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Section 5.3    Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (e)    Change of Recommendation / Superior Proposal Termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time prior to the time the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, (x) the Company Board may make a Change of Recommendation (1) if the Company receives a bona fide unsolicited Acquisition Proposal following the Agreement Date that did not result from a violation of Section 5.3(a) and the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors) based on the information then available that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal or (2) other than in connection with an Acquisition Proposal, in response to an event, occurrence, development or state of facts or circumstances occurring after the Agreement Date that was not known by the Company Board prior to the Agreement Date, in either case of (1) or (2), only if the Company Board determines in good faith that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and (y) if the Company Board is permitted to make a Change of Recommendation pursuant to clause (x)(1), the Company may also terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to the applicable Superior Proposal;  (Page 35)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
6.9 No Solicitation; Change in Company Board Recommendation. <omitted> (ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at any time prior to, but not after, obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company Board may make a Company Adverse Change of Recommendation or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(d) if the Company receives a Company Acquisition Proposal that is not withdrawn and the Company Board concludes in good faith that such Company Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Company Superior Proposal; provided that: (A) the Company Board concludes in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel) that failure to take such actions would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; (Page 67)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 5.4    Acquisition Proposals. <omitted> (d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 5.4, following receipt of a written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of this Section 5.4, and that the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors, constitutes a Superior Proposal, the Company Board and the Special Committee may at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, but not after, make an Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal in accordance with Section 7.1(c)(ii), or authorize, resolve, agree or propose publicly to take any such action, if all of the following conditions are met: <omitted> (ii)    the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined, in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that, in light of such Superior Proposal and taking into account any revised terms proposed by Parent, such Superior Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal and that the failure to make such Adverse Recommendation Change or to so terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.1(c)(ii), as applicable, would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law.  (Page 44)


Section 5.4    Acquisition Proposals. <omitted>
(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 5.4, at any time prior to (but not after) obtaining the company Stockholder Approval, upon the occurrence of any Intervening Event, the Company Board may make an Adverse Recommendation Change if all of the following conditions are met: <omitted>

(ii)    the Company Board (acting upon the recommendation of the Special Committee) shall have determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that in light of such Intervening Event and taking into account any revised terms 

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proposed by Parent, the failure to make an Adverse Recommendation Change would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law.  (Pages 44-45)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 5.3            Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (d)           Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.3 or Section 5.4 to the contrary, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Board of Directors may (i) make a Change of Recommendation in response to an Intervening Event, or (ii) following receipt of a bona fide written Competing Proposal, which the Company Board of Directors determines in good faith after consultation with the Company’s outside legal and financial advisors is a Superior Proposal, (A) make a Change of Recommendation or (B) if such Competing Proposal did not result from a breach of Section 5.3(a), terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(g) in order to enter into a definitive agreement providing for such Superior Proposal, in each case with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), if and only if the Company Board of Directors has determined in good faith after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the duties of the members of the Company Board of Directors under applicable Law and the Company complies with Section 5.3(e).  (Page 27)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 5.4 No Company Solicitation <omitted> (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.4 to the contrary, at any time before the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Company Board may make a Company Change of Recommendation or authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement under Section 7.1(d)(i) if: <omitted> (ii) the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel and a nationally recognized financial advisor) that such Alternative Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Acquisition Proposal, and that the failure to make a Company Change of Recommendation or authorize the Company to terminate this Agreement under Section 7.1(d)(i) in response to such Alternative Acquisition Proposal would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law;  (Page 60)


Section 5.4 No Company Solicitation <omitted> (f) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5.4 to the contrary, at any time before the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, the Company Board may make a Company Change of Recommendation if: (i) the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel and a nationally recognized financial advisor) that an Intervening Event has occurred and the failure to make a Company Change of Recommendation in response to such Intervening Event would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the Company Board’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law;  (Page 61)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 4.4 No Solicitation of Transactions. <omitted> (f)                 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company Board may, prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval and subject to the other provisions of this Section 4.4, (x) effect a Change of Board Recommendation in response to a Superior Proposal and/or (y) validly terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(e), if (i) the Company receives a Qualifying Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with one or more of its financial advisors and outside legal counsel) is a Superior Proposal and (ii) the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that its failure to effect a Change of Board Recommendation or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.1(e) would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties to the Company Stockholders under applicable Law;  (Page 22)


