Sansaboo/maud huggingface dataset:
6.3 Shareholders’ Approval and Stockholder Approval <omitted> (c) Subject to Section 8.1 and Section 8.2, if the Board of Directors of NYCB or Flagstar, after receiving the advice of its outside counsel and, with respect to financial matters, its outside financial advisors, determines in good faith that it would be more likely than not to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable law to make or continue to make the NYCB Board Recommendation or Flagstar Board Recommendation, as applicable, such Board of Directors may, in the case of NYCB, prior to the receipt of the Requisite NYCB Vote, and in the case of Flagstar, prior to the receipt of the Requisite Flagstar Vote, submit this Agreement to its stockholders or shareholders, respectively, without recommendation (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall constitute a Recommendation Change) (although the resolutions approving this Agreement as of the date hereof may not be rescinded or amended), in which event such Board of Directors may communicate the basis for its lack of a recommendation to its stockholders or shareholders, as applicable, in the Joint Proxy Statement 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 (i) gives the other party at least three (3) business days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action 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 and the identity of the third party in any such Acquisition Proposal, or any amendment or modification thereof, or describe in reasonable detail such other event or circumstances); and (ii) 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 outside financial advisors, determines in good faith that it would nevertheless be more likely than not to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable law to make or   -50-


continue to make the NYCB Board Recommendation or Flagstar 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 6.3(c) and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 6.3(c).  (Pages 58-59)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: Other specified standard
Section 6.02. Acquisition Proposals; Change of Recommendation. <omitted> (d) No Change of Recommendation or Alternative Acquisition Agreement. 
<omitted> 
(iii) <omitted> the Company Board may: (A) effect a Change of Recommendation (1) if an (x) <omitted> Acquisition Proposal is received by the Company <omitted or (y) Intervening Event has occurred, and (2) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel,   <omitted> 
that a failure to effect a Change of Recommendation would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and, in the case of an Acquisition Proposal contemplated by clause (A)(1)(x) of this Section 6.02(d)(iii), after consultation with its financial advisor, that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; (Pages 73-74)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
Section 5.3            Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (d)           Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 or Section 5.4 to the contrary, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Board of Directors may (i) make a Change of Recommendation in response to an Intervening Event, or (ii) following receipt of a bona fide written Competing Proposal, which the Company Board of Directors determines in good faith after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors is a Superior Proposal, (A) make a Change of Recommendation or (B) if such Competing Proposal did not result from a breach of Section 5.3(a), terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(g) in order to enter into a definitive agreement providing for such Superior Proposal, in each case with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), if and only if the Company Board of Directors has determined in good faith after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the duties of the members of the Company Board of Directors under applicable Law and the Company complies with Section 5.3(e). (Page 27)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
Section 5.3            Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> 

the Company Board of Directors may (i) make a Change of Recommendation in response to an Intervening Event, or (ii) following receipt of a bona fide written Competing Proposal, which the Company Board of Directors determines in good faith after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors is a Superior Proposal, (A) make a Change of Recommendation <omitted> if and only if the Company Board of Directors has determined in good faith after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the duties of the members of the Company Board of Directors under applicable Law (Page 27)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
7.2. Acquisition Proposals; Change of Recommendation. <omitted> (d) No Change of Recommendation <omitted> ; Exceptions. <omitted> the Company Board may (1) effect a Change of Recommendation <omitted> (any action described in clause (1) <omitted> being a “Fundamental Action”) if (A) an <omitted> Acquisition Proposal <omitted> is received by the Company or an Intervening Event has occurred, and (B) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor, <omitted> that (w) in the case of an Acquisition Proposal, such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and (x) a failure to effect a Fundamental Action in response to such Acquisition Proposal or Intervening Event, as applicable, would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law (Page 42)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
6.3 No Solicitation by Golden. <omitted> the Golden Board may effect a Golden Change of Recommendation; provided, however, that such a Golden Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until:   (A)            the Golden Board determines in good faith after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel that such Golden Competing Proposal is a Golden Superior Proposal;   (B)            the Golden Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to effect a Golden Change of Recommendation in response to such Golden Superior Proposal would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties owed by the Golden Board to the stockholders of Golden under applicable Law;  <omitted>

