Merger Without Meeting of Stockholders Notwithstanding Section 2.8, in the event that Parent, the Purchaser and the Parent Subsidiaries shall acquire and then hold at least 90% of the outstanding Shares pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, the parties hereto agree to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after the acceptance for payment of and payment for Shares by the Purchaser pursuant to the Offer without a meeting of stockholders of the Company, in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL.
Meeting of Stockholders Promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, each of Parent and Company will take all action necessary or advisable in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements and its certificate of incorporation or articles of incorporation and bylaws to call, hold and convene a meeting of its stockholders to consider, in the case of Parent, the Share Issuance, the Charter Amendment, and the Annual Meeting Matters, and, in the case of Company, adoption of this Agreement (each, a “Stockholders’ Meeting”) to be held as promptly as practicable after the declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement. Each of Parent and Company will use reasonable best efforts to hold their respective Stockholders’ Meetings on the same date. In the case of Parent, such Stockholders’ Meeting shall also function and operate as Parent’s 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Subject to Section 5.3(d), each of Parent and Company will use reasonable best efforts to (i) solicit from their respective stockholders proxies in favor of, in the case of Parent, the Share Issuance, the Charter Amendment and the Annual Meeting Matters and, in the case of Company, the adoption of this Agreement and (ii) secure the vote or consent of its stockholders required by the rules of Nasdaq or applicable Legal Requirements to obtain such approvals, including engaging one or more nationally recognized proxy solicitation firms and information agents to assist in such solicitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent or Company, as the case may be, may adjourn or postpone its Stockholders’ Meeting to the extent necessary (A) to provide any necessary supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to its respective stockholders in advance of the vote on the Share Issuance, the Charter Amendment and the Annual Meeting Matters (in the case of Parent) or the adoption of this Agreement (in the case of Company), (B) if as of the time for which the Stockholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus) there are insufficient shares of capital stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to approve such matters thereat or to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such Stockholders’ Meeting or (C) if additional time is reasonably required to solicit proxies in favor of approval of the matters to be voted upon at such Stockholders’ Meeting. Each of Parent and Company shall ensure that its respective Stockholders’ Meeting is called, noticed, convened, held and conducted, and that all proxies solicited by it in connection with its Stockholders’ Meeting are solicited, in compliance with the DGCL (in the case of Company) or the CCC (in the case of Parent), its certificate of incorporation or articles of incorporation and bylaws, the rules of Nasdaq and all other applicable Legal Requirements. The obligation of Parent or Company, as the case may be, to call, give notice of, convene and hold its Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with this Section 5.2(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to it of any Acquisition Proposal (as defined in Section 5.3(g)(i)) with respect to it, or by any withdrawal, amendment or modification of the recommendation of its Board of Directors with respect to the Transaction, this Agreement, the Charter Amendment, the Share Issuance and/or the Annual Meeting Matters.
Company Board Recommendation (a) The Company hereby consents to the Offer and represents, as of the date of this Agreement, that the Company Board, at a meeting duly called and held, has unanimously made the Company Board Recommendation. Subject in each case to Section 6.1(b), the Company hereby consents to the inclusion of a description of the Company Board Recommendation in the Offer Documents and, during the Pre-Closing Period, neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) (A) fail to make, withdraw (or modify or qualify in a manner adverse to Parent or Purchaser), or publicly propose to fail to make, withdraw (or modify or qualify in a manner adverse to Parent or Purchaser), the Company Board Recommendation or (B) approve, recommend or declare advisable, or publicly propose to approve, recommend, endorse or declare advisable, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Schedule 14D-9 when disseminated to the Company’s stockholders (any action described in clause (i) or (ii) being referred to as a “Company Adverse Change Recommendation”), (iii) publicly make any recommendation in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer (other than the Offer) other than a recommendation against such offer or (iv) approve, recommend or declare advisable, or propose to approve, recommend or declare advisable, or allow the Company to execute or enter into any Contract (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal requiring, or reasonably expected to cause, the Company to abandon, terminate, delay or fail to consummate, or that would otherwise materially impede, interfere with or be inconsistent with, the Transactions.
