Proxy Filing. (a) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Agreement Date (and no later than thirty Business Days after the Agreement Date), a proxy statement in preliminary form relating to the Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement”). Except as expressly permitted to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to and in compliance with Section 5.3(e), the Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. The Company shall not file the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, without first providing Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be reasonably considered in good faith by the Company). All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included in the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. Each of Parent and the Company shall provide the other with the information contemplated by Section 5.6(b) and shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other in connection with any of the actions contemplated by this Section 5.4, including the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the resolution of any comments in respect thereof received from the SEC. (b) The Company shall promptly notify Parent 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 promptly provide to Parent copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received in respect of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, and the Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to 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 (and in any event no later than twenty days before the Stockholders Meeting). The Company shall ensure that the Proxy Statement complies as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder). The Company shall consult with Parent prior to (i) responding to any written response to any comments from the SEC on the Proxy Statement, requests or other communications from the SEC or its staff and (ii) filing any proposed amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement (whether in response to such comments, requests or communications from the SEC or its staff, or otherwise) and consider reasonably and in good faith any comments of Parent and its counsel. All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included in such written response or such proposed amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. If at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any fact, event or circumstance relating to the Company or Parent or any of their respective Affiliates is discovered by the Company or Parent, which such fact, event or circumstance is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act, to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, (A) the applicable party shall promptly inform the other parties hereto and (B) the Company shall promptly amend or supplement the Proxy Statement to include disclosure of such fact, event or circumstance. (c) Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its respective 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. Each of the Company and Parent covenants that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) will, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the SEC or on the date of the Stockholders Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement), contain any untrue statement of any material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or misleading. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company agrees to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall have become materially false or misleading. (d) All filings by the Company with the SEC in connection with the Stockholders Meeting, and all mailings by the Company to the holders of Company Common Stock (in addition to the Proxy Statement) in connection therewith, shall be subject to the same review and comment procedures as set forth in Section 5.4(a) with respect to the Proxy Statement.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (NeuroMetrix, Inc.), Merger Agreement (electroCore, Inc.)
Proxy Filing. (a) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Agreement Date (and no later than thirty twenty five (25) Business Days after the Agreement Date), a proxy statement in preliminary form relating to the Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement”). Except as expressly permitted to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to (and in compliance with with) Section 5.3(e), (i) the Proxy Statement Company Board shall recommend that the holders of Company Common Stock vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement at the Stockholders Meeting and (ii) shall include the Company Board RecommendationRecommendation in the Proxy Statement. The Company shall not file the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, without first providing Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be reasonably considered in good faith by the Company). All The Company agrees that all information relating to Parent or Merger Sub Subsidiary included in the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. Each of Parent and the Company shall provide the other with the information contemplated by Section 5.6(b) and shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other in connection with any of the actions contemplated by this Section 5.4, including the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the resolution of any comments in respect thereof received from the SEC.
(b) The Company shall promptly notify Parent 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 promptly provide to Parent copies of all correspondence between the Company or and/or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received in respect of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, and the Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to 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 (and in any event no later than twenty (20) days before the Stockholders Stockholder Meeting). The Company shall ensure that the Proxy Statement complies as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder). The Company shall agrees to consult with Parent prior to (i) responding to (A) any written response to any comments from the SEC on the Proxy Statement, requests or other communications from the SEC or its staff and (iiB) filing any proposed amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement (whether in response to such comments, requests or communications from the SEC or its staff, or otherwise) and consider reasonably and in good faith any comments of Parent and its counsel. All The Company agrees that all information relating to Parent or Merger Sub Subsidiary included in such written response or such proposed amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. If at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any fact, event or circumstance relating to the Company or Parent or any of their respective Affiliates is discovered by the Company or Parent, which such fact, event or circumstance is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act, to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, (Ai) the applicable party shall promptly inform the other parties hereto and (Bii) the Company shall promptly amend or supplement the Proxy Statement to include disclosure of such fact, event or circumstance.
(c) Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its respective 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. Each of the Company and Parent covenants that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) will, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the SEC or on the date of the Stockholders Stockholder Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement), contain any untrue statement of any material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or misleading. Each of Parent, Merger Sub Subsidiary and the Company agrees to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall have become materially false or misleading.
