Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations. (b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. (c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. (d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent. (e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction. (f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (Albertsons Inc /De/), Merger Agreement (Supervalu Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Seller will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing following the execution of this Agreement prepare and file the Proxy Statement with the SEC and will use all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain respond to the effectiveness comments of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time SEC and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to Seller's Shareholders at the Company’s stockholders, and Parent earliest possible time. Seller shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party provide Buyer and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , including any amendments or supplements thereto, prior to filing with the Form S-4 willSEC, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that shall furnish all information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent it and the Company agree holders of its capital stock as Buyer may reasonably request in connection with such actions. Each party to correct any information provided by it for use in this Agreement will notify the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The other parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other and the Board of Directors of Seller promptly of the receipt of any the comments from or other correspondence with of the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 SEC, if any, and of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional information with respect thereto, and will supply the other parties with copies of all correspondence between such party or its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or members of its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or the purchase and sale of the Assets. If (A) at any time prior to the Shareholders' Meeting, any event should occur relating to Seller which should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement, Seller will promptly inform Buyer and (B) if at any time prior to the Shareholders' Meeting, any event should occur relating to Buyer that should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement, Buyer will promptly inform Seller, and in the case of (A) or (B) Seller will, upon learning of such event, promptly prepare and file and, if required, mail such amendment or supplement to Seller's shareholders; provided, however, that prior to such filing or mailing, Seller shall consult with Buyer with respect to such amendment and shall incorporate Buyer's comments thereon to the extent reasonably acceptable to Seller.
(b) Seller and its counsel will use their reasonable efforts to include Buyer and its counsel in all communications with the SEC and its staff, including any meetings and telephone conferences, relating to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (Pyramid Breweries Inc), Asset Purchase Agreement (Pyramid Breweries Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following Preparation. Promptly after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company will prepare (with Parent’s reasonable cooperation) and Parent shall prepare will file with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent Stockholders in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and (the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended including any amendments or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and . The Company will not file the Proxy Statement with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger without first providing Parent and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review drafts ofand comment thereon, and revisions tothe Company will give good faith consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by Parent or its counsel. Subject to Section 5.4 and unless there has been a Company Recommendation Change, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Company will (i) include the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion Recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus ; and Form S-4 as and (ii) subject to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall Law, use reasonable best efforts to have solicit proxies to obtain the Form S-4 declared effective under Requisite Stockholder Approval and take all action reasonably necessary or advisable to secure the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness vote of the Form S-4 through holders of shares of Company Common Stock required by applicable Law to effect the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act Charter Amendment and the Securities Act until such timeMerger. The Subject to applicable Law, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersCompany Stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable following confirmation from the SEC that it will not review, and Parent shall use or that it has completed its reasonable best efforts to cause review of, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary confirmation will be deemed to have been supplied by occurred if the SEC has not affirmatively notified the Company and information concerning by 11:59 p.m. on the tenth calendar day following such filing with the SEC that the SEC will or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will not be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in reviewing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (Fuller Max L), Merger Agreement (Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.)
Proxy Statement. Except upon a Change of Recommendation, (a) As promptly the Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its articles of incorporation and bylaws and Nasdaq rules to call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the Company’s shareholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Company Shareholders Meeting”) as soon as is reasonably practicable following for the date purpose of approving this AgreementAgreement and the Merger, and (ib) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statementShareholders Meeting, as amended or supplementedsoon as is reasonably practicable the Company, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)in cooperation with Parent, and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments and supplements thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus”) relating to the Merger and this Agreement, in connection with solicit the registration under the Securities Act shareholders’ approval of the New Diamond shares Agreement and Merger, and furnish the information required to be issued provided to the stockholders shareholders of the Company pursuant to the WBCA and the Exchange Act; provided, that, if upon the date initially fixed for the Company Shareholders Meeting, the conditions set forth in connection Section 7.1(b) have not been met, the Company may reschedule or adjourn the Company Shareholders Meeting to such later date as the Company, in its reasonable discretion, considers to be more proximate to the probable satisfaction of such conditions; and provided further, that upon Parent’s reasonable request, the Company shall postpone the Company Shareholders Meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional shareholder proxies to be voted at the Company Shareholder Meeting. Promptly after its preparation and prior to its filing with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. ParentSEC, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation shall provide a copy of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 prepared by such partyrelated SEC or Nasdaq filings, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersParent, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of on the parties agrees that none of Proxy Statement and related materials, and any proposed amendment or supplement thereto, prior to filing, and the information supplied or to be supplied by it Company shall in good faith consider such comments for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or Statement and/or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleadingmaterials. The parties Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt give Parent prompt notice of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request Statement received by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (SEC, and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, in consultation with Parent, shall promptly after it receives notice thereofrespond to SEC comments, if any. So long as the Company’s board of directors shall not have effected a Change of Recommendation, the Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the time when Company’s board of directors that the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionCompany’s shareholders approve this Agreement.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (Captaris Inc), Merger Agreement (Open Text Corp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond Merger Sub and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the The Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and Statement shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies content in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act federal securities Laws. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its affiliates that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement or that is customarily included in proxy statements prepared in connection with transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement. Subject to Section 6.4(b), the Company, acting through the Company Board, shall include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of the Company Board that the shareholders of the Company vote in favor of the Merger and the Securities Act until adoption of this Agreement (the “Company Recommendation”). The Company shall cooperate and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft of the Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto), and all responses to requests for additional information by and replies to comments of the staff of the SEC, prior to filing such timewith or sending such to the SEC, and Parent and the Company will provide each other with copies of all correspondence with the SEC or its staff or any other government officials with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case shareholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Form S-4 date on which the Proxy Statement is declared effective under cleared by the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionSEC.
(cb) No filing ofIf, at any time prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Parent or amendment any of their respective affiliates, officers or supplement to, directors should be discovered by the Form S-4 will Company or Parent which should be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or ParentStatement, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees so that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of , the foregoingparty which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties, it is understood and agreed that an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will shall be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence filed with the SEC staff with respect and, to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request extent required by the SEC for any amendment applicable Law, disseminated to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy shareholders of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (Silicon Storage Technology Inc), Merger Agreement (Microchip Technology Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a the proxy statement of the Company relating to the Company Shareholders' Meeting (together with any amendments thereto, the "Proxy Statement"), and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC the registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”)of Parent, in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement will be included as a prospectus(together with any amendments thereto, the "Registration Statement"), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares Parent Class A Common Stock to be issued to the stockholders shareholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and Merger. Substantially contemporaneously with the Parent Shares to filing of the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the definitive Proxy Statement shall be issued provided to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock ConsiderationNYSE and Nasdaq. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with Parent shall each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable. Parent or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish to all information concerning Parent or the Company as the other party information relating to it may reasonably request in connection with such actions and its affiliates as necessary to prepare preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All As promptly as practicable after the effective date of the parties hereto Registration Statement, the Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 prospectus included in the Registration Statement (collectively, the "Proxy Materials") to be mailed to the shareholders of the Company. Parent and the Company shall cause the Proxy Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and Nasdaq, (iv) the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in DGCL and (v) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsTBCA.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the unanimous and unconditional recommendation of the board of directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders shareholders of the Company Shares that they vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger, except as may be reasonably requested otherwise provided in connection with any such actionSection 5.4(b) of this Agreement.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made without the approval of each of Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each of Parent and the Company will advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement becomes effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of the suspension of the qualification of Parent Class A Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the Company SEC, the NYSE or Parent, in each case, without providing Nasdaq for amendment of the other party Proxy Statement or comments thereon and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonresponses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the The information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement and included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) are first mailed to the stockholders shareholders of the relevant party and at Company, (iii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Shareholders' Meeting and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, therein not misleading. For purposes of If at any time prior to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Effective Time any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any other Company Subsidiary will Entity, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement or Registration Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Parent. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the DGCL, the TBCA, the Securities Act and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentthe Exchange Act.
(e) Each of The information supplied by Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and included by Parent in the Registration Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Materials (or Form S-4 which shall have become false any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the shareholders of the Company, (iii) the time of the Company Shareholders' Meeting, and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The parties If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement or Registration Statement, Parent shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of promptly inform the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence Company. All documents that Parent is responsible for filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Company DGCL, the TBCA, the Securities Act and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Exchange Act.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (Cox Communications Inc /De/), Merger Agreement (Tca Cable Tv Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreement and in any event within ten (10) days (subject to Section 6.06(b)) after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare prepare, in consultation with Seller, and cause to be filed with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and relating to the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended together with any amendments or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and use its reasonable best efforts, in consultation with Seller, to:
(i) obtain and furnish the information required to be included by the SEC in the preliminary Proxy Statement;
(ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with respond promptly to any comments made by the SEC or its staff with respect to the preliminary Proxy Statement;
(iii) cause a registration statement on Form S-4 definitive Proxy Statement (together with any amendments and supplements thereto) to be mailed to its stockholders containing all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will information required under applicable Law to be included as a prospectus, furnished to Parent’s stockholders in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company Proposals in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares Stockholder Meeting to be issued called by Parent in accordance with Section 6.05. Such definitive Proxy Statement shall be mailed by Parent to the stockholders holders of New Diamond Common Stock as promptly as practicable (and in connection with any event within five (5) Business Days) following the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements later of (i) receipt and resolution of the Exchange Act, SEC comments on the preliminary Proxy Statement and (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations expiration of the NYSE and 10-day waiting period provided in Rule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the PCX. The Company Exchange Act;
(iv) promptly amend or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion supplement any information contained in the preliminary or definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereof) if and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies shall have become false or misleading in any material respect and take all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts steps necessary to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement as so amended or supplemented to be mailed to filed with the Company’s stockholders, SEC and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed disseminated to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after and to the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action extent required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.by Applicable Law; and
(cv) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, cause the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, preliminary and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at on each relevant filing date, on the date such document is first mailed of mailing to the Parent’s stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating the Parent Stockholder Meeting, not to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes , and cause the Proxy Statement to comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the foregoing, it is understood Exchange Act and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company rules and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentregulations promulgated thereunder.
(eb) Each of Parent Seller and its counsel shall be given two (2) Business Days to comment on the preliminary and the definitive Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement to the preliminary or the definitive Proxy Statement, as the case may be, each time before any such document is filed with the SEC, and Parent shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by Seller and its counsel. Seller shall furnish to Parent the information concerning Seller, Company agree and Company Subsidiary required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to correct any information provided by it for use be set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Statement in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 6.06(b) and shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as otherwise reasonably practicable notify each other assist and cooperate with Parent in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and the resolution of comments from the SEC (or the staff of the SEC). In the event that such information required by the Exchange Act to be included in the preliminary Proxy Statement is not furnished to Parent within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the preliminary Proxy Statement by Seller, then the ten (10) day time frame set forth in Section 6.06(a) shall be extended correspondingly (on a day-to-day basis). Parent shall (i) provide Seller and its counsel with (a) any comments from or other correspondence with communications, whether written or oral, that Parent or its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement promptly, and in any event within twenty-four (24) hours after receipt of those comments or Form S-4 other communications and (b) a reasonable opportunity to participate in the response of Parent to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given), including by participating with Parent or its counsel in any request by discussions or meetings with the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such commentsits staff, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed keep Seller reasonably informed as to the other party, in form status of such comments and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection the resolution thereof with registration statements similar to the Form S-4SEC or its staff.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (General Electric Co), Stock Purchase Agreement (Neogenomics Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As If required under applicable law, the Company shall prepare the Proxy Statement, file it with the SEC under the Exchange Act as promptly as reasonably practicable following after Merger Subsidiary purchases Shares pursuant to the date of this AgreementOffer, (i) and use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC. Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall promptly furnish to the Company all information concerning Parent and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to Merger Subsidiary that may be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent required or reasonably requested in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Considerationany action contemplated by this Section 6.10. Parent, New Diamond Merger Subsidiary and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish notify Parent of the receipt of any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any requests by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall provide to Parent promptly copies of all information concerning correspondence between the Company or any Representative of the Company and the holders of the SEC. The Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party shall give Parent and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review the Proxy Statement prior to its being filed with the SEC and comment thereon.
(d) shall give Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review all amendments and supplements to the Proxy Statement and all responses to requests for additional information and replies to comments prior to their being filed with, or sent to, the SEC. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Subsidiary agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts, after consultation with the other parties agrees that none hereto to respond promptly to all such comments of and requests by the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in SEC. As promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Statement has been cleared by the Form S-4 willSEC, at the date such document is first mailed Company shall mail the Proxy Statement to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company. The Proxy Statement shall include the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied recommendation by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each Board of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each Directors of the Company that the Company's stockholders vote to approve the Merger and Parent shall use this Agreement unless the Board of Directors of the Company has withdrawn or modified its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to recommendation in accordance with the other party a letter provisions of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Section 6.03.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Encana Corp), Merger Agreement (Brown Tom Inc /De)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable and in any event no later than the later to occur of the 15th Business Day or the filing of the Registration Statements following the date of this Agreementhereof, the Company shall (i) the Company prepare and Parent shall prepare file a proxy statement to be sent in preliminary form relating to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended including any amendment or supplementedsupplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and ) (ii) Parent subject to Section 7.2, include in the Proxy Statement the Company Recommendation, (and, if necessary, New Diamondiii) shall prepare and file with furnish the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments theretoinformation required to be provided to the holders of Shares pursuant to Delaware Law, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Exchange Act and any other applicable Laws and (iv) use its reasonable efforts to solicit from holders of all of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders Shares proxies in favor of the Company in connection with adoption of this Agreement and the Diamond approval of the Merger and take all other action reasonably necessary or advisable to secure the Parent Shares approval of stockholders required by the DGCL and any other applicable Law and the Charter and By-Laws (if applicable) to be issued to effect the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Merger; provided, that Parent, New Diamond Merger Sub and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with their counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to Statement before it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects is filed with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE SEC and the PCX. The Company shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions, or New Diamondchanges thereto suggested by Parent, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Merger Sub and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such timetheir counsel. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and promptly notify Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any all comments from or other correspondence with of the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement and of any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 supplement thereto, or for additional information (information, and promptly deliver shall provide to Parent, after Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel shall have had a copy of reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement and draft correspondence and due consideration has been given to such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise comments by the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, copies of all correspondence between the time when Company and/or any of its Representatives and the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the SEC. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide satisfactory responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received on the Proxy Statement by the SEC, and the Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) mailed as promptly as practicable after the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) SEC staff advises that it has no further comments thereon, or that the Closing Date, and addressed to Company may commence mailing the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Proxy Statement.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) Merger Sub and the Company shall jointly prepare and Parent the Company shall prepare a file with the SEC the proxy statement of the Company (the "Proxy Statement") relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "Company Stockholders Meeting") to be sent held to consider approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger. Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be provided to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning Merger Sub or the Company as the other party may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement and any other filings required to be made in connection within this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, a Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 (collectively, the"Other Filings"). As promptly as practicable the Proxy Statement will be mailed to the stockholders of the Company. The Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 the Other Filings to be filed by it to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE NASD and (iv) the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsNJBC.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through Company that they vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that subject to Section 7.5(b), the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with Time, withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation if the applicable provisions Board of Directors of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use determines in good faith that failure to so withdraw, modify or change its reasonable best efforts to recommendation would cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Board of Directors of the Company to be mailed breach its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders's stockholders under applicable Laws after receipt of advice to such effect from independent legal counsel (who may be the Company's regularly engaged independent legal counsel). In addition, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, Statement and the Company shall furnish all information concerning Proxy Materials will include a copy of the Company and the holders written opinion of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested Financial Advisor referred to in connection with any such actionSection 3.18.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made without the approval of each of Merger Sub and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is required to be made by the Company under applicable Laws. Each of Merger Sub and the Company will advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, or Parent, in each case, without providing of any request by the other party SEC or the NASD for amendment of the Proxy Statement and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review the Other Filings or comments thereon and comment thereonresponses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the The information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Stockholders' Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fails to state any material fact required to be stated therein in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, Proxy Statement not misleading. For purposes of If at any time prior to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Effective Time any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Merger Sub. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentsubstance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the NJBC, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any The information provided supplied by it Merger Sub for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Materials (or Form S-4 which shall have become false any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the stockholders the Company, (ii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of If, at any time prior to the receipt of Effective Time, any comments from event or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect circumstance relating to Merger Sub or any Merger Sub Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Merger Sub that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and , Merger Sub shall promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise inform the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable . All documents that Merger Sub is responsible for filing in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in any jurisdictionall material aspects with the applicable requirements of NJBC, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(f) Each of the Company The information supplied by any party for inclusion in another party's Other Filing will be true and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, correct in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4all material respects.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Merger Agreement (Green William S), Merger Agreement (Parthanon Investors Lp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, and in any event within forty (i40) days following the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statementdate hereof, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) Seller shall prepare and file with the SEC Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a registration statement on Form S-4 proxy statement, together with a form of proxy, relating to the Seller Stockholders’ Meeting (as defined below) (together with all any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4”)"Proxy Statement") and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC. Each of Seller and Buyer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to respond to any comments made by the SEC and, in which if required, to amend or supplement the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included . Each of Seller and Buyer shall furnish all information concerning it and the holders of its capital stock as a prospectus, the other party may reasonably request in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger such actions and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting As promptly as practicable after the generality execution of this Agreement, Seller shall mail the Proxy Statement to its stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of ParentSeller shall not mail the Proxy Statement, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other or any amendment or supplement thereto, without (i) providing Buyer with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts ofand comment thereon and (ii) including therein any comments reasonably proposed by Buyer. Seller’s Board of Directors shall recommend approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein by Seller’s stockholders, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement shall contain such recommendation. Seller will provide Buyer with copies of all correspondence between Seller (or its Representatives) and the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of Buyer and Seller shall promptly inform the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed other party if, at any time prior to the Company’s stockholdersSeller Stockholders’ Meeting, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to any information, event or circumstance should be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, set forth in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonStatement.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Datameg Corp), Stock Purchase Agreement (Datameg Corp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC as reasonably soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders holders of the Company and Parent Common Stock in connection with a meeting of holders of the Common Stock (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Stockholders Meeting”) to consider the NYSE American Approval, the Delaware Charter Approval and such other matters as the Company Stockholder Meeting and in its reasonable determination may present at the Parent Stockholder Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) . The Proxy Statement shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until rules and regulations thereunder. The Company will, (1) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the initial anticipated filing of the Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto (or, in the case of an amendment, supplement or definitive form of the Proxy Statement that does not materially differ from the previously provided Proxy Statement, as far in advance as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances), furnish to the Noteholders copies of such timedocuments proposed to be filed and (2) use its commercially reasonable efforts to address in each such document prior to being so filed with the SEC such comments as such Noteholder or its counsel reasonably shall propose within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such copies by the Noteholder. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take (A) clear any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made comments provided by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof, and (B) mail or Form S-4 otherwise deliver (or cause to be mailed or otherwise delivered) the Proxy Statement to the holders of the Company’s Common Stock promptly after, and any request by hold the Stockholders Meeting for the purposes of obtaining the Shareholder Approvals not later than sixty (60) calendar days after, (x) the first Business Day following the 10th calendar day after the Proxy Statement in preliminary form has been filed with the SEC for any amendment if the SEC has not informed the Company that it intends to review the Proxy Statement by such 10th calendar day or (y) the 10th calendar day after the SEC has informed the Company that it has no further comments on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy . The board of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each directors of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered not withdraw, qualify or modify in a manner adverse to the other party Noteholders, or publicly propose to withdraw, qualify or modify in a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed manner adverse to the other partyNoteholders, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to its recommendation of the Form S-4Shareholder Approvals. The Company shall not postpone or adjourn the Stockholders Meeting without the consent of the Noteholders.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Exchange Agreement (Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.), Exchange Agreement (TRT Holdings Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable Promptly following the date of this Agreement, Seller shall, and shall use Best Efforts to cause its Representatives and Affiliates to: (i) the Company furnish to Buyer and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders its Representatives all of the Company information regarding Seller, the Purchased Business, the Purchased Assets and Parent the Assumed Liabilities (such information, the “Seller Disclosure Information”) that Buyer may reasonably request in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and preparation of the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), Statement and (ii) Parent cooperate with Buyer and its Representatives and Affiliates in the preparation of pro forma financial information required to be included, or reasonably requested by Buyer for inclusion, in the Proxy Statement. As promptly as reasonably practicable after Buyer’s receipt from Seller of all Seller Disclosure Information, Buyer shall prepare and cause the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC. Buyer shall use Best Efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC.
(andb) Buyer shall promptly: (i) notify Seller upon the receipt of any comments or requests for additional information from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statements; (ii) promptly respond to any such comments or requests for additional information following the receipt of any such comments or requests; and (iii) provide Seller with copies of correspondence between Buyer and its Representatives, if necessaryon the one hand, New Diamondand the SEC and its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement. Seller shall promptly furnish to Buyer any Seller Disclosure Information reasonably requested by Buyer in connection with its response to any such comments.
(c) Prior to the filing or mailing of the Proxy Statement, or responding to any comments or requests for information from the SEC, Buyer shall provide Seller with the opportunity to review and comment on any drafts of the Proxy Statement and related correspondence and filings.
(d) If at any time prior to the Buyer Stockholders’ Meeting any event shall occur, or fact or information shall be discovered by Buyer, that is required to be set forth in an amendment of or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, Buyer shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 5.9, prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included such amendment or supplement as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable and cause such amendment or supplement to be issued distributed to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as Buyer if and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts by any Legal Requirement. Seller agrees to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and furnish to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish Buyer all information concerning the Company Seller and the holders of the Company Shares its Affiliates as may be reasonably requested in connection with the foregoing. If any such action.
(c) No filing ofevent relating to any of Seller Disclosure Information occurs, or amendment or supplement toif Seller becomes aware of any Seller Disclosure Information, the Form S-4 will that should be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by Statement, then Seller shall promptly inform Buyer thereof and shall cooperate with Buyer in filing such amendment or supplement with the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by ParentSEC.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in Buyer shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall Statement to be mailed to Buyer’s stockholders as soon promptly as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with after the SEC staff with respect to notifies Buyer that it has no further comments on the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Asset Purchase Agreement (HD Partners Acquisition CORP)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following For the date of this Agreement, purpose (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare of holding a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders meeting of the Company and Parent in connection with shareholders of NM to approve the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to New Articles, the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will parties hereto shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the an appropriate Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and which shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in satisfy all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until rules and regulations thereunder (such time. The Company proxy statement, together with any and all amendments or supplements thereto, being herein referred to as the "Proxy Statement").
(b) MJK shall use its reasonable best efforts furnish such information concerning MJK and the MJK Subsidiaries as is necessary in order to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , insofar as it relates to MJK, the MJK Subsidiaries and MJK securities, to be mailed prepared in accordance with Section 6.4(a). MJK agrees promptly to advise NM if at any time prior to the Company’s stockholdersNM shareholders' meeting any information provided by MJK in the Proxy Statement becomes incorrect or incomplete in any material respect, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause provide NM the Proxy Statement/Prospectus information needed to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any correct such actioninaccuracy or omission.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, NM shall use all reasonable efforts to promptly prepare and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to submit the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by Statement with the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing SEC and the other party NASD. NM shall use reasonable efforts to file the definitive Proxy Statement at the earliest practicable date. NM agrees to provide MJK and its respective counsel a with reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonon the Proxy Statement and any amendment thereto before filing with the SEC or any other governmental entity and agrees not to make such filing if MJK and its counsel reasonably object to the completeness or accuracy of any information contained therein. MJK authorizes NM to utilize in the Proxy Statement the information concerning MJK, the MJK Subsidiaries and MJK securities provided to NM for the purpose of inclusion in the Proxy Statement. NM shall advise MJK promptly when the definitive Proxy Statement has been filed and shall furnish MJK with copies of all such documents.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party NM shall bear all printing and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable mailing costs in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each preparation and mailing of the Company Proxy Statement to NM shareholders. MJK and Parent NM shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective each bear their own legal and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants accounting expenses in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Proxy Statement.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable Promptly following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company Seller Parties and Parent shall prepare shall, except as otherwise provided for herein, cooperate in preparing a proxy statement to be sent to or information statement that meets the stockholders requirements of the Company and Parent in connection Exchange Act (together with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended any amendments thereof or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), ) to seek adoption and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act approval of the New Diamond shares to be issued to Parent Amendment and the stockholders approval of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock ConsiderationIssuance by Parent’s stockholders. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Actreasonably practicable. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger The Seller Parties and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Statement that shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable Parent will promptly notify each other the Seller Parties of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other)information. Parent will advise shall consult with the CompanySeller Parties with respect to all filings with the SEC, promptly after it receives notice thereofincluding the Proxy Statement, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable and all mailings to Parent’s stockholders in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Merger, including the Proxy Statement, shall be subject to the prior review and comment by the Seller Parties, and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Seller Parties. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to Seller Parties will furnish (or cause to be delivered furnished) to Parent the information relating to it and its Affiliates required by the Exchange Act to be set forth in the Proxy Statement. Parent agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts, after consultation with the other parties hereto, to respond promptly to any comments made by the SEC with respect to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective Proxy Statement and (ii) the Closing Date, any preliminary version thereof filed by it and addressed cause such Proxy Statement to be mailed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to Parent’s stockholders at the Form S-4earliest practicable time.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company MeriStar and Parent Interstate shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall jointly prepare and MeriStar shall file with the SEC a single document that will constitute (i) the proxy statement of Interstate relating to the meeting of Interstate's stockholders (the "INTERSTATE STOCKHOLDERS MEETING") to be held to consider approval and adoption of the Interstate Proposals, (ii) the proxy statement of MeriStar relating to the meeting of MeriStar's stockholders (the "MERISTAR STOCKHOLDERS Meeting") to be held to consider approval of the MeriStar Proposals and (iii) the registration statement on Form S-4 of MeriStar (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”"REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares Surviving Corporation Common Stock to be issued to the stockholders of the Company Interstate in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection Merger. Substantially contemporaneously with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation filing of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting Statement with the generality SEC, copies of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Proxy Statement shall be provided to the NYSE and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, NASDAQ. MeriStar and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and Interstate shall each use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable, and, prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE"), MeriStar shall take all or any reasonable action required under any applicable Law in connection with the issuance of Surviving Corporation Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Each of MeriStar and Interstate shall furnish to all information concerning MeriStar or Interstate as the other party information relating to it may reasonably request in connection with such actions and its affiliates the preparation of the definitive proxy statement forming a part of the Registration Statement (the "PROXY STATEMENT"). As promptly as necessary to prepare practicable after the Registration Statement Effective Date, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4all associated materials (collectively, the "PROXY Materials") will be mailed to the stockholders of MeriStar and Interstate. All of the parties hereto MeriStar and Interstate shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Securities Act, (ii) the Securities Act Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE, (iv) the rules and regulations of the NASDAQ, (v) the DGCL and (vi) the MGCL.
(1) The Proxy Statement shall include the unanimous and unconditional recommendation of the Board of Directors of Interstate to the stockholders of Interstate that they vote in favor of the Interstate Proposals (the "INTERSTATE BOARD RECOMMENDATION"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Board of Directors of Interstate may, at any time prior to the Effective Time, withdraw, modify or otherwise change any such recommendation pursuant to, but only in compliance with, Section 5.7(b). In addition, the Proxy Statement will include a copy of the written opinion of the Interstate Financial Advisor referred to in Section 3.18.
(2) The Proxy Statement shall include the unanimous and unconditional recommendation of the Board of Directors of MeriStar to the stockholders of MeriStar that they vote in favor of the MeriStar Proposals (the "MERISTAR BOARD RECOMMENDATION"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Board of Directors of MeriStar may, at any time prior to the Effective Time, withdraw, modify or otherwise change any such recommendation pursuant to but only in compliance with, Section 5.8(b). In addition, the Proxy Statement will include a copy of the written opinion of the MeriStar Financial Advisor referred to in Section 4.18.
(c) No amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall be made without the approval of each of MeriStar and Interstate, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each of MeriStar and Interstate shall advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of the suspension of the qualification of the MeriStar Common Stock issuable as Surviving Corporation Common Stock in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any 63 jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC, the NYSE or the NASDAQ for amendment of the Proxy Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the PCX. SEC for additional information.
(d) The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements information supplied by Interstate for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment of or supplement to the extent Proxy Materials) is first mailed to the stockholders of each of MeriStar and Interstate, (iii) the time of Interstate Stockholders Meeting, and (iv) the time of MeriStar Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of to be stated in the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts Proxy Statement or necessary in order to have make the Form S-4 declared effective under statements in the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and Proxy Statement not misleading. If at any time prior to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time Time, any event or circumstance relating to Interstate or any Interstate Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Interstate that, in Interstate's reasonable judgment after the receipt of advice from its independent legal counsel, should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, Interstate shall promptly inform MeriStar. All documents that Interstate is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall comply as to form and to ensure that it complies substance in all material respects with the applicable provisions requirements of the Exchange MGCL, the Securities Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Exchange Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(ce) No filing ofThe information supplied by MeriStar for inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(dMaterials) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is are first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party each of MeriStar and at Interstate, (iii) the time of such party’s meeting the Interstate Stockholders Meeting, and (iv) the time of stockholders the MeriStar Stockholders Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to MeriStar or any MeriStar Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by MeriStar that, in MeriStar's reasonable judgment after the Mergersreceipt of advice from its independent legal counsel, should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, MeriStar shall promptly inform Interstate. All documents that MeriStar is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall comply as to form and substance in all material aspects with the applicable requirements of the DGCL, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(f) Interstate and MeriStar shall each furnish to the other copies of any forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, which it files with the SEC on or after the date hereof, and Interstate and MeriStar, as the case may be, represents and warrants that, as of the respective dates thereof, such reports will 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes Any unaudited consolidated interim financial statements included in such reports (including any related notes and schedules) will fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of Interstate and its consolidated subsidiaries or MeriStar and its consolidated subsidiaries, as the case may be, as of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent dates thereof and the Company agree to correct any results of operations and cash flows and other information provided by it included therein for use the periods set forth therein, in each case in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved (except as otherwise disclosed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus notes thereto) and subject to normal year-end adjustments that would not, individually or Form S-4 which shall have become false in the aggregate, be material in amount or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictioneffect.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Company Issuer shall, in accordance with this Section 6.1(a), prepare and Parent shall prepare furnish with the SEC a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Issuer (as such proxy statement, as filing is amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), for the purpose of soliciting proxies from holders of the Issuer’s equity securities to vote at the Special Meeting (as defined below) in favor of the Issuer Shareholder Matters. Without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, the Issuer Shareholder Matters shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which the Issuer shall propose to be acted on by the Issuer’s shareholders at the Special Meeting. The Issuer shall ensure that the Proxy Statement complies to form and substance with the applicable Laws and the Organizational Documents of the Issuer. The Issuer shall furnish the Proxy Statement with the SEC and cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed or otherwise given in any manner permitted by applicable Laws and the Organizational Documents of the Issuer to its shareholders of record, as of the record date to be established by the board of directors of the Issuer pursuant to Section 6.1(b) as promptly as practicable following the filing of the Proxy Statement (such date, the “Proxy Filing Date”).
(ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in In the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting , the generality Issuer will make available to the Purchaser drafts of the foregoingProxy Statement and any other documents to be filed or furnished with the SEC that relate to the transactions contemplated hereunder, each of Parent, New Diamond both preliminary and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts offinal, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement or such other document and will be made by provide the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel Purchaser with a reasonable opportunity to review comment on such drafts and comment thereonshall consider such comments in good faith. In relation to the Transaction, the Issuer shall not file or furnish any such documents with, or respond to any comments or requests from, the SEC without the prior written consent of the Purchaser. The Issuer will advise the Purchaser promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) after it receives notice thereof, of: (A) the time when the Proxy Statement has been furnished with the SEC; (B) the furnishing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement; and (C) requests by the SEC for additional information relating to the Proxy Statement, in each case of (A), (B) and (C), together with a copy of the Proxy Statement, supplement or amendment thereto, or such request, as applicable.
(diii) Each of If, at any time prior to the parties agrees Closing, the Issuer discovers any information (or, pursuant to the next sentence, is informed by the Purchaser that none of the information supplied it has discovered any information) that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Statement so that it would not include 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of , the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Issuer shall promptly file or related to the Company furnish an amendment or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement describing or Form S-4 and correcting such information such that the Proxy Statement no longer contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and, to the extent required by applicable Laws, disseminate such amendment or supplement to the Issuer’s shareholders. If, at any request by time prior to the SEC for Closing, the Purchaser discovers any information, event or circumstance relating to itself, its business or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement so that it would not include any untrue statement of a material fact or Form S-4 or for additional information (and omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, then it shall promptly deliver a copy inform the Issuer of such commentsinformation, correspondence event or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictioncircumstance.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 relating to the Company Stockholders Meeting (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection . The Company shall prepare and file with the registration under SEC any Other Filings as and when required or requested by the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock ConsiderationSEC. Parent, New Diamond and the The Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish respond to any comments made by the SEC with respect to the other party information relating to it Proxy Statement and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act any Other Filings as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Actreasonably practicable. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning it as the Company may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement and any Other Filings. At the earliest practicable time, the Company shall file definitive proxy materials with the SEC and cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders. The Proxy Statement shall (subject to Section 6.6(d)) include the unanimous recommendation of the Company Board that adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger by the Company’s stockholders is advisable and that the Company Board has unanimously determined that the Merger is fair to, advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders. To the holders of extent permitted by applicable Law, prior to filing the preliminary proxy materials, definitive proxy materials or any other filing with the SEC or any other Governmental Entity, the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested shall provide Parent (which term shall in connection all instances in this Section 6.3 also include Parent’s counsel) with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonon each such filing in advance and the Company shall include in such filings all comments proposed by Parent and reasonably acceptable to Company. The Company will advise Parent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement or any Other Filings of the Company or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
(db) Each of the parties Parent agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders of the relevant party and at (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, contained therein not misleading. For purposes If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing, Parent shall promptly inform the Company and shall promptly cooperate with the Company in the prompt filing with the SEC of any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement and, as required by Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to the Company’s stockholders.
(c) The Company agrees that the Proxy Statement (other than information supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement) shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders and (ii) the time of the foregoingCompany Stockholders Meeting, it is understood and agreed that information concerning contain any untrue statement of a material fact or related omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning that should be set forth in an amendment or related a supplement to Parent the Proxy Statement or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and any Other Filing, the Company agree to correct any information provided by it shall promptly inform Parent. All documents that the Company is responsible for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts transactions contemplated herein will comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable Laws.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Merger Agreement (Boeing Co)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date In connection with its 2017 annual meeting of this Agreementstockholders, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC Commission a registration definitive proxy statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include a proposal to permit the Preferred Stock to become convertible into shares of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act Common Stock as promptly as practicable after such filing set forth in, and to maintain the effectiveness extent permitted by the Certificate of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersDesignation, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond the Underlying Shares in upon such conversion, which issuance of shares, when aggregated with the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald MergerCommon Stock, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders may exceed 20% of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested outstanding Common Stock prior to the date of this Agreement (the “Proposal”). The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board to its stockholders that they vote in connection with any such actionfavor of adoption of the foregoing proposal.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement The Company shall give counsel to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel Purchasers a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement each time before that document (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the Form S-4 willCommission, at the date and reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given to any comments made by counsel. The Company shall (i) promptly provide such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergerscounsel with any comments or other communications, contain any untrue statement of a material fact whether written or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements thereinoral, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company may receive from the Commission or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, Statement promptly after it receives notice thereof, receipt of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order those comments or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective communications and (ii) provide such counsel with a reasonable opportunity to participate in the Closing Dateresponse to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given), including by participating in any discussions or meetings with the Commission. Thereafter, the Company shall promptly respond to such comments and addressed to file any amendments thereto.
(d) If the other partystockholders do not approve such Proposal at the 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants then in connection with registration statements similar each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until the Proposal is approved by the Company’s stockholders, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a definitive proxy statement which includes the Proposal, and give Purchasers’ counsel opportunity to the Form S-4review and comment on such definitive proxy statement as set forth in subsection (c) above.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Fate Therapeutics Inc)
Proxy Statement. (aA) As promptly as reasonably practicable following The Parties hereto will cooperate in the date preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the Department of this AgreementBanking of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ("Banking Department"), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (i) "FDIC"), the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent distributed in connection with the Company Stockholder First Harrisburg Shareholders' Meeting and the Parent Stockholder ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Shareholders' Meeting (such proxy statementas amended from time to time, the "Proxy Statement") in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby as soon as reasonably practicable and to satisfy all applicable requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or supplemented("Securities Exchange Act"), the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)rules and regulations thereunder, and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE Banking Department and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsFDIC.
(bB) Each of the Company ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition will furnish such information concerning ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies is necessary in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts order to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , insofar as it relates to be mailed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition, to comply with Section 1(i)(A) above. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition agree promptly to advise First Harrisburg if at any time prior to the Company’s stockholdersFirst Harrisburg Shareholders' Meeting any information provided by it in the Proxy Statement becomes incorrect or incomplete in any material respect and to provide First Harrisburg with the information needed to correct such inaccuracy or omission. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition will furnish First Harrisburg with such supplemental information as may be necessary in order to cause such Proxy Statement, insofar as it relates to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition, to comply with Section 1(i)(A) above after the mailing thereof to First Harrisburg shareholders.
(C) First Harrisburg will furnish ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition with such information concerning First Harrisburg on a consolidated basis as is necessary in order to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , insofar as it relates to be mailed First Harrisburg on a consolidated basis, to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as comply with Section 1(i)(A) above. First Harrisburg agrees promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent to advise ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and New Diamond shall also take ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition if at any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement becomes incorrect or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of incomplete in any comments from or other correspondence material respect and to provide ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acquisition with the SEC staff information needed to correct such inaccuracy or omission. First Harrisburg will furnish ▇▇▇▇▇▇ with respect such supplemental information as may be necessary in order to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by , insofar as it relates to First Harrisburg, to comply with Section 1(i)(A) above after the SEC for any amendment mailing thereof to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction▇▇▇▇▇▇ shareholders.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (First Harrisburg Bancor Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As If required by Nasdaq Listing Rules for the issuance of the Parent Shares, including, but not limited to Listing Rule 5635, as promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)hereof, and (ii) in consultation with Vendors’ Representative, Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy Statement”) calling a special meeting of Parent’s stockholders (the “Stockholder Meeting”) in accordance with its certificatearticles of incorporation and by-laws seeking the approval of the Parent’s stockholders of Parent for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and the Corporation and the Vendors’ Representation shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and furnish to Parent any financial and other information about the Corporation required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to be included in the Proxy Statement all in accordance with and as required by Parent’s certificatearticles of incorporation and by-laws, applicable Law and any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq. In connection with the Proxy Statement, Parent will also file with the SEC all financial and other information about Parent, the Corporation and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in accordance with applicable proxy solicitation rules set forth in Parent’s certificatearticles of incorporation and by-laws, applicable lawLaw and any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq (such Proxy Statement, together with all any additional soliciting materials, supplements, amendments and/or exhibits thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Documents”), . Except with respect to the financial and other information provided by or on behalf of the Corporation for inclusion in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectusDocuments, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parentshall ensure that, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions towhen filed, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to Documents will comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Parent shall cause the Proxy Documents to be disseminated as promptly as practicable after receiving clearance from the SEC to Parent’s equity holders as and to the extent such dissemination is required by U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the NYSE SEC and Nasdaq promulgated thereunder or otherwise (the PCX“Federal Securities Laws”). The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements Subject to any information provided for inclusion in therein by the Corporation, Parent shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and Documents to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions Federal Securities Laws. Parent shall provide copies of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause proposed forms of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
Documents (c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parentincluding, in each case, without providing any amendments or supplements thereto) to the other party Corporation such that the Corporation and its respective counsel Representatives are afforded a reasonable opportunity amount of time prior to the dissemination or filing thereof to review such material and comment thereon.
(d) Each thereon prior to such dissemination or filing, and Parent shall reasonably consider in good faith any comments of the parties agrees that none Corporation and its Representatives. Parent shall respond promptly to any comments of the information supplied SEC or its staff with respect to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party Documents and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Documents if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or misleadingmisleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by the Federal Securities Laws. The parties Parent shall amend or supplement the Proxy Documents and cause the Proxy Documents, as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from so amended or other correspondence supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Parent stockholders of Parent, in each case as and to the extent required by the Federal Securities Laws and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Parent’s certificatearticles of incorporation and by-laws. Parent shall provide the Corporation and its Representatives with copies of any written comments, and shall inform them of any material oral comments, that Parent or any of its Representatives receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Documents promptly after the receipt of such comments and shall give the Corporation a reasonable opportunity under the circumstances to review and comment on any proposed written or Form S-4 and any request by material oral responses to such comments. As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Proxy Statement has “cleared” comments from the SEC, Parent shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC for any amendment and disseminated to Parent stockholders, and shall duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Stockholder Meeting. On or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such commentsbefore July 15, correspondence or request to each other). 2019, Parent will shall advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Corporation in writing if Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionStockholder Approval and/or a Stockholder Meeting is required pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Share Purchase Agreement (Inpixon)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreementhereof (and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days after the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration preliminary proxy statement on Form S-4 relating to the Stockholders Meeting (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which and each of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectusCompany and Parent shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, prepare and file with the SEC all other documents required by the Exchange Act in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4any such other filings. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions toExcept as permitted by Section 5.2, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such partyStatement shall include the Company Recommendation; provided, and that if the Company Board shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish have effected a Change of Recommendation in accordance with Section 5.2, then in submitting this Agreement to the other party information relating Company’s stockholders, the Company Board may submit this Agreement to it and the Company’s stockholders without the Company Recommendation, in which event the Company Board may communicate the basis for its affiliates as necessary lack of recommendation to prepare the Company’s stockholders in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement or an appropriate amendment thereof or supplement thereto. Parent agrees to provide or cause to be provided all information with respect to itself, its Affiliates and Form S-4. All of their respective Representatives as may be reasonably requested by the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsany such other filings.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent Party shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as reasonably practicable after such filing and to maintain notify the effectiveness other Parties of the Form S-4 through receipt of any comments of the Effective Time SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall as promptly as reasonably practicable provide to ensure that it complies in the other Party copies of all material respects written correspondence with the applicable provisions of SEC with respect to the Exchange Act and Proxy Statement or the Securities Act until such timetransactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received on the Proxy Statement from the SEC and to make any amendments or filings as may be necessary in connection therewith and (ii) have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC staff as soon as reasonably practical after such filing. The Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date that the SEC staff advises that it has no further comments thereon or that the Company may commence mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No Subject to applicable Law, prior to filing ofor mailing the Proxy Statement or filing any other required filings (or, or in each case, any amendment thereof or supplement tothereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Form S-4 will Company shall provide Parent with an opportunity to review and comment on (which comments shall be made promptly) such document or response and shall consider in good faith including in such document or response such comments reasonably proposed by New Diamond or Parent.
(d) If, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement at any time prior to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by receipt of the Stockholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each judgment of the parties agrees that none of Company or Parent, as the information supplied case may be, should be set forth in an amendment of, or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in a supplement to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or , so that the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, Proxy Statement would 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of , the foregoingParty that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement and, to the extent required by applicable Law, in disseminating the information concerning contained in such amendment or related supplement to Parent the stockholders of the Company. Nothing in this Section 5.3(d) shall limit the rights or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentobligations of any Party under any other paragraph of this Section 5.3.
(e) Each of Parent and All documents that the Company agree to correct any information provided by it is responsible for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts Merger will comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (ORBCOMM Inc.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the Closing Date (but not later than May 26, 2022 or such later date of this Agreementas may be unanimously agreed to by the Parent Board), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare file with the SEC a proxy statement relating to the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent held in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Matters (such proxy statement, as amended together with any amendments thereof or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), . Parent shall deliver to the Company a draft of the Proxy Statement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company prior to the Closing Date. Parent shall (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with respond promptly to any comments or requests of the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which or its staff related to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with .
(b) Parent covenants and agrees that the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger Proxy Statement (and the Parent Shares letters to be issued to the stockholders stockholders, notice of New Diamond in connection with the payment meeting and form of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company proxy included therewith) will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to (i) comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) applicable U.S. federal securities Laws and the Exchange ActDGCL, and (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(ec) Each Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement has been filed with the SEC and either (i) the SEC has indicated that it does not intend to review the Proxy Statement or that its review of Parent and the Company agree Proxy Statement has been completed or (ii) at least ten (10) days shall have passed since the Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC without receiving any correspondence from the SEC commenting upon, or indicating that it intends to correct any information provided by it for use in review, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , all in compliance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the DGCL. If Parent, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or Form S-4 which shall have the Surviving Entity become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt aware of any comments from event or other correspondence with information that, pursuant to the SEC staff with respect Securities Act or the Exchange Act, should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , as the case may be, then such Party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other Parties thereof and shall cooperate with such other Parties in Parent filing such amendment or Form S-4 and any request by supplement with the SEC for any and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionstockholders.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall jointly prepare and file with the SEC a single document that will constitute (i) the proxy statement of the Company relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS MEETING") to be held to consider approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger, (ii) the registration statement on Form S-4 Forms F-4 and F-6 of the Parent (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”"REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares Parent ADSs (and the Parent Common Stock underlying such Parent ADSs) to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such single document, together with any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the "PROXY STATEMENT"). Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be issued provided to the stockholders Nasdaq National Market. The Parent and the Company each shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable, and, prior to the effective date of New Diamond the Registration Statement (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE"), the Parent shall take all or any action required under any applicable Law in connection with the payment issuance of Parent ADSs pursuant to the aggregate Stock ConsiderationMerger. ParentThe Parent or the Company, New Diamond and as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Parent or the Company will cooperate as the other party may reasonably request in connection with each other in such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . As promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement Effective Date, the proxy statement and Form S-4. Without limiting prospectus included in the generality Proxy Statement (collectively, the "PROXY MATERIALS") will be mailed to the stockholders of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Company. The Parent and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE Nasdaq National Market principal securities exchanges and quotation services on which the PCX. The Company or New Diamondcommon stock, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in (iv) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus DGCL and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under (v) any other applicable Law and SEC regulationsLaw.
(b) Each Subject to Section 5.7(e), the Proxy Statement shall include the unconditional recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders stockholders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested that they vote in connection with any such actionfavor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger. In addition, the Proxy Statement and the Proxy Materials will include a copy of the written opinion of the Company Financial Advisor referred to in Section 3.20.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made by without the Company approval of each of the Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) delayed. Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Companyother, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 Registration Statement has become effectiveeffective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order or order, of the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares Common Stock issuable in connection with the Mergers Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC or the Nasdaq National Market for amendment of the Proxy Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
(fd) Each of The information supplied by the Company and Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditorsnot, dated at (i) the date on which time the Form S-4 shall become effective and Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the Closing Datetime the Proxy Materials (or any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the stockholders of Company, (iii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and addressed (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. If at any time prior to the other partyEffective Time any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform the Parent. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance customary in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the DGCL, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(e) The information supplied by the Parent for “comfort” letters delivered inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the stockholders the Company, (iii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by independent public accountants the Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Parent shall promptly inform the Company. All documents that the Parent is responsible for filing in connection with registration statements similar the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the Form S-4applicable requirements of the DGCL, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement (but in any case within thirty (45) days of the date of this Agreement), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file shall cause to be filed with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with ") relating to the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares Shareholders Meeting to be issued held to consider the stockholders adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Company in connection with transactions contemplated hereby (including the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders Plan of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCXMerger). The Company or New Diamondshall include, as appropriateexcept to the extent permitted by Sections 5.04 and 6.04 hereof, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion the text of this Agreement, the Company Board Recommendation and any other documents required to be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and Statement pursuant to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsLaw.
(b) Each of the Company The Buyer covenants and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied provided by it with respect to the Buyer or its Subsidiaries to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 Statement will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders time of the relevant party mailing of the Proxy Statement or any amendments or supplements thereto, and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersShareholders 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading.
(c) The Company, the Buyer and NewCo shall cooperate and consult with each other in preparation of the Proxy Statement, and the Company will provide the Buyer a reasonable opportunity for review and comment on the Proxy Statement prior to the filing thereof with the SEC, and the Proxy Statement shall be mutually satisfactory to the Buyer and the Company. For purposes Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Buyer and NewCo will furnish to the Company the information relating to it is understood required by the Exchange Act and agreed the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to be set forth in the Proxy Statement. Each of the Company and the Buyer shall promptly (i) notify the other of the receipt of any comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any request by the SEC for amendments of, or supplements to, the Proxy Statement, and (ii) provide the other with copies of all filings made with the SEC and all correspondence between the Company and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to respond to and resolve all comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable.
(d) As promptly as reasonably practicable after (i) the Proxy Statement has been cleared by the SEC and (ii) either the final determination of the Aggregate Response Estimate Amount or the Buyer’s agreement in writing that information concerning no amount of any Response Estimate shall be deducted from the Per Share Merger Consideration, the Company shall mail the Proxy Statement to the holders of Company Common Stock and, unless the Board of Directors of the Company withdraws or related modifies the Company Board Recommendation in accordance with Sections 5.04 and 6.04 hereof, shall use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to solicit proxies and votes in favor of the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger and the Plan of Merger). If at any time prior to the Effective Time any event or circumstance relating to the Company or the Buyer or any of either the Company Subsidiary will or Buyer's Subsidiaries, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning or related the Buyer, respectively, which, pursuant to Parent the Securities Act or Acquisition Sub will Exchange Act, should be deemed set forth in an amendment or a supplement to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) the Proxy Statement, such party shall promptly inform the other. Each of Parent the Buyer, NewCo and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify All documents that each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence Company and the Buyer is responsible for filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company all material respects, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to will be delivered distributed to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, Shareholders in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection compliance with registration statements similar to the Form S-4all applicable Law.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Merchants & Manufacturers Bancorporation Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As If required under applicable law, the Company shall prepare the Proxy Statement, file it with the SEC under the Exchange Act as promptly as reasonably practicable following after Merger Subsidiary purchases Shares pursuant to the date of this AgreementOffer, (i) and use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC. Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall promptly furnish to the Company all information concerning Parent and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to Merger Subsidiary that may be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent required or reasonably requested in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Considerationany action contemplated by this Section 5.10. Parent, New Diamond Merger Subsidiary and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish notify Parent of the receipt of any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any requests by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall provide to Parent promptly copies of all information concerning correspondence between the Company or any Representative of the Company and the holders of the SEC. The Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party shall give Parent and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) on the Proxy Statement prior to its being filed with the SEC and shall give Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review all amendments and supplements to the Proxy Statement and all responses to requests for additional information and replies to comments prior to their being filed with, or sent to, the SEC. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Subsidiary agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts, after consultation with the other parties agrees that none hereto, to respond promptly to all such comments of and requests by the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in SEC. As promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Statement has been cleared by the Form S-4 willSEC, at the date such document is first mailed Company shall mail the Proxy Statement to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company. The Proxy Statement shall include the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied recommendation by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each Board of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each Directors of the Company that the Company’s stockholders vote to approve the Merger and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4this Agreement.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Prima Energy Corp)
Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, SPAC shall cause New Starship to, in accordance with this Section 7.1(a), prepare and file (iA) a registration statement (as such filing is amended or supplemented, the Company and Parent shall prepare “Registration Statement”), including a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection New Starship, on Form S-4 with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting SEC (as such proxy statement, as filing is amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), for the purposes of (I) registering under the Securities Act the New Starship Common Stock to be issued in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Earn-Out Shares) (together, the “Registration Shares”), (II) providing SPAC’s stockholders with notice of the opportunity to redeem shares of SPAC Class A Stock (the “SPAC Stockholder Redemption”), and (iiIII) Parent soliciting proxies from holders of SPAC Class A Stock to vote at the Special Meeting in favor of: (and, if necessary, 1) the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Transactions; (2) the issuance of shares of New DiamondStarship Common Stock in connection with Article II; and (3) shall prepare any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Transactions and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 Domestication (together with all amendments theretocollectively, the “Form S-4SPAC Stockholder Matters”), in which . Without the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders prior written consent of the Company in connection with (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Diamond Merger SPAC Stockholder Matters shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which SPAC shall propose to be acted on by the SPAC’s stockholders at the Special Meeting. The Registration Statement and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company Proxy Statement will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. SPAC shall file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders of record, as of the NYSE and record date to be established by the PCX. The Company or New Diamondboard of directors of SPAC, as appropriatepromptly as practicable following the effectiveness of the Registration Statement (such date, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsClearance Date”).
(bii) Each Prior to filing with the SEC, SPAC will cause New Starship to make available to the Company drafts of the Registration Statement and any other documents to be filed with the SEC that relate to the Transactions, both preliminary and final, and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or such other document and will provide the Company with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts and shall consider such comments in good faith. New Starship shall not file any such documents with the SEC without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). New Starship will advise the Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of: (A) the time when the Registration Statement has been filed; (B) the effectiveness of the Registration Statement; (C) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement; (D) the issuance of any stop order by the SEC; (E) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Registration Statement; (F) any comments from the SEC relating to the Registration Statement and Parent responses thereto; and (G) requests by the SEC for additional information relating to the Registration Statement. New Starship shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Registration Statement and shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective Registration Statement cleared by the SEC under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and practicable; provided that prior to maintain responding to any requests or comments from the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed SEC, New Starship will make available to the Company’s stockholders, Company drafts of any such response and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and provide the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any a reasonable opportunity to comment on such actiondrafts.
(ciii) No filing ofIf, or amendment or supplement toat any time prior to the Special Meeting, the Form S-4 will there shall be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or discovered any information that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by Registration Statement so that the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Registration Statement would not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading, New Starship shall promptly file an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement containing such information. For purposes If, at any time prior to the Closing, the Company discovers any information, event or circumstance relating to the Company, its business or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Registration Statement so that the Registration Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the foregoingcircumstances under which they were made, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to not misleading, then the Company shall promptly inform New Starship of such information, event or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentcircumstance.
(eiv) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus New Starship or Form S-4 which SPAC, as applicable, shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff make all necessary filings with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Transactions under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and applicable “blue sky” laws, and any request by rules and regulations thereunder. The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly provide New Starship with all information in its possession concerning the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (business, management, operations and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, financial condition of the time when Company and the Form S-4 has become effectiveCompany Subsidiaries, in each case, reasonably requested by New Starship for inclusion in the issuance of any stop order or Registration Statement. The Company shall cause the suspension officers and employees of the qualification of Company and the Parent Shares issuable Company Subsidiaries to be reasonably available to New Starship and its counsel, auditors and other advisors in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each drafting of the Company Registration Statement and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts responding in a timely manner to cause to be delivered to comments on the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) Registration Statement from the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4SEC.
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Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (FTAC Olympus Acquisition Corp.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company Parties shall prepare and Parent shall prepare file with the SEC a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection (together with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended any amendments thereof or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), ) relating to the meeting of the Parent stockholders (the “Parent Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be held to consider (i) approval of this Agreement and (ii) a reverse split of the Parent (andCommon Stock. Each of Parent, if necessary, New Diamond) STT Communications and Pihana shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will Statement to be included cleared for mailing as a prospectus, promptly as practicable. Each Party shall furnish all information concerning itself as the other may reasonably request in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger such actions and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, As promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such partyStatement shall have been cleared for mailing, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts mail or cause to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare be mailed the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsits stockholders.
(b) Each Except as provided in this Section 6.01(b), the Proxy Statement shall, subject to the fiduciary duties of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have Board of Directors of Parent, include the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness recommendation of the Form S-4 through board of directors of Parent to the Effective Time and stockholders of Parent to ensure that it complies vote in all material respects with the applicable provisions favor of the Exchange Act approval of this Agreement (the “Parent Board Recommendation”) and approval of the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause reverse split of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed Parent Common Stock and neither the board of directors of Parent nor any committee thereof shall, subject to the Company’s stockholdersnext sentence of this Section 6.01(b), and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts withdraw or modify, or propose or resolve to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholderswithdraw or modify, in each case in a manner adverse to Pihana or STT Communications, the Parent Board Recommendation. Prior to the time of the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, Parent’s board of directors may:
(i) (x) approve or recommend a Superior Proposal (as promptly as practicable defined in Section 6.12(d)), or (y) enter into an agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, in each case at any time after the Form S-4 is declared effective under third business day following STT Communications’ and Pihana’s receipt of written notice from Parent advising STT Communications and Pihana that the Securities Act. board of directors of Parent has received a Superior Proposal which it intends to accept, specifying the material terms and New Diamond conditions of such Superior Proposal, identifying the person making such Superior Proposal, but only if Parent shall also take any action required have negotiated in good faith with STT Communications and Pihana to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection proceed with the issuance transactions contemplated herein on adjusted terms that return at least equivalent value to Parent’s stockholders and debt holders as the Superior Proposal; provided, however, if Parent, STT Communications and Pihana are unable to agree to an acceptable adjustment within such three (3) business day period, Parent shall have no further obligation to negotiate such adjustment.
(ii) withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation in favor of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, approval of this Agreement and the Company shall furnish all information concerning transactions contemplated herein if Parent’s board of directors concludes in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel, that the Company and withdrawal or modification of such recommendation is consistent with Parent’s board of directors’ fiduciary duties (including its duty of candor) to the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionParent Stockholders.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made by any Party without the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing approval of the other party (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Each Party will advise the other Parties, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time the SEC has issued formal comments to the Proxy Statement, of the time at which the Proxy Statement has been cleared for mailing or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order with the Proxy Statement or of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement or comments thereon and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonresponses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the The information supplied or to be supplied by it any Party for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) any time the date such document Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party Parent, and at (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersParent Stockholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoingIf, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related at any time prior to the Company Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to any Company Subsidiary will Party, or its respective officers or directors, that should be deemed set forth in an amendment or a supplement to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Statement is discovered by any Party, such Party shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify promptly inform each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence Party. All documents that Parent is responsible for filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering Combination or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Combination Agreement (Equinix Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following CGB&L will take all reasonable steps necessary to submit the Proxy Statement to the SEC within thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement, (i) . The Proxy Statement will satisfy all requirements of the Company 1934 Act and Parent shall prepare the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and will include a proxy statement to be sent to unanimous recommendation by the Board of Directors of CGB&L that the stockholders of the Company CGB&L approve this Agreement and Parent the Merger. CGB&L and its Representatives shall solicit proxies voting only in connection favor thereof from the stockholders of CGB&L. CGB&L shall deliver a draft of the Proxy Statement to Acquiror and its counsel at least five (5) Business Days prior to filing it with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)SEC, and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file provide Acquiror with copies of all responses or other written communications from the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which relating to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as . CGB&L shall also deliver a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act copy of the New Diamond shares final Proxy Statement to be issued to Acquiror promptly after the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to SEC has completed its review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsthereof.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none None of the information supplied or to be supplied by it CGB&L for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders Statement as of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s its mailing and as of the time of the meeting of CGB&L's stockholders relating to the Mergersin connection therewith, and as amended or supplemented by CGB&L, will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements thereincontained therein not misleading; in no event, however, shall CGB&L be liable for any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact in the light of the circumstances under which they are madeProxy Statement made in reliance upon, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoingand in conformity with, it is understood and agreed that written information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent Acquiror or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied Corp furnished by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it Acquiror specifically for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall jointly prepare and Parent the Company shall prepare a file with the SEC the proxy statement of the Company (the "Proxy Statement") relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "Company Stockholders Meeting") to be sent held to consider approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger. Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be provided to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning Parent, Merger Sub or the Company as the other party may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement and any other filings required to be made in connection within this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the "Other Filings"). As promptly as practicable the Proxy Statement will be mailed to the stockholders of the Company. The Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 the Other Filings to be filed by it to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE NASD and the PCX(iv) Delaware Corporate Law. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, Proxy Statement shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to recommendation of the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through Company that such stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that subject to Section 5.10(b), the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time and to ensure Time, withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that it complies is required to do so in all material respects order to comply with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed duties to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the 's shareholders under applicable Law. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders Statement will include a copy of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) written opinion of Deutsche Banc Alex. ▇▇▇▇▇. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made without the approval of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is required to be made by the Company or under applicable Laws. Each of Parent, in each caseMerger Sub and the Company will advise the other, without providing promptly after it receives notice thereof, or of any request by the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each SEC or the NASD for amendment of the parties agrees that none of Proxy Statement and the Other Filings or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information. The information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Stockholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, Proxy Statement not misleading. For purposes of If at any time prior to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Effective Time any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning that should be set forth in an amendment or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 , the Company shall promptly inform Parent and any request by Merger Sub. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements Law, including Delaware Corporate Law, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The information supplied by Parent and Merger Sub for inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request ) are first mailed to each other). Parent will advise the stockholders the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, (ii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. If, at any time when prior to the Form S-4 has become effectiveEffective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Parent or Merger Sub, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent or Merger Sub that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the issuance of any stop order or Proxy Statement, Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly inform the suspension of the qualification of the Company. All documents that Parent Shares issuable and Merger Sub are responsible for filing in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary in all material aspects with the applicable requirements of Law, including Delaware Corporate Law, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The information supplied by any party for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants inclusion in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4another party's Other Filing will be true and correct in all material respects.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following Within 270 days after the date of this AgreementEffective Time, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (andshall, if necessaryRedeemable Preferred is issued pursuant to Section 3.01, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 relating to a meeting of stockholders of Parent regarding the conversion of such Redeemable Preferred into Parent Common Stock (the "Parent Stockholders' Meeting"), such Parent Stockholders' Meeting to be held to consider the approval of the conversion of the Redeemable Preferred into Parent Common Stock as provided in the terms and provisions governing the Redeemable Preferred (the "Proposal") (together with all any amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations").
