Inspectors of Election Before any meeting of stockholders, the Corporation shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If any person appointed as inspector or any alternate fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, then the person presiding over the meeting shall appoint a person to fill that vacancy. Such inspectors shall:
Inspectors At any election of Trustees, the Board of Trustees prior thereto may, or, if they have not so acted, the chairman of the meeting may appoint one or more inspectors of election who shall first subscribe an oath of affirmation to execute faithfully the duties of inspectors at such election with strict impartiality and according to the best of their ability, and shall after the election make a certificate of the result of the vote taken.
Meeting of Company Stockholders (a) Promptly after the date hereof, Company will take all action necessary in accordance with the Delaware Law and its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to convene the Company Stockholders' Meeting to be held as promptly as practicable, and in any event (to the extent permissible under applicable law) within 45 days after the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement (provided that Company and Parent will notice the Company Stockholders' Meeting and the Parent Stockholders' Meeting to be held on the same day, and if Parent adjourns or postpones the Parent Stockholders' Meeting, Company may adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholders' Meeting in order that they be held on the same day), for the purpose of voting upon approval and adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger. Subject to Section 5.2(c), Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger and will take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market or Delaware Law to obtain such approvals. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Company may adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholders' Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any necessary supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is provided to Company's stockholders in advance of a vote on the Merger and this Agreement or, if as of the time for which Company Stockholders' Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus) there are insufficient shares of Company Common Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Company Stockholders' Meeting. Company shall ensure that the Company Stockholders' Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by the Company in connection with the Company Stockholders' Meeting are solicited, in compliance with the Delaware Law, its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market and all other applicable legal requirements. Company's obligation to call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Stockholders' Meeting in accordance with this Section 5.2(a) shall not be limited to or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to Company of any Acquisition Proposal or Superior Offer, or by any withdrawal, amendment or modification of the recommendation of the Board of Directors of Company with respect to this Agreement or the Merger.
Meeting of Shareholders 33 5.3 Access to Information....................................................................... 33 5.4 Confidentiality............................................................................. 34 5.5 Public Disclosure........................................................................... 34 5.6
Stockholders The Stockholders recognize and acknowledge that they had in the past, currently have, and in the future may possibly have, access to certain confidential information of the Company, the Other Founding Companies, and/or TCI, such as operational policies, and pricing and cost policies that are valuable, special and unique assets of the Company's, the Other Founding Companies' and/or TCI's respective businesses ("Confidential Information"). The Stockholders agree that they will not disclose such Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity for any purpose or reason whatsoever, except (a) to authorized representatives of TCI, (b) following the Closing, such Confidential Information may be disclosed by the Stockholders as is required in the course of performing their duties for TCI or the Surviving Corporation and (c) to counsel and other advisers, provided that such advisers (other than counsel) agree to the confidentiality provisions of this Section 14.1, unless (i) such Confidential Information becomes known to the public generally through no fault of the Stockholders, (ii) disclosure is required by law or the order of any governmental authority under color of law, provided, that prior to disclosing any Confidential Information pursuant to this clause (ii), the Stockholders shall, if possible, give prior written notice thereof to TCI and provide TCI with the opportunity to contest such disclosure, or (iii) the disclosing party reasonably believes that such disclosure is required in connection with the defense of a lawsuit against the disclosing party. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by any of the Stockholders of the provisions of this Section 14.1, TCI shall be entitled to an injunction restraining such Stockholders from disclosing, in whole or in part, such confidential information. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting TCI from pursuing any other available remedy for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages. In the event the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, Stockholders shall have none of the above-mentioned restrictions on their ability to disseminate Confidential Information with respect to the Company. Each Stockholder further agrees that in the event the transactions contemplated herein are not consummated (i) neither the Company nor any Stockholder can thereafter use any Confidential Information of the Other Founding Companies for any purpose and (ii) upon written request of any Other Founding Company to the Company, the Company and Stockholders will return all Confidential Information pertaining to such Other Founding Company to such Other Founding Company.
Attendance at Meetings; Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings (a) Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities may be in person or by proxy; and, to the extent permitted by law, any such proxy shall remain in effect and be binding upon any future Holder of the Securities with respect to which it was given unless and until specifically revoked by the Holder or future Holder of such Securities before being voted.
Alternate Directors 35.1 Any Director (but not an alternate Director) may by writing appoint any other Director, or any other person willing to act, to be an alternate Director and by writing may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by him.
Election of Board of Directors (a) The holders of Preferred Stock, voting as a single class, shall be entitled to elect three (3) members of the Board at each meeting or pursuant to each consent of the Corporation’s stockholders for the election of directors, and to remove from office such directors and to fill any vacancy caused by the resignation, death or removal of such directors.
Board of Directors Meetings The Company shall use its best efforts to ensure that meetings of its Board of Directors are held at least four times each year and at least once each quarter.
Required Vote of Company Stockholders The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock is required to approve and adopt this Agreement. No other vote of the securityholders of the Company is required by law, the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws or otherwise in order for the Company to consummate the Merger, the Subsequent Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.
