Special Meetings; Notice Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the Board, the chief executive officer, the president, the secretary or a majority of the total number of directors constituting the Board. Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:
Shareholder Meeting (a) As promptly as reasonably practicable (but in any event no more than forty-five (45) days) following the date of this Agreement, the Company and Parent shall jointly prepare and Parent shall cause to be filed with the SEC the Form S-4 with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock and New Parent Preferred Stock (or depositary shares in respect thereof) issuable in the Company Merger, which will include the Proxy Statement/Prospectus with respect to the Company Shareholder Meeting. Each of the Company and Parent, as applicable, shall use its reasonable best efforts to (A) have the Proxy Statement/Prospectus cleared and the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing, (B) ensure that the Form S-4 and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and Securities Act, (C) mail or deliver the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the Company’s shareholders as promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective and (D) keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as is necessary to complete the Mergers. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information required to be disclosed in the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement/Prospectus or as may reasonably be requested concerning itself, its Affiliates and its shareholders to the other, including all information necessary for the preparation of pro forma or other financial statements, and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, and all written comments with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 received from the SEC and advise the other Party of any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 received from the SEC. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or mailing the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate and provide the other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments received by the other Party on such document or response. Parent shall advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Company Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, NYSE rules and regulations, any applicable foreign or state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the issuance of the shares of Parent Common Stock and New Parent Preferred Stock (or depositary shares in respect thereof) in the Company Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Shares and Company Series D Preferred Shares as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actions. Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, any applicable foreign or state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the issuance of the new Parent OP Interests in connection with the Partnership Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company, the Partnership and the holders of the Partnership OP Units as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actions. The Parent Parties shall have the right, to the extent necessary (and following consultation with the Company), to prepare and file a Form S-4 with respect to the new Parent OP Interests (the “OP Unit Form S-4”) to be issued in connection with the Partnership Merger. The Company Parties will cooperate in the preparation of the OP Unit Form S-4 pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Parent Parties determine to prepare and file the OP Unit Form S-4, (x) the Parent Parties shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after such determination, the OP Unit Form S-4, (y) all references in this Agreement to “Form S-4” (including this Section 7.1 and Section 8.1(b)) shall be deemed to refer to the Form S-4 and the OP Unit Form S-4, collectively.
Action by Members Without a Meeting Action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of Members may be taken without a meeting if the action is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by all Members and delivered to the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company for inclusion in the minutes or for filing with the Company records. Action taken under this Section is effective when all Members have signed the consent, unless the consent specifies a different effective date.
Attendance at Meetings; Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings (a) Attendance at meetings of Holders of Securities may be in person or by proxy; and, to the extent permitted by law, any such proxy shall remain in effect and be binding upon any future Holder of the Securities with respect to which it was given unless and until specifically revoked by the Holder or future Holder of such Securities before being voted.
Stockholder Meetings All expenses incidental to holding meetings of Stockholders, including the printing of notices and proxy materials, and proxy solicitation therefor.
Stockholder Meeting SSE will submit to its stockholders this Agreement and any other matters required to be approved or adopted by stockholders in order to carry out the intentions of this Agreement. In furtherance of that obligation, SSE will take, in accordance with applicable law and its articles of incorporation and bylaws, all action necessary to call and give notice of a meeting of its stockholders (the “Stockholder Meeting”) for the purpose of considering and voting on approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions provided for in this Agreement and mail the Proxy Statement as promptly as possible, and convene and hold the Stockholder Meeting as promptly as possible after the mailing date of the Proxy Statement, after SSE has been notified that NVSL has filed all applications to Governmental Entities to obtain all approvals, consents and waivers required to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. SSE’s Board of Directors will use all reasonable best efforts to obtain from SSE’s stockholders a vote approving this Agreement. Except as provided in this Agreement, (i) SSE’s Board of Directors shall recommend to SSE’s stockholders approval of this Agreement, (ii) the Proxy Statement shall include a statement to the effect that SSE’s Board of Directors has recommended that SSE’s stockholders vote in favor of the approval of this Agreement and (iii) neither SSE’s Board of Directors nor any committee thereof shall withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw, amend or modify, the recommendation of SSE’s Board of Directors that SSE’s stockholders vote in favor of approval of this Agreement or make any statement in connection with the Stockholder Meeting inconsistent with such recommendation (collectively, a “Change in Recommendation”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (x) SSE has complied in all material respects with its obligations under Section 5.1, (y) SSE (1) has received an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal from a third party that SSE’s Board of Directors concludes in good faith constitutes a Superior Proposal after giving effect to all of the adjustments that may be offered by NVSL pursuant to clause (3) below, (2) has notified NVSL, at least five business days in advance, of it is intention to effect a Change in Recommendation, specifying the material terms and conditions of any such Superior Proposal and furnishing to NVSL a copy of the relevant proposed transaction documents, if such exist, with the person making such Superior Proposal and (3) during the period of not less than five business days following SSE’s delivery of the notice referred to in clause (2) above and prior to effecting such Change in Recommendation, has negotiated, and has used reasonable best efforts to cause its financial and legal advisors to negotiate, with NVSL in good faith (to the extent that NVSL desires to negotiate) to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal and (z) SSE’s Board of Directors, after consultation with and based on the advice of counsel, determines in good faith that it would result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable law to recommend this Agreement, then in submitting the Agreement to stockholders at the Stockholder Meeting it may submit the Agreement without recommendation, or following submission of the Agreement to stockholders it may withdraw, amend or modify its recommendation, in which case the Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation, or the withdrawal, amendment or modification of its recommendation, to the stockholders in the Proxy Statement or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by law.
Shareholder Meetings All expenses incidental to holding meetings of shareholders, including the printing of notices and proxy materials, and proxy solicitations therefor.
Action at Meeting At any meeting of the Board of Directors at which a quorum is present, the vote of a majority of the directors present shall constitute action by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise required by law, by the Certificate or by these By-laws.
Notice of a Meeting Notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section 13.4 shall be given to the Record Holders of the class or classes of Units for which a meeting is proposed in writing by mail or other means of written communication in accordance with Section 16.1. The notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication.
Special Meeting Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by such persons and only in such manner as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. No business may be transacted at any special meeting of stockholders other than the business specified in the notice of such meeting. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders.