Section 4.4 No Solicitation of Transactions. <omitted> (g)                Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval and subject to the other provisions of this Section 4.4, the Company Board may effect a Change of Board Recommendation in response to an Intervening Event if the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with one or more of its financial advisors and outside legal counsel) that its failure to effect a Change of Board Recommendation would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties to the Company Stockholders under applicable Law;  (Page 23)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 6.03. No Solicitation. <omitted>
(b)    Exceptions. Notwithstanding Section 6.03(a), at any time prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Company’s stockholders: <omitted>
(ii)    Subject to compliance with Section 6.03(d), the Company Board may make an Adverse Recommendation Change (A) following receipt of a Superior Proposal that did not result from a material breach of this Section 6.03 or (B) in response to material events, changes, occurrences, effects or developments arising after the date hereof that were not known by the Company Board as of the date of this Agreement (other than the existence of any Acquisition Proposal) (any such material event, change, occurrence, effect or development, an “Intervening Event”); in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) only if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under Delaware Law.  (Page 57)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
7.2 Acquisition Proposals; Change of Recommendation <omitted> (iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 7.2, prior to the Offer Acceptance Time, the Company Board may: (A) effect a Change of Recommendation (1) if (x) an unsolicited bona fide written Acquisition Proposal is received by the Company and has not been withdrawn and receipt of such Acquisition Proposal was not as a result of or related to any breach by the Company of its obligations set forth in Section 7.2(a) in any material respect or (y) an Intervening Event has occurred, and (2) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that based on the information then available and after consultation with an independent financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, that a failure to effect a Change of Recommendation would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and, in the case of an Acquisition Proposal contemplated by clause (A)(1)(x) of this Section 7.2(d)(iii), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; and/or (B) cause or permit the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal (and the Company may enter into or cause a Subsidiary thereof to enter into such an Alternative Acquisition Agreement) or agree, authorize or commit to do so;  (Pages 73-74)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 6.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted>
(iii)            prior to, but not after, the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, in response to a bona fide written Company Competing Proposal from a third party that was not solicited at any time following the execution of this Agreement and did not arise from a breach of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.3, if the Company Board so chooses, the Company Board may effect a Company Change of Recommendation if:   (A)           the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with the Company’s financial advisors and outside legal counsel that such Company Competing Proposal is a Company Superior Proposal;   (B)            the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to effect a Company Change of Recommendation in response to such Company Superior Proposal would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the fiduciary duties owed by the Company Board to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law; <omitted> ; and  (Page 33)


Section 6.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (iv)            prior to, but not after, the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, in response to a Company Intervening Event that occurs or arises after the date of this Agreement and that did not arise from or in connection with a breach of this Agreement by the Company, the Company may, if the Company Board so chooses, effect a Company Change of Recommendation; provided, however, that such a Company Change of Recommendation may not be made unless and until:   (A)            the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with the Company’s financial advisors and outside legal counsel that a Company Intervening Event has occurred;   (B)            the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to effect such Company Change of Recommendation in response to such Company Intervening Event would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the fiduciary duties owed by the Company Board to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law;   <omitted> .  (Pages 33-34)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 5.2    No Solicitation. <omitted> Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, but subject to Sections 5.2(e) and (f), at any time prior to obtaining the Company Shareholder Approval, but not after, so long as none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or their Representatives have breached in any material respect this Section 5.2, the Company’s Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) may, if the Company’s Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside counsel) that failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, (x) effect a Recommendation Withdrawal in response to an Acquisition Proposal made after the date hereof that did not result from a breach of this Section 5.2 and that the Company’s Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside counsel) is a Superior Proposal (giving effect to all of the binding written adjustments, if any, offered by Parent pursuant to Section 5.2(f) or otherwise), (y) subject to prior or concurrent payment of the Termination Fee, terminate this Agreement under Section 7.1(d)(ii) to enter into an Alternative Acquisition Agreement if the Company’s Board of Directors (or a committee thereof) determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside counsel) that the Acquisition Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal and/or (z) effect a Recommendation Withdrawal in response to an Intervening Event (Page 43)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
6.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.3(a), if the Company has received a bona fide written Company Acquisition Proposal that (i) has not been withdrawn, (ii) did not result from a breach (other than a de minimis breach) of the obligations set forth in Section 6.3 and (iii) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel and a financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation, (A) constitutes a Superior Company Proposal and (B) the failure to take an action set forth in clause (x) or (y) would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, the Company Board may at any time prior to the Acceptance Time, (x) effect a Company Change of Board Recommendation with respect to such Superior Company Proposal or (y) terminate this Agreement to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to such Superior Company Proposal, in either case, subject to the requirements of Section 6.3(f) and, in the case of clause (y), provided, that the Company (1) pays, or causes to be paid, to Parent the Company Termination Fee payable pursuant to Section 8.3(a) prior to or concurrently with such termination and (2) immediately following or concurrently with such termination, enters into a definitive acquisition agreement that documents the terms and conditions of such Superior Company Proposal. 

