Agreement to Vote; Exclusivity. (a) Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that at any annual or extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company and at any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company and in any other circumstance upon which a vote, consent or other approval of all or some of the shareholders of the Company is sought, it shall, and shall cause any holder of record of its Covered Shares to, in each case to the extent that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto: (i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat in accordance with procedures applicable to such meeting so as to ensure such Shareholder is duly counted for purposes of calculating a quorum and for purposes of recording the result of any applicable vote or consent and respond to each request by the Company for written consent, if any; and (ii) vote, or cause to be voted, whether on a show of hands or a poll and whether in person or by proxy, or deliver, or cause to be delivered, a written consent covering, all of its Covered Shares (A) in favor of the approval, adoption and authorization of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (B) in favor of any other matters required to consummate the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) against any Acquisition Proposal or any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to the Acquisition or in competition or inconsistent with the Acquisition, and (D) against any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended to facilitate an Acquisition Proposal or is intended to or could prevent, impede, or, in any material respect, interfere with, delay or adversely affect the Acquisition or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement. (b) Each Shareholder further irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall not, shall cause its Affiliates not to and shall cause the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) make an Acquisition Proposal or join with, or invite, any other person to be involved in the making of an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) provide any information to any Third Party with a view to such Third Party or any other person pursuing or considering to pursue an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) finance or offer to finance any Acquisition Proposal, including by offering any equity or debt financing, or contribution of any Covered Shares or provision of a voting agreement, in support of any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) solicit, encourage or facilitate, or induce or enter into any negotiation, discussion, agreement or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any person (other than members of the Buyer Consortium and their Affiliates) regarding, an Acquisition Proposal or any of the matters described in Section 2.1(a) or this Section 2.1(b). (c) Each Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any person that may have been conducted heretofore with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. From and after the date hereof, each Shareholder shall promptly advise the Buyer Consortium of any approach by any person other than the Buyer Consortium to such Shareholder in connection with an Acquisition Proposal. (d) Each Shareholder shall retain at all times the right to vote or consent with respect to such Shareholder’s Covered Shares in such Shareholder’s sole discretion and without any other limitation on those matters, other than those limitations contained in Section 2.1(a). (e) The obligations of each Shareholder set forth in this Section 2.1 are irrevocable until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Samples: Support Agreement (Tencent Holdings LTD), Support Agreement (Tencent Holdings LTD), Support Agreement (JD.com, Inc.)
Agreement to Vote; Exclusivity. (a) Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that at any annual or extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company and at any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company and in any other circumstance upon which a vote, consent or other approval of all or some of the shareholders of the Company is sought, it shall, and shall cause any holder of record of its Covered Shares to, in each case to the extent that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto:
(i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat in accordance with procedures applicable to such meeting so as to ensure such Shareholder is duly counted for purposes of calculating a quorum and for purposes of recording the result of any applicable vote or consent and respond to each request by the Company for written consent, if any; and
(ii) vote, or cause to be voted, whether on a show of hands or a poll and whether in person or by proxy, or deliver, or cause to be delivered, a written consent covering, all of its Covered Shares (A) in favor of the approval, adoption and authorization of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Acquisition Merger and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (B) in favor of any other matters required to consummate the Acquisition Merger and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) against any Acquisition Competing Proposal or any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to the Acquisition Merger or in competition or inconsistent with the AcquisitionMerger, and (D) against any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended to facilitate an Acquisition a Competing Proposal or is intended to or could prevent, impede, or, in any material respect, interfere with, delay or adversely affect the Acquisition Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Each Shareholder further irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall not, shall cause its Affiliates not to and shall cause the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) make an Acquisition a Competing Proposal or join with, or invite, any other person to be involved in the making of an Acquisition a Competing Proposal, (ii) provide any information to any Third Party with a view to such Third Party or any other person pursuing or considering to pursue an Acquisition a Competing Proposal, (iii) finance or offer to finance any Acquisition Competing Proposal, including by offering any equity or debt financing, or contribution of any Covered Shares or provision of a voting agreement, in support of any Acquisition Competing Proposal, or (iv) solicit, encourage or facilitate, or induce or enter into any negotiation, discussion, agreement or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any person (other than members of the Buyer Consortium and their Affiliates) regarding, an Acquisition a Competing Proposal or any of the matters described in Section 2.1(a) or this Section 2.1(b).
(c) Each Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any person that may have been conducted heretofore with respect to an Acquisition a Competing Proposal. From and after the date hereof, each Shareholder shall promptly advise the Buyer Consortium Parent of any approach by any person other than the Buyer Consortium to such Shareholder in connection with an Acquisition a Competing Proposal.
(d) Each Shareholder shall retain at all times the right to vote or consent with respect to such Shareholder’s Covered Shares in such Shareholder’s sole discretion and without any other limitation on those matters, other than those limitations contained in Section 2.1(a).