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Company and board of directors of Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, 's stockholders that they vote in each case as promptly as practicable after favor of approval the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionProposal.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none None of the information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall, at the respective times filed with the SEC or other regulatory agency and at the date such document is first it or any amendments or supplements thereto are mailed to the stockholders of Parent in connection with the relevant party Parent Stockholders' Meeting, if any, and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersParent Stockholders' Meeting, if any, and at the Effective Time, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related If at any time prior to the Effective Time any event or circumstance relating to Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning that should be set forth in an amendment or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionCompany shall promptly inform Parent.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (aA) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare the Proxy Statement which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent. The Company shall: (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and other applicable Legal Requirements; (ii) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of the Proxy Statement, and include in the Proxy Statement all changes reasonably proposed by Parent; (iii) promptly cause the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC; (iv) promptly provide 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; (v) promptly notify Parent upon the receipt of any comments or requests from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement; (vi) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any subsequent drafts of the Proxy Statement and any related correspondence and filings, and include in the Proxy Statement and in any such correspondence and filings all changes reasonably proposed by Parent; (vii) promptly respond to any comments or requests of the SEC or its staff; and (viii) cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company's shareholders as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement. To the extent practicable, the Company and its outside counsel shall permit Parent and its outside counsel to participate in all communications with the SEC and its staff (including all meetings and telephone conferences) relating to the Proxy Statement, this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions.
(B) If any event relating to any of the Acquired Corporations occurs, or if the Company becomes aware of any information, that should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, then the Company shall promptly inform Parent of such event or information and shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.1(a): (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included such amendment or supplement as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger promptly thereafter as practicable; and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as if appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after cause such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus amendment or supplement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause shareholders of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case Company as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionpracticable.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following After the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (andAppointment Date, if necessaryrequired, New Diamond) Parent and Company shall jointly prepare and shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which document or documents that will constitute the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included . Parent or Company, as a prospectusthe case may be, shall furnish all information concerning Parent or Company as the other party may reasonably request in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger such actions and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions toAs promptly as practicable, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and Statement shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish be mailed to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4stockholders of Company. All Each of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and (iv) the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in rules and regulations of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsNasdaq.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the approval of this Agreement and the Merger and the recommendation of the Board of Directors of Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have Company's stockholders that they vote in favor of adoption of this Agreement, subject to the Form S-4 declared effective under right of the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing Board of Directors of Company to withdraw its recommendation and to maintain recommend a Superior Proposal determined to be such in compliance with Section 6.4 of this Agreement; provided, however, that the effectiveness Board of Directors of Company shall submit this Agreement to Company's stockholders whether or not at any time subsequent to the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure date hereof such board determines that it complies can no longer make such recommendation; provided, further, that nothing in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company this Agreement shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and prevent the Company shall furnish all information concerning Board from withholding, withholding, amending or modifying its recommendation if the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested Board determines in connection good faith (after consultation with any such actionits outside legal counsel) that its fiduciary duties under applicable Law require it to do so.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will Statement shall be made by without the Company approval of Parent and Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) delayed. Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which hereto shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Companyother parties hereto, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any request by the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension SEC for amendment of the qualification of Proxy Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers SEC for offering or sale in any jurisdictionadditional information.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall jointly prepare and Parent the Company shall prepare a file with the SEC the proxy statement of the Company (the "Proxy Statement") relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "Company Stockholders Meeting") to be sent held to consider approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger. Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be provided to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning Parent, Merger Sub or the Company as the other party may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement and any other filings required to be made in connection within this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the "Other Filings"). As promptly as practicable the Proxy Statement will be mailed to the stockholders of the Company. The Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 the Other Filings to be filed by it to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE NASD and the PCX(iv) Delaware Corporate Law. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, Proxy Statement shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to recommendation of the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through Company that such stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that subject to Section 5.10(b), the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time and to ensure Time, withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that it complies is required to do so in all material respects order to comply with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed duties to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the 's shareholders under applicable Law. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders Statement will include a copy of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) written opinion of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brow▇. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made without the approval of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is required to be made by the Company or under applicable Laws. Each of Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Merger Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Companyother, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.notice
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall, in consultation with Parent and Parent Merger Sub, prepare and the Company shall prepare a file with the SEC the proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection (together with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended any amendment or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and ) relating to the special meeting of the Company’s shareholders (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4Company Shareholders Meeting”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares ) to be issued held to the stockholders consider approval and adoption of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger this Agreement and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, Merger and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish cause the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 30 days of the date hereof. Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be provided to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”). Parent or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning itself that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement and any other party information relating filings required to it be made with he SEC in connection within this Agreement and its affiliates the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Other Filings”). As promptly as necessary practicable after the Company is notified that the SEC has no further comments to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All , the Proxy Statement shall be mailed to the shareholders of the parties hereto Company as of the record date established for the Company Shareholders Meeting. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 the Other Filings to be filed by it to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Law, including (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14 thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE NASD and (iv) the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsNJBCA.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders shareholders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested that they vote in connection with favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that subject to Section 7.5(b), the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time, withdraw, modify or change any such actionrecommendation if the Board of Directors of the Company makes an Adverse Recommendation Change in accordance with Section 5.7. In addition, the Proxy Statement and the Proxy Materials will include a copy of the Merger Agreement and the written opinion of the Company Financial Advisor referred to in Section 3.19.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made without the approval of each of Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is required to be made by the Company under applicable Laws. Each of Parent and the Company will (i) advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, or Parent, in each case, without providing of any request by the SEC or the NASD for amendment of the Proxy Statement and the Other Filings or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and (ii) provide the other party with copies of all filings made with the SEC and its respective counsel all correspondence (including comment letters) between the Company and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall cooperate and consult with each other in preparation of the Proxy Statement and the Company will provide Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to for review and comment thereonon the draft proxy statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto) and the Other Filings. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use their reasonable best efforts to resolve all comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the The information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders shareholders of the relevant party and at Company, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Shareholders’ Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, Proxy Statement not misleading. For purposes of If at any time prior to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Effective Time any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Merger Sub. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentsubstance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the NJBCA, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(e) Each of The information supplied by Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Materials (or Form S-4 which shall have become false any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the shareholders the Company, (ii) the time of the Company Shareholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Parent or any subsidiary of the receipt of any comments from Parent, or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by , Parent shall promptly inform the Company. All documents that Parent is responsible for filing with the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and substance in any jurisdictionall material respects with the applicable requirements of the NJBCA, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(f) Each of the Company The information supplied by any party for inclusion in another party’s Other Filing will be true and Parent correct in all material respects and shall use its reasonable best efforts not fail to cause state any material fact required to be delivered stated in the Other Filing or necessary in order to make the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) statements in the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Other Filing not misleading.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As The Company, in consultation with the Purchasers, shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission, as promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date hereof, preliminary proxy materials with respect to a meeting of the stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) for the purpose of approving the issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities hereunder and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that, prior to filing any such preliminary proxy materials with the Commission, the Company shall afford the Purchasers reasonable opportunity (which shall not be less than two (2) Business Days) to review and comment on any such preliminary proxy materials; and provided, further, that the Company shall not file any preliminary proxy materials to which the Purchasers reasonably object. Thereafter, the Company, in consultation with the Purchasers, shall promptly file with the Commission the definitive proxy statement and, acting through the Board, (i) call an Annual Meeting to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the date hereof and in no event later than 45 days after the earlier of (a) receiving notification that the Commission is not reviewing the preliminary proxy materials and (b) the conclusion of any Commission review of the preliminary proxy materials, for the purpose of voting upon the approval of the sale of Purchased Securities hereunder and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) subject to Section 5.07(e) hereof, include in the proxy statement the recommendation of the Board that holders of the Common Stock approve the Company Proposals; and Parent provided, however, that, prior to filing any such definitive proxy statement with the Commission, the Company shall prepare a afford the Purchasers reasonable opportunity (which shall not be less than two (2) Business Days) to review and comment on any change reflected in such definitive proxy statement; provided, further, that the Company shall not file any definitive proxy statement to which the Purchasers reasonably objected. Neither prior to nor at the Annual Meeting shall the Company put forth any matter, other than those matters relating to transactions expressly contemplated by this Agreement and the election of directors, to the holders of Common Stock for their approval without the prior written consent of Advent.
(a) Each of the Company, on the one hand, and each of the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, on the other hand, hereby agrees that the information provided and to be sent provided by it specifically for use in the preliminary proxy material and the definitive proxy statement shall not, on the date upon which the definitive proxy statement is mailed to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with or on the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act date of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared Annual Meeting contemplated by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, this Agreement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes The Company and each of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree Purchasers agrees to correct promptly any such information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which that shall have become false or misleading. The parties misleading in any material respect, and the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence take all steps necessary to file with the SEC staff with respect Commission any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 definitive proxy statement so as to correct the same and any request by the SEC for any amendment to cause such definitive proxy statement as so corrected to be disseminated to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request Company’s stockholders to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionextent required by applicable law.
(fb) Each of Any proxy solicitation materials prepared and filed by the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be with the Commission and/or delivered to the other party a letter Company’s stockholders pursuant to this Section 6.04, including the preliminary proxy materials and definitive proxy statement to be filed in accordance with this Section 6.04, shall comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Exchange Act.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Mti Technology Corp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company 14.6.1 Purchaser has prepared and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file filed with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (herein, together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4”"PROXY STATEMENT") relating to the meeting of Purchaser's stockholders (herein "PURCHASER STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING") to be held to consider approval of the issuance of the Consideration Shares in accordance with this Agreement (herein the "PURCHASER STOCK ISSUANCE"), in which . Purchaser shall use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will Statement to be included cleared by the SEC as a prospectuspromptly as practicable after such filing, and Purchaser shall use all best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Purchaser's stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC. Seller shall furnish all information concerning Seller that Purchaser may reasonably request in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger such actions and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting , including, without limitation, the generality Business Financial Statements to be prepared pursuant to Section 12.4 above.
14.6.2 The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the foregoing, each Board of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish Directors of Purchaser to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All stockholders of Purchaser in favour of approval of the parties hereto shall cause Purchaser Stock Issuance; provided, however, that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Board of Directors of Purchaser may, at any time prior to comply as to form and substance as to the Purchaser Stockholders' Meeting, withdraw, modify or change any such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and recommendation to the extent required that the Board of Directors of Purchaser 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 Purchaser to breach its fiduciary duties to Purchaser's stockholders under applicable Law and SEC regulationslaw.
(b) Each 14.6.3 Purchaser will advise Seller of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Company Proxy Statement or comments thereon and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and will consult with Seller with respect to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonStatement.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the 14.6.4 The information supplied or to be supplied by it Seller for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party Purchaser, and at (iii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersPurchaser Stockholders' Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoingIf, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related at any time prior to the Company Purchaser Stockholders' Meeting, any event or any Company Subsidiary will circumstance relating to Seller, or its officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning Seller which should be set forth in an amendment or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request , Seller shall promptly inform Purchaser.
14.6.5 The information supplied by Purchaser for inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC for SEC, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of Purchaser, and (iii) the time of the Purchaser Stockholders' Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail 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 were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Purchaser Stockholders' Meeting, any event or circumstance relating to Purchaser, or its officers or directors, should be discovered by Purchaser which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , Purchaser shall promptly inform Seller, and shall promptly arrange for all necessary actions to be taken to amend or Form S-4 supplement the Proxy Statement, and if required, distribute such amendment or supplement to the Purchaser's stockholders as soon as practicable. All documents that Purchaser is responsible for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise filing with the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable SEC in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file the Proxy Statement with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such timeSEC. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) respond to any comments on the Proxy Statement or requests for additional information from the SEC with respect thereto as soon as practicable after receipt of any such comments or requests and (ii) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause stockholders of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case Company as promptly as practicable after following the Form S-4 is declared effective under date of this Agreement. The Company shall promptly (A) notify Parent upon the Securities Act. receipt of any such comments or requests and (B) provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with its Representatives, on the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicableone hand, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning SEC and its staff, on the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection other hand, with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement respect to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by Statement. Prior to responding to any such comments or requests or the filing or mailing of the Proxy Statement, (x) the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel shall provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonon any drafts of the Proxy Statement and related correspondence and filings, (y) the Company shall include in such drafts, correspondence and filings all comments reasonably proposed by Parent and (z) to the extent practicable, the Company and its outside counsel shall permit Parent and its outside counsel to participate in all communications with the SEC and its staff (including all meetings and telephone conferences) relating to the Proxy Statement, this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby. Subject to Section 5.2(d), the Proxy Statement shall include the Company Recommendation and a copy of the written opinions of the Company Financial Advisors referred to in Section 3.23.
(db) Each If at any time prior to the Effective Time any event shall occur, or fact or information shall be discovered by Parent or the Company, that should be set forth in an amendment of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or a supplement to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto, and the Company shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.9(a), prepare and file with the SEC such amendment or supplement as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable and to the Form S-4 willextent required by applicable Law, at the date cause such document is first mailed amendment or supplement to be distributed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by ParentCompany.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Bha Group Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC, a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders in preliminary form of the Company and Parent in connection with type contemplated by Regulation 14A promulgated under the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Exchange Act (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)) in order to facilitate the solicitation by Parent of proxies from Parent’s stockholders to approve at the Parent Special Meeting, by the requisite vote of Parent’s stockholders under the DGCL, Parent’s Organizational Documents, and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE New York Stock Exchange and applicable Laws (the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, “Requisite Parent Stockholder Vote”): (1) the issuance of Parent Common Stock as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion consideration in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to the extent required under applicable Law requirements of Rule 312.03 in the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual, and SEC regulations.
(b2) Each any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Parent Stockholder Matters”). Without the prior written consent of the Company and (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Parent Stockholder Matters shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus propose to be mailed to acted on by the CompanyParent’s stockholders, and stockholders at the Parent Special Meeting. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the preliminary Proxy Statement within thirty (30) days following the date of this Agreement.
(b) Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , when filed with the SEC, to comply with all legal requirements applicable thereto, including the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, (ii) promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received on Proxy Statement from the SEC, and (iii) cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing. Parent shall cause the Form S-4 definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders as of the applicable record date as promptly as practicable (and in any event within three (3) Business Days) following the earlier of (x) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is declared effective not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares Exchange Act or (y) in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in event the Emerald Mergerpreliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, as applicablereceipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC (such earlier date, and the Company “Proxy Clearance Date”). Each Party shall furnish all information concerning it and its Affiliates to the Company other Party as necessary to be included in the Proxy Statement and the holders of the Company Shares shall provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested by the other party in connection with the Proxy Statement and shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other Party in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and the resolution of any such actioncomments received from the SEC. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company (i) agrees to provide Parent with all information concerning the business, management, operations and financial condition of the Company, in each case, as necessary for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and as reasonably requested by Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and (ii) shall cause the officers and employees of the Company to be reasonably available to Parent and its counsel in connection with the drafting of the Proxy Statement and responding in a timely manner to comments on the Proxy Statement from the SEC.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, If any information relating to the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond Company or Parent, and no filing ofor any of their respective Affiliates, directors or officers, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees Statement so that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain would not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes , the Party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Party and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by and in compliance with applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to Parent. Parent shall promptly notify the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have of (i) the time when the Proxy Statement has been supplied filed, (ii) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the Company and information concerning SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act, (iii) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or related written communication of the completion of the review by the SEC, (iv) the filing of any supplement or amendment to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other , (v) the issuance of any stop order by the SEC, (vi) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement and (vii) the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC or the staff of the SEC and of any request by the SEC or the staff of the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, supply the Company with copies of all written correspondence between it or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or the staff of the SEC, on the other hand, or, if not in writing, a description of such communication, with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any Mergers. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , or Form S-4 response to any comments from the SEC or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, staff of the time when SEC relating to the Form S-4 has become effectiveProxy Statement, will be made by Parent without the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and without providing the Company a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, which comments shall be considered in good faith by Parent, unless pursuant to a telephone call initiated by the SEC. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to include the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) Parent Recommendation in the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Proxy Statement.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Skillsoft Corp.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to and no later than the stockholders tenth (10th) Business Day following the public announcement of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall file with the SEC the Proxy Statement for use in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act solicitation of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders proxies from shareholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Company Shareholders’ Meeting. The Company and Parent, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company or Parent Shares to be issued to as the stockholders of New Diamond other party hereto may reasonably request in connection with the payment of preparation and filing with the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation SEC of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity Subject to review drafts of, and revisions toall applicable Laws, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed disseminated to shareholders of the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case Company as promptly as practicable after following the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection filing thereof with the issuance of New Diamond Shares SEC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Mergerthis Agreement, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning file with the Company SEC the definitive Proxy Statement, and shall cause the holders mailing of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested definitive Proxy Statement to the shareholders of the Company, on or prior to the second (2nd) Business Day immediately following the later of (i) receipt and resolution of SEC comments thereon, or (ii) the expiration of the 10-day waiting period provided in connection with any such action.
(cRule 14a-6(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, or correspondence with the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond SEC or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will Statement shall be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel Parent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of , including in such filings, amendments, supplements and correspondence all comments reasonably proposed by Parent and receiving the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each approval of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleadingdelayed). The parties Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the CompanyParent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any request by the time when SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Form S-4 has become effectiveProxy Statement, or comments thereon and responses thereto, or requests by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith, and shall provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its advisors or representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, or its staff or any other government officials, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or other filing with the SEC. If the Company or its outside legal counsel intends to initiate a telephone conference or meet with the SEC and its staff related to the Proxy Statement, this Agreement or the Merger, the issuance Company shall so inform the Parent and solicit input on the items planned to be discussed during such telephone conference or meeting. If at any time prior to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective directors, officers or Affiliates, 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 does not include any stop order untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the suspension statements therein, in light of the qualification circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party or parties hereto, as the case may be, and an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the shareholders of the Parent Shares issuable Company. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement to comply as to form and substance in connection all material respects with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionapplicable requirements of the Exchange Act, California Law and the rules of the Nasdaq.
(fb) Each Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Article VIII, subject to the terms of Section 6.2(b), the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to include in the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) Proxy Statement the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Company Board Recommendation.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Supertex Inc)
Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, Acquiror shall, in accordance with this Section 8.02(a), and each Company Party will reasonably cooperate (iincluding causing each of their Subsidiaries and Representatives to reasonably cooperate) with Acquiror, and provide to Acquiror all information regarding such Company Party, its Affiliates and its business that is necessary therefor, to prepare and file with the Company and Parent shall prepare SEC, in preliminary form, a proxy statement in connection with the Transactions (the “Proxy Statement”) to be sent to the stockholders of Acquiror in advance of the Company and Parent in connection Special Meeting, for the purpose of, among other things: (A) providing Acquiror’s stockholders with the Company Stockholder Meeting and opportunity to redeem shares of Acquiror Common Stock by tendering such shares for redemption not later than two Business Days prior to the Parent Stockholder originally scheduled date of the Special Meeting (such proxy statementthe “Acquiror Stockholder Redemption”); and (B) soliciting proxies from holders of Acquiror Common Stock to vote at the Special Meeting, as amended may be adjourned or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”)postponed, in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act favor of the New Diamond shares to be issued to Acquiror Stockholder Matters. Without the stockholders prior written consent of the Company in connection with Parties, the Diamond Merger and Acquiror Stockholder Matters shall be the Parent Shares only matters (other than procedural matters) which Acquiror shall propose to be issued to acted on by the Acquiror’s stockholders of New Diamond in connection with at the payment of the aggregate Stock ConsiderationSpecial Meeting, as adjourned or postponed. Parent, New Diamond and the Company The Proxy Statement will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act SEC and (iii) the rules and regulations thereunder and remain effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. Acquiror shall (I) file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and (II) cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders of record, as of the NYSE and record date to be established by the PCX. The Company or New DiamondAcquiror Board in accordance with Section 8.02(b), as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (but in no event less than five Business Days except as otherwise required by applicable Law) following the earlier to maintain occur of: (x) if the effectiveness preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the Form S-4 through waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with Exchange Act; or (y) if the applicable provisions preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the Exchange Act completion of the review by the SEC (such earlier date, the “Proxy Clearance Date”). ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ and Acquiror will equally split the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws filing fees in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicableProxy Statement when due, and the Company actual amounts of such fees paid by Acquiror shall furnish all information concerning be deemed Acquiror Transaction Expenses, the Company actual amount of such fees paid by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ shall be deemed ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Transaction Expenses, and the holders actual amount of the Company Shares as may such fees paid by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ shall be reasonably requested in connection with any such actiondeemed ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ Transaction Expenses.
(cii) No Prior to filing ofwith the SEC, or amendment or supplement toAcquiror will make available to the Company Parties and their respective counsel drafts of the Proxy Statement and any other documents to be filed with the SEC, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parentboth preliminary and final, and no filing of, or any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement or such other document and will be made by provide the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party Parties and its their respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review comment on such drafts and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference shall consider such comments in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date good faith. Acquiror shall not file any such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence documents with the SEC staff with respect without the prior consent of the Company Parties (such consent not to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each otherdelayed). Parent Acquiror will advise the Company, Company Parties promptly after it receives notice thereof, of of: (A) the time when the Form S-4 Proxy Statement has become effectivebeen filed; (B) if the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act; (C) if the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC; (D) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement; (E) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement; (F) any comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement and responses thereto; (G) requests by the SEC for additional information; and (H) the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers Acquiror Common Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdictionjurisdiction or of the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for any such purpose. Acquiror shall respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus cleared by the SEC under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable; provided, that prior to responding to any requests or comments from the SEC, Acquiror will make available to the Company Parties and their respective counsel drafts of any such response and provide the Company Parties and their respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts.
(fiii) Each If, at any time prior to the Special Meeting, there shall be discovered any information that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the Company and Parent circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered promptly file an amendment or supplement to the other party Proxy Statement containing such information. Each Company Party will provide to Acquiror all information regarding such Company Party, its Affiliates and its business that is necessary for any filing contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence. If, at any time prior to the Closing, a letter Company Party discovers any information, event or circumstance relating to such Company Party, its business or any of its independent auditorsAffiliates, dated officers, directors or employees that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, then such Company Party shall promptly inform Acquiror of such information, event or circumstance and provide to Acquiror all information necessary to correct any such deficiencies.
(iiv) Acquiror shall make all necessary filings with respect to the date on which Transactions under the Form S-4 shall become effective Securities Act, the Exchange Act and (ii) the Closing Dateapplicable “blue sky” laws, and addressed to the other party, in form any rules and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4regulations thereunder.
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Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) Acquiror shall, in accordance with this Section 8.02(a), and the Company will assist Acquiror, and Parent shall provide to Acquiror all information regarding the Company, its Affiliates and its business that is necessary therefor, to prepare and file with the SEC, in preliminary form, a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Transactions (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued sent to the stockholders of Acquiror in advance of the Special Meeting, for the purpose of, among other things: (A) providing Acquiror’s stockholders with the opportunity to redeem shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock by tendering such shares for redemption not later than two (2) Business Days prior to the originally scheduled date of the Special Meeting (the “Acquiror Stockholder Redemption”); and (B) soliciting proxies from holders of Acquiror Class A Common Stock to vote at the Special Meeting, as adjourned or postponed, in favor of the Acquiror Stockholder Matters. Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Acquiror Stockholder Matters shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which Acquiror shall propose to be acted on by the Acquiror’s stockholders at the Special Meeting, as adjourned or postponed. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form and substance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Acquiror shall (I) file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC, (II) cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders of record, as of the record date to be established by the board of directors of Acquiror in accordance with Section 8.02(b), as promptly as practicable (but in no event less than five (5) Business Days except as otherwise required by applicable Law) following the earlier
(a) under the Exchange Act; or (y) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC (such earlier date, the “Proxy Clearance Date”) and (III) promptly commence a “broker search” in accordance with Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange Act.
(ii) Prior to filing with the SEC, Acquiror will make available to the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation drafts of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4. Without limiting any other documents to be filed with the generality of SEC, both preliminary and final, and any amendment or supplement to the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Proxy Statement or such other document and the Company will provide the other Company with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts and shall consider such comments in good faith. Acquiror shall not file any such documents with the SEC without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Acquiror will advise the Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of: (A) the time when the Proxy Statement has been filed; (B) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act; (C) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review drafts of, and revisions to, by the SEC; (D) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus ; (E) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement; (F) any comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement and Form S-4 prepared responses thereto; and (G) requests by the SEC for additional information. Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable (and in any event within 10 Business Days following receipt by Acquiror of any such party, SEC comments except to the extent due to the failure by the Company to timely provide information required to respond to such SEC comments) and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of Statement cleared by the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) SEC under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and practicable; provided, that prior to maintain responding to any requests or comments from the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed SEC, Acquiror will make available to the Company’s stockholders, Company drafts of any such response and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and provide the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any a reasonable opportunity to comment on such actiondrafts.
(ciii) No filing ofIf, or amendment or supplement toat any time prior to the Special Meeting, the Form S-4 will there shall be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or discovered any information that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees Statement so that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Statement would not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading, Acquiror shall promptly file an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement containing such information. For purposes The Company will provide to Acquiror all information regarding the Company, its Affiliates and its business that is necessary for any filing contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence. If, at any time prior to the Closing, the Company discovers any information, event or circumstance relating to the Company, its business or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the foregoingcircumstances under which they were made, it is understood not misleading, then the Company shall promptly inform Acquiror of such information, event or circumstance and agreed that provide to Acquiror all information necessary to correct any such deficiencies.
(iv) Acquiror shall make all necessary filings with respect to the Transactions under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and applicable “blue sky” laws, and any rules and regulations thereunder. The Company agrees to promptly provide Acquiror with all information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by business, management, operations and financial condition of the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied its Subsidiaries, in each case, reasonably requested by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it Acquiror for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreementhereof, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such partySEC, and shall use its all reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have cleared by the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing practicable, and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company promptly thereafter shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed mail to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders. The Company shall, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. receipt thereof, provide Parent and New Diamond shall also take copies of any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicablewritten comments, and advise Parent of any material oral comments or material communications regarding the Proxy Statement received from the SEC. The Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection provide Parent with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonon any supplement to the Proxy Statement prior to filing the same with the SEC, and the Company will promptly provide Parent with a copy of all such filings made with the SEC. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Proxy Statement shall contain the recommendation of the Board of Directors that the Company’s stockholders approve this Agreement and the Merger.
(db) Each Parent and Merger Sub will cooperate with the Company in connection with the preparation of the parties agrees that none Proxy Statement including, but not limited to, furnishing to the Company any and all information regarding Parent, Merger Sub and their respective affiliates as may be required to be disclosed therein and, without limiting the foregoing, Parent and Merger Sub will use reasonable efforts to promptly (i) review and comment upon the Proxy Statement in advance of its filing with the SEC, and (ii) respond to comments and/or requests, if any, of the SEC with respect to Parent or Merger Sub.
