condition is waivable by Purchaser or Parent and has been waived), Purchaser, in its discretion may (and without the Company’s or any other person’s consent) extend the Offer for additional periods of up to ten business days per extension, to permit such Offer Condition to be satisfied; (ii) Purchaser has agreed to (and Parent has agreed to cause Purchaser to) extend the Offer from time to time for any period required by any legal requirement, any interpretation or position of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or its staff or the NASDAQ Global Select Market applicable to the Offer, and for periods of up to ten business days per extension until any waiting period or any extension thereof applicable to the consummation of the Offer under the HSR Act has expired or terminated; and (iii) in the event any Offer Condition is not satisfied and has not been waived as of the then-scheduled Expiration Date, Purchaser has agreed to, and Parent has agreed to cause Purchaser to, upon the Company’s request, extend the Offer on one or more occasions for an additional period of up to ten business days per extension, to permit such Offer Condition to be satisfied. However, Purchaser is not required to extend the Offer beyond the earlier to occur of the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in compliance with its terms and December 1, 2021 (or as late as March 1, 2022 in the event the End Date has been extended as provided in the Merger Agreement) (such earlier occurrence, the “Extension Deadline”) and may not extend the Offer beyond the Extension Deadline without the Company’s prior written consent. Purchaser will not terminate or withdraw the Offer or permit the Offer to expire before the earlier of the Expiration Date or the Merger Agreement’s valid termination in compliance with its terms without the Company’s prior written consent.
The purpose of the Offer and the Merger is for Parent and its affiliates, through Purchaser, to acquire control of, and the entire equity interest in, the Company. Following the consummation of the Offer, subject to the satisfaction or valid waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Parent, Purchaser and the Company acknowledge and agree that the Merger will be consummated promptly following the consummation of the Offer. No appraisal rights are available to holders of Shares in connection with the Offer. However, if the Merger is consummated, a stockholder of the Company that has not tendered its Shares in the Offer will have rights under Section 262 of the DGCL to dissent from the Merger and demand appraisal of, and obtain payment in cash for the “fair value” of, that stockholder’s Shares, as determined by the Delaware Court of Chancery, in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL.
On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, Purchaser expressly reserves the right to (i) increase the Offer Price, (ii) waive any Offer Condition and (iii) make any other changes in the terms and conditions of the Offer that are not inconsistent with the terms of the Merger Agreement, except that the Company’s prior written consent is required for Parent or Purchaser to: (i) decrease the Offer Price, (ii) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer, (iii) decrease the maximum number of Shares sought to be purchased in the Offer, (iv) impose conditions to the Offer in addition to the Offer Conditions, (v) amend, modify or waive the Minimum Condition, the Termination Condition, the Antitrust Condition or the Governmental Impediment Condition, (vi) otherwise amend or modify any of the other terms of the Offer in any manner that adversely affects, or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, any holder of Shares in its capacity as such, or that would or would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, materially impair, prevent or materially delay Parent’s or Purchaser’s ability to consummate the Transactions in a timely manner, (vii) terminate the Offer or accelerate, extend or otherwise change the Expiration Date except as provided in the Merger Agreement, or (viii) provide any “subsequent offering period” (or any extension thereof) within the meaning of applicable SEC rules and regulations.
Any extension, waiver or amendment of the Offer or termination of the Offer will be followed, as promptly as practicable, by public announcement thereof, such announcement in the case of an extension to be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date in accordance with SEC rules and regulations.
For purposes of the Offer, Purchaser will be deemed to have accepted for payment, and thereby purchased, Shares validly tendered, and not properly withdrawn, prior to the expiration of the Offer if and when Purchaser gives oral or written notice to the Depository of Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of such Shares pursuant to the Offer. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by deposit of the aggregate Offer Price for such Shares with the Depository, which will act as paying agent for the tendering stockholders for the purpose of receiving payments from