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.3(a), the Company Board may, at any time prior to the Acceptance Time, and subject to compliance with the requirements of Section 6.3(f), effect a Company Change of Board Recommendation in response to a Company Intervening Event if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside counsel, that the failure to effect a Company Change of Board Recommendation in response to such Company Intervening Event would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law. (Page 55)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
Section 7.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: <omitted> (iii) prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, in response to an unsolicited bona fide written Company Competing Proposal from a third party made after the date of this Agreement that has not been withdrawn (provided that the Company Competing Proposal by such Person did not result from a breach or violation of this Section 7.3), (1) the Company Board may make a Company Change of Recommendation and/or (2) the Company may terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(d) to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Company Superior Proposal, if (and only if), prior to taking any such action in clause (1) or (2), (A) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that (x) such Company Competing Proposal is a Company Superior Proposal, and (y) the failure to terminate this Agreement to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to such Company Superior Proposal or make a Company Change of Recommendation would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ duties under applicable Law, (Page 61)

Section 7.3 No Solicitation by the Company. <omitted> (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company Board shall be permitted, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, other than in response to a Company Competing Proposal (which is addressed in Section 7.3(d)(iii)), to make a Company Change of Recommendation if (i) an Intervening Event has occurred, (ii) prior to taking such action, the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of the directors’ duties under applicable Law (Page 62)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties
4.3.2 Submission to Shareholders. AB will promptly take the actions necessary in accordance with applicable Law and its articles of incorporation and bylaws to convene a shareholders’ meeting to consider the approval of this Agreement and to authorize the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (such meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “AB Meeting”). The AB Meeting will be held on the earliest practical date after the date the Prospectus/Proxy Statement may first be sent to AB’s shareholders without objection by applicable Governmental Authorities. The board of directors of AB has adopted a resolution recommending approval of this Agreement and the Merger by AB’s shareholders, and it shall not withdraw, modify, or qualify its recommendation unless, subsequent to the Execution Date, AB receives a Superior Proposal and the board of directors of AB determines, in good faith and upon the written advice of independent legal counsel, that it would be reasonably likely to result in a violation of its fiduciary duties under applicable Law not to withdraw, modify, or qualify such recommendation. AB shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from the shareholders of AB approval of this Agreement in accordance with Utah Law, including (except as provided in the preceding sentence) by communicating to its shareholders its recommendation (and including such recommendation in the Prospectus/Proxy Statement) that they approve this Agreement and the Merger. Subject to applicable Law, AB shall adjourn or postpone the AB Meeting if, as of the time for which such meeting is originally scheduled, there are insufficient shares of AB Stock represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of such meeting, or if, on the date of such AB Meeting, (a) AB has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares necessary to obtain the required approval by AB’s shareholders and such approval remains possible to obtain and (b) the shareholders of AB have authorized by the requisite vote under Utah Law the adjournment pursuant to the Prospectus/Proxy Statement; provided that AB shall only be required to adjourn the AB Meeting two times pursuant to this Section 4.3.2.  (Page 41)

Question: Fiduciary exception to COR covenant
Category: Deal Protection and Related Provisions
Answer: "Reasonably likely/expected violation" of fiduciary duties