(c) If at any time prior to the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, there shall occur any event with respect to the Company, the Subsidiaries, Parent or Merger Sub, or with respect to any information supplied provided by the Company, Parent or to be supplied by it Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document which event is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein described in an amendment or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , such amendment or Form S-4 supplement shall be promptly filed with the SEC, as required by applicable Law, and any request by the SEC for any amendment disseminated to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such commentsCompany’s stockholders, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionas applicable.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Strategic Distribution Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall jointly prepare and file with the SEC a single document that will constitute (i) the proxy statement of the Company relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "Company Stockholders Meeting") to be held to consider approval and adoption of ---------------------------- this Agreement and the Merger, (ii) the registration statement on Form S-4 Forms F-4 and F-6 of the Parent (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”"Registration ------------ Statement"), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares --------- Parent ADSs (and the Parent Common Stock underlying such Parent ADSs) to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such single document, together with any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the "Proxy ----- Statement"). Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy --------- Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be issued provided to the stockholders Nasdaq National Market. The Parent and the Company each shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable, and, prior to the effective date of New Diamond the Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement Effective Date"), the Parent shall take ------------------------------------- all or any action required under any applicable Law in connection with the payment issuance of Parent ADSs pursuant to the aggregate Stock ConsiderationMerger. Parent39 The Parent or the Company, New Diamond and as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Parent or the Company will cooperate as the other party may reasonably request in connection with each other in such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . As promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement Effective Date, the proxy statement and Form S-4. Without limiting prospectus included in the generality Proxy Statement (collectively, the "Proxy Materials") will be mailed to the stockholders of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Company. The --------------- Parent and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE Nasdaq National Market principal securities exchanges and quotation services on which the PCX. The Company or New Diamondcommon stock, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in (iv) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus DGCL and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under (v) any other applicable Law and SEC regulationslaw.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the unconditional recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through Company that they vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies Time, withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in all material respects good faith (after consultation with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use Company's counsel) that failure to so withdraw, modify or change its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to recommendation would be mailed inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders's stockholders under applicable Laws. In addition, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, Statement and the Company shall furnish all information concerning Proxy Materials will include a copy of the Company and the holders written opinion of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested Financial Advisor referred to in connection with any such actionSection 3.19.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made by without the Company approval of each of the Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) delayed. Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Companyother, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 Registration Statement has become effectiveeffective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order or order, of the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares Common Stock issuable in connection with the Mergers Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC or the Nasdaq National Market for amendment of the Proxy Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
(fd) Each of The information supplied by the Company and Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditorsnot, dated at (i) the date on which time the Form S-4 shall become effective and Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the Closing Datetime the Proxy Materials (or any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) is first mailed to the stockholders of Company, (iii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and addressed (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. If at any time prior to the other partyEffective Time any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform the Parent. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance customary in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the DGCL, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(e) The information supplied by the Parent for “comfort” letters delivered inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the stockholders the Company, (iii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by independent public accountants the Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Parent shall promptly inform the Company. All documents that the Parent is responsible for filing in connection with registration statements similar the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in all material aspects with the Form S-4applicable requirements of the DGCL, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Company Buyer shall, in accordance with this this Section 6.6, prepare and Parent shall prepare file with the SEC, in preliminary form, a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Transactions (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued sent to the stockholders of the Company Buyer relating to the Buyer Stockholders Meeting, for the purpose of, among other things, soliciting proxies from holders of Buyer Capital Stock to vote at the Buyer Stockholders Meeting in connection favor of (i) the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Transactions, (ii) the issuance of the Buyer Class A Common Stock and the Buyer Class B Common Stock constituting the Stock Consideration, (iii) the amendment and restatement of the Buyer Charter in the form of the Buyer A&R Charter and (iv) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Transactions (collectively, the “Transaction Proposals”). The Proxy Statement will comply as to form and substance with the Diamond Merger applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the Parent Shares rules and regulations thereunder. The Buyer shall file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and cause the Proxy Statement to be issued mailed to its stockholders of record, as of the record date to be established by the board of directors of the Buyer, within three Business Days of (A) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act, or (B) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC.
(b) Prior to filing with the SEC, the Buyer will make available to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation Sellers drafts of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4. Without limiting any other documents to be filed with the generality of SEC, both preliminary and final, and any amendment or supplement to the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Proxy Statement or such other document and the Company will provide the other Sellers with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts and shall consider such comments in good faith. The Buyer shall not file any such documents with the SEC without the prior written consent of the Sellers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Buyer will advise the Sellers promptly after it receives notice thereof, of (i) the time when the Proxy Statement has been filed, (ii) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act, (iii) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review drafts ofby the SEC, and revisions to, (iv) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , (v) the issuance of any stop order by the SEC, (vi) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement, (vii) any comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement and Form S-4 prepared responses thereto or (viii) requests by such party, the SEC for additional information. The Buyer shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of Statement cleared by the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required SEC under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and as soon after filing as practicable; provided, that prior to responding to any requests or comments from the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause SEC, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed Buyer will make available to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance Sellers drafts of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionresponse and provide the Sellers with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, If at any time prior to the Form S-4 will Buyer Stockholders Meeting there shall be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or discovered any information that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees Statement so that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Statement would not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading, the Buyer shall promptly transmit to its stockholders an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement containing such information. For purposes If, at any time prior to the Closing, the Sellers discover any information, event or circumstance relating to the Business or the Hostess Entities or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors or employees that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the foregoingcircumstances under which they were made, it is understood and agreed that information concerning not misleading, then the Sellers shall promptly inform the Buyer of such information, event or related circumstance.
(d) The Buyer shall make all necessary Filings with respect to the Company or Transactions under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and applicable “blue sky” laws, and any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company rules and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentregulations thereunder.
(e) Each of Parent The Sellers agree to promptly provide the Buyer with all information concerning the Business and the Company agree to correct any information provided management, operations and financial condition of the Hostess Companies, in each case, reasonably requested by it the Buyer for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties Sellers shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other cause the officers and employees of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect Hostess Companies to be reasonably available to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Buyer and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable its counsel in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each drafting of the Company Proxy Statement and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts responding in a timely manner to cause to be delivered to comments on the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) Proxy Statement from the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4SEC.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Master Transaction Agreement (Gores Holdings, Inc.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this AgreementThe Company, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection consultation with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statementPurchasers, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC Commission, as promptly as practicable after the date hereof, but in no event later than twenty (20) days after the date hereof, preliminary proxy materials with respect to a registration statement on Form S-4 meeting of the stockholders (together with all amendments theretothe "SPECIAL MEETING") for the purpose of approving the issuance and sale of the Securities hereunder, the “Form S-4”Charter Amendment (which includes amendments to effect a reverse stock split, increase the number of shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock authorized for issuances and reduce the par value of Company securities), in the adoption of the Company's 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and an amendment to the Company's 1995 Director Stock Option Plan, as amended (collectively, the -39- "COMPANY PROPOSALS"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, prior to filing any such preliminary proxy materials with the Commission, the Company shall afford the Purchasers reasonable opportunity (which shall not be less than two (2) Business Days) to review and comment on any such preliminary proxy materials; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Company shall not file any preliminary proxy materials to which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectusPurchasers reasonably object. Thereafter, the Company, in connection consultation with the registration under Purchasers, shall promptly file with the Securities Act Commission the definitive proxy statement and, acting through the Board, (i) call a Special Meeting to be held at the earliest practicable date but in no event later than 45 days after the earlier of (a) receiving notification that the Commission is not reviewing the preliminary proxy materials and (b) the conclusion of any Commission review of the New Diamond shares to be issued to preliminary proxy materials, for the stockholders sole purpose of voting upon the approval of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger Proposals and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) subject to SECTION 5.08(d), include in the Securities Act and (iii) proxy statement the rules and regulations recommendation of the NYSE Board that holders of the Common Stock approve the Company Proposals; and PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, prior to filing any such definitive proxy statement with the PCXCommission, the Company shall afford the Purchasers reasonable opportunity (which shall not be less than two (2) Business Days) to review and comment on any change reflected in such definitive proxy statement; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the Company shall not file any definitive proxy statement to which the Purchasers reasonably objected. The Neither prior to nor at the Special Meeting shall the Company or New Diamondput forth any matter, as appropriateother than those matters relating to transactions expressly contemplated by this Agreement, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsholders of Common Stock for their approval without the prior written consent of Advent.
(b) Each of the Company Company, on the one hand, and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have each of the Form S-4 declared effective under Purchasers, severally and not jointly, on the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing other hand, hereby agrees that the information provided and to maintain be provided by it specifically for use in the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all preliminary proxy material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company definitive proxy statement shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersnot, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at on the date such document upon which the definitive proxy statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company or on the time date of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, Special Meeting contemplated by this Agreement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes The Company and each of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree Purchasers agrees to correct promptly any such information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which that shall have become false or misleading. The parties misleading in any material respect, and the Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence take all steps necessary to file with the SEC staff with respect Commission any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 definitive proxy statement so as to correct the same and any request by the SEC for any amendment to cause such definitive proxy statement as so corrected to be disseminated to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request Company's stockholders to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionextent required by applicable law.
(fc) Each of Any proxy solicitation materials prepared and filed by the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be with the Commission and/or delivered to the other party a letter Company's stockholders pursuant to this Section 6.05, including the preliminary proxy materials and definitive proxy statement to be filed in accordance with SECTION 6.05(a), shall comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Exchange Act.
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Sources: Securities Purchase Agreement (Aspen Technology Inc /De/)
Proxy Statement. (ai) As Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this AgreementAgreement (but in any event no later than 15 days following the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent in preliminary form relating to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended including any amendment or supplementedsupplement and any schedules and exhibits thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”). The Proxy Statement shall set forth (among other things) that the board of directors of Parent: (A) has determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby are advisable and are fair to and in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders, and (B) recommends that Parent’s stockholders approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (whether as components of an asset disposition and management plan (or other plan, scheme or arrangement) or otherwise).
(ii) Parent shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify Buyer of the receipt of all comments (and, if necessary, New Diamondwritten or oral) shall prepare and file with of the SEC a registration statement with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall as soon as reasonably practicable provide to Buyer copies of all material correspondence between Parent and/or any of its representatives on Form S-4 (together the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger . Parent and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with Buyer shall each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish promptly provide responses to the other party information relating SEC with respect to all comments received on the Proxy Statement by the SEC and Parent shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed promptly after the date the SEC staff advises that it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare has no further comments thereon or that Parent may commence mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . Subject to applicable Laws, Parent and Form S-4. All of Buyer each shall, upon request by the parties hereto shall cause other, furnish the other with all information concerning itself, its Affiliates, directors, officers and stockholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . Parent will provide Buyer a reasonable opportunity to review and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects consult with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in Parent regarding the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and , or any amendments or supplements thereto, prior to filing the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects same with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersSEC, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under date hereof.
(iii) Parent shall cause the Securities Act. Proxy Statement, and the letter to stockholders, the notice of meeting and the form of proxy provided to stockholders of Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws therewith, in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willtransactions contemplated hereby, at the date such document time that the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party Parent and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating the Stockholders Meeting, to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes , and to comply, in all material respects, as to form with the provisions of the foregoingExchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder; provided, it is understood and agreed however, that the obligations of Parent contained in this Section 6.1(l)(iii) shall not apply to any information concerning or related to the Company supplied by Buyer or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related of its representatives to Parent for the purpose of inclusion in or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied incorporation by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly To the extent the Company Shareholder Approval is required by Indiana Law in order to consummate the Merger other than pursuant to § 23-1-40-4 of the IBCL, then, in accordance with the IBCL, the Articles of Incorporation, the By-laws, the Exchange Act and any applicable rules of NASDAQ, as reasonably soon as practicable following the later of the Acceptance Date or the expiration of any Subsequent Offering Period provided in accordance with Rule 14d-11 promulgated under the Exchange Act and permitted hereby, the Company, in consultation with Parent, shall, subject to the satisfaction of the Minimum Tender Condition, following the successful completion of the Offer, call a special meeting of the Company’s shareholders to vote on the Merger (the “Company Shareholders’ Meeting”) and set as the record date for such meeting, the date that is one (1) Business Day following the successful completion of this Agreement, (i) the Company Offer and Parent shall prepare promptly file with the SEC a proxy statement statement, letter to shareholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy accompanying the Proxy Statement that will be sent provided to the stockholders shareholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the solicitation of proxies for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting Shareholders’ Meeting, and any schedules required to be filed with the Parent Stockholder Meeting SEC in connection therewith (such proxy statementcollectively, as amended or supplemented, the “‘‘Proxy Statement/Prospectus”). The Company, Parent and (ii) Merger Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning the Company, Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with or Merger Subsidiary as the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, other party hereto may reasonably request in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection preparation and filing with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation SEC of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingSubject to all applicable Laws, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates Company’s shareholders as necessary to prepare promptly as practicable after the SEC clears the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 , when filed with the SEC, to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) . At the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in time the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party shareholders and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating the Company Shareholders’ Meeting, the Company will cause the Proxy Statement not to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of ; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, it no representation or warranty is understood and made or covenant is agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and with respect to information concerning or related to supplied by Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied Merger Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors, representatives, agents or employees in writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . No filing of, or Form S-4 which shall have become false amendment or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from supplement to, or other correspondence with the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request Statement shall be made by the SEC for any amendment Company without providing Parent a reasonable opportunity to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (review and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other)comment thereon. Parent will The Company shall advise the CompanyParent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of any request by the SEC or its staff for an amendment or revisions to the Proxy Statement, or comments thereon and responses thereto, or requests by the SEC or its staff for additional information in connection therewith. If at any time when prior to the Form S-4 has become effectiveCompany Shareholders’ Meeting, any information relating to the Company, Parent or Merger Subsidiary, or any of their respective directors, officers or Affiliates, 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 would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent party which discovers such information shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to promptly notify the other party a letter of its independent auditors21 or parties hereto, dated (i) as the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Datecase may be, and addressed an appropriate amendment or supplement to the other partyProxy Statement describing such information shall be promptly prepared and filed with the SEC and, in to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the Company’s shareholders. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement to comply as to form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and NASDAQ.
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Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Emmis Communications Corp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent Purchaser shall prepare and file with the SEC a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company Purchaser relating to the meeting of the Purchaser Shareholders and Parent a Registration Statement on Form F-4 (including all amendments thereto, “F-4 Registration Statement”) in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting issuance of Purchaser Shares of which such proxy statement may form a part (such proxy statement, as amended whether or supplementednot constituting a part thereof, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (andthe Company shall, if necessaryor shall cause its Affiliates to, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together all other documents to be filed by the Purchaser with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, SEC in connection with the registration under Acquisition, the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger Stock Consolidation and the Parent Shares to be issued to other transactions contemplated hereby (the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with “Other Filings”) as required by the payment of 1933 Act or the aggregate Stock ConsiderationU.S. Exchange Act. Parent, New Diamond The Purchaser and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation of the F-4 Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4any Other Filings. Without limiting Each Party shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify the generality other Party of the foregoing, each receipt of Parent, New Diamond any oral or written comments from the staff of the SEC on the F-4 Registration Statement or any Other Filing. The Purchaser and the Company will provide shall also use their commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy prior to the effective date of the F-4 Registration Statement all applicable Securities Laws or “blue sky” notice requirements in connection with the Acquisition and to consummate the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationstransactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Each of The Purchaser covenants and agrees that the Company F-4 Registration Statement and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act Proxy Statement, including any pro forma financial statements included therein (and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts letter to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, notice of meeting and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause form of proxy included therewith), will not, at the time that the F-4 Registration Statement and Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take Statement or any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, thereto is filed with the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond SEC or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and Purchaser Shareholders, at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersPurchaser Meeting and at the Closing Time, 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 made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes The Company covenants and agrees that the information provided by the Company to the Purchaser for inclusion in the F-4 Registration Statement and Proxy Statement (including the Company Financial Statements) will 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 such information not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood the Purchaser makes no covenant, representation or warranty with respect to statements made in the F-4 Registration Statement or Proxy Statement (and agreed that the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith), if any, based on information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied furnished in writing by the Company specifically for inclusion therein. Each of the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the F-4 Registration Statement and Proxy Statement to comply with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and to respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff. Each of the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the F-4 Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as possible and the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Purchaser Shareholders as promptly as practicable after the SEC declares the F-4 Registration Statement to be effective. Each Party shall promptly furnish to the other Party all information concerning such Party, such Party’s Subsidiaries and such Party’s stockholders that may be required or related reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 8.10. If any event relating to Parent the Purchaser or Acquisition Sub will the Company occurs, or if the Purchaser or the Company becomes aware of any information, that should be deemed disclosed in an amendment or supplement to have been supplied by Parentthe F-4 Registration Statement and/or Proxy Statement, then the Purchaser or the Company, as applicable, shall promptly inform the other Party thereof and shall cooperate with one another in filing such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Purchaser Shareholders.
(ec) Each of Parent The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Purchaser and provide, and require its Representatives, advisors, accountants and attorneys to provide, the Purchaser and its Representatives, advisors, accountants and attorneys, with all true, correct and complete information regarding the Company agree that is required by Applicable Law to correct any be included in the F-4 Registration Statement and/or the Proxy Statement or reasonably requested from the Purchaser to be included in the F-4 Registration Statement and/or the Proxy Statement. The information provided by it for use the Company to be included in the F-4 Registration Statement and/or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or Form S-4 which shall have become false omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such commentscircumstances under which they were made, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionnot misleading.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (ix) Acquiror and the Company shall prepare, and Parent Acquiror shall prepare file with the SEC, a proxy statement on Schedule 14A (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy Statement”), to be sent to the Acquiror Stockholders for the meeting of the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Acquiror (such proxy statement, as amended including any adjournment or supplementedpostponement thereof, the “Proxy Statement/ProspectusAcquiror Stockholder Meeting”) to (y) provide the Public Stockholders (as defined below) the opportunity to have their Acquiror Class A Common Stock shares redeemed in the Acquiror Share Redemption and (z) approve and adopt: (1) this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions, (2) the issuance of Acquiror Class A Common Stock (A) in the Merger as contemplated by this Agreement and (B) in accordance with the Forward Purchase Contract, (3) the New Acquiror Charter, (4) the directors of Acquiror as determined by the Company pursuant to Section 2.2(a), (5) any other proposals that Acquiror deems necessary to effectuate the Merger or any of the other Transactions (collectively, the “Transaction Proposals”), and (ii6) Parent (andany adjournment of the Acquiror Stockholder Meeting, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other necessary or desirable in the preparation reasonable discretion of Acquiror, including in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting event Acquiror does not receive the generality of requisite vote to approve the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party matters set forth in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i1)-(5) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCXabove. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company as Acquiror may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the holders preparation of the Proxy Statement. Acquiror and the Company Shares each shall use their reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Proxy Statement when filed with the SEC, to comply in all material respects with all Laws applicable thereto including all rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, and (ii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Proxy Statement. Prior to the filing date of the definitive Proxy Statement, Acquiror shall take all or any action required under any applicable federal or state securities Laws in connection with the issuance of shares of Acquiror Class A Common Stock, in each case to be issued or issuable to Parent pursuant to this Agreement. As promptly as practicable after finalization of the definitive Proxy Statement, Acquiror shall mail (or cause to be mailed) the Proxy Statement to the Acquiror Stockholders. Each of Acquiror and the Company shall furnish to the other party all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, stockholders, and other equity holders and information regarding such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable or as may be reasonably requested in connection with the Proxy Statement, any such actioncurrent report on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with the Transactions, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Acquiror, the Company or their respective Affiliates to any regulatory authority (including Nasdaq or NYSE, as applicable) in connection with the Transactions. Acquiror shall comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, any applicable rules and regulations of Nasdaq, the Acquiror Governing Documents, and this Agreement in the distribution of the Proxy Statement, any solicitation of proxies thereunder, the calling and holding of the Acquiror Stockholder Meeting and the Acquiror Share Redemption. Acquiror shall provide the Company and its legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon drafts of the Proxy Statement, and shall give reasonable consideration to any comments made by the Company and its legal counsel prior to the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC. For the avoidance of doubt, the final form and content of the Proxy Statement (including any amendment or supplement thereto) shall be determined by Acquiror, acting reasonably.
(cii) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no Any filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement or any filing with the SEC by Exela relating to any of the Transactions or referencing Acquiror or Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates will be made provided by Acquiror or the Company or ParentCompany, in each caseas the case may be, without providing to the respective other party for review, and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent Acquiror and the Company agree shall give due consideration to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to other party. Acquiror and the Company each other). Parent will advise the Companyother, promptly after it receives they receive notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or order, of the suspension of the qualification of the Acquiror Class A Common Stock to be issued or issuable to Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers this Agreement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and responses thereto. Each of Acquiror and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any response to comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement and any amendments filed in response thereto.
(fiii) Each of Acquiror and the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to each be delivered to the other party a letter responsible for 50% of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants all filing fees incurred in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4filing of the Proxy Statement and receiving stock exchange approval for listing the Acquiror Class A Common Stock shares in connection therewith (but Acquiror shall be responsible for all other expenses incurred by it in connection with the foregoing).
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall, in consultation with Parent and Parent shall Merger Sub, prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of and the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration the proxy statement on Form S-4 of the Company (together with all amendments any amendment or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the "Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with ") relating to the registration under the Securities Act special meeting of the New Diamond shares Company's shareholders (the "Company Shareholders Meeting") to be issued held to the stockholders consider approval and adoption of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger this Agreement and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, Merger and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish cause the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC within 30 days of the date hereof. Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be provided to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Parent or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning itself that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement and any other party information relating filings required to it be made with he SEC in connection within this Agreement and its affiliates the transactions contemplated hereby (the "Other Filings"). As promptly as necessary practicable after the Company is notified that the SEC has no further comments to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All , the Proxy Statement shall be mailed to the shareholders of the parties hereto Company as of the record date established for the Company Shareholders Meeting. The Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 the Other Filings to be filed by it to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Law, including (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14 thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE NASD and (iv) the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsNJBCA.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders shareholders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested that they vote in connection with favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that subject to Section 7.5(b), the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time, withdraw, modify or change any such actionrecommendation if the Board of Directors of the Company makes an Adverse Recommendation Change in accordance with Section 5.7. In addition, the Proxy Statement and the Proxy Materials will include a copy of the Merger Agreement and the written opinion of the Company Financial Advisor referred to in Section 3.19.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made without the approval of each of Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is required to be made by the Company under applicable Laws. Each of Parent and the Company will (i) advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, or Parent, in each case, without providing of any request by the SEC or the NASD for amendment of the Proxy Statement and the Other Filings or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and (ii) provide the other party with copies of all filings made with the SEC and its respective counsel all correspondence (including comment letters) between the Company and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall cooperate and consult with each other in preparation of the Proxy Statement and the Company will provide Parent and Merger Sub a reasonable opportunity to for review and comment thereonon the draft proxy statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto) and the Other Filings. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall use their reasonable best efforts to resolve all comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement as promptly as practicable.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the The information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders shareholders of the relevant party and at Company, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Shareholders' Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, Proxy Statement not misleading. For purposes of If at any time prior to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Effective Time any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Merger Sub. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentsubstance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the NJBCA, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(e) Each of The information supplied by Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Materials (or Form S-4 which shall have become false any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the shareholders the Company, (ii) the time of the Company Shareholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Parent or any subsidiary of the receipt of any comments from Parent, or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by , Parent shall promptly inform the Company. All documents that Parent is responsible for filing with the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and substance in any jurisdictionall material respects with the applicable requirements of the NJBCA, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(f) Each of the Company The information supplied by any party for inclusion in another party's Other Filing will be true and Parent correct in all material respects and shall use its reasonable best efforts not fail to cause state any material fact required to be delivered stated in the Other Filing or necessary in order to make the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) statements in the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Other Filing not misleading.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Eppendorf INC)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 7.01, Adara (i) with the assistance and cooperation of the Company and Parent as reasonably requested by Adara) shall prepare and file with the SEC a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)) to be sent to the stockholders of Adara relating to the meeting of Adara’s stockholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Adara Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be held to consider (i) approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger, (ii) approval of the issuance of Adara Class A and Class E Common Stock as contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) approval of the Second Amended and Restated Adara Certificate of Incorporation as set forth on Exhibit F, (iv) approval of the Parent Equity Incentive Plan, and (iiv) Parent any other proposals the parties deem necessary to effectuate the Merger (andcollectively, if necessary, New Diamond) the “Adara Proposals”). Adara shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4Registration Statement”), ) in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will Statement shall be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares of Adara Class A Common Stock (A) to be issued to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement and (B) held by the stockholders of Adara immediately prior to the Effective Time. The Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company as Adara may reasonably request in connection with the Diamond Merger such actions and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Adara and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and each shall use its their reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall (i) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Registration Statement when filed with the SEC to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the all legal requirements applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Actthereto, (ii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the Securities Act and SEC concerning the Registration Statement, (iii) cause the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and Registration Statement to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (iv) to maintain keep the effectiveness Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Prior to the effective date of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company Registration Statement, Adara shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable federal or state securities laws Laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares shares of Adara Class A Common Stock, in each case to be issued or issuable to the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders stockholders of the Company Shares pursuant to this Agreement. As promptly as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionpracticable after finalization of the Proxy Statement, Adara shall mail the Proxy Statement to its stockholders.
(cb) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement or the Registration Statement will be made by Adara or the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the approval of the other party (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Adara and the Company each will advise the other, promptly after they receive notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of the suspension of the qualification of the Adara Common Stock to be issued or issuable to the stockholders of the Company in connection with this Agreement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information. Each of Adara and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any response to comments of the SEC or its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity staff with respect to review the Registration Statement and comment thereonany amendment to the Registration Statement filed in response thereto.
(dc) Each of the parties agrees Adara represents that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it Adara for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Adara, (iii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersAdara Stockholders’ Meeting, and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Adara or Merger Sub, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Adara which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement, Adara shall promptly inform the Company. All documents that Adara is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the foregoingSecurities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(d) The Company represents that the information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement shall not, it at (i) the time the Registration Statement is understood declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of Adara, (iii) the time of Adara Stockholders’ Meeting, and agreed that information concerning (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or related fail 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 were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Group Member, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning which should be set forth in an amendment or related a supplement to Parent the Registration Statement or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which , the Company shall have become false or misleadingpromptly inform Adara. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of All documents that the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence Company is responsible for filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company Merger and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Sources: Business Combination Agreement (Adara Acquisition Corp.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly soon as reasonably practicable following after the date of this AgreementClosing, (i) the Company and Parent Intek shall prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a proxy statement and related solicitation materials relating to be sent to the stockholders a special meeting of the Company and Parent in connection with holders of the Company Stockholder Meeting Intek's common stock, $.01 par value (the "Intek Stockholders' Meeting") concerning the Securicor Agreement and the Parent Stockholder Meeting transactions contemplated thereby (such proxy statement, as amended or supplementedsupplemented from time to time, being herein referred to as the “"Proxy Statement/Prospectus”"), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders at such time and in such manner as permits the Intek Stockholders' Meeting to be held as promptly as practicable. MIC and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall each use its best efforts to furnish all information as may be reasonably requested by Intek and, in any case, as required with respect to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) Intek by Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . The information provided by Intek and Form S-4 as MIC, respectively, for use in the Proxy Statement shall, on the date when the Proxy Statement is first mailed to Intek's stockholders, and to on the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each date of the Company Intek Stockholders' Meeting, be true and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies correct in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, contained therein not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company Intek, MIC and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ each agree promptly to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement which shall have become false or misleading. The parties Intek shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Intek Stockholders' Meeting, for the purpose of approving, among other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effectivematters, the issuance transactions contemplated under the Securicor Agreement. Intek, through its Board of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent Directors, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.recommend to
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Sources: Sale of Assets and Trademark Agreement (Intek Diversified Corp)
Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, but in no event more than twelve (12) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and shall cause to be filed with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement relating to the matters to be sent submitted to the stockholders of Company shareholders at the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Shareholders Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended statement and any amendments or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and .
(ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under Proxy Statement cleared by the Securities Act SEC as promptly as practicable after such its initial filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause mail the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Actthereafter. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald MergerThe Company shall, as applicablepromptly as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof, provide Parent with copies of any written comments received 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. The Company will supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning SEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Company and its counsel shall keep Parent and its counsel reasonably informed of all communications with the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection SEC and its staff (including all meetings and telephone conferences) with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement respect to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made Statement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Prior to filing or mailing the Company Proxy Statement or Parentany other required filings (or, in each case, without providing any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the other party SEC with respect thereto, the Company shall provide Parent and its respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonon any such document or response and shall consider Parent’s comments in good faith.
(diii) Each of the parties agrees The Company shall insure that none of the information supplied set forth or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 Statement will, at the date such document is first mailed of mailing to the stockholders of the relevant party shareholders and at the time times of such party’s meeting the meetings of stockholders relating shareholders to be held in connection with the MergersMerger, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes The Company agrees that the Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the foregoing, it Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. No representation or warranty is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied made by the Company and with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided for inclusion or incorporation by it for use reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which .
(iv) The Company shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of make any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff necessary filings with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Merger under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. If at any time prior to the Effective Time, any information relating to either of the parties, or Form S-4 and any request their respective affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by the SEC for any either party which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or Form S-4 omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party hereto and the Company shall promptly prepare and file with the SEC an appropriate amendment or for additional information supplement describing such information, and, to the extent required by Law, the Company shall cause such amendment or supplement to be disseminated to the shareholders of the Company and, if required in connection therewith, proxies shall be re-solicited with respect thereto.
(and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the v) The Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with a Change in Company Recommendation, may amend or supplement the Mergers for offering Proxy Statement to effect or sale reflect such change without Parent’s approval, by an amendment or supplement which effects or reflects a Change in any jurisdiction.
Company Recommendation; provided further that prior to amending or supplementing the Proxy Statement, it has complied with Section 5.4 of this Agreement and such amendment or supplement is limited to (fA) Each a Change in Company Recommendation, (B) a discussion of the reasons of the Company’s Board of Directors for making such Change in Company Recommendation and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered (C) background information regarding the deliberations and conclusions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the Change in Company Recommendation or other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4factual information reasonably related thereto.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) Merger Sub and the Company shall jointly prepare and Parent the Company shall prepare a file with the SEC the proxy statement of the Company (the "Proxy ----- Statement") relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the --------- "Company Stockholders Meeting") to be sent held to consider approval and adoption of ---------------------------- this Agreement and the Merger. Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be provided to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). ---- Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning Merger Sub or the Company as the other party may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement and any other filings required to be made in connection within this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, a Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 (collectively, the "Other Filings"). As ------------- promptly as practicable the Proxy Statement will be mailed to the stockholders of the Company. The Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 the Other Filings to be filed by it to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE NASD and (iv) the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsNJBC.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through Company that they vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that subject to Section 7.5(b), the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with Time, withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation if the applicable provisions Board of Directors of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use determines in good faith that failure to so withdraw, modify or change its reasonable best efforts to recommendation would cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Board of Directors of the Company to be mailed breach its fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders's stockholders under applicable Laws after receipt of advice to such effect from independent legal counsel (who may be the Company's regularly engaged independent legal counsel). In addition, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, Statement and the Company shall furnish all information concerning Proxy Materials will include a copy of the Company and the holders written opinion of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested Financial Advisor referred to in connection with any such actionSection 3.18.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made without the approval of each of Merger Sub and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is required to be made by the Company under applicable Laws. Each of Merger Sub and the Company will advise the other, promptly after it receives notice thereof, or Parent, in each case, without providing of any request by the other party SEC or the NASD for amendment of the Proxy Statement and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review the Other Filings or comments thereon and comment thereonresponses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the The information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Materials (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Stockholders' Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fails to state any material fact required to be stated therein in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, Proxy Statement not misleading. For purposes of If at any time prior to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Effective Time any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Merger Sub. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentsubstance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the NJBC, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any The information provided supplied by it Merger Sub for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Materials (or Form S-4 which shall have become false any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Materials) are first mailed to the stockholders the Company, (ii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of If, at any time prior to the receipt of Effective Time, any comments from event or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect circumstance relating to Merger Sub or any Merger Sub Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Merger Sub that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and , Merger Sub shall promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise inform the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable . All documents that Merger Sub is responsible for filing in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in any jurisdictionall material aspects with the applicable requirements of NJBC, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(f) Each of the Company The information supplied by any party for inclusion in another party's Other Filing will be true and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, correct in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4all material respects.