(d) All filings by the Company with the SEC in connection with the Stockholders Meeting, and all mailings by the Company to the holders of Company Common Stock (in addition to the Proxy Statement) in connection therewith, shall be subject to the same review and comment procedures as set forth in Section 5.4(a) above with respect to the Proxy Statement.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Alimera Sciences Inc), Merger Agreement (Ani Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Proxy Filing. (a) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Agreement Date (and in any event no later than thirty 15 Business Days after the Agreement DateDays), a proxy statement in preliminary form relating to the Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement”). Except as expressly permitted ) and, subject to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to and in compliance with Section 5.3(e)5.3, the Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. The Company shall not file Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, without first providing Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be reasonably considered in good faith by the Company). All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included in the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. Each of Parent and the Company shall provide the other with the information contemplated by Section 5.6(b5.6(c) and shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other in connection with any of the actions contemplated by this Section 5.4, including the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the resolution of any comments in respect thereof received from the SEC.
(b) If the Company determines that it is required to file any document other than the Proxy Statement with the SEC in connection with the Merger pursuant to applicable Law (such document, as amended or supplemented, an “Other Required Company Filing”), then the Company shall prepare and file as soon as practicable such Other Required Company Filing with the SEC. The Company shall promptly notify Parent 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 promptly provide to Parent copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received in respect of cause the Proxy Statement by the SEC, and the any Other Required Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement Filing to 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 (and in any event no later than twenty days before the Stockholders Meeting). The Company shall ensure that the Proxy Statement complies comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions applicable requirements of the Exchange Act (and the rules of the SEC and regulations promulgated thereunder)the NYSE. The Company shall consult with Parent prior to (i) responding to any written response to any comments from the SEC on the Proxy Statement, requests or other communications from the SEC or its staff and (ii) filing any proposed amendments or supplements to may not file the Proxy Statement (whether in response to such comments, requests or communications from any Other Required Company Filing with the SEC or its staffSEC, or otherwise) and consider reasonably and in good faith respond to any SEC comments of thereon, without providing Parent and its counsel. All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included in such written response or such proposed amendment or supplement , to the Proxy Statement extent practicable, a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, which comments shall be considered by the Company in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. good faith.
(c) If at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, Meeting any fact, event or circumstance information relating to the Company or Parent Company, Parent, Merger Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates is should be discovered by the Company Company, on the one hand, or ParentParent or Merger Subsidiary, which such facton the other hand, event or circumstance is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act, to that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, (A) the applicable party shall promptly inform the other parties hereto and (B) the Company shall promptly amend or supplement the Proxy Statement to include disclosure of such fact, event or circumstance.
(c) Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its respective 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. Each of the Company and Parent covenants that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) willOther Required Company Filing, on as the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time the Proxy Statement (or case may be, so that such filing would not include any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the SEC or on the date misstatement of the Stockholders Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement), contain any untrue statement of any a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false misleading, then the party that discovers such information will promptly notify the other, and an appropriate amendment or misleading. Each of Parent, Merger Sub supplement to such filing describing such information will be prepared and filed as soon as practicable with the Company agrees to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall have become materially false or misleading.
(d) All filings SEC by the Company with and, to the extent required by applicable Law or the SEC in connection with the Stockholders Meetingor its staff, and all mailings by the Company disseminated to the holders stockholders of Company Common Stock (in addition to the Proxy Statement) in connection therewith, shall be subject to the same review and comment procedures as set forth in Section 5.4(a) with respect to the Proxy StatementCompany.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (SolarWinds, Inc.), Merger Agreement (SolarWinds, Inc.)
Proxy Filing. Within ten (a10) The business days after the date hereof, the Company shall prepare and file file, or cause to be prepared and filed, with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after SEC the Agreement Date (and no later than thirty Business Days after the Agreement Date), a proxy statement (together with the letters to stockholders, notices of meeting and forms of proxies to be distributed to stockholders in preliminary form relating connection with the Merger, and any schedules required to be filed with the Stockholders Meeting SEC in connection therewith (such proxy statement, including any amendment or supplement theretocollectively, the “Proxy Statement”). Except as expressly permitted ) which shall (i) except to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to and the extent provided in compliance with Section 5.3(e5.4(d), the Proxy Statement shall include the Company recommendation of the Board Recommendation. The Company shall not file the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, without first providing Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be reasonably considered in good faith by of Directors that the Company). All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included ’s stockholders adopt this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and (ii) comply in all material respects with the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonablyprovisions of the Exchange Act. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall provide the other with the information contemplated by Section 5.6(b) and shall otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as reasonably assist and cooperate with the other in connection with any of the actions contemplated by this Section 5.4, including the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the resolution of practicable to any comments in respect thereof received from the SEC.
