Approval of Stockholders If an option is granted by this Agreement prior to approval of the stockholders of the Plan, the option granted shall be null and void unless stockholder approval is obtained within twelve months after the Plan was adopted.
Merger Without Meeting of Stockholders Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Sub, or any other direct or indirect subsidiary of Parent, shall acquire at least 90 percent of the outstanding Shares, the parties hereto agree to take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after expiration of the Offer without a meeting of stockholders of the Company, in accordance with Section 253 of the DGCL.
Approval of Shareholders The Trust will call a special meeting of the Acquired Fund Shareholders to consider and act upon this Agreement and to take all other appropriate action necessary to obtain approval of the transactions contemplated herein.
Stockholders Approval (a) The Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the rules and regulations of AMEX, the DGCL, any other applicable Law and its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, promptly and duly call, give notice of, and convene and hold as soon as practicable following the Signing Date the meeting of the Company's stockholders (the "COMPANY STOCKHOLDERS MEETING") for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval. Once the Company Stockholders Meeting has been called and noticed, the Company shall not postpone or adjourn (other than for the absence of a quorum and then only to the next possible future date) the Company Stockholders Meeting without Purchaser's consent unless this Agreement has been terminated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company agrees that, unless this Agreement has been terminated, its obligations pursuant to this Section 6.8(a) shall not be affected by (i) any Company Adverse Recommendation Change, or (ii) the commencement, public proposal, public disclosure or communication to the Company of any Competing Transaction or Superior Competing Transaction. (b) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies in favor of the Company Stockholder Approval, and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of stockholders required by the rules, regulations and listing standards of the AMEX, the DGCL, any other applicable Law, its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and any agreement to which it is a party, and to obtain such approvals, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement unless the Board of Directors has made a Company Adverse Recommendation Change.
Shareholders' Approval The Company shall: (a) call a special meeting of the Shareholders (the "Shareholders' Meeting") within 30 days (or such other period as may be required by applicable law) after the S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC for the purpose of obtaining the approval of the Merger, this Agreement and the Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (the "Shareholder Action"); and (b) recommend that the Shareholders vote in favor of the Merger and approve this Agreement and the Plan of Merger and take or cause to be taken all such other action as may be required by the New Jersey Statute and any other applicable law in connection with the Merger, this Agreement and the Plan of Merger, in each case as promptly as possible. The Company shall prepare and distribute any written notice and other materials relating to the Shareholder Action, including, without limitation, a proxy statement (the "Shareholder Statement"), in accordance with the Certificate and by-laws of the Company, 49 the New Jersey Statute and any other Federal and state laws relating to the Merger, such Shareholders' Meeting or any other transaction relating to or contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the "Shareholders' Materials"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Parent and its counsel shall have the opportunity to review all Shareholders' Materials prior to delivery to the Shareholders, and all Shareholders' Materials shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent and its counsel; PROVIDED, FURTHER, HOWEVER, that if any event occurs which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to any Shareholders' Materials, the Company shall promptly inform Parent thereof (or, if such event relates solely to Parent, Parent shall promptly inform the Company thereof), and the Company shall promptly prepare an amendment or supplement in form and substance satisfactory to Parent in accordance with the Certificate and by-laws of the Company, the New Jersey Statute and any other Federal or state laws.
Merger Without Meeting of Shareholders Notwithstanding Section 1.8 hereof, if permitted by the NHBCA, in the event that Parent, the Purchaser or any other subsidiary of Parent shall acquire at least 90% of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of the Company, 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 such acquisition, without a meeting of shareholders of the Company.
Requisite Stockholder Approval The Requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.
Stockholders The Stockholders recognize and acknowledge that they had in the past, currently have, and in the future may possibly have, access to certain confidential information of the Company, the Other Founding Companies, and/or TCI, such as operational policies, and pricing and cost policies that are valuable, special and unique assets of the Company's, the Other Founding Companies' and/or TCI's respective businesses ("Confidential Information"). The Stockholders agree that they will not disclose such Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity for any purpose or reason whatsoever, except (a) to authorized representatives of TCI, (b) following the Closing, such Confidential Information may be disclosed by the Stockholders as is required in the course of performing their duties for TCI or the Surviving Corporation and (c) to counsel and other advisers, provided that such advisers (other than counsel) agree to the confidentiality provisions of this Section 14.1, unless (i) such Confidential Information becomes known to the public generally through no fault of the Stockholders, (ii) disclosure is required by law or the order of any governmental authority under color of law, provided, that prior to disclosing any Confidential Information pursuant to this clause (ii), the Stockholders shall, if possible, give prior written notice thereof to TCI and provide TCI with the opportunity to contest such disclosure, or (iii) the disclosing party reasonably believes that such disclosure is required in connection with the defense of a lawsuit against the disclosing party. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by any of the Stockholders of the provisions of this Section 14.1, TCI shall be entitled to an injunction restraining such Stockholders from disclosing, in whole or in part, such confidential information. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting TCI from pursuing any other available remedy for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages. In the event the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, Stockholders shall have none of the above-mentioned restrictions on their ability to disseminate Confidential Information with respect to the Company. Each Stockholder further agrees that in the event the transactions contemplated herein are not consummated (i) neither the Company nor any Stockholder can thereafter use any Confidential Information of the Other Founding Companies for any purpose and (ii) upon written request of any Other Founding Company to the Company, the Company and Stockholders will return all Confidential Information pertaining to such Other Founding Company to such Other Founding Company.
Meeting of Stockholders Unless the Merger is consummated in accordance with Section 253 of the Delaware Law as contemplated by Section 5.5(c), and subject to applicable Law, promptly following the purchase of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer, Company, acting through the Company Board, shall, in accordance with the Delaware Law, duly call, convene and hold a meeting of the stockholders of Company (the "Company Stockholder Meeting") for the purpose of approving the Merger and adopting the agreement of merger (within the meaning of Section 251 of the Delaware Law) set forth in this Agreement and shall submit this Agreement and the Merger to Company stockholders for approval at such meeting. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of Company Common Stock acquired by it, directly or indirectly, pursuant to the Offer, and in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting, if required, Parent shall vote such shares of Company Common Stock (or cause such shares to be voted) in favor of the Merger and the agreement of merger set forth in this Agreement and shall take all such actions as may be required to consummate the Merger. Company shall use best efforts to solicit from its stockholders proxies, and shall take all other action necessary and advisable, to secure the vote of stockholders required by the Delaware Law and Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws to obtain the approval for, and the approval of the Merger and the adoption of the agreement of merger set forth in this Agreement. Company agrees that, subject to its fiduciary duties, it shall include in the Company Proxy Statement the recommendation of the Company Board that the stockholders of Company approve and adopt this Agreement and the Merger.
Change in Board of Directors Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board, and any new director whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors on the date hereof or whose election for nomination for election was previously so approved (collectively, the “Continuing Directors”), cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board;