Pursuit of Other Offers. By Buyer, if Seller solicits, encourages, initiates or negotiates any other sale or combination of Seller's businesses or of the Business or any substantial part thereof.
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Other Offers Neither Stockholder (in Stockholder’s capacity as such), nor any of Stockholder’s Subsidiaries, if any, shall, nor shall Stockholder or any of Stockholder’s Subsidiaries, if any, authorize or permit any of its or their respective Representatives to, and Stockholder shall instruct, and cause each applicable Subsidiary of Stockholder to instruct, each such Representative not to, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions: (i) solicit, initiate, cause or induce the making, submission or announcement of, or knowingly encourage, facilitate or assist, an Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish to any Person (other than Parent, Acquisition Sub or any designees of Parent or Acquisition Sub) any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or afford to any Person (other than Parent, Acquisition Sub or any designees of Parent or Acquisition Sub) access to the business, properties, assets, books, records or other non-public information, or to any personnel, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in any such case with the intent to induce the making, submission or announcement of, or the intent to encourage, facilitate or assist, an Acquisition Proposal or any inquiries or the making of any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; or (iv) enter into any Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to an Acquisition Transaction. Without limiting the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of the foregoing restrictions by any Subsidiary of Stockholder or Representatives of Stockholder or any of its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.02
No Solicitation of Other Offers (a) The Corporation and its affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents shall immediately cease any discussions or negotiations with any other parties that may be ongoing with respect to any Acquisition Proposal (as defined below). Neither the Corporation nor any of its affiliates, shall, directly or indirectly, take (and the Corporation shall not authorize or permit its or its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, representatives, consultants, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other agents or affiliates, to so take) any action to (i) encourage, solicit or initiate the making of any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into any agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) participate in any way in discussions or negotiations with, or furnish or disclose any information to, any Person (other than Parent or Sub or their representatives) in connection with, or take any other action to facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal (including without limitation by taking any action (except as required by Section 1.2) that would make the Rights Agreement, Section 203 of the DGCL or the provisions of Article FIFTH of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation inapplicable to an Acquisition Proposal) that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Corporation, in response to an unsolicited Acquisition Proposal and in compliance with its obligations under Section 5.9(b) hereof, may participate in discussions or negotiations with or furnish information to any third party which proposes a transaction which the Board of Directors of the Corporation reasonably determines will result in a Superior Proposal if the Board of Directors believes (and has been advised in writing by independent outside counsel) that failing to take such action would constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties under applicable law. In addition, neither the Board of Directors of the Corporation nor any Committee thereof shall (x) withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent or Sub the approval and recommendation of the Offer and this Agreement or (y) approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal, provided that the Corporation may recommend to its shareholders an Acquisition Proposal and in connection therewith withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation of the Offer or the Merger if (i) the Board of Directors of the Corporation has determined that the Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Proposal, (ii) all the conditions to the Corporation's right to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1(e) have been satisfied (including the expiration of the three day period described therein and the payment of all amounts required pursuant to Section 9.1), (iii) simultaneously with such withdrawal, modification or recommendation, this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 8.1(e) and (iv) the Acquisition Proposal does not provide for any breakup fee or other inducement to the acquiror other than reimbursement of out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with such Acquisition Proposal. Any actions permitted under, and taken in compliance with, this Section 5.9 shall not be deemed a breach of any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement.
No Distribution of Other Offering Materials The Partnership Entities have not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Closing Date or any settlement date and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Units, will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Units other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representatives have consented in accordance with this Agreement, and other materials, if any, permitted by the Act, including Rule 134.
Notice of Other Sale Without the written consent of the Agent, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares (other than Shares hereunder), warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire Common Shares, during the period beginning on the third Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Issuance Notice is delivered to the Agent hereunder and ending on the third Trading Day immediately following the Settlement Date with respect to Shares sold pursuant to such Issuance Notice; and will not directly or indirectly enter into any other “at the market” or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Shares (other than the Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, Common Shares prior to the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that such restrictions will not be required in connection with the Company’s (i) issuance or sale of Common Shares, options to purchase Common Shares or Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of options or other equity awards pursuant to any employee or director share option, incentive or benefit plan, share purchase or ownership plan, long-term incentive plan, dividend reinvestment plan, inducement award under Nasdaq rules or other compensation plan of the Company or its subsidiaries, as in effect on the date of this Agreement, (ii) issuance or sale of Common Shares issuable upon exchange, conversion or redemption of securities or the exercise or vesting of warrants, options or other equity awards outstanding at the date of this Agreement, and (iii) modification of any outstanding options, warrants of any rights to purchase or acquire Common Shares.
