Shareholder Approval, etc Clause Samples

The 'Shareholder Approval' clause establishes that certain actions or decisions by a company require the formal consent of its shareholders. Typically, this clause outlines which matters—such as mergers, major asset sales, or amendments to governing documents—cannot proceed without a specified level of shareholder agreement, often through a vote at a meeting or by written consent. Its core function is to ensure that shareholders have a direct say in significant corporate decisions, thereby protecting their interests and promoting transparency in corporate governance.
Shareholder Approval, etc. At any time when Company is a corporation described in Section 280G(b)(5)(A)(ii)(I) of the Code, if a nationally recognized United States public accounting firm selected (and paid for) by Company (the “Accountant”) determines that any payment or benefit (including any accelerated vesting of equity awards) made or provided, or to be made or provided, by Company (or any successor thereto or affiliate thereof) to or for the benefit of Executive, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any other agreement, plan, program or arrangement of or with Company (or any successor thereto or affiliate thereof) or otherwise in connection with, or arising out of, a change in ownership or an effective control of Company or of a substantial portion of assets (any such payment or benefit, a “Parachute Payment”), will be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any comparable tax imposed by any replacement or successor provision of United States tax law (the “Excise Tax”), if Executive waives Executive’s right to receive all or a portion of the Parachute Payments unless such Parachute Payments are approved by the shareholders pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 1.280G-1, Q&A-7, Company shall in good faith seek to obtain approval of payment of such waived Parachute Payments in accordance with the shareholder approval requirements described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.280G-1, Q&A-7.
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Shareholder Approval, etc. As soon as reasonably practicable after execution of this Agreement, Westford Group shall call a shareholders' meeting, to be held as soon as reasonably practicable for the purpose of voting upon approval of this Agreement and file a Proxy Statement with the SEC, and shall furnish all information concerning it and the holders of its capital stock as Bancinsurance may reasonably request in connection with such
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Shareholder Approval, etc. At any time when the Company is a corporation described in Section 280G(b)(5)(A)(ii)(I) of the Code, if a nationally recognized United States public accounting firm selected (and paid for) by the Company and reasonably acceptable to Executive (the “Accountant”) determines that any payment or benefit (including any accelerated vesting of options or other equity awards) made or provided, or to be made or provided, by the Company (or any successor thereto or affiliate thereof) to or for the benefit of Executive, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any other agreement, plan, program or arrangement of or with the Company (or any successor thereto or affiliate thereof) or otherwise in connection with, or arising out of, a change in ownership or a effective control of the Company or of a substantial portion of assets (any such payment or benefit, a “Parachute Payment”), will be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any comparable tax imposed by any replacement or successor provision of United States tax law (the “Excise Tax”), if Executive waives his right to receive all or a portion of the Parachute Payments unless such Parachute Payments are approved by the shareholders pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 1.280G-1, Q&A-7, the Company shall in good faith seek to obtain approval of payment of such waived Parachute Payments in accordance with the shareholder approval requirements described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.280G-1, Q&A-7.
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Shareholder Approval, etc. In the event that it shall be determined that any payment or benefit (including any accelerated vesting of options or other equity awards) made or provided, or to be made or provided, by the Company (or any successor thereto or affiliate thereof) to or for the benefit of Executive, whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, any other agreement, plan, program or arrangement of or with the Company (or any successor thereto or affiliate thereof) or otherwise (a “Total Payment”), will be subject to the excise tax imposed by section 4999 of the Code or any comparable tax imposed by any replacement or successor provision of United States tax law (the “Excise Tax”), the Company, Capital and Executive shall reasonably cooperate to avoid incurring such tax by attempting to procure a shareholder vote in satisfaction of the shareholder approval requirements described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.280G-1, Q&A-7.
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Related to Shareholder Approval, etc

  • Stockholder Approval The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

  • Company Shareholder Approval The Company Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.

