system: You are a contract-analysis assistant performing a span-extraction task. You are given an excerpt from a commercial contract and the name of a clause type to locate within it.

Return the exact text of the requested clause, copied verbatim from the excerpt — identical wording and punctuation, with no paraphrasing, summarising, explanation, or added commentary.

The excerpt is one window of a much longer contract and often will not contain the requested clause. If the requested clause does not appear in this excerpt, respond with exactly: Not found.

Output only the extracted clause text, or the exact string `Not found.` — nothing else.

user: Contract excerpt:
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Obligations of the Company. (a) Support of the Offer. Upon the commencement of the Offer, the Company (i) shall, by a unanimous resolution of its board of directors, and with recommendation by the independent committee of the Company, approve a statement of opinion in support of the Offer and recommending the holders of shares of Common Stock and Stock Options to tender their shares and Stock Options to the Offer and have publicly announced such statement, and (ii) shall not revoke such statement. The Company (1) shall also, by a unanimous resolution of its board of directors, and with recommendation by the independent committee of the Company, reveal its intention to support the Squeeze-out and (2) publicly announce such intention, and (3) shall not revoke such intention. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Company may, upon prior consultation with the Acquiror, revoke or change such statement or intention, only if (A) there is any counter tender offer bid or any bona fide offer to acquire the Target Securities that is a Superior Offer and (B) the failure to take such action, on the basis of legal opinion issued in writing by legal counsel of the Company, would be reasonably expected to cause the board of directors of the Company to be in breach of its duty of care (zenkan-tyui-gimu) under Japanese law. For purposes of this Agreement, "Superior Offer" shall mean an unsolicited bona fide written offer by a third party to purchase all of the outstanding Target Securities that the Board of Directors of the Company determines, in its good faith judgment, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its financial advisors, is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms, taking into account all legal, regulatory and financing aspects (including certainty of closing) of the offer and the ability of the Person making the offer to consummate the transaction and that would result in a transaction more favorable to the Company's stockholders (solely in their capacity as such) from a financial point of view than the transaction contemplated by this Agreement. (b) Publication and Filing. Upon the commencement of the Offer, the Company shall make public disclosure and file a company's position statement (iken-hyoumei-houkokusho) (the "Company's Position Statement") with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau, each in accordance with in accordance with Section 2.03(a) and applicable Laws and in a manner and content as agreed with Acquiror. ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES Section 3.01 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to Acquiror that, except as disclosed in the Company Disclosure Letter, the statements set forth in Schedule 3.01 are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Launch Date and the Closing Date (or, if made as of a specified date, as of such specified date only). 11 Section 3.02 Representations and Warranties of Acquiror. Each of Acquiror and SPI hereby represents and warrants to the Company that the statements set forth in Schedule 3.02 are true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and correct as of the Launch Date and the Closing Date (or, if made as of a specified date, as of such specified date only). ARTICLE IV COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES Section 4.01 The Company's Obligation. (a) Ordinary Course of Business of the Company's Operation. During the period from the date of this Agreement and the completion of the Squeeze-out (the "Restricted Period"), except as contemplated by this Agreement, required by applicable Law or otherwise agreed to in writing by Acquiror, the Company shall operate in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practice and use its reasonable efforts to preserve intact the material components of its current business organization, including keeping available the services of current officers and key employees, and use its reasonable efforts to maintain its relations and good will with all material suppliers, material customers, governmental bodies and other material business relations intact its business relationships. (b) Restrictive Covenants. Without limiting Section 4.01(a), during the Restricted Period, except as contemplated by this Agreement, set forth in Schedule 4.01(b), required by applicable Law or otherwise agreed to in writing by Acquiror, the Company shall not: (i) sell, issue, grant, pledge or transfer or authorize the sale, issuance, grant, pledge or transfer of any capital stock or equity interest or other security of the Company or any instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any security of the
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