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Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as practicable following the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the delivery of the PCAOB Financial Statements, Parent shall, in accordance with this Section 7.1(a), prepare, with the assistance of the Company, and file with the SEC, in preliminary form, a proxy statement in connection with the Transactions (as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement”) to be sent to the stockholders of Parent in advance of the Special Meeting, for the purpose of, among other things: (A) providing Parent’s stockholders with the opportunity to redeem shares of Parent Class A Stock (the “Parent Stockholder Redemption”); and (B) soliciting proxies from holders of Parent Class A Stock to vote at the Special Meeting in favor of: (1) the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Transactions; (2) the issuance of shares of Parent Class A Stock in connection with Section 2.6; (3) the amendment and restatement of the Parent Organizational Documents in the form of the Parent A&R Charter attached hereto as Exhibit A and the Parent A&R Bylaws attached hereto as Exhibit B; (4) adoption of the LTIP and ESPP and (5) any other proposals the Parties deem reasonably necessary or desirable to consummate the Transactions (collectively, the “Parent Stockholder Matters”). The Proxy Statement will comply as to form and substance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Parent shall file the definitive Proxy Statement once approved by the Company as provided in clause (iii), below, with the SEC and cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders of record, as of the record date to be established by the board of directors of Parent, as promptly as practicable following the earlier to occur of: (Y) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act; or (Z) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC (such earlier date, the “Proxy Clearance Date”).
(ii) As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company shall deliver to Parent (A) audited balance sheets as of December 31, 2020 and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders statements of operations and comprehensive (loss) income, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Company and Parent in connection Group Companies for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2020 together with the Company Stockholder Meeting auditor’s reports thereon, which comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Securities Act applicable to a registrant (such proxy statement, as amended or supplementedcollectively, the “Proxy Statement/ProspectusPCAOB Financial Statements”); provided, that, upon delivery of such PCAOB Financial Statements, such financial statements shall be deemed “Audited Financial Statements” for all the purposes of this Agreement and the representation and warranties set forth in Section 4.8 shall be deemed to apply to such Audited Financial Statements with the same force and effect as if made as of the date of this Agreement; (B) all other audited and unaudited financial statements of the Group Companies and any company or business units acquired by it, as applicable, required under the Applicable Legal Requirements of the SEC to be included in the Proxy Statement and/or the Closing Form 8-K (including pro forma financial information); (C) all selected financial data of the Group Companies required by Item 301 of Regulation S-K, as necessary for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and the Closing Form 8-K; and (iiD) Parent management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations prepared in accordance with Item 303 of Regulation S-K of the SEC with respect to the periods ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, as necessary for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and Closing Form 8-K (and, if necessary, New Diamondincluding pro forma financial information).
(iii) shall prepare and file Prior to filing the Proxy Statement with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments theretoSEC, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Parent will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued make available to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation drafts of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4. Without limiting any other documents to be filed with the generality of SEC, both preliminary and final, and any amendment or supplement to the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Proxy Statement or such other document and the Company will provide the other Company with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts and shall consider such comments in good faith. Parent shall not file the Proxy Statement with the SEC without the Company’s final approval thereof, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Parent will advise the Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of: (A) the time when the Proxy Statement has been filed; (B) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act; (C) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review drafts of, and revisions to, by the SEC; (D) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus ; (E) the issuance of any stop order by the SEC; (F) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement; (G) any comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement and Form S-4 prepared responses thereto; and (H) requests by such party, the SEC for additional information. Parent shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of Statement cleared by the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) SEC under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after practicable.
(iv) Each of Parent and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such filing and agreement not to maintain the effectiveness be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any response to comments of the Form S-4 through SEC or its staff with respect to the Effective Time Proxy Statement and any amendment to ensure the Proxy Statement filed in response thereto. If Parent or the Company becomes aware that it complies any information contained in all the Proxy Statement shall have become false or misleading in any material respects respect or that the Proxy Statement is required to be amended in order to comply with Applicable Legal Requirements, then (A) such party shall promptly inform the applicable provisions of other party and (B) Parent, on the Exchange Act one hand, and the Securities Act until Company, on the other hand, shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such timeagreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement. The Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement as so amended or supplemented, to be mailed filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to the Company’s stockholdersholders of shares of capital stock of Parent, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholdersas applicable, in each case as promptly as practicable after pursuant to Applicable Legal Requirements and subject to the Form S-4 is declared effective terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Parent Organizational Documents.
(v) Parent shall make all necessary filings with respect to the Transactions under the Securities Act. Parent , the Exchange Act and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable“blue sky” laws, and the any rules and regulations thereunder. The Company shall furnish all agrees to promptly provide Parent with such information concerning the business, management, operations and financial condition of the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or ParentSubsidiaries, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied as is reasonably requested by it Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or . The Company shall cause the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders officers and employees of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related the Company Subsidiaries to be reasonably available to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable its counsel in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each drafting of the Company Proxy Statement and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts responding in a timely manner to cause to be delivered to comments on the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) Proxy Statement from the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4SEC.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly soon as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company will prepare and Parent shall prepare file with the SEC, a proxy statement to be sent relating to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Stockholders’ Meeting (such together with any amendments thereof or supplements thereto and any other required proxy statement, as amended or supplementedmaterials, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), ) and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement Rule 13E-3 Transaction Statement on Form S-4 Schedule 13E-3 (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4Schedule 13E-3”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued ) relating to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish respond to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All any comments of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus SEC and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersstockholders as promptly as practicable; provided, however, that prior to the filing of the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3, the Company will consult with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Parties and their counsel with respect to such filings and shall afford the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Noble Parties reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Parties will provide the Company with any information for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and the Schedule 13E-3 which may be required under applicable law and which is reasonably requested by the Company. The Company will promptly notify the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Noble Parties of the receipt of any comments from the SEC and of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or the Schedule 13E-3 or for additional information, and Parent shall use will supply the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Parties with copies of all correspondence between the Company and any of its reasonable best efforts representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or members of its staff, on the other Table of Contents hand, with respect to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , the Schedule 13E-3 or the transactions contemplated hereby. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholders’ Meeting any event should occur which is required by applicable law to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, set forth in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing an amendment of, or amendment or a supplement to, the Form S-4 Proxy Statement or the Schedule 13E-3, the Company will be made by New Diamond prepare and, if appropriate, mail to its stockholders such amendment or Parentsupplement; provided, however, that prior to such mailing, the Company will consult with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Noble Parties and no filing of, or their counsel with respect to such amendment or supplement to and shall afford the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Parties reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(db) Each Except under the circumstances described in Section 4.3, the Company through the Company’s Board of Directors (acting upon the recommendation of the parties agrees that none Special Committee) shall recommend to its Public Stockholders the adoption of this Agreement and the information supplied or to transactions contemplated hereby and such recommendation shall be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent Statement and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionSchedule 13E-3.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC preliminary proxy materials with appropriate requests for confidential treatment, which shall constitute the Company's proxy statement (the "Proxy Statement") to be furnished to the --------------- Company's stockholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Company's Board of Directors for use at the Company's Stockholders' Meeting contemplated by Section 7.9, and Parent shall prepare and file with the ----------- SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 S-4, (such Form S-4, together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “"Form S-4”), ") in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will -------- Statement shall be included as a prospectus, prospectus in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued distributed to holders of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the stockholders of Merger. Parent, Magellan and the Company will cause the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement to comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Each of Parent, Magellan and the Company shall use all reasonable efforts to have or cause the Form S-4 to become effective (including clearing the Proxy Statement with the SEC) as promptly as practicable thereafter, and shall take any and all actions required under any applicable federal or state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the Diamond Merger and the issuance of shares of Parent Shares to be issued Common Stock pursuant to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4Merger. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Magellan and the Company will provide agrees to use all reasonable efforts, after consultation with the other such parties, to respond promptly to any comments made by the SEC with a reasonable opportunity respect to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement (including each preliminary version thereof) and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing (including each amendment thereof and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such timesupplement thereto). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as As promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under and the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond Proxy Statement has been approved by the SEC, the Company shall also take any action required use all reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be taken under any applicable state securities laws furnished to the Company's stockholders in connection accordance with the issuance governing provisions of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Exchange Act and Regulations 14A promulgated thereunder. The Proxy Statement shall contain the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that the stockholders of the Company vote to approve and adopt the Merger and Parent Shares this Agreement, unless the Board of Directors of the Company concludes in good faith upon considering the Emerald Mergeradvice of outside counsel that such recommendation would constitute a breach by the Board of Directors of the Company of its fiduciary duty under applicable law.
(b) Parent, as applicableMagellan, and the Company shall furnish will cooperate in the preparation of the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement and will provide each other all information concerning reasonably requested by the Company other parties to enable such other parties to comply with the requirements of the Securities Act and the holders Exchange Act. Without limiting the generality of the Company Shares foregoing, (i) the Company, Magellan and Parent shall each notify the others as may promptly as practicable upon becoming aware of any event or circumstance which should be reasonably requested described in connection an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4, and (ii) the Company, Magellan and Parent shall each notify the others as promptly as practicable after the receipt by it of any written or oral comments of the SEC on, or of any written or oral request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to, the Proxy Statement or the Form S-4, and shall promptly supply the others with copies of all correspondence between it or any such actionof its representatives and the SEC with respect to any of the foregoing filings.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made The information supplied by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Statement and the Form S-4 will, shall not (i) at the date such document time the Form S-4 is declared effective, (ii) at the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders holders of the relevant party and Company Common Stock, (iii) at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Stockholders' Meeting and (iv) at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in order light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. If at any time prior to the Effective Time any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates or its or their respective officers or directors should be discovered by the Company which should be set forth in an amendment to the Form S-4 or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly inform Parent and Magellan of such event or circumstance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, no representation or warranty is made by Parent or Magellan with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement or Form S-4 based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
(d) The information supplied by the Parent or Magellan for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement and the Form S-4 shall not (i) at the time the Form S-4 is declared effective, (ii) at the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to holders of Company Common Stock, (iii) at the time of the Company Stockholders' Meeting and (iv) at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related If at any time prior to the Company Effective Time any event or circumstance relating to the Parent or Magellan or any of their Affiliates or their respective officers or directors should be discovered by Parent or Magellan which should be set forth in an amendment to the Form S-4 or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, Parent and Magellan shall promptly inform the Company Subsidiary will be deemed of such event or circumstance. Notwithstanding anything to have been supplied the contrary in this paragraph, no representation or warranty is made by the Company and with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement or Form S-4 based on information concerning or related to supplied by Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied Magellan for inclusion or incorporation by Parentreference therein.
(e) Each of Parent and the The Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party Parent a letter of its ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, the Company's independent auditorspublic accountants, dated (i) a date within two business days before the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other partyParent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent and customary in scope and substance for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
(f) Parent shall use reasonable efforts to cause to be delivered to the Company a letter of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, Parent's independent public accountants, dated a date within two business days before the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and addressed to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and customary in scope and substance for letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this the Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC, and shall use all reasonable efforts to have cleared by the SEC, and promptly thereafter shall mail to stockholders, a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with a meeting of the Company Stockholder Meeting and Company's stockholders (the Parent Stockholder Meeting "Stockholders Meeting") to consider the Merger (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, is herein referred to as the “"Proxy Statement/Prospectus”"), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness (i) notify Parent of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(cA) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any oral or written comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and (B) any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) provide Parent with copies of all written correspondence between the Closing Date, Company and addressed the SEC or members of its staff with respect to the other partyProxy Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in SECTION 6.1(a), 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 (i) shall provide Parent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response, (ii) shall include in such document or response all comments reasonably proposed by Parent and (iii) shall not file or mail such document or respond to the SEC prior to receiving the approval of Parent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Proxy Statement shall contain the recommendation of the Board of Directors in favor of the Merger. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if (x) the Company receives a Superior Proposal which was unsolicited and did not otherwise result from a breach of SECTION 5.2 and (y) the Board of Directors has determined (in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Board of Directors under applicable law, the Board of Directors may, as long as at such time such Takeover Proposal continues to be a Superior Proposal, determine (A) not to make or may withdraw, modify or change, such recommendation (provided that such determination shall not allow the Company to fail to file, mail and clear with the SEC the Proxy Statement and hold the Stockholders Meeting as described herein). The Company may, if it has complied with the provisions of SECTION 5.2 and this SECTION 6.1 and if it receives a Takeover Proposal (which is reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal) which was unsolicited and did not otherwise result from a breach of SECTION 5.2, delay the mailing of the Proxy Statement or the holding of the Stockholders Meeting, in form each case, for such time (not to exceed five Business Days) as is necessary for the Board of Directors to consider such Takeover Proposal and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants to determine the effect, if any, on its recommendation in connection favor of the Merger.
(b) Parent and Merger Sub will furnish the Company with registration statements similar such information concerning Parent and Merger Sub and their Subsidiaries as is necessary in order to cause the Form S-4Proxy Statement, insofar as it relates to Parent and Merger Sub and any of their Subsidiaries, to comply with applicable law. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub agree to cooperate in making any preliminary filings of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, as promptly as practicable, pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Exchange Act.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As If required under applicable law, the Company shall prepare the Proxy Statement, file it with the SEC under the Exchange Act as promptly as reasonably practicable following after Merger Subsidiary purchases Shares pursuant to the date of this AgreementOffer, (i) and use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC. Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall promptly furnish to the Company all information concerning Parent and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to Merger Subsidiary that may be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent required or reasonably requested in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Considerationany action contemplated by this Section 5.10. Parent, New Diamond Merger Subsidiary and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish notify Parent of the receipt of any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any requests by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall provide to Parent promptly copies of all information concerning correspondence between the Company or any Representative of the Company and the holders of the SEC. The Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party shall give Parent and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) on the Proxy Statement prior to its being filed with the SEC and shall give Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review all amendments and supplements to the Proxy Statement and all responses to requests for additional information and replies to comments prior to their being filed with, or sent to, the SEC. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Subsidiary agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts, after consultation with the other parties agrees that none hereto, to respond promptly to all such comments of and requests by the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in SEC. As promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Statement has been cleared by the Form S-4 willSEC, at the date such document is first mailed Company shall mail the Proxy Statement to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company. The Proxy Statement shall include the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied recommendation by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each Board of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each Directors of the Company that the Company's stockholders vote to approve the Merger and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4this Agreement.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly soon as reasonably commercially practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplementedhereafter, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) Buyer shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 meeting the requirements of Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the related rules and regulations thereunder promulgated by the SEC (together with all amendments theretothe “Proxy Statement”) to solicit, at a duly convened meeting of the Buyer’s shareholders (“Shareholders’ Meeting”), such shareholders’ approval of the following matters, which shall be presented as a single matter for the approval of the shareholders (collectively, the “Form S-4Voting Matters”): (i) the Bridge Conversion; (ii) the Consulting Agreement; (iii) certain amendments of the Buyer’s articles of incorporation and bylaws as are necessary to effect the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the amendments necessary so as to ensure that Subchapter (E) of Chapter 25 of the PBCL does not apply to the Transactions)(the “Charter Amendment”); and (iv) each of the respective transactions contemplated thereby including, without limitation, the issuance of the Warrants pursuant to the Consulting Agreement and Seller Warrants (as such term is defined in which the Asset Purchase Agreement) pursuant to the Asset Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Transactions”). In connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will , each of Assignee, Asera and the Bridge Lenders shall promptly provide to the Buyer such information concerning the business, financial statements and affairs of Assignee, Asera or Bridge Lenders, as applicable, as may be included required under applicable law, and such other information as a prospectusthe Buyer may reasonably request in good faith and upon the advice of counsel, for inclusion in connection the Proxy Statement, or in any amendments or supplements thereto, and cause its counsel and auditors to cooperate with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger Buyer’s counsel and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other auditors in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and The Buyer shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under Proxy Statement cleared by the Securities Act SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing filings, and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to its shareholders at the Companyearliest practicable time after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC. The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Buyer in favor of each of the Transactions and the conclusion of the Buyer’s stockholdersBoard of Directors that the terms and conditions of each of the Transactions are fair and reasonable to, and Parent shall use its reasonable in the best efforts interests of, the shareholders of the Buyer. Each of the Buyer, the Assignee, Asera and the Bridge Lenders, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants that the information to cause be supplied by or on behalf of such party for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed sent to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under shareholders of the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws Buyer in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in Shareholders’ Meeting (as defined below) shall not, on the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to date the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and Buyer’s shareholders or at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersShareholders’ Meeting, (a) contain any untrue statement which, at such time and in light of a the circumstances under which it shall be made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact or fact, (b) omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, made in the light of the circumstances under which they are madeProxy Statement not false or misleading, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related (c) omit to the Company or state any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree material fact necessary to correct any information provided by it statement in any earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Shareholders’ Meeting which shall have has become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of If at any time prior to the receipt of Shareholders’ Meeting any comments from fact or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect event relating to any party is discovered by such party or occurs which should be set forth in a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , such party shall promptly inform each other party hereto of such fact or Form S-4 event. The Buyer shall keep the Assignee, Asera and any request by the SEC for any amendment Bridge Lenders apprised of the status of matters relating to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and the Shareholders’ Meeting, including promptly furnishing the Assignee, Asera and the Collateral Agent with copies of notices or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request other communications related to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order Proxy Statement or the suspension of Shareholders’ Meeting received by the qualification of Buyer from the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering SEC or sale in any jurisdictionNASD.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this AgreementAgreement (and in any event by September 15, (i) 2009), the Company shall prepare, and Parent shall prepare provide reasonable cooperation to the Company in the preparation of, a proxy statement to be sent to the Company’s stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Stockholders’ Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), . The Company shall: (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC; (ii) provide Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of, and revisions to, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party; (iii) promptly cause the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC; (iv) promptly provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and shall use the SEC or its reasonable best efforts to furnish to staff, on the other party information relating hand; (v) promptly notify Parent upon the receipt of any comments or requests from the SEC or its staff with respect to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus ; (vi) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and Form S-4. All comment on any subsequent drafts of the parties hereto shall Proxy Statement and any related correspondence and filings, and include in the Proxy Statement and in any such correspondence and filings all changes reasonably proposed by Parent; (vii) promptly (and in any event within three business days) respond to any comments or requests of the SEC or its staff; and (viii) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case stockholders as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement (and in any event within five business days after the Form S-4 is declared effective earlier of (x) notification from the SEC that the SEC will not review the Proxy Statement, (y) expiration of the ten calendar day period provided by Rule 14a-6 under the Securities ActExchange Act if on or prior to such expiration the SEC has not provided comments with respect to the Proxy Statement or indicated that it intends to provide such comments and (z) resolution of any SEC comments with respect to the Proxy Statement). Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with To the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Mergerextent practicable, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and its outside counsel shall permit Parent and its outside counsel to participate in all communications with the holders SEC and its staff (including all meetings and telephone conferences) relating to the Proxy Statement, this Agreement or any of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionContemplated Transactions.
(cb) No filing ofIf any event relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries occurs, or amendment or supplement toif the Company becomes aware of any information, the Form S-4 will that should be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by Statement, then the Company shall promptly inform Parent of such event or Parentinformation and shall, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence accordance with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such commentsprocedures set forth in Section 5.1(a), correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.)
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Proxy Statement. GSE and Parent (afor itself and Merger Sub) As promptly as reasonably practicable following shall cooperate in the date preparation and prompt filing of a Proxy Statement with the Commission under the Exchange Act with respect to the meeting of GSE's stockholders called for the purpose of, among other things, securing stockholder approval of the merger contemplated by this Agreement, . Each of GSE and Parent (for itself and Merger Sub) shall use all reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the Commission. The Proxy Statement shall contain statements of GSE's board of directors that it has (i) determined that this Agreement and the Company transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are fair to and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement in the best interests of the stockholders of the Company, (ii) declared the Merger and this Agreement to be sent to advisable and (iii) recommended unanimously that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the approval of the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement, which recommendations shall not be withdrawn, amended or modified in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub (unless withdrawn, modified or changed in connection accordance with the Company Stockholder Meeting terms of Paragraph 4.2.11). Parent and its counsel shall be given an opportunity to review and comment upon the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplemented, supplement thereto and any response to comments from the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)Commission prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, and (ii) GSE shall consider any such comments in good faith. GSE agrees to provide to Parent and its counsel any comments which GSE or its counsel may receive from the staff of the Commission with respect to the Proxy Statement promptly after receipt thereof. Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamondfor itself and Merger Sub) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares promptly supply to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parentwriting, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , all information concerning Parent and Form S-4 as and Merger Sub required by law, rule or regulation to be included in the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Proxy Statement. Each of the Company GSE and Parent (for itself and Merger Sub) shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case GSE's stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.practicable;
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Sources: Plan and Agreement of Merger (Gundle SLT Environmental Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As If determined to be required by the Company, as promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date Effective Date, but subject to the prior completion of this Agreementthe condition to the First Closing as set forth in Section 3.01(o), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting assistance, cooperation and commercially reasonable efforts of SAI and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statementSellers, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement of the Company on Form S-4 Schedule 14A pursuant to the Exchange Act or other applicable form as determined by the Company (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from the Company shareholders for the matters to be acted upon at the Company Annual Meeting (as defined below). The Proxy Statement shall include proxy materials for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Company shareholders to vote, at the annual general meeting of Company shareholders to be called and held in 2024 (the “Company Annual Meeting”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act favor of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of resolutions approving (i) the Exchange Actadoption and approval of the issuance of the Payment Shares, (ii) the Securities Act Agudath Note, the Spetner Note and (iii) the shares of Company Common Stock to be issued in the Offering, and the approval and adoption of this Agreement and Transaction Documents and the Transactions Overall, by the holders of Company Common Stock in accordance with the Company Organizational Documents, the DGCL, and the rules and regulations of the NYSE SEC and Nasdaq, and (ii) such other matters as the Company shall hereafter determine to be necessary or appropriate in order to effect the Transactions (the approvals described in foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, the “Company Shareholder Approval Matters”), (iii) such other matters as determined by the Company to be submitted to the Company shareholders at the Company Annual Meeting; and (iv) the adjournment of the Company Annual Meeting, if necessary or desirable in the reasonable determination of the Company. If on the date for which the Company Annual Meeting is scheduled, the Company has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares to obtain the Required Company Shareholder Approval (as defined below), whether or not a quorum is present, the Company may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Company Annual Meeting. In connection with the Proxy Statement, the Company and SAI will file with the SEC financial and other information in accordance with applicable Law and applicable proxy solicitation rules set forth in the Company Organizational Documents, the DGCL and the PCXrules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, SAI and the Sellers shall provide audited the Company with such information concerning SAI, Nroll, Benefit Counselors, and the Sellers and SAI’s officers, directors, employees, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial statements or otherwise), business and operations that may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , or in any amendments or supplements thereto, which information provided by SAI or the Sellers shall be true and Form S-4 as correct and not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made not materially misleading (subject to the extent qualifications and limitations set forth in the materials provided by SAI or the Sellers). If required under by applicable Law and SEC rules or regulations.
(b) Each of , such financial information provided by SAI or the Sellers must be reviewed or audited by the Company’s auditors. The Company and Parent shall will use all commercially reasonable best efforts to have cause the Form S-4 Proxy Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause keep the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement effective as long as is necessary to be mailed consummate the Transactions.
(b) Each Party shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to, make their respective directors, officers and employees, upon reasonable advance notice, available at a reasonable time and location to the Company’s stockholders, SAI and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws their respective Representatives in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders drafting of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection public filings with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement respect to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made transactions contemplated by the Company or Parentthis Agreement, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in including the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or , and responding in a timely manner to comments from the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleadingSEC. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to Party shall promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall Statement (and other related materials) if and to the extent that such information is determined to have become false or misleadingmisleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable Laws. The parties Company shall amend or supplement the Proxy Statement and cause the Proxy Statement, as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from so amended or other correspondence supplemented, to be filed with the SEC staff with respect and the Company shall cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Company’s shareholders, in each case as and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (extent required by applicable Laws and promptly deliver a copy subject to the terms and conditions of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionthis Agreement and Company Organizational Documents.
(fc) Each of As soon as practicable following the Proxy Statement “clearing” comments from the SEC and being declared effective by the SEC, the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered distribute the Proxy Statement to the other party a letter of its independent auditorsCompany’s shareholders, dated (i) and, pursuant thereto, shall call the date on which Company Annual Meeting in accordance with the Form S-4 shall become effective DGCL and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Company Organizational Documents.
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Sources: Stock Exchange Agreement (Reliance Global Group, Inc.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, Parent agrees that: (i) the Company and Parent Board shall prepare a proxy statement recommend that the holders of Parent Common Stock vote to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and approve the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger Proposal and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, Incentive Plan Proposal and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish solicit and obtain such approval within the time frames set forth in Section 5.04, and (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the other party information relating effect that the Parent Board recommends that Parent’s stockholders vote to it approve the Parent Stockholder Proposal and the Incentive Plan Proposal. The Company and Parent acknowledge that, under the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules, the holders of the Per Share Parent Stock Consideration will not be entitled to vote on the Parent Stockholder Proposal.
(b) Parent shall use its affiliates as necessary commercially reasonable efforts to prepare (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply with applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and (ii) respond promptly to any comments or requests of the SEC or its staff related to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus .
(c) Parent covenants and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause agrees that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement (and Form S-4 the letters to shareholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith) will (i) comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) applicable U.S. federal securities Laws and the Exchange ActDGCL, and (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(ed) Each Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be delivered to Parent’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement has been filed with the SEC and either (i) the SEC has indicated that it does not intend to review the Proxy Statement or that its review of Parent and the Company agree Proxy Statement has been completed or (ii) at least ten (10) days shall have passed since the Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC without receiving any correspondence from the SEC commenting upon, or indicating that it intends to correct any information provided by it for use in review, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , all in compliance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the DGCL. If Parent, Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or Form S-4 which shall have the Surviving Company become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt aware of any comments from event or other correspondence with information that, pursuant to the SEC staff with respect Securities Act or the Exchange Act, should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , as the case may be, then such party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other parties thereof and shall cooperate with such other parties in Parent filing such amendment or Form S-4 and any request by supplement with the SEC for any and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionstockholders.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As Subject to the prior satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section 2.6(b)(i), if the Shareholder Approval is required under Nevada Law in order to consummate the Merger, as promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date consummation of this Agreementthe Offer, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares Shareholder Meeting (together with any amendments and supplements thereto and any other required proxy materials) and as soon as practicable thereafter mail (or cause to be issued mailed) to the stockholders Company Common Stockholders such proxy statement and all other proxy materials for the Shareholder Meeting (such proxy statement and other proxy materials collectively, the “Proxy Statement”), and if necessary in order to comply with applicable securities Laws, after the Proxy Statement shall have been so mailed, promptly circulate amended, supplemental or supplemented proxy materials, and, if required in connection therewith, resolicit proxies. Subject to Section 1.2(b), the Proxy Statement shall contain the Company Board Recommendation. Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly furnish to the Company in connection with the Diamond writing all information concerning Parent and Merger and the Parent Shares to Sub that may be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and required by applicable securities Laws or reasonably requested by the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) . Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have Company, on the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersone hand, and Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment correct or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Statement if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or misleadingmisleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable Law. The parties Company shall take all steps necessary to cause the Proxy Statement, as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence so corrected, to be filed with the SEC and disseminated to the Company Common Stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable securities Laws. The Company shall provide Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement prior to the filing thereof with the SEC and the Company shall give due consideration to the reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested thereto by Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel. The Company shall provide to Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel any comments the Company or its counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement promptly upon receipt thereof, and the Company shall provide Parent, Merger Sub and their counsel a reasonable opportunity to participate in the formulation of any request by response to any such comments of the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionits staff.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Fx Energy Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following The Parent shall within 45 days of the date later of this Agreement, the (i) the Execution Date (ii) delivery of Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)Audited Financial Statements, and (iiiii) Parent (andexecution of the Divestiture Agreement, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act transactions contemplated hereby, a preliminary proxy statement of the New Diamond shares Parent relating to be issued to the meeting of the stockholders of the Parent to be held for the purposes of obtaining the Parent Stockholder Approval (including any postponement, adjournment or recess thereof, the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) therein, and any amendments or supplements thereto necessary to complete the review of such proxy statement by the SEC (the “Preliminary Proxy Statement”). The Parties shall cooperate in preparing and filing with SEC the Preliminary Proxy Statement (or such other filings as may be necessary under applicable Law). The Parent shall disseminate a definitive proxy statement (the “Definitive Proxy Statement”) to the holders of Parent Common Stock as promptly as reasonably practicable following completion of the review of the Preliminary Proxy Statement by the SEC. Newtek shall furnish all information concerning Newtek or the Company as may be reasonably requested by the Parent or required by applicable Law in connection with the Diamond Merger preparation and filing of the Preliminary Proxy Statement and the Parent Shares to Definitive Proxy Statement and any necessary amendments or supplements thereto (or such other filings as may be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the under applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCXLaw). The Company or New DiamondParent shall, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective receipt thereof, provide Newtek with copies of any written comments and advise Newtek of any oral comments with respect to the Preliminary Proxy Statement received by the Parent from the SEC, including any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements thereto (or such other filings as may be necessary under applicable Laws), and shall promptly provide Newtek with copies of all other material or substantive correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicableone hand, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning SEC, on the Company and other hand. Notwithstanding the holders foregoing, prior to filing the Preliminary Proxy Statement or responding to any comments of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection SEC with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement torespect thereto, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, Parent shall promptly provide Newtek and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective their counsel a reasonable opportunity to review such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and comment thereonconsider in good faith the comments of Newtek in connection with any such document or response. The Parent and its respective Representatives shall not agree to participate in any material or substantive meeting or conference (including by telephone) with the SEC, or any member of the staff thereof, in respect of the Preliminary Proxy Statement or Definitive Proxy Statement prior to consulting with Newtek and, to the extent permitted by the SEC, allow Newtek or its Representatives to participate.