  • Shareholder Approvals (a) Each of CBC and SCB shall call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders (the “CBC Meeting” and the “SCB Meeting,” respectively) to be held as soon as reasonably practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective, for the purpose of obtaining (a) in the case of CBC, the CBC Shareholder Approval and, in the case of SCB, the SCB Shareholder Approval required in connection with this Agreement and the Merger and (b) if so desired and mutually agreed, a vote upon other matters of the type customarily brought before a meeting of shareholders in connection with the approval of a merger agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. Each of CBC and SCB shall coordinate with the other regarding the record date and meeting date for the CBC Meeting and the SCB Meeting, and each of CBC and SCB shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such meetings to occur as soon as reasonably practicable and on the same date. Such meetings may be held virtually, subject to applicable Law and the organizational documents of CBC and SCB, as applicable. (b) Each of CBC and SCB and their respective Boards of Directors shall, unless a Recommendation Change has been made by such party and its Board of Directors in accordance with Section 7.01(c), use its reasonable best efforts to obtain from the shareholders of CBC and SCB, respectively, the CBC Shareholder Approval and the SCB Shareholder Approval, respectively, including by communicating to the respective shareholders of CBC and SCB its recommendation (and including such recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus) that the shareholders of CBC approve the principal terms of this Agreement, in the case of CBC, and that the shareholders of SCB approve the principal terms of this Agreement and the SCB Bylaw Amendment, in the case of SCB (the “CBC Board Recommendation” and the “SCB Board Recommendation,” respectively). Except as provided in Section 7.01(c), each of CBC and SCB and their respective Boards of Directors shall not (i) withhold, withdraw, modify or qualify in a manner adverse to the other party the CBC Board Recommendation, in the case of CBC, or the SCB Board Recommendation, in the case of SCB, (ii) fail to make the CBC Board Recommendation, in the case of CBC, or the SCB Board Recommendation, in the case of SCB, in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, (iii) adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal or publicly announce an intention to adopt, approve, recommend or endorse an Acquisition Proposal, (iv) fail to publicly and without qualification (A) recommend against any Acquisition Proposal, or (B) reaffirm the CBC Board Recommendation, in the case of CBC, or the SCB Board Recommendation, in the case of SCB, in each case, within ten (10) Business Days (or such fewer number of days as remains prior to the CBC Meeting or the SCB Meeting, as applicable) after an Acquisition Proposal is made public or any request by the other party to do so, or (v) publicly propose to do any of the foregoing (any of the foregoing, a “Recommendation Change”). (c) Subject to Section 9.01 and Section 9.02, if the Board of Directors of CBC or SCB, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that it would more likely than not result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law to make or continue to make the CBC Board Recommendation or the SCB Board Recommendation, as applicable, such Board of Directors may, in the case of CBC, prior to the receipt of the CBC Shareholder Approval, and in the case of SCB, prior to the receipt of the SCB Shareholder Approval, submit this Agreement to its shareholders without recommendation (although the resolutions approving this Agreement as of the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event such Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to its shareholders in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by Law; provided, that such Board of Directors may not take any actions under this sentence unless it (A) gives the other party at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to effect such Recommendation Change and a reasonable description of the event or circumstances giving rise to its determination to take such action (including, in the event such action is taken in response to an Acquisition Proposal, the latest material terms and conditions of, and the identity of the third party making, any such Acquisition Proposal, or any amendment or modification thereof, or describe in reasonable detail such other event or circumstances), and (B) at the end of such notice period, takes into account any amendment or modification to this Agreement proposed by the other party and, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its financial advisors, determines in good faith that it would nevertheless more likely than not result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law to make or continue to make the CBC Board Recommendation or SCB Board Recommendation, as the case may be. Any material amendment to any Acquisition Proposal will be deemed to be a new Acquisition Proposal for purposes of this Section 7.01 and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 7.01. CBC or SCB shall adjourn or postpone the CBC Meeting or the SCB Meeting, as the case may be, if, as of the time for which such meeting is originally scheduled there are insufficient shares of CBC Common Stock or SCB Common Stock, as the case may be, represented (either in Person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such meeting, or if on the date of such meeting CBC or SCB, as applicable, has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares necessary to obtain the CBC Shareholder Approval or the SCB Shareholder Approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, (x) the CBC Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted to the shareholders of CBC at the CBC Meeting and (y) the SCB Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted to the shareholders of SCB at the SCB Meeting, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve either CBC or SCB of such obligation.

  • Requisite Stockholder Approval The Company’s receipt of the Requisite Stockholder Approval at the Company Stockholder Meeting.

  • Company Stockholder Approval The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.