Company: ZEUS
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001193125-25-257069
Chunk: 111

Company: OLYMPIC STEEL INC
Filing Date: 2025-10-30
Form: 425
Chunk 111
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, in response to such Competing Proposal, and subject to compliance with
, (A) furnish information with respect to Parent or the Company, as applicable, to the Person making such Competing Proposal pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement, and (B) engage in
discussions or negotiations with such Person regarding such Competing Proposal (so long as such Person has executed an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement); , , that any such information that is material and non-public or access has previously been made available to Parent or the Company, as applicable, or shall be made available to Parent or the Company, as applicable, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the
time such information is made available to such Person (subject to applicable Law). Except as expressly permitted by this , each of Parent and the Company shall not, and shall cause its respective Subsidiaries
not to, and direct its Representatives not to, from and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time or the date, if any, on which this Agreement is validly terminated pursuant to , directly or
indirectly (1) approve, endorse, recommend or enter into, or publicly propose to approve, endorse, recommend or enter into, any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement, merger agreement or
similar definitive agreement (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) with respect to any Competing Proposal or any offer or proposal that could lead to a Competing Proposal; (2) take any action to make the provisions of any
takeover statute inapplicable

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to any transactions contemplated by a Competing Proposal; or (3) terminate, amend, release, modify or fail to enforce any provision of, or grant any permission, waiver or request under, any
standstill, confidentiality or similar agreement entered into by the applicable Party in respect of or in contemplation of a Competing Proposal (other than to the extent the Parent Board or the Company Board, as applicable, determines in good faith
after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to take any of such actions under clause (3) would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with such directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law), or (4) propose
to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Parent and the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries and Representatives may in any event (x) seek to clarify and understand the terms and conditions of any
proposal, offer,