(db) Each of the parties agrees The Parties each agree, as to itself and its Affiliates, that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it or its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 Statement will, at the date such document it is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party Parent and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersParent 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes The Parent shall cause the Definitive Proxy Statement to comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the foregoingSecurities Act or the Exchange Act, it as applicable, and the rules and regulations thereunder; provided, however, that no representation is understood and agreed that made by the Parent with respect to statements made therein based on information concerning supplied by Newtek or related to the Company specifically for inclusion or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied incorporation by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentreference therein.
(ec) Each If, at any time prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting, any information relating to Newtek, the Company, the Parent, or any of Parent their respective Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by any of Newtek or the Company, on the one hand, or Parent, on the other hand, that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Definitive Proxy Statement or Definitive Proxy Statement so that such document would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Party and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Parent shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence promptly prepare and file with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus an appropriate amendment or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of supplement describing such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictioninformation.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Paltalk, Inc.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date delivery of this Agreement, (i) the PCAOB Audited Financials by the Company and Parent to DFB Healthcare, DFB Healthcare shall prepare a and file with the SEC the proxy statement (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy Statement”) to be sent to the stockholders of DFB Healthcare soliciting proxies from such stockholders to obtain the Company and Parent in connection with DFB Healthcare Stockholder Approval at the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting meeting of DFB Healthcare’s stockholders (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/ProspectusDFB Healthcare Stockholders’ Meeting”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued held to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger consider approval and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements adoption of (i) the Exchange Actthis Agreement, (ii) the Securities Act and issuance of DFB Healthcare Common Stock pursuant to the Deerfield PIPE Agreement, (iii) the rules A&R DFB Healthcare COI, (iv) the reservation of DFB Healthcare Common Stock issuable to the Company Unitholders and regulations the Blocker Sellers hereunder as Contingent Consideration and issuable to the Company Unitholders pursuant to the Surviving Company LLC Agreement and the Exchange Agreement, (v) the New Stock Incentive Plan, (vi) the New ESPP, (vii) a proposal to adjourn the DFB Healthcare Stockholders’ Meeting, as necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes at the time of the NYSE DFB Healthcare Stockholders’ Meeting to approve the foregoing proposals, and (viii) any other proposals the PCX. The Company parties deem necessary to effectuate the Merger or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of may be mutually agreed upon by the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such timeDFB Healthcare. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as DFB Healthcare may be reasonably requested request in connection with any such actionactions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement. As promptly as practicable after finalization of the Proxy Statement, DFB Healthcare shall mail the Proxy Statement to its stockholders.
(cb) No Prior to filing ofwith the SEC, or amendment or supplement toDFB Healthcare will make available to the Company drafts of the Proxy Statement and any other documents to be filed with the SEC, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parentboth preliminary and final, and no filing of, or any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement or such other document and will be made by provide the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts and shall consider such comments in good faith. DFB Healthcare shall not file any such documents with the SEC without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). DFB Healthcare will advise the Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of: (A) the time when the Proxy Statement has been filed; (B) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act; (C) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC; (D) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement; (E) the issuance of any stop order by the SEC; (F) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement; (G) any comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement and responses thereto; and (H) requests by the SEC for additional information. DFB Healthcare shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC under the Exchange Act as soon after filing as practicable; provided, that prior to responding to any requests or comments from the SEC, DFB Healthcare will make available to the Company drafts of any such response and provide the Company with a reasonable opportunity to comment thereonon such drafts. DFB Healthcare shall make all necessary filings, if any with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and applicable Blue Sky Laws, and any rules and regulations thereunder.
(c) If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to DFB Healthcare or Merger Sub, or their respective officers or directors or otherwise supplied by DFB Healthcare or Merger Sub for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, should be discovered by DFB Healthcare which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, DFB Healthcare shall promptly inform the Company. All documents that DFB Healthcare is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in all material aspects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(d) Each of the parties agrees The Company represents that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at DFB Healthcare, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersDFB Healthcare Stockholders’ Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading; provided, however, that no representation is made herein with respect to any information supplied or to be supplied by DFB Healthcare for inclusion in the Proxy Statement. For purposes of If, at any time prior to the foregoingEffective Time, it is understood and agreed that information concerning any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been Subsidiary, or their respective officers, managers or directors or otherwise supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , should be discovered by the Company which should be set forth in an amendment or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by , the Company shall promptly inform DFB Healthcare. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering Merger or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, DFB Healthcare acknowledges that it has received from the Company certain projections and other forecasts, including, without limitation, projected financial statements, cash flow items, certain business plan information and other data related to the Form S-4Company. DFB Healthcare acknowledges that there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make such projections, forecasts and plans, DFB Healthcare is familiar with such uncertainties and is taking full responsibility for making its own evaluation of the adequacy and accuracy of all projections, forecasts and plans so furnished to it and the Company is making no representation and shall have no claim against anyone with respect to any of the foregoing.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Merger Agreement (DFB Healthcare Acquisitions Corp.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date In connection with its 2018 annual meeting of this Agreementstockholders, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC Commission a registration definitive proxy statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include a proposal to permit the Preferred Stock to become convertible into shares of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act Common Stock as promptly as practicable after such filing set forth in, and to maintain the effectiveness extent permitted by the Certificate of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersDesignation, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond the Underlying Shares in upon such conversion, which issuance of shares, when aggregated with the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald MergerCommon Stock, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders may exceed 20% of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested outstanding Common Stock prior to the date of this Agreement (the “Proposal”). The Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board to its stockholders that they vote in connection with any such actionfavor of adoption of the foregoing proposal.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement The Company shall give counsel to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel Purchasers a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement each time before that document (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the Form S-4 willCommission, at the date and reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given to any comments made by counsel. The Company shall (i) promptly provide such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergerscounsel with any comments or other communications, contain any untrue statement of a material fact whether written or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements thereinoral, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company may receive from the Commission or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, Statement promptly after it receives notice thereof, receipt of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order those comments or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective communications and (ii) provide such counsel with a reasonable opportunity to participate in the Closing Dateresponse to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given), including by participating in any discussions or meetings with the Commission. Thereafter, the Company shall promptly respond to such comments and addressed to file any amendments thereto.
(d) If the other partystockholders do not approve such Proposal at the 2018 annual meeting of stockholders, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants then in connection with registration statements similar each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until the Proposal is approved by the Company’s stockholders, the Company shall prepare and file with the Commission a definitive proxy statement which includes the Proposal, and give Purchasers’ counsel opportunity to the Form S-4review and comment on such definitive proxy statement as set forth in subsection (c) above.
Appears in 1 contract
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreementhereof, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare in consultation with Parent, and the Company shall file with the SEC, a proxy statement, letter to holders of Company Common Stock, notice of meeting and form of proxy accompanying the proxy statement to that will be sent provided to the stockholders holders of the Company and Parent Common Stock in connection with the solicitation of proxies for use at the Company Stockholder Meeting Meeting, and any schedules required to be filed with the Parent Stockholder Meeting SEC in connection therewith (such proxy statementcollectively, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the foregoing to be filed with the SEC, and on a preliminary basis, not later than the twenty first (ii21st) Parent day subsequent to the date hereof, but in no event shall the foregoing be filed more than thirty (and30) days subsequent to the date hereof; provided, however, that, if necessary, New Diamondon such thirtieth (30th) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments theretoday, the “Form S-4”)Company is ready to file such proxy statement subject only to Parent’s approval, in which such thirty (30) day time period shall be extended until receipt of Parent’s approval. The Company and Parent, as the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will case may be, shall promptly furnish all information concerning the Company on the one hand, or Parent and Merger Sub on the other hand, that may be included as a prospectus, required by applicable securities Laws or reasonably requested by the other Party hereto in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection preparation and filing with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation SEC of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . Subject to the terms and Form S-4. Without limiting conditions of this Agreement and all applicable Laws, the generality Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the holders of Company Common Stock as promptly as practicable following the clearance thereof by the SEC or the expiration of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and review period therefor if there is or has been no review by the SEC. The Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to Statement to, when filed with the SEC, comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and all other Laws. Subject to Section 4.4(b), the Securities Act until such timeProxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that the holders of Company Common Stock vote in favor of the approval of this Agreement and the Merger. The Board of Directors of the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts in good faith take all actions reasonably requested by Parent to cause solicit from holders of Company Common Stock proxies in favor of adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Merger for the Company Meeting, provided that the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be prevented from acting in accordance with Section 4.4(b). If at any time prior to be mailed the Company Meeting, any information relating to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to Parent, or Merger Sub, or any of their respective directors, officers or affiliates, should be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and discovered by the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may or Parent which should be reasonably requested set forth in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees Statement so that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Statement would not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of , the foregoingParty which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Party hereto, it is understood and agreed that information concerning an appropriate amendment or related supplement to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Proxy Statement describing such information shall be deemed to have been supplied by the Company promptly prepared and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the holders of Company Common Stock. The Company shall provide Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review, comment and approve (which such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, prior to the filing thereof with the SEC. The Company shall promptly advise Parent of any oral comments received from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and shall provide to Parent and its counsel any and all written comments that the Company or Form S-4 and any request by its counsel may receive from the SEC for any amendment or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, Statement promptly after it receives notice receipt thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the . The Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts efforts, after consultation with Parent, to cause respond to be delivered and resolve all SEC comments with respect to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Proxy Statement promptly after receipt thereof.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Memry Corp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Closing Date, but in any case, no later than ten (10) Business Days following the date filing of this AgreementParent’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, (i) the Company and 2023, Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 relating to the Parent Stockholder Meeting to be held in connection with the Parent Stockholder Matters (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed comply with applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and (ii) respond promptly to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders comments or requests of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionSEC or its staff related to the Proxy Statement.
(cb) No filing ofParent covenants and agrees that the Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, or amendment or supplement to, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith) will (i) comply as to form in all material respects with the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parentrequirements of applicable U.S. federal securities Laws and the DGCL, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus (ii) will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(ec) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be delivered mailed to Parent’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated Proxy Statement has been filed with the SEC and either (i) the date on which SEC has indicated that it does not intend to review the Form S-4 Proxy Statement or that its review of the Proxy Statement has been completed or (ii) at least ten (10) days shall have passed since the Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC without receiving any correspondence from the SEC commenting upon, or indicating that it intends to review, the Proxy Statement, all in compliance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the DGCL. If Parent, First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub or the Company become effective aware of any event or information that, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, as the case may be, then such Party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other Parties thereof and shall cooperate with such other Parties in Parent filing such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Parent stockholders.
(d) The Parties shall reasonably cooperate with each other and provide, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause their respective Representatives to provide, the other Party and its Representatives, with all true, correct and complete information regarding such Party that is required by Law to be included in the Proxy Statement or reasonably requested by the Other Party to be included in the Proxy Statement. If at any time the information provided in the Proxy Statement has or will become “stale” and new information should, as determined by Parent acting reasonably, be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Parent shall promptly inform the Company thereof and each such Party shall cooperate with one another, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause their accounting and other outside professionals to so cooperate, (i) in providing the financial reporting necessary for such filing and (ii) in filing such amendment or supplement with the Closing DateSEC (and, and addressed if related to the other partyProxy Statement, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar mailing such amendment or supplement to the Form S-4Parent stockholders).
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreementhereof (and in any event, within twenty (i20) Business Days after the date hereof), the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration preliminary proxy statement on Form S-4 relating to the Stockholders Meeting (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which and each of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectusCompany and Parent Holdco shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, prepare and file with the SEC all other documents required by the Exchange Act in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond Holdco and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4any such other filings. Without limiting Subject to Section 5.2, the generality Proxy Statement shall include the Company Recommendation; provided, that if the Company Board shall have effected a Change of Recommendation in accordance with Section 5.2, then in submitting this Agreement to the foregoingCompany’s stockholders, each the Company Board may submit this Agreement to the Company’s stockholders without the Company Recommendation, in which event the Company Board may communicate the basis for its lack of Parentrecommendation to the Company’s stockholders in the Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment thereof or supplement thereto. Notwithstanding any Change of Recommendation, New Diamond unless this Agreement shall have been terminated, the Company shall be nonetheless required to hold the Stockholders Meeting and submit this Agreement to the Company’s stockholders thereat. Parent Holdco and the Company will agree to provide the other or cause to be provided all information with a reasonable opportunity respect to review drafts ofitself, its Affiliates and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared their respective Representatives as may be reasonably requested by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 as any such other filings. The Company shall include in the Proxy Statement (i) the Fairness Opinion, in its entirety, together with a summary thereof, and to (ii) the extent information required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(bby Section 262(d)(2) Each of the DGCL such that the Proxy Statement constitutes a notice of appraisal rights under Section 262(d)(2) of the DGCL. The Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have cause the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act Proxy Statement when filed to comply as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies form, in all material respects respects, with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the Securities Act until such time. rules of the NYSE.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Statement cleared by the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case SEC as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Actsuch filing. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other Each party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon promptly as reasonably practicable notify each the other parties of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with of the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall as promptly as reasonably practicable provide to the other party copies of all material written correspondence with the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the The Company and Parent Holdco shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received on the Proxy Statement from the SEC and to make any amendments or filings as may be necessary in connection therewith. The Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be delivered mailed to the other party a letter Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the tenth (10th) calendar day after the filing of its independent auditorsthe preliminary Proxy Statement, dated (i) or if the SEC Staff advises that it has comments thereon, on the date on which the Form S-4 SEC staff advises that it has no further comments thereon.
(c) Subject to applicable Law, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement or filing any other required filings (or, in each case, any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company shall become effective (unless and until a Change of Recommendation has occurred) provide Parent Holdco and Parent with an opportunity to review and comment on such document or response and shall consider in good faith including in such document or response comments reasonably proposed by Parent Holdco and Parent.
(iid) If prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, any event occurs with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the one hand, or Parent Holdco or any of its Subsidiaries, including Parent or the Merger Sub, on the other hand, or any change occurs with respect to other information supplied by any of the foregoing parties for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, which is required to be described in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement, such applicable party shall promptly notify the other party of such event, and addressed such applicable party shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment or supplement to the other partyProxy Statement and, as required by Law, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants disseminating the information contained in connection with registration statements similar such amendment or supplement to the Form S-4Company’s stockholders.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.)
Proxy Statement. (a) The Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of shareholders as soon as practicable for the purpose of considering and taking action upon this Agreement and the Merger.
(b) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreementhereof, but in no event later than ten (i10) business days after the date hereof, the Company and Parent shall prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Securities Exchange Act”), and shall use its best efforts to have cleared by the SEC, and promptly thereafter shall mail to stockholders, a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with a meeting of the Company Stockholder Meeting and Company’s stockholders to consider the Parent Stockholder Meeting Merger or an information statement, as appropriate (such proxy statement or information statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed letter to the Company’s stockholders, the notice of meeting and Parent form of proxy to be distributed to the Company’s stockholders and any annexes, schedules and exhibits required to be filed with the SEC in connection therewith are collectively herein referred to as the “Proxy Statement”). The Proxy Statement shall contain the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company in favor of the Merger and the fairness opinion of Delta Financial Group, Inc. (the “Financial Advisor”) and such other disclosures as are required by Law (as defined in Section 2.6 hereof).
(c) The shareholder vote required for the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger shall be the vote required by the Rhode Island Act. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to solicit from its shareholders proxies in favor of adoption and approval of the Merger and to take all other reasonable action necessary or, in the judgment of Parent, helpful to secure the vote of shareholders required by the Rhode Island Act to effect the Merger and the conversion into cash of the outstanding Shares pursuant to Section 1.3 hereof.
(d) Parent will furnish the Company with such information concerning Parent and its subsidiaries as is necessary in order to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , insofar as it relates to be mailed Parent and its subsidiaries, to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Actcomply with applicable Law. Parent agrees promptly to advise the Company if, at any time prior to the Special Meeting, any information provided by it specifically for inclusion in the Proxy Statement is or becomes incorrect or incomplete in any material respect and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection provide the Company with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and information needed to correct such inaccuracy or omission. Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and will furnish the Company shall furnish all with such supplemental information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested necessary in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement order to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or , insofar as it relates to Parent and its subsidiaries, to comply with applicable Law after the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed mailing thereof to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by ParentCompany.
(e) Each of The Company and Parent and the Company agree to correct cooperate in making any information provided by it for use in preliminary filings of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence Statement with the SEC staff with respect SEC, as promptly as practicable, pursuant to Rule 14a-6 under the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionSecurities Exchange Act.
(f) Each The Company shall provide Parent for its review a copy of the Proxy Statement at least such amount of time prior to each filing thereof as is customary in transactions of the type contemplated hereby. Parent authorizes the Company to utilize in the Proxy Statement the information concerning Parent and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered subsidiaries provided to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants Company in connection with registration statements similar to with, or contained in, the Form S-4Proxy Statement.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Merger Agreement (TRW Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly Subject to Section 8(b) hereof, I-Link, acting through its Board of Directors, shall:
(i) duly call, give notice of, convene and hold an annual or special meeting of its shareholders (the "SHAREHOLDERS MEETING") as reasonably soon as practicable following the date hereof for the purpose of considering and taking action upon this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and ;
(ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 preliminary proxy relating to this Agreement as soon as reasonably practicable and obtain and furnish the information required to be included by the SEC in the Proxy Statement and, after consultation with Counsel Springwell, use its best efforts to respond promptly to any comments made by the SEC with respect to the preliminary proxy and cause a definitive proxy (together with all amendments theretoas amended or supplemented, the “Form S-4”), "PROXY STATEMENT") to be mailed to its shareholders;
(iii) include in which the definitive Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with Statement the registration under the Securities Act written opinion of the New Diamond shares financial advisor to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of I-Link that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are fair to the shareholders of I-Link from a financial point of view;
(iv) afford to all of the shareholders of I-Link dissenters' rights under Florida law relating to the matters to be issued presented to them for consideration at the Shareholder Meeting and relating to the stockholders subject matter of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall this Agreement; and
(v) use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to obtain the other party information relating to it approval of this Agreement and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All transactions contemplated hereby by the holders of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus requisite number of issued and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements outstanding shares of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations capital stock of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsI-Link.
(b) Each The Board of Directors of I-Link shall recommend approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by I-Link's shareholders. The Board of Directors of I-Link shall not be permitted to withdraw, amend or modify in a manner adverse to Counsel and Counsel Springwell such recommendation (or announce publicly its intention to do so), except that prior to the Shareholder Meeting, the Board of Directors of I-Link shall be permitted to withdraw, amend or modify its recommendation (or announce publicly its intention to do so) but only if the Board of Directors of I-Link shall have determined in its good faith judgment, based upon the advice of outside counsel, that it is obligated by its fiduciary obligations under applicable law to withdraw, amend or modify such recommendation. If the Shareholder Meeting is being held, the recommendation of the Company and Parent Board of Directors of I-Link shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies be included in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing ofEach of Counsel and Counsel Springwell agrees that it will provide I-Link with the information concerning it required to be included in the Proxy Statement and will vote, or amendment cause to be voted, all of the shares of the Common Stock then owned by it, directly or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing ofindirectly, or amendment or supplement over which it has the power to vote, in favor of approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Counsel and Counsel Springwell shall have the right to review in advance all characterizations and information related to them, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby which appear in the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonStatement.
(d) Each of the parties Counsel, Counsel Springwell and I-Link agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree promptly to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Statement as and to the extent it shall have become false or misleading. The parties misleading in any material respect and to supplement the information provided by it specifically for use in the Proxy Statement to include any information that shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other have become necessary, in order to make statements contained therein, in light of the receipt circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and each of any comments from Counsel, Counsel Springwell and I-Link further agrees to take all steps necessary to cause the Proxy Statement, as so corrected or other correspondence supplemented, to be filed with the SEC staff with respect and to be disseminated to its shareholders in each case as and to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request extent required by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionapplicable federal securities laws.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and shall file with the SEC as soon as is reasonably practicable a proxy statement preliminary Proxy Statement, together with a form of proxy, with respect to be sent to the Stockholders’ Meeting at which the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with asked to vote upon the registration under the Securities Act adoption of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, this Agreement and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under Proxy Statement and form of proxy cleared by the Securities Act SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing practicable, and promptly thereafter shall mail the definitive Proxy Statement and form of proxy to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through Company. The term “Proxy Statement” shall mean such proxy or information statement and all amendments or supplements thereto, if any, similarly filed and mailed. Parent will provide the Effective Time Company with any information with respect to Parent, Merger Sub, Parent’s business or the Financings or any alternative financing arrangement that may be required in order to effectuate the preparation and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions filing of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such timeProxy Statement pursuant to this Section 5.1. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. will provide Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection its counsel with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each on the Proxy Statement prior to its filing and will incorporate such comments that the Company determines are reasonable. The Company will respond to, and provide Parent and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to participate in the response of the parties agrees that none Company to, any comments from the SEC and will notify Parent promptly upon the receipt of any comments from the information supplied SEC in connection with the filing of, or to be supplied by it for inclusion amendments or incorporation by reference in supplements to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . Whenever any event occurs which is required to be set forth in an amendment or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company or Parent, as the case may be, will promptly inform the other of such occurrence and cooperate in filing with the SEC and/or mailing to stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of Company such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain any untrue statement of a material fact amendment or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleadingsupplement. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree shall cooperate and the Company shall provide Parent (and its counsel) with a reasonable opportunity to correct review and comment on the Proxy Statement and on any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement prior to filing such with the SEC. Parent will furnish the Company with such supplemental information provided by it for use as may be necessary in order to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading, insofar as it relates to Parent and its Subsidiaries, to comply with applicable law after the mailing thereof to the stockholders of the Company. The parties Proxy Statement shall comply as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionfederal securities laws.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following practical after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) Showboat shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration Statement under the Securities Act of Exchange Act, and shall use reasonable efforts to have the New Diamond shares to be issued to Proxy Statement cleared by the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond SEC as soon after such filing as practical. ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇, Merger Sub and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will Showboat shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and Showboat shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with of the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement and of any request requests by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 supplement thereto or for additional information (and shall provide to ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ promptly deliver a copy copies of such commentsall correspondence between Showboat or any representative of Showboat and the SEC. Showboat shall give ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and its counsel the opportunity to review the Proxy Statement prior to its being filed with the SEC and shall give ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and its counsel the opportunity to review all amendments and supplements to the Proxy Statement and all responses to requests for additional information and replies to comments prior to their being filed with, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effectivesent to, the issuance SEC. Each of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection Showboat, ▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ and Merger Sub agrees to use all reasonable efforts, after consultation with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionother parties hereto, to respond promptly to all such comments of and requests by the SEC and to cause the Proxy Statement and all required amendments and supplements thereto to be mailed to the holders of shares of Showboat Common Stock entitled to vote at the Special Meeting at the earliest practicable time.
(fb) Each Subject to the provisions of Section 5.3, the Proxy Statement shall include the recommendation of the Company Board of Directors of Showboat in favor of adoption of this Agreement and Parent shall use the Merger; provided that the Board of Directors of Showboat may modify or withdraw such recommendation if Showboat's Board of Directors believes in good faith, based on the advice of outside legal counsel, that the failure to modify or withdraw such recommendation would be inconsistent with its reasonable best efforts fiduciary duties to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Showboat's stockholders under applicable law.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 7.01, Novus (i) with the assistance and cooperation of the Company and Parent as reasonably requested by Novus) shall prepare and file with the SEC a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)) to be sent to the stockholders of Novus relating to the meeting of Novus’s stockholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Novus Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be held to consider (i) approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger, (ii) Parent approval of the issuance of Novus Class A Common Stock as contemplated by this Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, (andii) the second amended and restated Novus Certificate of Incorporation as set forth on Exhibit E and (iii) any other proposals the parties deem necessary to effectuate the Merger (collectively, if necessary, New Diamond) the “Novus Proposals”). Novus shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4Registration Statement”), ) in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will Statement shall be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares of Novus Class A Common Stock (A) to be issued to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement and (B) held by the stockholders of Novus immediately prior to the Effective Time. Novus and the Company shall each pay one half of all registration and filing fees and expenses due in connection with the Diamond Merger and Registration Statement. The Company shall furnish all information concerning the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond Company as Novus may reasonably request in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond such actions and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and Registration Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Novus and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and each shall use its their reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall (i) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Registration Statement when filed with the SEC to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the all legal requirements applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Actthereto, (ii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the Securities Act and SEC concerning the Registration Statement, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and (iv) to maintain keep the effectiveness Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Prior to the effective date of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company Registration Statement, Novus shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares shares of Novus Class A Common Stock, in each case to be issued or issuable to the Diamond Merger stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement. As promptly as practicable after finalization of the Proxy Statement, Novus shall mail the Registration Statement on Form S-4 and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, Proxy Statement to its stockholders. Each of Novus and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares it as may reasonably be reasonably requested by the other party in connection with any such actionactions and the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement. Novus and the Company each shall use their reasonable best efforts to (x) cause the Proxy Statement, when filed with the SEC, to comply in all material respects with all legal requirements applicable thereto and (y) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Proxy Statement. As promptly as practicable following the clearance of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, Novus shall mail the Proxy Statement to its stockholders. Each of Novus and the Company shall furnish all information concerning it as may reasonably be requested by the other party in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement.
(cb) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement or the Registration Statement will be made by Novus or the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the approval of the other party (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Novus and the Company each will advise the other, promptly after they receive notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of the suspension of the qualification of the Novus Common Stock to be issued or issuable to the stockholders of the Company in connection with this Agreement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement or the Registration Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information. Each of Novus and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), any response to comments of the SEC or its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity staff with respect to review the Registration Statement and comment thereonany amendment to the Registration Statement filed in response thereto.
(dc) Each of the parties agrees Novus represents that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it Novus for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Novus, (iii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersNovus Stockholders' Meeting, and (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Novus or Merger Sub, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Novus which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement, Novus shall promptly inform the Company. All documents that Novus is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the foregoingSecurities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
(d) The Company represents that the information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement shall not, it at (i) the time the Registration Statement is understood declared effective, (ii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of Novus, (iii) the time of Novus’ Stockholders’ Meeting, and agreed that information concerning (iv) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or related fail 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 were made, not misleading. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any event or circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Group Member, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning which should be set forth in an amendment or related a supplement to Parent the Registration Statement or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which , the Company shall have become false or misleadingpromptly inform Novus. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of All documents that the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence Company is responsible for filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering Merger or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare the Proxy Statement which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent. The Company shall: (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and other applicable Legal Requirements; (ii) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on drafts of the Proxy Statement, and include in the Proxy Statement all changes reasonably proposed by Parent; (iii) promptly cause the Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC; (iv) promptly provide 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; (v) promptly notify Parent upon the receipt of any comments or requests from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement; (vi) provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any subsequent drafts of the Proxy Statement and any related correspondence and filings, and include in the Proxy Statement and in any such correspondence and filings all changes reasonably proposed by Parent; (vii) promptly respond to any comments or requests of the SEC or its staff; and (viii) cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s shareholders as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement. To the extent practicable, the Company and its outside counsel shall permit Parent and its outside counsel to participate in all communications with the SEC and its staff (including all meetings and telephone conferences) relating to the Proxy Statement, this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) If any event relating to any of the Acquired Corporations occurs, or if the Company becomes aware of any information, that should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, then the Company shall promptly inform Parent of such event or information and shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.1(a): (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included such amendment or supplement as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger promptly thereafter as practicable; and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as if appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after cause such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus amendment or supplement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause shareholders of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case Company as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionpracticable.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable practicable, and in any event no later than fifteen (15) Business Days, following the date of this Agreement, the Company (with the assistance and cooperation of Parent and Merger Sub as reasonably requested by the Company) shall (i) prepare and file with the Company and Parent shall prepare SEC a preliminary proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), ) relating to the Company Shareholder Meeting soliciting for approval the Requisite Shareholder Approval and (ii) in consultation with Parent, set a record date for the Company Shareholder Meeting and commence a broker search pursuant to Section 14a-13 of the Exchange Act in connection therewith. Once the Company has established a record date for the Shareholders Meeting, the Company shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for the Shareholders Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent (andwhich shall not be unreasonably withheld, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”conditioned or delayed), in which unless required to do so by applicable Law or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Bylaws. The Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements provisions of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act SEC and (iii) the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and to satisfy all rules of the NYSE and NASDAQ. Subject to Section 5.3, the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. provide Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel Representatives a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in on the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party any Other Required Company Filing (as defined below) and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each all other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable materials used in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated Merger that (i) constitute “proxy materials” or “solicitation materials” as those terms are used in Rules 14a-1 through 14a-17 promulgated under the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and Exchange Act or (ii) are otherwise used for the Closing Date“solicitation” of “proxies” as those terms are defined in Rule 14a-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and addressed in each case prior to the other party, in form filing thereof with the SEC and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar the mailing/dissemination thereof to the Form S-4Company Shareholders. The Company shall give due consideration to all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by Parent or its respective counsel and shall not unreasonably refuse to incorporate such suggestions. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable after the filing thereof.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreementhereof, (i) the Company SECURITY will cooperate with RELIASTAR in drafting and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and will file with the SEC under the 1934 Act, and will use all reasonable efforts to have cleared by the SEC, a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (together the "Proxy Statement") with all amendments theretorespect to the meeting of stockholders of SECURITY referred to in Section 3.3, and SECURITY will cooperate with RELIASTAR in drafting the “Form S-4”), in Registration Statement (of which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement is a part). The Proxy Statement (as it relates to SECURITY) will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities 1934 Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicableSEC, and the Company shall furnish all Registration Statement (with respect to information concerning SECURITY or the Company SECURITY Subsidiaries furnished by or on behalf of SECURITY to RELIASTAR specifically for use therein) and the holders Proxy Statement (except with respect to data and information concerning RELIASTAR and the RELIASTAR Subsidiaries furnished by or on behalf of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(cRELIASTAR to SECURITY specifically for use therein) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, made therein not misleading. For purposes Subject to the provisions of Section 3.4, the Proxy Statement will contain the recommendation of the foregoing, it is understood SECURITY Board that the stockholders of SECURITY vote to approve and agreed that information concerning or related adopt the Merger and this Agreement. SECURITY will promptly notify RELIASTAR in writing if prior to the Company or Effective Time it shall obtain knowledge of any Company Subsidiary will be deemed fact that would make it necessary to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in amend the Proxy Statement (or the Registration Statement/Prospectus ) in order to render the statements made therein not misleading or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleadingto comply with applicable law. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify SECURITY will promptly furnish to RELIASTAR a true and complete copy of each other written communication of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence SECURITY with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and will promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, RELIASTAR of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance substance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictioneach such oral communication.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the The Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of cooperate and the Company shall promptly prepare the Proxy Statement to enable the Company to file the Proxy Statement with the SEC, as preliminary proxy material, as soon as practicable after the date hereof and in any event not later than 20 days after the date hereof. The Company shall use all reasonable best efforts, and Parent in connection shall cooperate with the Company Stockholder Meeting and (including furnishing all information concerning Parent as may be reasonably requested by the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”Company), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under Proxy Statement cleared by the Securities Act SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain mail the effectiveness Proxy Statement to the Company's shareholders as soon as possible thereafter. The Company shall use all reasonable best efforts, and Parent shall cooperate with the Company, to obtain any necessary state anti-takeover approvals in connection with the Merger.
