Stockholders Meeting Deadline”), for the purpose of seeking approval of the Company’s stockholders (the “Stockholder Approval”) for an increase in the number of shares of authorized Common Stock (the “Share Increase”) from 200,000,000 to no less than 500,000,000 shares (the “Proposal”). In connection therewith, the Company will promptly prepare and file with the SEC proxy materials (including a proxy statement and form of proxy) for use at the Stockholders Meeting and, after receiving and promptly responding to any comments of the SEC thereon, shall promptly mail such proxy materials to the stockholders of the Company. Each Investor shall promptly furnish in writing to the Company such information relating to such Investor and its investment in the Company as the Company may reasonably request for inclusion in the Proxy Statement. The Company will comply with Section 14(a) of the 1934 Act and the rules promulgated thereunder in relation to any proxy statement (as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”) and any form of proxy to be sent to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Stockholders Meeting, and the Proxy Statement shall not, on the date that the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to stockholders or at the time of the Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein not false or misleading, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies or the Stockholders Meeting which has become false or misleading. If the Company should discover at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any event relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors that is required to be set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement, in addition to the Company's obligations under the 1934 Act, the Company will promptly inform the Investors thereof.
Prospectuses, Reports to Shareholders and Proxy Statements; Voting 3.1. The Fund or its designee shall provide the Company with as many printed copies of the Fund's current prospectus and statement of additional information as the Company may reasonably request. If requested by the Company, in lieu of providing printed copies the Fund shall provide camera-ready film or computer diskettes containing the Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary in order for the Company once each year (or more frequently if the prospectus and/or statement of additional information for the Fund is amended during the year) to have the prospectus for the Contracts and the Fund's prospectus printed together in one document, and to have the statement of additional information for the Fund and the statement of additional information for the Contracts printed together in one document. Alternatively, the Company may print the Fund's prospectus and/or its statement of additional information in combination with other fund companies' prospectuses and statements of additional information.
Mailing Communications to Shareholders; Proxy Materials The Transfer Agent will address and mail to Shareholders of the Funds, all reports to Shareholders, dividend and distribution notices and proxy material for the Funds' meetings of Shareholders. In connection with meetings of Shareholders, the Transfer Agent will prepare Shareholder lists, mail and certify as to the mailing of proxy materials, process and tabulate returned proxy cards, report on proxies voted prior to meetings, act as inspector of election at meetings and certify Shares voted at meetings.
Joint Proxy Statement None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Qwest for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the registration statement to be filed with the SEC by Qwest in connection with the issuance of shares of Qwest Common Stock in the Merger (the "Registration Statement") will, at the time the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Qwest for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the joint proxy statement, in definitive form, relating to the meetings of Qwest and U S WEST stockholders to be held in connection with the Merger, or in the related proxy and notice of meeting, or soliciting material used in connection therewith (referred to herein collectively as the "Joint Proxy Statement") will, at the dates mailed to stockholders and at the times of the Qwest stockholders' meeting and the U S WEST stockholders' meeting, 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 are made, not misleading. The Registration Statement and the Joint Proxy Statement (except for information relating solely to U S WEST) will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Stockholder Meeting; Proxy Material Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the Company shall cause the Company Stockholder Meeting to be duly called and held as soon as reasonably practicable for the purpose of voting on the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger unless a vote of stockholders of the Company is not required by New York Law. Subject to the provisions of Section 5.04, the Directors of the Company shall recommend approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger by the Company's stockholders at the Company Stockholder Meeting, and will include such recommendation in the Company Proxy Statement; provided, however, that, consistent with its fiduciary duties set forth in Section 5.04, the Board of Directors of the Company shall be permitted to (i) not recommend to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval or (ii) withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Buyer and Merger Subsidiary its recommendation to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval, but in each of cases (i) and (ii) only if and to the extent that the Company has complied with Section 5.04 and this Section 5.02 and a Superior Proposal (as defined below) is pending at the time the Company's Board of Directors determines to take any such action or inaction. The Company will (i) in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting, promptly prepare and file with the SEC, use commercially reasonable efforts to have cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable and thereafter mail to its stockholders as promptly as practicable the Company Proxy Statement and all other proxy materials for such Company Stockholder Meeting and (ii) unless, to the extent permitted by the second sentence of this Section 5.02, and subject to Section 5.04, the Board of Directors shall not recommend to the Company's stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval or shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Buyer its recommendation, use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit proxies in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Merger, provided that the obligation of the Company to cause the Company Proxy Statement and the proxy to be mailed to the Company's stockholders is subject to the Board of Directors of the Company having received from Jefferies & Co., Inc. confirmation of its opinion referred to in Section 3.02 as of the date scheduled for mailing of the Company Proxy Statement if the Board of Directors requests such a confirmation. For purposes of this Agreement, "Superior Proposal" means any bona fide Acquisition Proposal, on terms that the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its reasonable good faith judgment are more favorable to the Company's stockholders taken as a whole