Notice of Other Sales Without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Company will not, directly or indirectly, offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire shares of Common Stock during the period beginning on the fifth Trading Day immediately prior to the date on which any Placement Notice is delivered to Agent hereunder and ending on the second Trading Day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice (or, if the Placement Notice has been terminated or suspended prior to the sale of all Placement Shares covered by a Placement Notice, the date of such suspension or termination); and will not directly or indirectly in any other “at the market offering” or continuous equity transaction offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to sell or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock (other than the Placement Shares offered pursuant to this Agreement) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, warrants or any rights to purchase or acquire, shares of Common Stock prior to the later of the termination of this Agreement and the sixtieth day immediately following the final Settlement Date with respect to Placement Shares sold pursuant to such Placement Notice; provided, however, that such restrictions will not be required in connection with the Company’s issuance or sale of (i) shares of Common Stock, options to purchase shares of Common Stock, other securities under the Company’s existing equity incentive plans, or shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of options or vesting of other securities, pursuant to any employee or director stock option or benefits plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan (but not shares of Common Stock subject to a waiver to exceed plan limits in its dividend reinvestment plan) of the Company whether now in effect or hereafter implemented, (ii) shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants, options or other rights in effect or outstanding, and disclosed in filings by the Company available on XXXXX or otherwise in writing to the Agent and (iii) shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock as consideration for mergers, acquisitions, other business combinations or strategic alliances occurring after the date of this Agreement which are not issued for capital raising purposes.
Other Offerings The Company has not sold, issued or distributed any Securities during the six-month period preceding the date hereof, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulation D or Regulation S of, the Act, other than Securities issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, rights or warrants.
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No Solicitation; Other Offers (a) Except as provided by the remainder of this Section 6.04, from the date hereof until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article 10, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers or directors shall, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not authorize any of its other Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or take any action to knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage any inquiries or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, including by way of furnishing any non-public information or data concerning the Company or its Subsidiaries or any assets owned (in whole or part) by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Person in furtherance of an Acquisition Proposal or if it would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, any Third Party with respect to any potential Acquisition Proposal, (iii) enter into any agreement in principle, memorandum of understanding, letter of intent, merger agreement, acquisition agreement, joint venture agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement (but excluding an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) providing for a transaction that is the subject of an Acquisition Proposal (an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”), or (iv) grant any waiver, amendment or release under any standstill or confidentiality agreement concerning an Acquisition Proposal; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing and the last sentence of this Section 6.04(a) the Company shall be permitted to waive, amend, release or fail to enforce any provision of any confidentiality, “standstill” or similar obligation of any Person if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Applicable Law. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and their respective Representatives to, cease immediately and cause to be terminated any and all activities, discussions or negotiations, if any, existing as of the date of this Agreement with any Third Party and its Representatives with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly inform its Representatives of the obligations in this Section 6.04. The Company also agrees that it will promptly request each Person that has executed a confidentiality agreement prior to the date hereof in connection with its consideration of acquiring the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to return or destroy (as provided in the terms of such confidentiality agreement) all confidential information furnished to such Person prior to the date hereof by or on behalf of it or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce any confidentiality agreements entered into with any Person in connection with any Acquisition Proposal if requested to do so by Parent, subject to the remaining provisions of this Section 6.04.
