Company: SSUP
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: DEFM14A
Source: 0001140361-25-031532
Chunk: 97

Company: SUPERIOR INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: DEFM14A
Chunk 97
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 policy,providedthat such settlements do not involve any admission of guilt (through a plea or otherwise), non de minimis injunctive or equitable relief or impose non de-minimis restrictions on the business activities of the Company and its subsidiaries or Parent and its subsidiaries, or (B) with respect to any action, suit, case, litigation, claim, hearing, arbitration, investigation or other proceedings before or threatened to be brought before a governmental entity, waive, release, grant or transfer any claim or right of value or knowingly consent to the termination of any claim or right of value; |

| • | (i) make, change or revoke any material tax election, (ii) make any material change to any tax accounting period, (iii) settle, consent to or compromise any material tax claim or surrender a right to a material tax refund, (iv) consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any material tax claim or assessment or (v) request any rulings from or enter into a closing agreement with any governmental entity regarding taxes; |

| • | enter into any affiliate transaction; |

| • | take any action to delay or accelerate the collection of any amount of accounts receivable in excess of $2,000,000 in advance of or beyond their regular due dates or the dates when the same would have been collected in the ordinary course of business, or take any action to delay or accelerate the payment of any amount of accounts payable in excess of $2,000,000 in advance of or beyond their regular dates or the dates when the same would have been paid in the ordinary course of business (other than such delays or accelerations as reflected in the Company Disclosure Letter); |

| • | 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; |