in response to a Golden Intervening Event <omitted> Golden may <omitted> effect a Golden Change of Recommendation; provided, however, that such a Golden Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until:  <omitted> the Golden Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to effect a Golden Change of Recommendation in response to such Golden Intervening Event would be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties owed by the Golden Board to the stockholders of Golden under applicable Law; (Pages 34-35)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
7.2 Acquisition Proposals; Change of Recommendation <omitted> (iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 7.2, prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, the Company Board may: (A) effect a Change of Recommendation (1) if (x) an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal is received by the Company and has not been withdrawn and receipt of such Acquisition Proposal was not as a result of or related to any breach by the Company of its obligations set forth in Section 7.2(a) in any material respect or (y) an Intervening Event has occurred, and (2) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that based on the information then available and after consultation with an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, that a failure to effect a Change of Recommendation would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and, in the case of an Acquisition Proposal contemplated by clause (A)(1)(x) of this Section 7.2(d)(iii), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; and/or (B) cause or permit the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal (and the Company may enter into or cause a Subsidiary thereof to enter into such an Alternative Acquisition Agreement) or agree, authorize or commit to do so; (Pages 73-74)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
7.2 Acquisition Proposals; Change of Recommendation <omitted> the Company Board may: (A) effect a Change of Recommendation (1) if (x) an <omitted> Acquisition Proposal is received by the Company <omitted> or (y) an Intervening Event has occurred,<omitted> (2) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that based on the information then available and after consultation with an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, that a failure to effect a Change of Recommendation would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and, in the case of an Acquisition Proposal contemplated by clause (A)(1)(x) of this Section 7.2(d)(iii), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; and/or (B) cause or permit the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal (Pages 73-74)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
8.2. Shareholder Approvals. <omitted> However, subject to Section 11.1 and Section 11.2, if the Board of Directors of Bridge Bancorp or DCB, 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 Bridge Bancorp Board Recommendation or the DCB Board Recommendation, as applicable, such Board of Directors may, in the case of Bridge Bancorp prior to the receipt of the Requisite Bridge Bancorp Vote, and in the case of DCB prior to the receipt of the Requisite DCB Vote, 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 Joint 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 take such action 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 and the identity of the third party in 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 Bridge Bancorp Board Recommendation or DCB 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 8.2 and will require a new notice period as referred to in this Section 8.2. (Page 78)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: More likely than not violate fiduciary duties
8.2.Shareholder Approvals. <omitted> if the Board of Directors of Bridge Bancorp or DCB, 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 Bridge Bancorp Board Recommendation or the DCB Board Recommendation, as applicable, such Board of Directors may, in the case of Bridge Bancorp prior to the receipt of the Requisite Bridge Bancorp Vote, and in the case of DCB prior to the receipt of the Requisite DCB Vote, 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 Joint Proxy Statement-Prospectus or an appropriate amendment or supplement thereto to the extent required by law (Page 78)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: More likely than not violate fiduciary duties
Section 7.2 Company Acquisition Proposals. <omitted>
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement but subject to Section 7.2(f), prior to the time the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Company Board may effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change (and, in the case of a Company Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of this Section 7.2, terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(d)(ii) and concurrently pay the fees required by Section 9.3 in order to enter into a definitive agreement in connection with a Superior Proposal) if: (i) (A) a bona fide written Company Acquisition Proposal is made to the Company after the date of this Agreement that did not result from a breach of this Section 7.2 and such Company Acquisition Proposal is not withdrawn prior to such Company Adverse Recommendation Change or (B) there has been an Intervening Event; (ii) in the case of a Company Acquisition Proposal, the Company Board concludes in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that (x) such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and (y) failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Laws; and (iii) in the case of an Intervening Event, the Company Board concludes in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Laws. (Page 75)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected to be inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
Section 7.2 Company Acquisition Proposals. <omitted>
(e) <omitted> the Company Board may effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change <omitted> if: (i) (A) a bona fide written Company Acquisition Proposal is made to the Company after the date of this Agreement <omitted> and such Company Acquisition Proposal is not withdrawn prior to such Company Adverse Recommendation Change or (B) there has been an Intervening Event; (ii) in the case of a Company Acquisition Proposal, the Company Board concludes in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that (x) such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and (y) failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Laws; and (iii) in the case of an Intervening Event, the Company Board concludes in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Laws. (Page 75)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected to be inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
Section 6.03.No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> the Board of Directors of the Company may <omitted> (iii) following receipt of a Company Superior Proposal after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Company Approval Time (and in no event on or after the Company Approval Time), (A) make a Company Adverse  Recommendation Change <omitted> but in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) only if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith by majority vote, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under Applicable Law. <omitted> (d) <omitted> the Board of Directors of the Company may effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change involving or relating to the occurrence of a Company Intervening Event if the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel and financial advisor, that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its duties under Applicable Law (Pages 88-89)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected to be inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
7.2.    Company Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (b) <omitted> the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) or the Special Committee may <omitted> make a Change of Company Recommendation if, and only if, (A) an Intervening Event has occurred and the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) or the Special Committee has determined in good faith, after consulting with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that failure to take such action would be inconsistent with such directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, or (B) the Company receives a Company Acquisition Proposal and the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) or the Special Committee has determined in good faith, after consulting with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel, that such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Company Superior Proposal and that failure to take such action would be inconsistent with such directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law; <omitted> (Pages 43-44)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
6.1    No Solicitation. <omitted>