(b) The Company shall promptly notify Parent 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 promptly provide to Parent copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received in respect of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, and the Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed as to the Company’s stockholders promptly as reasonably practicable after following the date on which the SEC staff advises that it has no further comments thereon or that the Company may commence mailing the Proxy Statement (and in Statement. Each party shall promptly notify the other party upon the receipt by it or any event no later than twenty days before the Stockholders Meeting). The Company shall ensure that the Proxy Statement complies as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder). The Company shall consult with Parent prior to (i) responding to any written response to its Subsidiaries of any comments from the SEC on the Proxy Statement, requests or other communications from the SEC or its staff and (ii) filing any proposed amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement (whether in response to such comments, requests or communications from the SEC or its staff, or otherwise) and consider reasonably and in good faith any comments of Parent and request from the SEC or its counsel. All information relating to Parent staff for amendments or Merger Sub included in such written response or such proposed amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. If at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any fact, event or circumstance relating to the Company or Parent or any of their respective Affiliates is discovered by the Company or Parent, which such fact, event or circumstance is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act, to be set forth in an amendment or supplement supplements to the Proxy Statement, (A) the applicable party and shall promptly inform provide the other parties hereto and (B) the Company shall promptly amend party with copies of all correspondence between it or supplement the Proxy Statement to include disclosure of such fact, event or circumstance.
(c) Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its respective 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. Each of the Company and Parent covenants that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) willSubsidiaries, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with one hand, and the SEC or and its staff, on the date of the Stockholders Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement)other hand, contain any untrue statement of any material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or misleading. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company agrees to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall have become materially false or misleading.
(d) All filings by the Company with the SEC in connection with the Stockholders Meeting, and all mailings by the Company to the holders of Company Common Stock (in addition to the Proxy Statement) in connection therewith, shall be subject to the same review and comment procedures as set forth in Section 5.4(a) with respect relating to the Proxy Statement.
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Proxy Filing. (a) The As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after SEC (i) a Form 8-K containing this Agreement and (ii) the Agreement Date (and no later than thirty Business Days after the Agreement Date), a proxy statement in preliminary form relating to the Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement”); provided, however, that Parent and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the preliminary Proxy Statement before it is filed. Except as expressly permitted Subject to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to and in compliance with Section 5.3(e)6.03, the Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. Subject to Section 6.02, the Company and Parent shall cooperate with one another in setting a mutually acceptable date for the Company Stockholder Meeting. The Company and Parent shall not file cooperate with one another in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, without first providing . Parent and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be reasonably considered in good faith by the Company). All information relating on any amendment to Parent or Merger Sub included in the Proxy Statement each time before it is filed with the SEC. The Company shall be provide Parent and its counsel with (1) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that the Company or its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy Statement promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (2) a reasonable opportunity to participate in form the Company’s response to those comments and content satisfactory to Parentprovide comments on that response, acting reasonablyincluding by participating with the Company or its counsel in any discussions or meetings with the SEC. Each of Parent and the Company and Parent shall provide the other with the information contemplated by Section 5.6(b) and shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other in connection with any of the actions contemplated by this Section 5.4, including the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the resolution of any comments in respect thereof received from the SEC.