(b) The Company will cause the Proxy Statement, at the time it is first mailed to shareholders of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and Company, to ensure that it complies comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, rules and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders regulations of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionSEC thereunder.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, The Company hereby covenants and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to agrees with Parent that the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
Statement (d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document time it is first mailed to the stockholders shareholders of the relevant party Company and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, Company Meeting) will not contain any an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of misleading (provided, however, that this clause (c) shall apply only to information contained in the foregoing, it is understood and agreed Proxy Statement that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been was supplied by the Company and for inclusion therein). If, at any time prior to the Company Meeting, any event with respect to the Company, or with respect to other information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, occurs and such event is required to be described in a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly notify Parent of such occurrence and shall promptly prepare, file and disseminate such supplement.
(d) Parent hereby covenants and agrees with the Company that the Proxy Statement (at the time it is first mailed to shareholders of the Company and at the time of the Company Meeting) will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a 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 (provided, however, that this clause (d) shall not apply to information contained in the Proxy Statement that was supplied by the Company for inclusion therein). If, at any time prior to the Company Meeting, any event with respect to Parent, or with respect to other information supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, occurs and such event is required to be described in a supplement to the Proxy Statement, Parent shall promptly notify the Company of such occurrence and shall cooperate with the Company in the preparation, filing and dissemination of such supplement.
(e) Each Neither the Proxy Statement nor any amendment or supplement thereto will be filed or disseminated to the shareholders of the Company without the approval of both Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleadingCompany. The parties Company shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the CompanyParent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 Proxy Statement has become effectivebeen cleared by the SEC, or any comments or requests for additional information received from the issuance of any stop order SEC, whether orally or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection writing, with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered respect to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Proxy Statement.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection (together with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended any amendments thereof or supplementedsupplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessaryafter consultation with Parent, New Diamond) shall prepare and file the preliminary Proxy Statement with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together SEC; provided that prior to filing the preliminary Proxy Statement with all amendments theretothe SEC, the “Form S-4”)Company shall afford Parent a reasonable opportunity for review, in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other shall consider in good faith any comments on the preparation of the preliminary Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Statement reasonably proposed by Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have (i) obtain and furnish the Form S-4 declared effective under information required to be included by the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies SEC in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , and respond, after consultation with Parent, promptly to any comments made by the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement; and (ii) promptly upon the earlier of (A) receiving notification that the SEC is not reviewing the preliminary Proxy Statement and (B) the conclusion of any SEC review of the preliminary Proxy Statement, cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholdersshareholders and, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholdersif necessary, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond definitive Proxy Statement shall also take any action have been so mailed, promptly circulate amended or supplemental proxy materials and, if required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection therewith, resolicit proxies; provided, however, that no such amended or supplemental proxy materials will be filed with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in SEC or mailed by the Diamond Merger Company without affording Parent a reasonable opportunity for consultation and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicablereview, and the Company shall furnish consider in good faith any comments on such materials reasonably proposed by Parent. The Company will promptly notify Parent of the receipt of comments from the SEC and of any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the preliminary Proxy Statement or definitive Proxy Statement or for additional information, and will promptly supply Parent with copies of all written correspondence between the Company or its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or members of its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the preliminary Proxy Statement, the definitive Proxy Statement, the Mergers or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Prior to responding to any comments of the SEC or members of its staff, the Company shall provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to consult and review such response and the Company shall consider in good faith any comments on such response reasonably proposed by Parent. Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II will cooperate with the Company in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement, including promptly furnishing to the Company any and all information concerning the Company regarding Parent, Merger Sub I and the holders of the Company Shares Merger Sub II and their respective affiliates as may be reasonably requested required to be disclosed therein. The Proxy Statement shall contain the Company Recommendation, except to the extent that the Company Board shall have effected an Adverse Recommendation Change, as permitted by and determined in connection accordance with any such actionSection 5.6.
(cb) No filing ofIf at any time prior to the Company Shareholders’ Meeting any event or circumstance relating to the Company or Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or amendment their respective officers or supplement todirectors, the Form S-4 will should be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made discovered by the Company or Parent, as the case may be, which, pursuant to the Exchange Act, should be set forth in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel an amendment or a reasonable opportunity supplement to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or , so that the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Proxy Statement would not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Parent, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other party hereto, and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence filed with the SEC staff with respect and, to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request extent required by applicable Law, disseminated to the Company’s shareholders. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts will comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreementhereof (and in no event later than thirty (30) days following the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC, and Buyer shall cooperate with Parent in preparation of, a proxy statement to be sent relating to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended including the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy and any other document incorporated or supplementedreferenced therein, including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company Buyer will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly furnish to Parent the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) that is required by the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion promulgated thereunder to be set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to , that is customarily included in the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each proxy statements prepared in connection with transactions of the Company type contemplated by this Agreement or that is reasonably requested by Parent. Parent agrees that at the date of mailing to stockholders of Parent and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have at the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness time of the Form S-4 through Stockholders Meeting, the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies Proxy Statement will comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall rules and regulations thereunder.
(ii) Parent will use its reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as reasonably practicable following its filing with the SEC. Parent will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholdersstockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC.
(iii) If at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any event or circumstance relating to Parent, Seller, the Company, Buyer or their respective Affiliates should be discovered by Parent, Seller, the Company or Buyer which, pursuant to the Securities Act or Exchange Act, should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement, such party shall reasonably promptly inform the other parties. If at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any such event or circumstance is discovered by Parent, Seller, the Company or Buyer, then in each case as Parent shall, reasonably promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Mergerbecoming aware thereof, amend or supplement, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders Proxy Statement to include disclosure of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionfact or event.
(civ) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable promptly notify each other Buyer of the receipt of any all comments from or other correspondence with of the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information. Parent shall promptly provide to Buyer copies of all correspondence between Parent and/or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts (with the assistance of Buyer) to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received on the Proxy Statement from the SEC and Parent shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be delivered mailed promptly after the date the SEC staff advises that it has no further comments thereon or that Parent may commence mailing the Proxy Statement.
(v) Subject to applicable Law, notwithstanding anything to the contrary stated above, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy Statement or filing any other party a letter required filings (or, in each case, any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of its independent auditorsthe SEC with respect thereto, dated (i) the date Parent shall provide Buyer with an opportunity to review and comment on which the Form S-4 such document or response and shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Datein good faith consider for inclusion in such document or response comments reasonably proposed by Buyer, and addressed absent the consent of Buyer (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), Parent shall not file the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Proxy Statement or any such document or response.
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Sources: Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (Actua Corp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreementhereof (and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days after the date hereof), (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration preliminary proxy statement on Form S-4 relating to the Stockholders Meeting (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which and each of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectusCompany and Parent shall, or shall cause their respective Affiliates to, prepare and file with the SEC all other documents required by the Exchange Act in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4any such other filings. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions toExcept as permitted by Section 5.2, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement shall include the Company Recommendation; provided, that if the Company Board shall have effected a Change of Recommendation in accordance with Section 5.2, then in submitting this Agreement to the Company’s stockholders, the Company Board may submit this Agreement to the Company’s stockholders without the Company Recommendation, in which event the Company Board may communicate the basis for its lack of recommendation to the Company’s stockholders in the Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment thereof or supplement thereto. Parent agrees to provide or cause to be provided all information with respect to itself, its Affiliates and Form S-4 prepared their respective Representatives as may be reasonably requested by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and any such party, other filings.
(b) Each party shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify the other parties of the receipt of any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall as promptly as reasonably practicable provide to the other party copies of all written correspondence with the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) promptly provide responses to the Exchange Act, SEC with respect to all comments received on the Proxy Statement from the SEC and to make any amendments or filings as may be necessary in connection therewith and (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement cleared by the SEC staff as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act soon as promptly as practicable reasonably practical after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such timefiling. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts cause the definitive Proxy Statement to cause be mailed as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date the SEC staff advises that it has no further comments thereon or that the Company may commence mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No Subject to applicable Law, prior to filing ofor mailing the Proxy Statement or filing any other required filings (or, or in each case, any amendment thereof or supplement tothereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Form S-4 will Company shall (unless and until a Change of Recommendation has occurred or in connection with the matters described in Section 5.2) provide Parent with an opportunity to review and comment on (which comments shall be made promptly) such document or response and shall consider in good faith including in such document or response comments reasonably proposed by New Diamond or Parent.
(d) If, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement at any time prior to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by receipt of the Stockholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each judgment of the parties agrees that none of Company or Parent, as the information supplied case may be, should be set forth in an amendment of, or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in a supplement to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or , so that the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, Proxy Statement would 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of , the foregoingparty that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement and, to the extent required by applicable Law, in disseminating the information concerning contained in such amendment or related supplement to Parent the stockholders of the Company. Nothing in this Section 5.3(d) shall limit the rights or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentobligations of any party under any other paragraph of this Section 5.3.
(e) Each of Parent and All documents that the Company agree to correct any information provided by it is responsible for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts Merger will comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As If, following the consummation of the Offer (or, if applicable, any Subsequent Offering Period), the adoption of this Agreement by the Company Stockholders is required under the DGCL to consummate the Merger, the Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders consummation of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statementOffer, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in preliminary proxy materials which shall constitute the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included . As promptly as a prospectus, in connection with practicable after comments are received from the registration under SEC thereon and after the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared furnishing by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent of all information required to be contained therein, the Company shall, in consultation with Parent, prepare and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to have file any required amendments to, and the Form S-4 declared effective under definitive, Proxy Statement with the Securities Act as SEC. The Company shall notify Parent promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through receipt of any comments from the Effective Time SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to ensure that it complies in the Proxy Statement or for additional information and shall consult with Parent regarding, and supply Parent with copies of, all material respects with correspondence between the applicable provisions Company or any of its Representatives, on the Exchange Act one hand, and the Securities Act until such timeSEC or its staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed Statement cleared by the SEC and shall thereafter mail to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case Company Stockholders as promptly as practicable after possible the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities ActProxy Statement and all other proxy materials for such meeting. Parent and New Diamond shall also take If at any action required time prior to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company Stockholders Meeting there shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may occur any event that should be reasonably requested set forth in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees Statement so that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain would not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company shall promptly prepare and mail to its stockholders such an amendment or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentsupplement.
(eb) Each of Parent and shall, following the date on which Stockholder Approval is determined to be required in accordance with this Section 6.4, furnish the Company agree to correct any with all information provided by it concerning Parent required for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which , and Parent shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall take such other action as soon as the Company may reasonably practicable notify each other request in connection with the preparation of the receipt of Proxy Statement, including any comments from amendments or other correspondence with the SEC staff supplements thereto.
(c) The Company and Parent shall make any necessary filings with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Merger under the Exchange Act and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (rules and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionregulations thereunder.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Merger Agreement (Webmethods Inc)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall will prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, containing the “Form S-4”), information specified in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions Schedule 14A of the Exchange Act and with respect to the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts Transactions and, to cause the extent required, the Designated Directors (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and ”) in preliminary form. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other the Company of the receipt of any oral or written comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect relating to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 Statement or for additional information. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate and provide the Company with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Proxy Statement (including each amendment or supplement thereto) and all responses to requests for additional information (by and promptly deliver a copy replies to comments of the SEC and give due consideration to all comments reasonably proposed by the Company in respect of such commentsdocuments and responses prior to filing such with or sending such to the SEC, and the Parties will provide each other with copies of all such filings made and correspondence or request with the SEC. Except in the case of a Change in Recommendation pursuant to each otherSection 7.07(d), the Parent Board Recommendation shall be included in the Proxy Statement. Parent will advise use its reasonable best efforts to respond promptly to any comments made by the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of SEC with respect to the time when Proxy Statement. Parent will cause the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of Proxy Statement to be transmitted to the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictionStockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable.
(fb) Each The Company acknowledges that a substantial portion of the Proxy Statement shall include disclosure regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries. Accordingly, the Company will, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, use its reasonable best efforts to provide Parent with all information concerning the operations and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective management and operations and financial condition, in each case, required or reasonably requested by Parent to be included in the Proxy Statement, including (i) the required financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with SEC Guidance, including the requirements of Regulation S-X and a related consent from the Company’s independent public accountants, (ii) required selected financial data of the Company and its Subsidiaries required by Item 301 of Regulation S-K, and (iii) required management’s discussion & analysis for the periods required under applicable SEC Guidance. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause cooperate with Parent in connection with the preparation for inclusion in the Proxy Statement of pro forma financial statements that comply with SEC Guidance, including the requirements of Regulation S-X. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to make the managers, directors, officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries available to Parent and its counsel (and other Representatives engaged in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement) in connection with the drafting of the Proxy Statement, as reasonably requested by Parent, and responding in a timely manner to comments on the Proxy Statement and such other filings from the SEC.
(c) Parent will take, in accordance with applicable Law, NASDAQ rules and the Organizational Documents of Parent, all action necessary to call, hold and convene an extraordinary general meeting of Parent (including any permitted adjournment) (the “Parent Special Meeting”) to consider and vote upon the Parent Stockholder Proposals as promptly as practicable after the filing of the Proxy Statement in definitive form with the SEC. Once the Parent Special Meeting to consider and vote upon the Parent Stockholder Proposals has been called and noticed, except as required by Law, Parent will not postpone or adjourn the Parent Special Meeting without the consent of the Company (which consent will not be delivered to the unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated than (i) for the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and absence of a quorum, or (ii) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing and mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that Parent has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal advisors, is necessary under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated to and reviewed by the Parent Stockholders prior to the Parent Special Meeting, or (iii) an adjournment or postponement to solicit additional proxies from the Parent Stockholders to the extent Parent has determined in good faith that such adjournment or postponement is reasonably necessary to obtain the approval of the Parent Stockholder Proposals, provided that, in the case of an postponement or adjournment in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii), above, such postponement or adjournment (A) may be no more than ten (10) Business Days from the original date of the Parent Special Meeting and (B) for the avoidance of doubt shall not require the consent of the Company. Subject to Section 7.07(d), following delivery of the Proxy Statement to the Parent Stockholders, Parent will use reasonable best efforts to solicit approval of the Parent Stockholders Proposals by the Parent Stockholders.
(d) Subject to this Section 7.07(d), the Parent Board will recommend that the Parent Stockholders approve the Parent Stockholder Proposals (the “Parent Board Recommendation”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior to obtaining approval of the Parent Stockholder Proposals, the Parent Board may fail to make, amend, change, withdraw, modify, withhold or qualify the Parent Board Recommendation (any such action a “Change in Recommendation”) if the Parent Board shall have concluded in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal advisors and financial advisors, that a Change in Recommendation is required under applicable Law. Parent agrees that, unless the Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, its obligation to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Special Meeting for the purpose of voting on the Parent Stockholder Proposals shall not be affected by any Change in Recommendation, and Parent agrees to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Special Meeting and submit for the approval of the Parent Stockholders the matters contemplated by the Proxy Statement, regardless of whether or not there shall be any Change in Recommendation.
(e) If at any time prior to the Closing Date, and addressed any event, circumstance or information relating to Parent or the Company, the Company or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or directors or other Representatives should be discovered by Parent or the Company, as applicable, that in the reasonable judgment of Parent should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the other partyProxy Statement, so that such documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in form light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be filed as promptly as reasonably practicable with the SEC by independent public accountants Parent and disseminated to the holders of the Parent Common Stock; provided that no information received by Parent pursuant to this Section 7.07(e) shall be deemed to change, supplement or amend the Company Disclosure Letter.
(f) Subject to this Section 7.07, Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to complete the Offer as promptly as practicable and shall not terminate or withdraw the Offer other than in connection with registration statements similar the valid termination of this Agreement. Parent shall extend the Offer for any period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the SEC, NASDAQ or the respective staff thereof that is applicable to the Form S-4Offer. Nothing in this Section 7.07(f) shall (i) impose any obligation on Parent to extend the Offer beyond the Outside Date, or (ii) be deemed to impair, limit or otherwise restrict in any manner the right of Parent to terminate this Agreement in accordance its terms.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Vesper Healthcare Acquisition Corp.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall jointly prepare and Parent the Company shall prepare a file with the SEC the proxy statement of the Company (the "Proxy Statement") relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "Company Stockholders Meeting") to be sent held to consider approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger. Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the Proxy Statement shall be provided to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish all information concerning Parent, Merger Sub or the Company as the other party may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement and any other filings required to be made in connection within this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the "Other Filings"). As promptly as practicable the Proxy Statement will be mailed to the stockholders of the Company. The Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4 the Other Filings to be filed by it to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE NASD and the PCX(iv) Delaware Corporate Law. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, Proxy Statement shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to recommendation of the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through Company that such stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, that subject to Section 5.10(b), the Board of Directors of the Company may, at any time prior to the Effective Time and to ensure Time, withdraw, modify or change any such recommendation if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that it complies is required to do so in all material respects order to comply with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed duties to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the 's shareholders under applicable Law. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders Statement will include a copy of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) written opinion of Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown. No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will Statement w▇▇▇ ▇e made without the approval of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, unless such amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement is required to be made by the Company or under applicable Laws. Each of Parent, in each caseMerger Sub and the Company will advise the other, without providing promptly after it receives notice thereof, or of any request by the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each SEC or the NASD for amendment of the parties agrees that none of Proxy Statement and the Other Filings or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information. The information supplied or to be supplied by it the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersCompany Stockholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, Proxy Statement not misleading. For purposes of If at any time prior to the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning Effective Time any event or related circumstance relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will Subsidiary, or their respective officers or directors, should be deemed to have been supplied discovered by the Company and information concerning that should be set forth in an amendment or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect a supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 , the Company shall promptly inform Parent and any request by Merger Sub. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements Law, including Delaware Corporate Law, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The information supplied by Parent and Merger Sub for inclusion in the Proxy Statement shall not, at (i) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment of or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request ) are first mailed to each other). Parent will advise the stockholders the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, (ii) the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated in the Proxy Statement or necessary in order to make the statements in the Proxy Statement not misleading. If, at any time when prior to the Form S-4 has become effectiveEffective Time, any event or circumstance relating to Parent or Merger Sub, or their respective officers or directors, should be discovered by Parent or Merger Sub that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the issuance of any stop order or Proxy Statement, Parent and Merger Sub shall promptly inform the suspension of the qualification of the Company. All documents that Parent Shares issuable and Merger Sub are responsible for filing in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary in all material aspects with the applicable requirements of Law, including Delaware Corporate Law, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. The information supplied by any party for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants inclusion in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4another party's Other Filing will be true and correct in all material respects.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date hereof, Parent shall prepare, with the reasonable assistance of this Agreementthe Company, and (provided, that the Company has provided to Parent all of the information described in Section 5.20(e) hereof, including such financial statements and other information of the Company and its Subsidiaries to be delivered to Parent by the Company or its auditors and required to be included in the Proxy Statement) file with the SEC, in preliminary form, a proxy statement (as amended, the “Proxy Statement”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from holders of Parent Common Stock for the matters to be acted upon at the Parent Special Meeting and providing the holders of Parent Common Stock with instructions regarding the opportunity to have their Parent Common Stock redeemed (the “Redemption”).
(b) The Proxy Statement shall include proxy materials for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Parent stockholders to vote, at an extraordinary general meeting of Parent stockholders to be called and held for such purpose (the “Parent Special Meeting”), in favor of resolutions approving (i) the approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, (ii) the approval of the issuance of the Share Consideration, (iii) the adoption and approval of the Amended Parent Charter, (iv) the adoption and approval of a new equity incentive plan, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L, with such changes thereto as Parent and the Company may mutually agree (the “Parent Equity Incentive Plan”), (v) the appointment, and designation of classes, of the members of the Post-Closing Board, and appointment of the members of any committees thereof, in each case in accordance with hereof, (vi) such other matters as the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement hereafter mutually determine to be sent necessary or appropriate in order to effect the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting Merger and the Parent Stockholder Meeting other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (such proxy statementthe approvals described in foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), as amended or supplementedcollectively, the “Proxy Statement/ProspectusRequired Approval Matters”), and (iivii) the adjournment of the Parent (andSpecial Meeting, if necessarynecessary or desirable in the reasonable determination of Parent. If on the date for which the Parent Special Meeting is scheduled, New DiamondParent has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares to obtain the Required Approval Matters, whether or not a quorum is present, Parent may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Special Meeting.
(c) shall prepare and In connection with the Proxy Statement, Parent will file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together financial and other information about the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with all amendments theretoapplicable Law and applicable proxy solicitation rules set forth in Parent’s organizational documents, the “Form S-4”)Company Charter Documents, in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectusCGCL, in connection with the registration under DGCL and the Securities Act rules and regulations of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger SEC and the Nasdaq. Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in shall provide the preparation respective counsel of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other party with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts ofand comment on the Proxy Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto prior to filing the same with the SEC.
(d) The Company acknowledges that a substantial portion of the Proxy Statement will include disclosure regarding the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders, and revisions toits business, management, operations and financial condition. Accordingly, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited Parent with such information concerning the Company, the Subsidiaries and their stockholders, officers, directors, employees, assets, Liabilities, condition (financial statements or otherwise), business and operations that may be required or appropriate for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and , or in any amendments or supplements thereto or any other statement, filing, notice or application required to be made by or on behalf of Parent to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsor Nasdaq in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(be) Each of Parent and the Company shall take any and all reasonable and necessary actions required to satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable Laws in connection with the Proxy Statement, the Parent shall use reasonable best efforts Special Meeting, the Redemption and the Company Special Meeting, to have the Form S-4 Proxy Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause keep the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement effective as long as is necessary to be mailed to consummate the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Acttransactions contemplated hereby. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, make their respective directors, officers and employees, upon reasonable advance notice, available to the Company and Parent in connection with the drafting of the public filings with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Proxy Statement, and responding in a timely manner to comments from the SEC. Each party shall promptly correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall Statement (and other related materials) if and to the extent that such information is determined to have become false or misleadingmisleading in any material respect or as otherwise required by applicable Laws. The parties Parent shall amend or supplement the Proxy Statement and cause the Proxy Statement, as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from so amended or other correspondence supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to Parent stockholders, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Laws and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and Parent’s organizational documents.
(f) If applicable, the Parent and the Company, with the assistance of the other parties, shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement and shall otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to comply as to form and substance with applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Each party shall provide the other party with copies of any written comments, and shall inform the other party of any material oral comments, that such party or its Representatives receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 , the Parent Special Meeting, the Redemption and any request by the SEC for any amendment to Company Special Meeting promptly after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy receipt of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company comments and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to give the other party a letter reasonable opportunity under the circumstances to review and comment on any proposed written or material oral responses to such comments.
(g) Parent will cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC and to be distributed to Parent’s stockholders and, pursuant thereto, Parent shall call the Parent Special Meeting in accordance with the DGCL for a date as promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 45 days of its independent auditors, dated (i) in the date on which event the Form S-4 shall become effective and preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act, or (ii) in the Closing Dateevent the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, and addressed to receipt of oral or written notification of the other party, in form and substance customary for completion of review by the SEC (the “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Proxy Effectiveness”).
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Sources: Merger Agreement (ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly soon as reasonably practicable following after the date Acceptance Date, unless the Merger is consummated in accordance with Section 253 of this Agreementthe DGCL, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement the Proxy Statement, file it with the SEC under the Exchange Act, and use all reasonable best efforts to be sent have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC. Parent and Merger Subsidiary shall promptly furnish to the stockholders of the Company all information concerning Parent and Parent Merger Subsidiary that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Considerationany action contemplated by this Section 6.9. Parent, New Diamond Merger Subsidiary and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish notify Parent of the receipt of any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement and of any requests by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall provide to Parent promptly copies of all information concerning correspondence between the Company or any Representative of the Company and the holders of the SEC. The Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party shall give Parent and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review the Proxy Statement prior to its being filed with the SEC and comment thereon.
(d) shall give Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review all amendments and supplements to the Proxy Statement and all responses to requests for additional information and replies to comments prior to their being filed with, or sent to, the SEC. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Subsidiary agrees to use its reasonable best efforts, after consultation with the other parties agrees that none hereto to respond promptly to all such comments of and requests by the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in SEC. As promptly as practicable after the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Statement has been cleared by the Form S-4 willSEC, at the date such document is first mailed Company shall mail the Proxy Statement to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Company. The Proxy Statement shall include the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied recommendation by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each Board of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each Directors of the Company that the Company’s stockholders vote to approve the Merger and Parent shall use this Agreement unless the Board of Directors of the Company has withdrawn or modified its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, recommendation in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection accordance with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Section 6.3.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreementhereof, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) Investor shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments theretoas amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, ”) for the purpose of soliciting proxies from Investor’s stockholders to obtain the Investor Stockholder Approval at the Investor Stockholder Meeting and providing holders of Class A Common Stock the opportunity to have their shares of Class A Common Stock redeemed in connection with the registration under stockholder vote on the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company Required Approval Matters in connection accordance with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. ParentInvestor Charter, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts ofApplicable Law, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the any applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE SEC and Nasdaq. In the Proxy Statement, Investor shall seek approval of the following matters (the “Required Approval Matters”): (1) approval of this Agreement and the PCXTransactions, (2) approval of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, (3) such other matters as the Company and Investor mutually determine to be necessary or appropriate to effect the Transactions and (4) the adjournment of the Investor Stockholder Meeting, if necessary or desirable in the reasonable determination of Investor. As promptly as practicable after approval of the Proxy Statement by the SEC (but in any event, within three (3) Business Days), Investor shall commence mailing the Proxy Statement to its stockholders and, as promptly as practicable thereafter, Investor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to hold the Investor Stockholder Meeting and to solicit from each of Investor’s stockholders a proxy or vote in favor of proposals to approve the Required Approval Matters.
(b) The Company and the Founder Members shall promptly provide to Investor all information concerning the Company Entities and the Founder Members that may be required by Applicable Law or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements Nasdaq or reasonably requested by Investor for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and Statement or in response to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each any comments of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects SEC or its staff with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement respect to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by Statement or any other supplements, amendments or proxy soliciting materials (collectively, the “Proxy Documents”). Investor shall provide drafts of the Proxy Statement to the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel within a reasonable opportunity time prior to filing for review and comment thereon.
(d) Each by the Company, and Investor shall consider in good faith any comments of the parties agrees that none of Company. All information provided by the information supplied Company, the Founder Members or to be supplied by it Investor for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Proxy Documents shall not include any untrue statement misstatement 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes If, at any time prior to the Closing, a party hereto discovers that any such information contains a misstatement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the foregoingcircumstances under which they were made, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related not misleading, such party shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and, to the Company extent required by Applicable Law, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC by Investor and disseminated to the stockholders of Investor; provided, however, that no information received by any Company Subsidiary will party hereto pursuant to this Section 6.05(b) shall operate as a waiver or otherwise affect any representation, warranty or agreement given or made by the party who disclosed such information, and no such information shall be deemed to have been supplied by change, supplement or amend the Company and information concerning Disclosure Schedule or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by ParentInvestor Disclosure Schedule.
(ec) Each No amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement will be made by Investor without the approval of Parent and the Company agree (such approval not to correct be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) (provided that such approval shall not be required for any amendment or supplement that is required by the SEC or Applicable Law), and Investor shall promptly transmit any such amendment or supplement to its stockholders, if at any time prior to the Investor Stockholder Meeting there shall be discovered any information provided by it for use that should be set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus an amendment or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . Investor will advise the Company promptly after the Proxy Statement has been approved by the SEC or Form S-4 and any supplement or amendment has been filed, or the issuance of any stop order, or of any request by the SEC for any amendment to of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement or Form S-4 comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdictioninformation.
(fd) Each When filed, the Proxy Statement and Proxy Documents shall comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Company Exchange Act and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Nasdaq.