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including the provisions of this Section 6.1), at any time prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Board may effect a Company Board Recommendation Change in response to a Superior Proposal or an Intervening Event if: (i) the Company Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel and outside financial advisor) that the failure to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations under applicable law; (ii) so long as the Company and its Subsidiaries are not in material breach of their obligations pursuant to this Section 6.1 with respect to an Acquisition Proposal underlying such Company Board Recommendation Change; (iii) the Company has notified the Parent in writing that it intends to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change, describing in reasonable detail the reasons for such Company Board Recommendation Change (a “Recommendation Change Notice”) (it being understood that the Recommendation Change Notice shall not constitute a Company Board Recommendation Change or a Trigger Event for purposes of this Agreement); (iv) if requested by the Parent, the Company shall have made its Representatives available to negotiate (to the extent that Parent desires to so negotiate) with the Parent’s Representatives any proposed modifications to the terms and conditions of this Agreement during the three (3) Business Day period following delivery by the Company to the Parent of such Recommendation Change Notice; and (v) if the Parent shall have delivered to the Company a written, binding and irrevocable offer to alter the terms or conditions of this Agreement during such three (3) Business Day period, the Company Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel), after considering the terms of such offer by the Parent, that the failure to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change would still be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations under applicable law; provided, however, that in the event of any material revisions to an Acquisition Proposal underlying a potential Company Board Recommendation Change, the Company will be required to notify Parent of such revisions and the applicable three (3) Business Day period described above shall be extended until two (2) Business Days after the time Parent receives notification from the Company of such revisions. (Page 34)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected to be inconsistent" with fiduciary duties
6.1    No Solicitation. <omitted>

the Company Board may effect a Company Board Recommendation Change in response to a Superior Proposal or an Intervening Event if: (i) the Company Board shall have determined in good faith (after consultation with outside counsel and outside financial advisor) that the failure to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations under applicable law; (Page 34)

Question: COR standard (intervening event)
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected to be inconsistent" with fiduciary duties