Company Stockholders Meeting (a) The Company shall call and hold the Company Stockholders’ Meeting as promptly as practicable after the date on which the Registration Statement becomes effective (but in any event no later than 45 days after the date on which the Proxy Statement is mailed to stockholders of the Company) for the purpose of voting solely upon the Company Stockholder Approval Matters; provided that the Company may postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders’ Meeting on one or more occasions upon the good faith determination by the Company Board that such postponement or adjournment is necessary to solicit additional proxies to obtain approval of the Company Stockholder Approval Matters. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of the Company Stockholder Approval Matters at the Company Stockholders’ Meeting, including by soliciting from its stockholders proxies as promptly as possible in favor of the Company Stockholder Approval Matters. The Company Board shall recommend to its stockholders that they approve the Company Stockholder Approval Matters (the “Company Board Recommendation”) and shall include such recommendation in the Proxy Statement. Except as may otherwise be required by applicable Law, the Company Board shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) (i) change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation, (ii) publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation or (iii) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement.
Board Recommendation The Acquiror Company Board, by unanimous written consent, has determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable and in the best interests of the Acquiror Company’s stockholders and has duly authorized this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Merger Without Meeting of Shareholders Notwithstanding Section 2.10, in the event that Parent, the Purchaser or any other subsidiary of Parent shall acquire, in the aggregate, at least 90% of the outstanding Common Shares pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, the parties hereto agree to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after the Acceptance Date without a meeting of shareholders of the Company, in accordance with Section 60.491 of the OBCA. ARTICLE THREE
Stockholders Meeting (a) If required by applicable law in order to consummate the Merger, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with applicable law:
Company Stockholder Meeting (a) Unless the Merger is consummated in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL as contemplated by Section 3.1(b), the Company shall establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene, hold, and take a vote of stockholders on the adoption of the “agreement of merger” (as such term is used in Section 251 of the DGCL) set forth in this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL (the “Merger Proposal”) at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders (the “Company Stockholder Meeting”) as promptly as practicable following the consummation of the Offer (which shall be within forty five (45) days following the date on which the Proxy Statement is first disseminated to Company’s stockholders unless Parent shall otherwise consent to a different date). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit proxies from the Company’s stockholders and, unless the Company Board has effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of Section 7.7, the Company Board shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Requisite Merger Approval at the Company Stockholder Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Company shall submit the “agreement of merger” (as such term is used in Section 251 of the DGCL) set forth in this Agreement to the Company’s stockholders for adoption at the Company Stockholder Meeting, and the Company’s obligations under this Section 7.6 shall not be terminated, superseded, limited, modified or otherwise affected by the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction, or by any Company Board Recommendation Change (whether or not in compliance with the terms hereof). Parent and Purchaser each agree that at the Company Stockholder Meeting, all of the Shares acquired pursuant to the Offer and all other shares of Company Common Stock otherwise owned by Parent, Purchaser or their respective controlled affiliates will be voted in favor of the Merger. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not be required to hold the Company Stockholder Meeting if this Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with Section 9.1.
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (i) Parent will, in accordance with applicable Law and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene and hold a meeting of holders of capital stock of Parent to consider and vote upon the issuance of Series C Common Stock in connection with the Merger (the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) as promptly as practicable. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.3, the Parent board of directors shall include the Parent Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and recommend at the Parent Stockholders Meeting that the holders of capital stock of Parent approve the issuance of the Series C Common Stock in connection with the Merger and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and solicit such approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on a date preceding the date on which or the date on which the Parent Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies representing the Parent Requisite Vote, whether or not a quorum is present, or (ii) it will not have enough shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock represented to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Parent Stockholders Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of fifteen (15) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. In addition, notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 6.5(c), Parent may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that Parent has determined, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of Parent prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting.
