Meeting of the Stockholders Clause Examples

Meeting of the Stockholders. (a) The Company will take all action necessary in accordance with applicable law and its Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws to convene a meeting of its stockholders to consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement and the Merger and such other matters as may be necessary to effectuate the Transactions (the "Meeting"), if necessary to comply with applicable law, as promptly as practicable after the expiration of the Offer. The Purchaser Companies will vote all Shares over which they exercise voting control in favor of this Agreement and the Merger. (b) The Board of Directors of the Company shall recommend such approval and take all lawful action to solicit such approval; provided, however, -------- ------- that the Board of Directors of the Company at any time prior to the time of acceptance for payment of at least a majority of Shares pursuant to the Offer may withdraw, modify or change any such recommendations to the extent that the Board of Directors of the Company (i) determines in good faith after consultation with and based upon the advice of independent legal counsel that the failure to so withdraw, modify or change its recommendation would cause the Board of Directors of the Company to breach its fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders under applicable law and (ii) the Company has received in writing a Superior Proposal (as defined below), which is then pending, which the Board of Directors of the Company has determined to recommend to the stockholders of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a "Superior Proposal" means any bona fide proposal relating to a Competing Transaction (as hereinafter defined) made by a third party on terms which the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment (based upon the advice of a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) to be more financially favorable to the Company's stockholders than the Offer and the Merger and for which financing, to the extent required, is then committed or which, in the good faith judgment (based upon the advice of a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation) of the Board of Directors of the Company, is reasonably capable of being financed by such third party. The Company agrees that it shall notify Purchaser at least forty-eight hours prior to taking any action with respect to such Superior Proposal or taking any action with respect to the withdrawal, modification or change of its recommendation for approval of...
Meeting of the Stockholders. (a) The Company will take all action reasonably necessary in accordance with applicable law and its Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws to convene a meeting of its stockholders to consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement and the Merger and such other matters as may be necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereunder (the "Stockholders Meeting"), if necessary to comply with applicable law, as promptly as practicable after the expiration of the Offer. The Board of Directors of the Company shall recommend such approval and take all lawful action to solicit such approval; provided, however, that the Board of Directors of the Company may at -------- ------- any time prior to the Transition Time withdraw, modify or change any such recommendations to the extent that the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith after consultation with independent legal counsel that the failure to so withdraw, modify or change its recommendation would cause the Board of Directors of the Company to breach its fiduciary duties to the Company's stockholders under applicable law. The Purchaser Companies will vote all Shares over which they exercise voting control in favor of this Agreement and the Merger. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that Purchaser shall acquire at least 90 percent of the then outstanding Shares of each then outstanding class of shares of the Company, the parties hereto agree, subject to Article VII, to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective, in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL, as soon as reasonably practicable after such acquisition, without a meeting of the stockholders of the Company. (c) If required by applicable law, as soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall file with the SEC a proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") and form of proxy relating to the Merger, which shall comply as to form with all applicable laws. The Company shall obtain and furnish the information required to be included in the Proxy Statement and shall respond promptly to any comments made by the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and cause the Proxy Statement and form of proxy to be mailed to the Company's stockholders at the earliest practicable date. Purchaser and Merger Sub shall cooperate in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and shall as soon as practicable following the date hereof furnish the Company with all informatio...
Meeting of the Stockholders. Promptly after the date hereof, if required under applicable law, each Party will take all action necessary in accordance with its articles of incorporation and by-laws, or other charter or organizational documents, to convene a meeting of their respective stockholders, or seek the written consent of its stockholders to consider the adoption and approval of this Agreement and approval of the Merger to be held as promptly as practicable, but in any event prior to the Closing Date.
Meeting of the Stockholders. The Seller shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable law and its articles of incorporation and by-laws to convene the Special Meeting as promptly as practicable to consider and vote upon the approval and adoption of this

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  • Meeting of Shareholders 8.1.1 Rome will (i) take all steps necessary to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Merger Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, for the purpose of considering this Agreement and the Merger (the “Rome Shareholders Meeting”), (ii) in connection with the solicitation of proxies with respect to the Rome Shareholders Meeting, have its Board of Directors recommend approval of this Agreement to the Rome shareholders; and (iii) cooperate and consult with BHB with respect to each of the foregoing matters. The Board of Directors of Rome may fail to make such a recommendation referred to in clause (ii) above, or withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation only if such Board of Directors, after having consulted with and considered the advice of its financial and legal advisors, has determined that the making of such recommendation, or the failure to withdraw, modify or change its recommendation, would constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of such directors under applicable law. 8.1.2 To the extent legally required, BHB will (i) take all steps necessary to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of its shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Merger Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, for the purpose of considering this Agreement and the Merger (the “BHB Shareholders Meeting” ), (ii) in connection with the solicitation of proxies with respect to the BHB Shareholders Meeting, have its Board of Directors recommend approval of this Agreement to the BHB shareholders; and (iii) cooperate and consult with Rome with respect to each of the foregoing matters. The Board of Directors of BHB may fail to make such a recommendation referred to in clause (ii) above, or withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation only if such Board of Directors, after having consulted with and considered the advice of its financial and legal advisors, has determined that the making of such recommendation, or the failure to withdraw, modify or change its recommendation, would constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of such directors under applicable law.

