Agreement Not to Transfer or Encumber. Each Selling Investor hereby agrees that, from the date hereof until the Expiration Date, it shall not Transfer any Covered Shares, cause the conversion of any Covered Shares or deposit any Covered Shares into a voting trust or enter into any tender, voting or other agreement or arrangement with any Person with respect to any Covered Shares or grant a proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto (other than pursuant to this Agreement or the Drag-Along Consent) or give instructions with respect to the voting of the Covered Shares in any manner that is inconsistent with this Agreement or otherwise take any other action with respect to the Covered Shares that would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance by the Selling Investors of their obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the execution and delivery of the Written Consent approving the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approving the Transactions; provided, however, that the Stockholder may Transfer all or any portion of the Shares to one or more of its controlled Affiliates or a family member that, prior to such Transfer, executes and delivers to the Parent a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, to assume all of the Selling Investor’s obligations hereunder and to be bound by the terms of this Agreement to the same extent as the Selling Investor is bound hereunder and to make each of the representations and warranties hereunder in respect of the Covered Shares transferred as the Selling Investor shall have made hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approvals, a Selling Investor may cause the conversion of any shares of Company Class B Common Stock into shares of Company Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Grail, LLC), Merger Agreement (Grail, LLC), Selling Investor Support Agreement (Illumina, Inc.)
Agreement Not to Transfer or Encumber. Each Selling Investor The Stockholder hereby agrees that, from the date hereof until the Expiration Date, it shall not Transfer any Covered Shares, cause the conversion of any Covered Shares or deposit any Covered Shares into a voting trust or enter into any tender, voting or other agreement or arrangement with any Person with respect to any Covered Shares or grant a proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto (other than pursuant to this Agreement or the Drag-Along ConsentAgreement) or give instructions with respect to the voting of the Covered Shares in any manner that is inconsistent with this Agreement or otherwise take any other action with respect to the Covered Shares that would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance by the Selling Investors Stockholder of their its obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the execution and delivery of the Written Consent approving the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approving the Transactions; provided, however, that the Stockholder may Transfer all or any portion of the Shares to one or more of its controlled Affiliates or a family member that, prior to such Transfer, executes and delivers to the Parent a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, to assume all of the Selling InvestorStockholder’s obligations hereunder and to be bound by the terms of this Agreement to the same extent as the Selling Investor Stockholder is bound hereunder and to make each of the representations and warranties hereunder in respect of the Covered Shares transferred as the Selling Investor Stockholder shall have made hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approvals, a Selling Investor Stockholder may cause the conversion of any shares of Company Class B Common Stock into shares of Company Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Grail, LLC), Merger Agreement (Grail, LLC), Merger Agreement (Illumina, Inc.)
Agreement Not to Transfer or Encumber. Each Selling Investor Stockholder hereby agrees that, from the date hereof until the Expiration DateTime, it shall not (a) Transfer (or enter into any Covered Shares, cause contract related to the conversion Transfer of) any of any Covered its Shares or any right, title or interest therein or (b) deposit any Covered of its Shares into a voting trust or enter into any tendera voting agreement, voting or other agreement trust or arrangement with any Person with respect to any Covered Shares or Shares, as applicable, grant a proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto or enter into any agreement or take any action that would make any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty of the Stockholder contained herein untrue, incorrect, ineffective or unenforceable in any material respect or have the effect of preventing such Stockholder from performing any of its material obligations under this Agreement, or approve or consent to any of the foregoing. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Shares in violation of this Section 4 shall be null and void ab initio. If any involuntary Transfer of any of the Shares shall occur (other than pursuant including a sale by any Stockholder’s trustee in any bankruptcy, or a sale to a purchaser at any creditor’s or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement or the Drag-Along Consent) or give instructions with respect Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect until valid termination of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4 to the voting of the Covered Shares in any manner that is inconsistent with this Agreement or otherwise take any other action with respect to the Covered Shares that would in any way restrictcontrary, limit or interfere with the performance by the Selling Investors of their obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby, including the execution and following delivery of the Written Consent approving Consent, Checkers Control Partners, L.P. may distribute Shares to its equityholders anytime on or after March 1, 2025; provided that (i) each such equityholder that is a party to the adoption of Stockholders’ Agreement entered into concurrently herewith executes a joinder to this Agreement substantially in the Merger form attached hereto as Annex I, to ensure that such equityholder is subject to the obligations under this Agreement applicable to the Stockholders and that such equityholder’s Shares are subject to this Agreement and approving the Transactions; provided(ii) Checkers Control Partners, howeverL.P. shall, that the Stockholder may Transfer all or any portion of the Shares to one or more of its controlled Affiliates or as a family member that, prior condition to such Transferdistribution, executes and delivers cause each such equityholder that is not a party to the Stockholders’ Agreement entered into concurrently herewith to irrevocably agree in writing (of which Parent a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, to assume all of the Selling Investor’s obligations hereunder and shall be an express third-party beneficiary) to be bound by the terms of this Agreement Election made by Checkers Control Partners, L.P. pursuant to the same extent as the Selling Investor is bound hereunder and to make each of the representations and warranties hereunder in respect of the Covered Shares transferred as the Selling Investor shall have made hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approvals, a Selling Investor may cause the conversion of any shares of Company Class B Common Stock into shares of Company Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporationSection 9.
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Samples: Support Agreement (First Advantage Corp), Support Agreement (Sterling Check Corp.)