CVS » Topics » Schedule 14D-9

This excerpt taken from the CVS 8-K filed Aug 13, 2008.
Schedule 14D-9”) that, subject to Section 7.04(b), shall reflect the recommendations of the Board of Directors referred to above.  Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Subsidiary agrees promptly to correct any information provided by it for use in the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the extent that it shall have become false or misleading in any material respect.  The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Schedule 14D-9 as so corrected to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to holders of Shares, in each case, as soon as reasonably practicable and as and to the extent required by applicable U.S. federal securities laws.  Parent and its
 
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counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Schedule 14D-9 each time before it is filed with the SEC, and the Company shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by Parent, Merger Subsidiary and their counsel.  The Company shall provide Parent, Merger Subsidiary and their counsel with (i) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that the Company or its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (ii) a reasonable opportunity to participate in the Company’s response to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given).
 
Section 2.03.  Directors.  (a) Effective upon the Acceptance Time, Parent shall be entitled to designate the number of directors, rounded up to the next whole number, on the Board of Directors that equals the product of (i) the total number of directors on the Board of Directors (giving effect to the election of any additional directors pursuant to this Section) and (ii) the percentage that the number of Shares beneficially owned by Parent and/or Merger Subsidiary (including Shares accepted for payment) bears to the total number of Shares outstanding, and the Company shall cause Parent’s designees to be elected or appointed to the Board of Directors, including by increasing the number of directors and seeking and accepting resignations of incumbent directors.  At such time, the Company shall also cause individuals designated by Parent to constitute the number of members, rounded up to the next whole number, on (A) each committee of the Board of Directors and (B) as requested by Parent, each board of directors of each Subsidiary of the Company (and each committee thereof) that represents the same percentage as such individuals represent on the Board of Directors.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, until the Acceptance Time, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that all of the members of the Board of Directors and such committees and boards as of the date hereof who are not employees of the Company shall remain members of the Board of Directors and such committees and boards until the Effective Time.
 
(b)        The Company’s obligations to appoint Parent’s designees to the Board of Directors shall be subject to Section 14(f) of the 1934 Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder.  The Company shall promptly take all actions, and shall include in the Schedule 14D-9 such information with respect to the Company and its officers and directors, as Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1 require in order to fulfill its obligations under this Section.  Parent shall supply to the Company in writing and be solely responsible for any information with respect to itself and its nominees, officers, directors and affiliates required by Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1 and the Company’s obligations under Section 2.03(b) shall be subject to the receipt of such information.
 
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(c)        Following the election or appointment of Parent’s designees pursuant to Section 2.03(a) and until the Effective Time, the approval of a majority of the directors of the Company then in office who were not designated by Parent (the “

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