  • Meeting of Stockholders The Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with the DGCL and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, promptly and duly call, give notice of, convene and hold as soon as practicable following the date upon which the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Company Stockholders' Meeting, and the Company shall consult with Acquiror in connection therewith. Unless the Board of Directors determines, based on such matters as it deems relevant, including consultation with the Company's outside legal counsel, that to do so is a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors of the Company under applicable Law, the Board of Directors of the Company shall declare that this Agreement is advisable and recommend that the Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby be approved and adopted by the stockholders of the Company and include in the Registration Statement and Proxy Statement a copy of such recommendations; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, the Board of Directors of the Company shall submit this Agreement to the Company's stockholders, whether or not the Board of Directors of the Company at any time subsequent to the date hereof determines that this Agreement is no longer advisable or recommends that the stockholders of the Company reject it. Unless the Board of Directors of the Company has withdrawn its recommendation of this Agreement in compliance herewith, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to solicit from stockholders of the Company proxies in favor of the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger and to secure the vote or consent of stockholders required by the DGCL and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws to approve and adopt this Agreement and the Merger.

  • Annual Meeting An annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for other business shall be held on such date and at such time as may be fixed by the board of directors.

  • Annual Meetings of Stockholders (1) Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto), (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (C) by any stockholder of the Corporation who (i) was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time the notice provided for in this Section 7 is delivered to the Secretary of the Corporation and at the time of the annual meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 7 as to such business or nomination. Except as provided by clause (a)(4) of this Section 7, clause (C) of the preceding sentence shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than matters properly brought under Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and included in the Corporation’s proxy statement) at an annual meeting of stockholders. (2) Without qualification or limitation of any other requirement, for any nominations or any other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 7, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Corporation and any such proposed business other than the nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day nor later than the close of business on the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting (provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than seventy (70) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if the first public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is less than one hundred (100) days prior to the date of such annual meeting, not later than the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made by the Corporation). In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. (3) To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice delivered pursuant to this Section 7 must set forth: (A) as to each person, if any, whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (i) all information relating to such person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in contested election, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, (ii) such person’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected and (iii) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among such stockholder and, if applicable, the beneficial owner of the shares held of record by such stockholder (the “Beneficial Owner”), if any, and their respective affiliates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the one hand, and each proposed nominee, and such persons’ respective affiliates, or others acting in concert therewith, on the other hand, including, without limitation all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder making the nomination and any Beneficial Owner, if any, or any affiliate thereof or person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant; (B) if the notice relates to any business other than a nomination of a director or directors that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and the Beneficial Owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and Beneficial Owner, if any, (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; and (C) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the Beneficial Owner, if any, (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, and of such Beneficial Owner, if any, (ii) (a) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such Beneficial Owner, (b) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which such stockholder has a right to vote any shares of any security of the Corporation, (c) any short interest in any security of the Corporation (for purposes of these Bylaws a person shall be deemed have a short interest of such stockholders and Beneficial Owner, if any, in a security if such person directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the value of the subject security), (d) any rights to dividends on the shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such stockholder and Beneficial Owner, if any, that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation and (e) any proportionate interest in shares of the Corporation held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner, (iii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal between or among such stockholder and such Beneficial Owner, if any, any of their respective affiliates, and any others acting in concert with any of the foregoing with respect to such nomination or proposal, (iv) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination, (v) a representation whether the stockholder or the Beneficial Owner, if any, intends to be or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Corporation’s outstanding Voting Stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination, and (vi) any other information relating to such stockholder and Beneficial Owner, if any, that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act. In addition, the stockholder’s notice with respect to the election of directors must include, with respect to each nominee for election or reelection to the Board of Directors, the completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 9 of this Article I. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director of the Corporation or that could be material to a reasonable stockholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the information required by clauses (a)(3)(C)(ii) and (a)(3)(C)(iii) of this Section 7 shall be updated by such stockholder and Beneficial Owner, if any, not later than ten (10) days after the record date for the meeting to disclose such information as of the record date. (4) Pursuant to an agreement by and between the Corporation and Brookfield Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BPI”), BPI is entitled to designate candidates for election to each directorship subject to election at any meeting of stockholders of the Corporation (each, a “Designee”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Bylaws, unless otherwise prohibited by law (i) if the Corporation solicits proxies with respect to the election of directors, the Corporation shall be required to include in the Corporation’s proxy materials (including any form of proxy it distributes), each Designee designated in accordance with such agreement and (ii) the provisions of these Bylaws that otherwise restrict or prohibit the nomination or election of candidates for director election (including, without limitation, the other provisions of this Section 7) shall not apply to any Designee. (5) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 7 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors of the Corporation at an annual meeting is increased effective after the time period for which nominations would otherwise be due under paragraph (a)(2) of this Section 7 and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least one hundred (100) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 7 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

  • Initial Meeting (a) The parties must meet within 10 Business Days after the date of delivery of the dispute notice and attempt to resolve the dispute. (b) Each party must use its best endeavors to resolve the dispute and act in good faith.