than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and with respect to which the Company's Board of Directors determines, in its reasonable good faith judgment, after consultation with its financial advisors, the Person making such Acquisition Proposal has the financial means to consummate such Acquisition Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, "Acquisition Proposal" means any offer or proposal for a merger, consolidation or tender or exchange offer or other business combination involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or the acquisition of any substantial debt or equity interest in, or a substantial portion of the assets of, the Company or of any Company Subsidiary, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Company Shareholders Meeting (i) The Company will, as promptly as practicable in accordance with applicable Law and the Company Articles of Incorporation and Company Code of Regulations, establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene a meeting of holders of Shares to consider and vote upon the adoption of this Agreement (the “Company Shareholders Meeting) following the conclusion of the Company Family Meeting. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.2, the Company’s board of directors shall include the Company Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and recommend at the Company Shareholders Meeting that the holders of Shares adopt this Agreement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and solicit such adoption. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on or before the date on which the Company Shareholders Meeting is scheduled, the Company reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies representing the Company Requisite Vote, whether or not a quorum is present or (ii) it will not have enough Shares represented to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Company Shareholders Meeting, the Company may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Company Shareholders Meeting as long as the date of the Company Shareholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of fifteen (15) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. In addition, notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 6.5(b), the Company may postpone or adjourn the Company Shareholders Meeting to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that the Company has determined, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by shareholders of the Company prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting.
Proxy Statement (a) If the Company Stockholders are required under the DGCL to adopt this Agreement in order to consummate the Merger, as soon as practicable following the Appointment Time, the Company, Parent and Acquisition Sub shall jointly prepare, and the Company shall file with the SEC, the Proxy Statement for use in connection with the solicitation of proxies from the Company Stockholders for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting. The Company, Parent and Acquisition Sub, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, on the one hand, and Parent and Acquisition Sub (and their respective Affiliates, if applicable), on the other hand, as the other may reasonably request in connection with the preparation and filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement. Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable following the filing thereof with the SEC and confirmation from the SEC that it will not comment on, or that it has no additional comments on, the Proxy Statement. Each of the Company, Parent and Acquisition Sub shall promptly correct any information provided by it or any of its respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, agents or other representatives for use in the Proxy Statement if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or misleading in any material respect. The Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Proxy Statement, 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 Laws. The Company shall provide Parent, Acquisition Sub and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement prior to the filing thereof with the SEC, and the Company shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by Parent, Acquisition Sub and their counsel (it being understood that Parent, Acquisition Sub and their counsel shall provide any comments thereon as soon as reasonably practicable). The Company shall provide in writing to Parent, Acquisition Sub and their counsel any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, the Company or its counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement promptly after such receipt, and the Company shall provide Parent, Acquisition Sub and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to participate in the formulation of any response to any such comments of the SEC or its staff (including a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any such response, to which the Company shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by Parent, Acquisition Sub and their counsel) and to participate in any discussions with the SEC or its staff regarding any such comments.
Company Proxy Statement (a) Following consummation of the Offer, if holding of the Company Stockholders' Meeting is required by Law in order to effect the Merger, the Company will, as promptly as practicable following consummation of the Offer but in any event within fifteen (15) days thereafter, file a preliminary Company Proxy Statement with the SEC and will use reasonable efforts to respond to any comments of the SEC or its staff and to cause the definitive Company Proxy Statement promptly to be mailed to the Company's stockholders. The Company will notify Parent promptly of the receipt of, and will respond promptly to, any comments from the SEC or its staff and any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Company Proxy Statement or for additional information, and will supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Company Proxy Statement or the Merger. The Company shall give Parent an opportunity to review and comment on any correspondence with the SEC or its staff or any proposed materials to be included in the Company Proxy Statement prior to transmission to the SEC or its staff and shall not transmit any such materials to which Parent reasonably objects. If at any time prior to the approval of this Agreement by the Company's stockholders there shall occur any event that is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Company Proxy Statement, the Company will promptly notify Parent thereof and prepare and mail to its stockholders such amendment or supplement. Parent shall furnish to the Company such information concerning itself and Purchaser for inclusion in the Company Proxy Statement as may reasonably be requested by the Company and required to be included in the Company Proxy Statement under applicable Law. The Company shall include in the definitive Company Proxy Statement the recommendation set forth in Section 1.02(a) hereof and shall use all reasonable efforts to solicit, if so requested by Parent, from holders of Common Stock proxies in favor of the Merger and this Agreement and take all other actions reasonably necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of Purchaser, advisable to secure the approval of the Company's stockholders required by the DGCL in order to effect the Merger.