Filings; Other Actions The Investor, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, will cooperate and consult with the other and use reasonable best efforts to prepare and file all necessary and customary documentation, to effect all necessary and customary applications, notices, petitions, filings and other documents, and to obtain all necessary and customary permits, consents, orders, approvals and authorizations of, or exemptions from, all Governmental Entities (and, solely with respect to the Company, the Bankruptcy Court) and third parties, (i) necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including all transactions that are conditions to Closing hereunder) or the Other Private Placements, and to perform the covenants contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it and (ii) with respect to the Investor, to the extent typically provided by the Investor to such third parties or Governmental Entities, as applicable, under the Investor’s policies consistently applied and subject to such confidentiality requests as the Investor may reasonably seek. Each of the parties hereto shall execute and deliver both before and after the Closing such further certificates, agreements and other documents and take such other actions as the other parties may reasonably request to consummate or implement such transactions or to evidence such events or matters, subject, in each case, to clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 3.1. The Investor and the Company will each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly obtain or submit, and the Company and the Investor will cooperate as may reasonably be requested by the Investor or the Company, as the case may be, to help the Investor and the Company promptly obtain or submit, as the case may be, as promptly as practicable, the approvals and authorizations of, any additional filings and registrations with, and any additional notifications to, all notices to and, to the extent required by laws, rules, regulations, consents, approvals or exemptions from Governmental Entities (and, solely with respect to the Company, the Bankruptcy Court) or third parties, subject, in each case, to clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 3.1. In furtherance of the foregoing, if required, the Investor and the Company shall make all necessary applications, notices, petitions, filings and other documents in connection with the Required Approvals required to be obtained by it, not later than five (5) business days following the date of this Agreement, and the Investor and the Company shall use, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use, reasonable best efforts to, as promptly as possible, respond fully to all requests for additional information from the Federal Reserve or the OCC. The Investor and the Company will each have the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable, each will consult with the other, in each case subject to applicable laws relating to the exchange of information and confidential information related to the Investor or the Company, all the information (other than confidential information) relating to such other party, and any of their respective Affiliates, which appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any third party or any Governmental Entity (other than public filings with the Bankruptcy Court) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however, that the Company shall not allow any other investor in the Other Private Placements to review any such information relating to the Investor. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the parties hereto agrees to act reasonably and as promptly as practicable. Each party hereto agrees to keep the other party apprised of the status of matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Investor and the Company shall promptly furnish each other to the extent permitted by applicable laws with copies of written communications received by them or their Affiliates from, or delivered by any of the foregoing to, any Governmental Entity (other than public filings with the Bankruptcy Court) in respect of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided that the party delivering any such document may redact any confidential information contained therein. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing contained in this Agreement shall require the Investor or any of its Affiliates to (i) take any action that would result in the Investor or any of its Affiliates being deemed to control the Company or the Bank for purposes of the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978, the HOLA or the cross-guaranty liability provisions of the FDI Act, or that would require any such entity to register as a savings and loan holding company, (ii) take or refrain from taking or agree to take or refrain from taking any action or suffer to exist any condition, limitation, restriction or requirement that would result in a Burdensome Condition or (iii) provide to the Company any of its, its Affiliates’, its investment advisor’s or its or their control persons’ or equity holders’ nonpublic, proprietary, personal or otherwise confidential information including the identities of limited partners, shareholders or members of the Investor or its Affiliates or their investment advisors. So long as the Investor holds any securities of the Company, the Company will not, without the consent of the Investor, take any action, directly or indirectly through its subsidiaries or otherwise, that the Board of Directors believes in good faith would reasonably be expected to cause the Investor to be subject to transfer restrictions or other covenants of the FDIC Statement of Policy on Qualifications for Failed Bank Acquisitions as in effect at the time of taking such action or thereunder.
Filings; Other Actions; Notification (a) The Company and Parent shall, subject to Sections 6.2 and 6.3, cooperate with each other and use, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use, their respective reasonable best efforts to take or cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, necessary, proper or advisable under this Agreement and applicable Laws and Orders to consummate and make effective the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement as expeditiously as possible, including (i) preparing and filing all documentation to effect all necessary notices, reports and other filings (and in any event, by filing within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement the notifications, filings and other information required to be filed under the HSR Act and as promptly as practicable in the case of all other filings required under any Foreign Competition Laws with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, which are set forth Section 7.1(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter) and to obtain as expeditiously as possible all consents, registrations, approvals, permits, expirations of waiting periods and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) satisfying the conditions to consummating the Merger, (iii) defending any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Merger, (iv) obtaining (and cooperating with each other in obtaining) any consent, approval of, waiver or any exemption by, any non-governmental third party, in each case, to the extent necessary, proper or advisable in connection with the Merger and (v) executing and delivering any reasonable additional instruments necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement.