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Sources: Investment Agreement (Hf2 Financial Management Inc.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date receipt by Barington of this Agreementthe Audited Financial Statements pursuant to Section 6.15(a), (i) the Company and Parent Barington shall prepare a and file with the SEC the proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”)) to be sent to the stockholders of Barington relating to the meeting of Barington’s stockholders (the “Barington Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be held to consider approval and adoption of (1) this Agreement and the Merger, and (ii2) Parent the amendments to the Barington Certificate of Incorporation contemplated by this Agreement, (and3) the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, (4) an adjournment proposal, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file to adjourn the Barington Stockholders Meeting if, based on the tabulated vote count, Barington is not authorized to proceed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 Merger, and (together with all amendments thereto, 5) any other proposals the “Form S-4”), in which parties deem necessary to effectuate the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock ConsiderationMerger. Parent, New Diamond Barington and the Company will shall cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement and Form S-4any amendment or supplement thereto. Without limiting The Company shall promptly furnish all information concerning the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond Company as Barington may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared . As soon as reasonably practicable after approval thereof by such partythe SEC, and Barington shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare mail the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsits stockholders.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent Barington shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed furnish to the Company’s stockholders, other all information concerning its respective company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to business as may reasonably be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws requested in connection with the issuance preparation of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in Proxy Statement, including providing the Emerald Company with (i) updates with respect to the tabulated vote counts received by Barington, (ii) the right to demand postponement or adjournment of the Barington Stockholders Meeting if, based on the tabulated vote count, Barington will not receive the required approval of the Barington stockholders authorized necessary to proceed with the Merger, as applicable, and (iii) the Company shall furnish right to review and comment on all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actioncommunications sent to or received from Barington stockholders and/or proxy solicitation firms.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made by Barington without the approval of the Company (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned). Barington will advise the Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any supplement or amendment has been filed, or of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, any information relating to the Company or ParentBarington, or any of their respective affiliates, officers or directors should be discovered by the Company or Barington that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement so that such documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in each caselight of the circumstances under which they were made, without providing not misleading, the party hereto that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by law, disseminated to the stockholders of the Company and Barington. Barington shall promptly provide to the Company copies of all correspondence between the SEC and Barington or any of its respective counsel Representatives with respect to the Proxy Statement. At a reasonable time prior to the filing, issuance or other submission or public disclosure of the Proxy Statement or any amendment thereto, the Company shall be given an opportunity to review and comment thereonupon such filing, issuance or submission and give its consent to the form thereof, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
(d) Each of the parties agrees Barington represents that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it Barington for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 willStatement shall not, at (i) the date such document time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at Barington, (ii) the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersBarington Stockholders’ Meeting, and (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes All documents that Barington is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will comply as to form and substance in all material aspects with the applicable requirements of the foregoing, it is understood Securities Act and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by rules and regulations thereunder and the Company Exchange Act and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parentthe rules and regulations thereunder.
(e) Each of Parent and The Company represents that the information supplied by the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Statement shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such commentsnot, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated at (i) the date on which time the Form S-4 shall become effective and Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of Barington, (ii) the Closing Datetime of the Barington Stockholders’ Meeting, and addressed (iii) the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the other partystatements therein, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to light of the Form S-4circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Barington/Hilco Acquisition Corp.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date execution of this Agreement, (i) the Parent and the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall jointly prepare and file with the SEC a single document that will constitute (i) the proxy statement of the Company relating to the special meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS MEETING") to be held to consider approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger and (ii) the registration statement on Form S-4 of the Parent (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”"REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares Parent Common Stock to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to prospectus included in the Registration Statement (such single document, together with any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the "PROXY STATEMENT"). Substantially contemporaneously with the filing of the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC, copies of the definitive Proxy Statement shall be issued provided to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with Amex and the payment of the aggregate Stock ConsiderationNasdaq. Parent, New Diamond The Parent and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registration Statement to become effective as promptly as practicable, and, prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement (the "REGISTRATION STATEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE"), the Parent shall take all or any action required under any applicable Law in connection with the issuance of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. The Parent or the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish to all information concerning the Parent or the Company as the other party information relating to it may reasonably request in connection with such actions and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . As promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement Effective Date, the proxy statement[s] and Form S-4. All prospectus included in the Proxy Statement (collectively, the "PROXY MATERIALS") will be mailed to the stockholders of the parties hereto Company. The Parent and the Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, including Sections 14(a) and 14(d) thereof and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) the Securities Act and Act, (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE Amex and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in Nasdaq and (iv) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsBCA.
(b) Each The Proxy Statement shall include the unanimous and unconditional recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness stockholders of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure Company that it complies they vote in all material respects with the applicable provisions favor of the Exchange Act adoption of this Agreement and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed Merger, except to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause extent that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance Board of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and Directors of the Company shall furnish all information concerning have withdrawn or modified its approval or recommendation of this Agreement or the Company Merger and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested terminated this Agreement in connection accordance with any such actionSections 5.8(c) and 7.1(g).
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement will be made by without the Company approval of each of the Parent and the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) delayed. Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Companyother, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 Registration Statement has become effectiveeffective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order or order, of the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares Common Stock issuable in connection with the Mergers Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each , or of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered any request by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.the
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC as soon as practicable after the Company and Parent shall prepare has received certified copies of each of the fully executed Consent Letters attached to the Consent a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders holders of the Company and Parent Company’s Common Stock in connection with a meeting of holders of the Common Stock (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “Stockholders Meeting”) to consider the Nasdaq Approval, the Charter Amendment Approval and such other matters as the Company Stockholder Meeting and in its reasonable determination may present at the Parent Stockholder Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) . The Proxy Statement shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until rules and regulations thereunder. The Noteholders and their advisors will have the right to review and comment upon the Proxy Statement and any amendment thereto prior to the filing thereof with the SEC, the Company agrees to consider any such timecomments and include in the Proxy Statement or any amendment thereto such comments as it deems appropriate or advisable, in its good faith discretion, and the Company shall provide to the Noteholders a draft of the Proxy Statement and each amendment thereto no later than five (5) business days prior to the anticipated filing date thereof for purposes of such review and comment (it being understood and agreed that the Company shall not be required to delay the filing of (or thereafter amend) the Proxy Statement in respect of comments not provided within such five (5) business day period). The Company shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause (A) clear any comments provided by the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof, and (B) mail or otherwise deliver (or cause to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause or otherwise delivered) the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company’s Common Stock promptly after, and hold the Stockholders Meeting for the purposes of obtaining the Shareholder Approvals not later than sixty (60) calendar days after, (x) the 10th calendar day after the Proxy Statement in preliminary form has been filed with the SEC if the SEC has not informed the Company Shares that it intends to review the Proxy Statement by such 10th calendar day or (y) the 10th calendar day after the SEC has informed the Company that it has no further comments on the Proxy Statement. Except as permitted in clause (x) of the following sentence, the board of directors of the Company shall not withdraw, qualify or modify in a manner adverse to the Noteholders, or publicly propose to withdraw, qualify or modify in a manner adverse to the Noteholders, its recommendation of the Shareholder Approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, but without limiting the other obligations of the Company contained in this Section 5.c.(i), (x) if prior to obtaining the Shareholder Approvals, the board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel, that failure to so withdraw, qualify or modify its recommendation would be inconsistent with the exercise of its fiduciary duties, the board of directors may withdraw or modify its recommendation of either the Nasdaq Approval or the Charter Amendment Approval, or both of them and (y) the Company may adjourn or postpone the Stockholders Meeting one or more times (i) to a date not more than twenty (20) days after the original date of such Stockholders Meeting if as of the time for which the Stockholders Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement) there are insufficient shares of Common Stock of the Company represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Stockholders Meeting or there shall be insufficient affirmative votes for the Nasdaq Approval to satisfy the condition in Section 6.a.(i) or (ii) as otherwise necessary to comply with applicable law. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall not postpone or adjourn the Stockholders Meeting without the consent of the Noteholders.
(ii) At all times from and after the date hereof to and through the completion of the Stockholders Meeting, the Noteholders shall, and shall cause each of their respective Affiliates and each person named in Section 5.e. below (and any other director nominee proposed pursuant thereto) director nominees pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement to, use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Company (and to update) such information relating to any of them for inclusion in the Proxy Statement as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company that is required by Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act or Parentis otherwise necessary, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied proper or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable advisable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale preparation, filing and mailing thereof, including information in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each respect of its nominees to the board of directors of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered pursuant to the other party a letter terms and conditions of its independent auditors, dated the Stockholders Agreement (iand customary questionnaires for purposes of preparing the Proxy Statement executed by such nominees) the date or any national securities exchange on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4Company’s shares are then listed.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments theretoSEC, in preliminary form, the “Form S-4”), in which Proxy Statement and provide therein the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, holders of Parent Common Stock the opportunity to elect redemption of their Parent Common Stock in connection with the registration under Parent Common Stockholders Meeting, as required by the Securities Act Organizational Documents of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders Parent. Each of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall to: (i) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC; and (ii) promptly notify the other of, cooperate with each other with respect to and respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff.
(b) Parent shall provide the holders of Parent Common Stock the opportunity to elect redemption of such shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Special Meeting, as required by Parent’s Organizational Documents (the “Common Stockholder Redemption”).
(c) Without limitation, in the Proxy Statement, Parent shall solicit proxies from holders of Parent Common Stock to vote at the Parent Common Stockholders Meeting in favor of (i) the Exchange Actadoption of this Agreement and the approval of the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to Section 251 of the DGCL, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) approval for purposes of the rules and regulations of NASDAQ or NYSE of the NYSE issuance of equity securities as part of the Merger Consideration, including the Holdback Releases, (iii) the approval for purposes of the rules and regulations of NASDAQ of the issuance of equity securities as part of the Supplemental Financings, (iv) the material differences between the constitutional documents of Parent that will be in effect upon the Effective Time and Parent’s current amended and restated certificate of incorporation, (v) an incentive compensation plan for employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries that will be in place at the Closing (the “Parent Incentive Plan”) and (vi) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “Transaction Proposals”). The Proxy Statement will comply as to form and substance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion rules and regulations thereunder.
(d) After all the comments received from the SEC have been cleared by the SEC staff and all information required to be contained in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement has been included therein by Parent and Form S-4 the Company, Parent shall file the Proxy Statement in definitive form with the SEC in accordance with the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and mail the Proxy Statement to holders of record of Parent Common Stock, as and of the record date to be established by the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) board of directors of Parent. Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning such Party and its Affiliates to the Company other Party, and the holders of the Company Shares provide such other assistance, as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement, and the Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other Party to be included therein. Parent shall promptly notify the Company upon the receipt of any such actioncomments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement and shall provide the Company with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand. Parent (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation) shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement.
(ce) No Prior to filing ofwith the SEC or mailing to Parent’s stockholders, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 Parent will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement make available to the Company drafts of the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement, both preliminary and final (including any amendments or supplements thereto) and will be made by provide the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts, shall consider such comments in good faith and shall accept all reasonable additions, deletions or changes suggested by the Company in connection therewith. Parent shall not file any such documents with the SEC (including response to any comments from the SEC with respect thereto) without the prior written consent (e-mail is sufficient) of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Parent will advise the Company promptly after receipt of notice thereof, of (i) if the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC, (ii) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement, (iii) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement, (iv) any comments from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement and responses thereto (whether written or oral), or (viii) requests by the SEC for additional information. Parent shall promptly respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC under the Exchange Act as soon after filing as practicable; provided, that prior to responding to any comments or material requests from the SEC, Parent will make available to the Company drafts of any such response and provide the Company with a reasonable opportunity to comment thereonon such drafts (including the proposed final version of such document or response).
(df) Each of Parent and the parties agrees Company shall ensure that none of the information supplied by or to be supplied by it on its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 Statement will, at as of the date such document the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and Parent Stockholders, at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the MergersParent Common Stockholders Meeting, or at the Effective Time, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes If at any time prior to the Parent Common Stockholders Meeting there shall be discovered any information that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the foregoingcircumstances under which they were made, it is understood and agreed that information concerning not misleading, Parent shall promptly transmit to its stockholders an amendment or related supplement to the Proxy Statement containing such information. If, at any time prior to the Effective Time, the Company discovers any information, event or circumstance relating to the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates, officers, directors or employees that should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, then the Company Subsidiary will be deemed shall promptly inform Parent of such information, event or circumstance and shall promptly provide all information required for Parent to have been supplied transmit to the holders of its capital stock an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement containing such information.
(g) Subject to compliance by the Company with its obligations under this Section 6.11 and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied provision by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree on a timely basis of such information that may be required in order for Parent to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which comply with this Section 6.11(g), Parent shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff make all necessary filings with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and applicable “blue sky” Laws and any rules and regulations thereunder.
(h) The Company shall promptly provide Parent with all information (including applicable financial statements prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X of the SEC to the extent required by the applicable forms of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 ) concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries reasonably requested by Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement and any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information Statement (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each otherif any). Parent will advise The Company shall cause the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, officers and employees of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Company and its Subsidiaries to be reasonably available to Parent Shares issuable and its counsel in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale drafting of the Proxy Statement and responding in any jurisdictiona timely manner to comments on the Proxy Statement from the SEC.
(fi) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) cause the date shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to the Pre-Closing Holders to be approved for listing on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and NASDAQ or NYSE upon issuance, (ii) cause the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to the holders of Parent Class B Common Stock to be approved for listing on NASDAQ or NYSE upon issuance, (iii) cause the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued upon exercise of the Parent Warrants to be approved for listing on NASDAQ or NYSE upon issuance and (iv) make all necessary and appropriate filings with NASDAQ or NYSE and undertake all other steps reasonably required prior to the Closing Date, and addressed Date to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4effect such listings.
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Proxy Statement. (ai) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) Parent shall, in accordance with this Section 7.1(a), prepare and file with the Company and Parent shall prepare SEC, in preliminary form, a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting Transactions (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued sent to the stockholders of Parent in advance of the Company Special Meeting, for the purpose of, among other things: (A) providing Parent’s stockholders with the opportunity to redeem shares of Parent Class A Stock (the “Parent Stockholder Redemption”); and (B) soliciting proxies from holders of Parent Class A Stock to vote at the Special Meeting in favor of: (1) the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Transactions; (2) the issuance of shares of Parent Class A Stock in connection with Section 2.6; (3) the Diamond Merger amendment and restatement of the Parent Shares to be issued to Organizational Documents in the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment form of the aggregate Parent A&R Charter attached hereto as Exhibit A; (4) the approval of the adoption of a management equity incentive plan pursuant to which Parent is permitted to issue the Restricted Stock ConsiderationUnits in accordance with Section 7.24; and (5) any other proposals the Parties deem necessary or desirable to consummate the Transactions (collectively, the “Parent Stockholder Matters”). Parent, New Diamond Without the prior written consent of the Stockholder Representative and the Company will cooperate with (each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingsuch consent not to be unreasonably withheld, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions toconditioned or delayed), the Parent Stockholder Matters shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which Parent shall propose to be acted on by the Parent’s stockholders at the Special Meeting. The Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to Statement will comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such timerules and regulations thereunder. The Company Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to file the definitive Proxy Statement with the SEC and cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be mailed to its stockholders of record, as of the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus record date to be mailed to established by the board of directors of Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after (but in no event later than five Business Days except as otherwise required by Applicable Legal Requirements) following the Form S-4 earlier to occur of: (Y) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is declared effective not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Securities Exchange Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares ; or (Z) in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in event the Emerald Mergerpreliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders receipt of oral or written notification of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any completion of the review by the SEC (such actionearlier date, the “Proxy Clearance Date”).
(cii) No Prior to filing ofwith the SEC, or amendment or supplement toParent will make available to the Company drafts of the Proxy Statement and any other documents to be filed with the SEC, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parentboth preliminary and final, and no filing of, or any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus Statement or such other document and will be made by provide the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review comment on such drafts and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference shall consider such comments in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date good faith. Parent shall not file any such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence documents with the SEC staff with respect without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each otherdelayed). Parent will advise the Company, Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of of: (A) the time when the Form S-4 Proxy Statement has become effectivebeen filed; (B) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension expiration of the qualification of waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.Exchange Act;
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date The Company Board shall (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such shareholder approval of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Acttransactions contemplated hereby, (ii) perform such other acts as may reasonably be requested by Parent to ensure that such shareholder approval of this Agreement, the Securities Act Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby are obtained, but consistent with Section 5.19 and Section 9.01, (iii) cause the rules and regulations Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC no later than forty-five (45) days after the date hereof, (iv) cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the shareholders of the NYSE and Company as soon as practicable after the PCX. The date hereof, but in any event, no later than fifteen (15) days after the date the SEC approves, clears or otherwise informs the Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in that it has no additional comments relating to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , and Form S-4 as and (v) cause the Company Shareholders’ Meeting to occur no later than thirty (30) days after the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationsdate the Proxy Statement is mailed to Company shareholders.
(b) Each of If the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts becomes aware prior to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure of any information that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions would cause any of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference statements in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus Statement to be false or the Form S-4 willmisleading with respect to any material fact, at the date such document is first mailed or to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, 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 thereintherein not false or misleading, in the light Company shall promptly inform Parent thereof and take the necessary steps to correct the Proxy Statement.
(c) Prior to mailing the Proxy Statement to Company shareholders, the Company will provide Parent drafts of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood Proxy Statement and agreed that information concerning or related other documents relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed Proxy Statement for Parent to have been supplied by review and comment upon, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to incorporate into the Proxy Statement and information concerning other documents any reasonable comments or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied changes suggested by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following Upon the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent TeleBanc shall prepare a proxy statement thereupon cause to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statementprepared, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and soon as reasonably practical (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with provided that MET Holdings has given to TeleBanc all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), information concerning MET Holdings which is required for inclusion in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as ), a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to complying in form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) applicable Laws for the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations purpose of the NYSE soliciting applicable shareholder approvals in connection herewith and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion Dissolution (in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulationscase of MET Holdings).
(b) Each TeleBanc shall deliver to MET Holdings, reasonably in advance of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts time it intends to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause mail the Proxy Statement/Prospectus , a draft Proxy Statement for review and comment upon all information relating to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause MET Holdings that appears in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus . TeleBanc shall cooperate with MET Holdings in responding to be mailed and considering any reasonable questions or comments regarding such draft Proxy Statement before it is finalized and filed, provided that such questions or comments are received on a timely basis so as to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionpermit response or incorporation.
(c) No filing If at any time after the Proxy Statement is first mailed to security holders and prior to the Closing Date, any event relating to MET Holdings should be discovered which should be set forth in an amendment of, or amendment or a supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or ParentProxy Statement, MET Holdings shall promptly so inform TeleBanc, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement will furnish all necessary information to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders TeleBanc relating to the Mergers, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleadingsuch event. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which TeleBanc shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any thereupon prepare an amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (, mail to security holders, and if appropriate, MET Holdings will take any necessary action as promptly deliver a copy of as practicable to permit such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause appropriate amendment to be delivered transmitted to the other party a letter holders of its independent auditors, dated MET Holdings 16 Stock entitled to vote at the MET Holdings Shareholders Meeting (ias defined in Section 4.3(a) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Datehereof), and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4will transmit such amendment or supplement as promptly as practical.
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Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date Within thirty (30) days of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders Purchaser’s receipt of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting Request Notice and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”subject to Section 5.2(d), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) Purchaser shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration proxy statement on Form S-4 relating to the Purchaser Stockholders’ Meeting to be held in connection with the Purchaser Stockholder Matters (together with all any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the “Form S-4Proxy Statement”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and Purchaser shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish (i) cause the Proxy Statement to comply with applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the other party information relating SEC and (ii) respond promptly to it and any comments or requests of the SEC or its affiliates as necessary staff related to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto Purchaser shall cause not file the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of, or any amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing ofthereto, or amendment respond to SEC comments or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each caserequests, without providing the other party and its respective counsel Sellers’ Representative a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereonthereon (which comments shall be reasonably considered by Purchaser).
(db) Each of the parties Purchaser covenants and agrees that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Statement (and the Form S-4 willletters to stockholders, at notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith) will (i) comply as to form in all material respects with the date such document is first mailed to requirements of applicable U.S. federal securities Laws and the stockholders of the relevant party DGCL, and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, (ii) will 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 made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(ec) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent Purchaser shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be delivered mailed to Purchaser’s stockholders as promptly as practicable after the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated Proxy Statement has been filed with the SEC and either (i) the date SEC has indicated that it does not intend to review the Proxy Statement or that its review of the Proxy Statement has been completed or (ii) at least ten (10) days shall have passed since the Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC without receiving any correspondence from the SEC commenting upon, or indicating that it intends to review, the Proxy Statement, all in compliance with applicable U.S. federal securities laws and the DGCL. If Purchaser or any Seller (A) becomes aware of any event or information that, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, should be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, (B) receives notice of any SEC request for an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or for additional information related thereto, or (C) receives SEC comments on which the Form S-4 Proxy Statement, as the case may be, then such Party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other Party thereof and shall cooperate and consult with such other Party in Purchaser filing such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, if appropriate, in mailing such amendment or supplement to the Purchaser stockholders.
(d) The Parties shall reasonably cooperate and consult with each other and provide, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause their respective Representatives to provide, the other Party and its Representatives, with all true, correct and complete information regarding such Party or the Company that is required by Law to be included in the Proxy Statement or reasonably requested by the other Party to be included in the Proxy Statement. If at any time the information provided in Proxy Statement has or will become effective “stale” and new information should, as determined by Purchaser acting reasonably, be disclosed in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, then Purchaser shall promptly inform Sellers’ Representative and each such Party shall cooperate and consult with one another, and shall use reasonable best efforts to cause their accounting and other outside professionals to so cooperate and consult, (i) in providing the financial reporting necessary for such filing and (ii) in filing such amendment or supplement with the Closing DateSEC (and, and addressed if related to the other partyProxy Statement, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar mailing such amendment or supplement to the Form S-4Purchaser stockholders).
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Sources: Share Exchange Agreement (Protagenic Therapeutics, Inc.\new)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following after the date of this Agreement, the Parent shall cause to be prepared and filed with the SEC the Proxy Statement in preliminary 56 DB1/ 97944280.20
(ib) At any time from (and including) the Company and initial filing with the SEC of the Proxy Statement, Parent shall prepare a proxy statement to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and (ii) Parent (and, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file with the SEC any amended Proxy Statement so long as Parent has provided to the Company a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act draft copy of the New Diamond shares initial preliminary Proxy Statement at least five (5) days prior to be issued any filing thereof and any supplement or amendment at least five days prior to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger and the Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Considerationany filing thereof. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations of the NYSE and the PCX. The Company or New Diamond, as appropriate, shall provide audited financial statements for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and to the extent required under applicable Law and SEC regulations.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall use all commercially reasonable best efforts to have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act Proxy Statement approved as promptly as practicable after such filing and as necessary to maintain consummate the effectiveness of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act Merger and the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Actother transactions contemplated hereby. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action (other than qualifying to do business in any jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified or filing a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction) required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares shares of Parent Common Stock in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company Company, and the holders of the Company Shares use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause its Members to furnish any information concerning such Members, as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action.
(c) No filing of. Promptly after the approval of the preliminary Proxy Statement, Parent shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to its stockholders, and if necessary, after the definitive Proxy Statement has been mailed, promptly circulate amended, supplemented or amendment supplemental proxy materials and, if required in connection therewith, re-solicit proxies or supplement towritten consents, as applicable. If at any time prior to the Effective Time, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, officers and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parentdirectors of Parent discover any statement which, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each light of the parties agrees that none of the information supplied circumstances to which it is made, is false or misleading with respect to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit omits to state any a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. For purposes of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related to the Company or any Company Subsidiary will be deemed to have been supplied by the Company and information concerning or related to Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it for use statement made in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which Statement not misleading, then Parent shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable immediately notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence misstatements or request to each other)omissions. Parent will shall advise the Company, Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 definitive Proxy Statement or any supplement or amendment thereto has become effectivebeen filed, the issuance of any stop order or order, the suspension of the qualification of the shares of Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers Common Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each , or any request by the SEC for amendment of the Company Proxy Statement or comments thereon and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be delivered to responses thereto or requests by the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary SEC for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Form S-4.additional information. 7.17
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Independence Contract Drilling, Inc.)
Proxy Statement. (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) Parent and the Company shall prepare and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by the Company), and Parent shall prepare file with the SEC, a proxy statement relating to the Transactions (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy Statement”) to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting and relating to the Parent Stockholder Meeting Stockholders’ Meeting, for the purpose of, among other things: (such proxy statement, as amended or supplemented, i) providing Parent’s stockholders with notice of the opportunity to redeem shares of Parent Class A Common Stock (the “Proxy Statement/ProspectusParent Stockholder Redemption”), ; and (ii) soliciting proxies from holders of Parent (andClass A Common Stock to vote at the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting in favor of the Parent Proposals. The Proxy Statement shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and Parent, if necessary, New Diamond) shall prepare and file will comply as to form and substance with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 (together with all amendments thereto, the “Form S-4”), in which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be included as a prospectus, in connection with the registration under the Securities Act applicable requirements of the New Diamond shares to be issued to the stockholders of the Company in connection with the Diamond Merger Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. Each of Parent Shares to be issued to the stockholders of New Diamond in connection with the payment of the aggregate Stock Consideration. Parent, New Diamond and the Company will cooperate with each other in the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent, New Diamond and the Company will provide the other with a reasonable opportunity to review drafts of, and revisions to, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 prepared by such party, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the other party information relating to it and its affiliates as necessary to prepare the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4. All of the parties hereto shall to: (A) cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 Statement to comply as to form and substance as to such party in all material respects with the applicable requirements of (i) the Exchange Act, (ii) the Securities Act and (iii) the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC (including, with respect to the Company, delivery of the NYSE true and complete copies of the audited or reviewed consolidated balance sheet of W3BCLOUD Partners Limited and its subsidiaries as required thereunder, and the PCXrelated audited and unaudited consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and changes in equityholders’ equity of W3BCLOUD Partners Limited and its subsidiaries for the applicable periods, each prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X and US GAAP and, with respect to any audited financials, audited in accordance with the auditing standards of the PCAOB and the associated audit reports and consents of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm); and (B) promptly notify the others of, cooperate with each other with respect to and respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff. The Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly furnish, or New Diamondcause to be furnished to, as appropriatethe other with all information concerning such party and its subsidiaries, Representatives and stockholders that may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action contemplated by this Section 8.01; provided, however, that neither Parent nor the Company shall provide audited financial statements use any such information for inclusion in any purposes other than those contemplated by this Agreement unless: (y) such Party obtains the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and Form S-4 as and prior written consent of the applicable other Party to such use (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); or (z) to the extent that use of such information is required under (upon advice of counsel) to avoid violation of applicable Law and SEC regulationsLaw.
(b) Each Prior to filing the Proxy Statement with the SEC, Parent will make available to the Company drafts of the Proxy Statement and any other documents to be filed with the SEC, both preliminary and final, and any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement or such other document and will provide the Company with a reasonable opportunity to comment on such drafts and shall consider such comments in good faith. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts not file the Proxy Statement with the SEC without the Company’s final approval thereof, such approval not to have be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Parent will advise the Form S-4 declared effective Company promptly after it receives notice thereof, of: (i) the time when the Proxy Statement has been filed; (ii) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is not reviewed by the SEC, the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to maintain Exchange Act; (iii) in the effectiveness event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the Form S-4 through the Effective Time and to ensure that it complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions completion of the Exchange Act and review by the Securities Act until such time. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts SEC; (iv) the filing of any supplement or amendment to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to ; (v) the Company’s stockholders, issuance of any stop order by the SEC; (vi) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement; and (vii) requests by the SEC for additional information. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to Parent’s stockholders, in each case Statement cleared by the SEC under the Exchange Act as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent and New Diamond shall also take any action required to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of New Diamond Shares in the Diamond Merger and Parent Shares in the Emerald Merger, as applicable, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actionpracticable.
(c) No filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Form S-4 will be made by New Diamond or Parent, and no filing of, or amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/ Prospectus will be made by the Company or Parent, in each case, without providing the other party and its respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon.
(d) Each of the parties agrees Parent represents that none of the information supplied by Parent or to be supplied by it on behalf of Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 will, at the date such document is first mailed to the stockholders of the relevant party and at the time of such party’s meeting of stockholders relating to the Mergers, contain Statement shall not include 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are were made, not misleading. For purposes , at (i) the time the Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC, (ii) each time at which the Proxy Statement is amended, (iii) the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the stockholders of Parent, (iv) the time of the foregoingParent Stockholders’ Meeting and (v) the Closing. If, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related at any time prior to the Parent Stockholders’ Meeting, there shall be discovered any information that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Parent shall promptly file an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement containing such information. If, at any time prior to the Closing, the Company discovers any information, event or circumstance relating to the Company, its business or any Company Subsidiary will of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees that should be deemed set forth in an amendment or a supplement to have been supplied by the Proxy Statement so that the Proxy Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, then the Company and information concerning shall promptly inform Parent of such information, event or related to circumstance. All documents that Parent or Acquisition Sub will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent.
(e) Each of Parent and the Company agree to correct any information provided by it is responsible for use in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 which shall have become false or misleading. The parties shall as soon as reasonably practicable notify each other of the receipt of any comments from or other correspondence filing with the SEC staff with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 and any request by the SEC for any amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or Form S-4 or for additional information (and promptly deliver a copy of such comments, correspondence or request to each other). Parent will advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective, the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Shares issuable in connection with the Mergers for offering or sale in any jurisdiction.
(f) Each of the Company and Parent Transactions shall use its reasonable best efforts comply as to cause to be delivered to the other party a letter of its independent auditors, dated (i) the date on which the Form S-4 shall become effective and (ii) the Closing Date, and addressed to the other party, in form and substance customary for “comfort” letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection all material respects with registration statements similar to the Form S-4applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
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Sources: Business Combination Agreement (Social Leverage Acquisition Corp I)