Section 7.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: <omitted> (iii) prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, in response to an unsolicited bona fide written Company Competing Proposal from a third party made after the date of this Agreement that has not been withdrawn (provided that the Company Competing Proposal by such Person did not result from a breach or violation of this Section 7.3), (1) the Company Board may make a Company Change of Recommendation and/or (2) the Company may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(d) to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Company Superior Proposal, if (and only if), prior to taking any such action in clause (1) or (2),<omitted> 

(B) (w) the Company shall have given notice to Parent that the Company Board intends to take such action (a “Notice of Recommendation Change”), specifying in reasonable detail the material terms and conditions of such Company Superior Proposal and including unredacted copies of the proposed definitive agreements relating to such Company Superior Proposal, and any other proposed documents or agreements relating thereto, including all proposed or executed financing commitments related thereto, at least four (4) Business Days in advance of effecting the Company Change of Recommendation and/or terminating this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(d), (x) during the four (4) Business Day period immediately following Parent’s receipt of the Notice of Recommendation Change (the “Notice Period”), the Company has, and has caused its Representatives to, if requested by Parent, negotiate with Parent and its Representatives in good faith to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that such Company Competing Proposal ceases, in the good faith judgment of the Company Board (after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel), to constitute a Company Superior Proposal, if Parent, in its sole discretion, determines to make such adjustments and (y) following such Notice Period, the Company Board again determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and taking into account any adjustment of the terms of this Agreement proposed in writing by Parent prior to the conclusion of the Notice Period) that such Company Competing Proposal continues to constitute a Company Superior Proposal and, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that failure to do so would be inconsistent with the directors’ duties under applicable Law; provided, however, that any amendment, supplement or modification to the price, form of consideration or other material terms of such Company Competing 56


Proposal shall be deemed a new Company Competing Proposal and the Company may not make a Company Change of Recommendation pursuant to this Section 7.3(d)(iii) or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(d) unless the Company has complied with the requirements of this Section 7.3(d)(iii) with respect to such new Company Competing Proposal including sending an additional Notice of Recommendation Change (except that the new negotiation period under this Section 7.3(d)(iii)(B) shall be three (3) Business Days instead of four (4) Business Days). (Pages 61-62)

Section 7.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> 

four (4) Business Day period immediately following Parent’s receipt of the Notice of Recommendation Change (the “Notice Period”) <omitted> 

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company Board shall be permitted, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, other than in response to a Company Competing Proposal (which is addressed in Section 7.3(d)(iii)), to make a Company Change of Recommendation if <omitted> 
(iii) (w) the Company shall have delivered to Parent a Notice of Recommendation Change with respect to such Intervening Event (which notice will describe the Intervening Event in reasonable detail), (x) the Company has, and has caused its Representatives to, if requested by Parent, negotiate with Parent and its Representatives in good faith to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement and (y) following such Notice Period, the Company Board again determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, and taking into account any adjustment of the terms of this Agreement proposed in writing by Parent prior to the expiration of such Notice Period) that the failure to make such Company Change of Recommendation would be inconsistent with the directors’ duties under applicable Law; provided, however, that in the event the Company Board does not make a Company Change of Recommendation in accordance with the preceding clause (y), but thereafter determines to make a Company Change of Recommendation pursuant to this Section 7.3 in circumstances involving or relating to another Intervening Event, the foregoing procedures referred to in this Section 7.3(e) shall apply anew. (Page 62)

Question: Initial matching rights period (COR)-Answer
Subquestion: <NONE>
Answer: 4 business days