Company: SSUP
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form Type: PREM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-027895
Chunk: 98

Company: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-07-30
Form: PREM14A
Chunk 98
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 | acquire a fee interest (or local equivalent) in any real property; or |

| • | agree, resolve or commit to do any of the foregoing. |

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Acquisition Proposals No Solicitation or Negotiation Subject to certain exceptions described below, until the earlier of the Effective Time and the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company will not, and will cause its subsidiaries, any controlled affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers and employees to and direct its and their and other respective representatives not to, directly or indirectly:

| • | solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or knowingly facilitate any inquiries regarding or the making of any proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, an acquisition proposal; |

| • | participate in any discussions or negotiations with any person regarding any acquisition proposal; |

| • | provide any non-public information or data concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries to any person, or afford access to the business assets, properties, books or records, other information or employees or other representatives of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in connection with any acquisition proposal; or |

| • | approve, authorize, agree or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing. |

The Company will, and will cause its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates to and will direct its and their respective and other representatives to immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions and negotiations with any person (other than Parent, Merger Sub and their respective representatives) conducted prior to the date of the Merger Agreement with respect to any acquisition proposal, providedthat nothing in the Merger Agreement will restrict the Company from permitting a person to request the amendment or waiver of a “standstill” or similar obligation or from effecting such amendment or granting such waiver, in each case, to the extent necessary to comply with the fiduciary duties of the members of the Board under applicable law. The Company agrees that any violations of the restrictions set forth in the above bullets by any directors, officers, employees or any representative retained by and acting at the direction of the Company will be deemed a breach of the Merger Agreement by the Company. Fiduciary Exception to “No Solicitation” Provisions Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the “no solicitation” provisions of the Merger Agreement described above, until the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s stockholders, the Company may, in response to a bona fide acquisition proposal