(b) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly notify Parent of the receipt of as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement Statement, and of any request by the SEC for any amendment or supplement thereto or for additional information and shall promptly provide to Parent copies of all correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received in respect of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, and the Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date the SEC staff advises indicates that it has no further comments thereon or that the Company may commence mailing the Proxy Statement (and in any event no later than twenty days before the Stockholders Meeting). The Company shall ensure that the Proxy Statement complies as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder). The Company shall consult with Parent prior to (i) responding to any written response to any comments from the SEC on the Proxy Statement. Except as contemplated by Section 6.03(b), requests or other communications from the SEC or its staff and (ii) filing any proposed amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement (whether in response to such comments, requests or communications from the SEC or its staff, or otherwise) and consider reasonably and in good faith any comments of Parent and its counsel. All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included in such written response or such proposed no amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall be in form filed without the approval of both the Company and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonablywhich approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If If, at any time prior to the Stockholders MeetingEffective Time, any fact, event or circumstance information relating to the Company or Parent Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates Affiliates, officers or directors is discovered by the Company or Parent, which such fact, event or circumstance is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act, to Parent that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, (A) the applicable party shall promptly inform the other parties hereto and (B) the Company shall promptly amend or supplement the Proxy Statement to so that such documents would not include disclosure any misstatement of such fact, event or circumstance.
(c) Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its respective 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. Each of the Company and Parent covenants that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) will, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the SEC or on the date of the Stockholders Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement), contain any untrue statement of any a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false misleading, the party hereto that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or misleading. Each supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, disseminated to the stockholders of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company agrees to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall have become materially false or misleadingCompany.
(db) All The Company shall make all necessary filings by the Company with the SEC in connection with the Stockholders Meeting, and all mailings by the Company to the holders of Company Common Stock (in addition to the Proxy Statement) in connection therewith, shall be subject to the same review and comment procedures as set forth in Section 5.4(a) with respect to the Proxy StatementMerger and the transactions contemplated hereby under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act and applicable state “blue sky” laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.
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Proxy Filing. (a) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Agreement Date (and no later than thirty Business Days after the Agreement Datein any event on or prior to September 21, 2021), a proxy statement in preliminary form relating to the Stockholders Meeting (such proxy statement, including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy Statement”). Except as expressly permitted ) and, subject to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to and in compliance with Section 5.3(e)5.3, the Proxy Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation. The Company shall not file Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, without first providing Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be reasonably considered in good faith by the Company). All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included in the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. Each of Parent and the Company shall provide the other with the information contemplated by Section 5.6(b) and shall otherwise reasonably assist and cooperate with the other in connection with any of the actions contemplated by this Section 5.4, including the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the resolution of any comments in respect thereof received from the SEC.
(b) The Company shall promptly notify Parent 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 promptly provide to Parent copies of all correspondence between the Company or and/or any of its Representatives and the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. The Company and Parent shall each use its reasonable best efforts to promptly provide responses to the SEC with respect to all comments received in respect of the Proxy Statement by the SEC and to promptly resolve such comments with the SEC, and the Company shall cause the definitive Proxy Statement to 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 (and in any event no later than twenty days before the Stockholders Meeting)Statement. The Company shall ensure that the Proxy Statement complies as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder). The Company shall consult with Parent prior to (i) responding to any written response to any comments from the SEC on the Proxy Statement, requests or other communications from the SEC or its staff and (ii) filing any proposed amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement (whether in response to such comments, requests or communications from the SEC or its staff, or otherwise) and consider reasonably and in good faith any comments of Parent and its counsel. All information relating to Parent or Merger Sub included in such written response or such proposed amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement shall be in form and content satisfactory to Parent, acting reasonably. If at any time prior to the Stockholders Meeting, any fact, event or circumstance relating to the Company or Parent or any of their respective Affiliates is discovered by the Company or Parent, which such fact, event or circumstance is required, pursuant to the Exchange Act, to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, (Ai) the applicable party shall promptly inform the other parties hereto and (Bii) the Company shall promptly amend or supplement the Proxy Statement to include disclosure of such fact, event or circumstance.
(c) Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its respective 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. Each of the Company and Parent covenants that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by it for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) will, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the Company’s stockholders or at the time the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is filed with the SEC or on the date of the Stockholders Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement), contain any untrue statement of any material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or misleading. Each of Parent, Merger Sub Subsidiary and the Company agrees to correct any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement which shall have become materially false or misleading.
(dc) All filings by The Company shall be responsible for 100% of the Company fees, costs, and expenses (except for the fees, costs and expenses of Parent’s advisors), including any filing fees, associated with the SEC in connection with the Stockholders Meetingpreparation, filing and all mailings by the Company to the holders mailing of Company Common Stock (in addition to the Proxy Statement) in connection therewith, shall be subject to the same review and comment procedures as set forth in Section 5.4(a) with respect to the Proxy Statement.
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