Company: GDOT
Filing Date: 2025-11-26
Form Type: 425
Source: 0001140361-25-043547
Chunk: 117

Company: GREEN DOT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-26
Form: 425
Chunk 117
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 best efforts to enforce any existing confidentiality or standstill agreements to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party in accordance with the terms thereof. (b) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent a party or its Board of Directors from complying with Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2 under the Exchange Act with respect to an Acquisition Proposal; provided, that such rules will in no way eliminate or modify the effect that any action pursuant to such rules would otherwise have under this Agreement. -69- 6.12 Public Announcements. Green Dot and CommerceOne agree that the initial press release with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement shall be a release mutually agreed to by the parties. Thereafter, each of the parties agrees that no public release or announcement or statement concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by any party without the prior written consent of the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except (i) as required by applicable law or the rules or regulations of any applicable Governmental Entity or stock exchange to which the relevant party is subject, in which case the party required to make the release or announcement shall consult with the other party about, and allow the other party reasonable time to comment on, such release or announcement in advance of such issuance or (ii) for such releases, announcements or statements that are consistent with other such releases, announcements or statements made after the date of this Agreement in compliance with this Section 6.12. 6.13 Change of Method. Green Dot and CommerceOne shall be empowered, upon their mutual agreement, at any time prior to the First Effective Time, to change the method or structure of effecting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the provisions of Article I), if and to the extent they both deem such change to be necessary, appropriate or desirable; provided, however, that no such change shall (i) alter or change the per share Green Dot Merger Consideration, the Exchange Ratio or the number of shares of New CommerceOne Common Stock received by holders of Green Dot Common Stock in exchange for each share of Green Dot Common Stock, (ii) adversely affect the Tax treatment of Green Dot’s stockholders or CommerceOne’s stockholders pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) adversely affect the Tax treatment of Green Dot or CommerceOne pursuant to this Agreement or (iv) materially impede or delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a timely manner. The parties