(e) The obligations of each Shareholder set forth in this Section 2.1 are irrevocable until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Samples: Support Agreement (Feng Hailiang), Support Agreement (Tencent Holdings LTD)
Agreement to Vote; Exclusivity. (a) Each During the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Term”), each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that at any annual or extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company and at any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company and in any other circumstance upon which a vote, consent or other approval of all or some of the shareholders of the Company is sought, it shall, and shall cause any holder of record of its Covered Shares to, in each case to the extent that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto:
(i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat in accordance with procedures applicable to such meeting so as to ensure such Shareholder is duly counted for purposes of calculating a quorum and for purposes of recording the result of any applicable vote or consent and respond to each request by the Company for written consent, if any; and
(ii) vote, vote (or cause to be voted), whether on a show of hands or a poll and whether in person or by proxy, or deliver, deliver (or cause to be delivered, ) a written consent covering, all of its Covered Shares (A) in favor of the approval, adoption and authorization of any definitive agreement providing for the Merger Agreement Acquisition and the approval of the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by such definitive agreement (including the Merger AgreementAcquisition), (B) in favor of any other matters required matter necessary to the consummation of the Acquisition) or otherwise reasonably requested by Parent in order to consummate the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger AgreementAcquisition), (C) against any Acquisition Proposal or any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to the Acquisition or in competition or inconsistent with the Acquisition, and (D) against any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended to intended, that could, or the effect of which could, facilitate an Acquisition Proposal or is intended to or could prevent, impede, or, in any material respect, interfere with, delay delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Acquisition or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation: (i) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a scheme of arrangement, merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Acquisition), (ii) a sale, lease or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or a reorganization, recapitalization or liquidation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) an election of new members to the board of directors of the Company, other than nominees to the board of directors of the Company who are serving as directors of the Company on the date of this Agreement or as otherwise provided in any definitive agreement providing for the Acquisition, (iv) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Company or any amendment or other change to the Company’s memorandum or articles of association, except if approved in writing by Parent, (v) any other action that would require the consent of Parent pursuant to any definitive agreement providing for the Acquisition, except if approved in writing by Parent, or (vi) any other material change in the Company’s corporate structure or business, except if approved in writing by Parent.
(b) Each Shareholder further irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that that, during the Term, it shall not, shall cause its Affiliates not to and shall cause the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) not to, directly or indirectly, either alone or with any of its Representatives (i) make an Acquisition Proposal or join with, or invite, any other person to be involved in the making of an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) provide any information to any Third Party with a view to such Third Party or any other person pursuing or considering to pursue an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) finance or offer to finance any Acquisition Proposal, including by offering any equity or debt financing, or contribution of any Covered Shares or provision of a voting agreement, in support of any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) solicit, encourage or facilitate, or induce or enter into any negotiation, discussion, agreement or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any person (other than members of the Buyer Consortium Parent and their its Affiliates) regarding, an Acquisition Proposal or any of the matters described in Section 2.1(a) or this Section 2.1(b).
(c) Each Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and During the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any person that may have been conducted heretofore with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. From and after the date hereofTerm, each Shareholder shall promptly advise the Buyer Consortium of any approach by any person other than the Buyer Consortium to such Shareholder in connection with an Acquisition Proposal.
(d) Each Shareholder shall retain at all times the right to vote or consent with respect to such Shareholder’s Covered Shares in such Shareholder’s sole discretion and without any other limitation on those matters, other than those limitations contained matters described in Section 2.1(a)) that are at any time or from time to time presented for consideration to shareholders of the Company generally.
(ed) The During the Term, the obligations of each Shareholder set forth in this Section 2.1 are irrevocable until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its termsirrevocable.
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Samples: Support Agreement (Chuanwei Zhang)
Agreement to Vote; Exclusivity. (a) Each For so long as this Agreement is in effect, each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that at any annual or extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company and at any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company and in any other circumstance upon which a vote, consent or other approval of all or some of the shareholders of the Company is sought, it shall, and shall cause any holder of record of its Covered Shares to, in each case to the extent that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto:
(i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat in accordance with procedures applicable to such meeting so as to ensure such Shareholder is duly counted for purposes of calculating a quorum and for purposes of recording the result of any applicable vote or consent and respond to each request by the Company for written consent, if any; and
(ii) vote, or cause to be voted, whether on a show of hands or a poll and whether in person or by proxy, or deliver, or cause to be delivered, a written consent covering, all of its Covered Shares (A) in favor of the approval, adoption and authorization of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (B) in favor of any other matters required to consummate the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) against any Acquisition Proposal or any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to the Acquisition or in competition or inconsistent with the Acquisition, and (D) against any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended to facilitate an Acquisition Proposal or is intended to or could prevent, impede, or, in any material respect, interfere with, delay or adversely affect the Acquisition or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Each Shareholder further irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall not, shall cause its Affiliates not to and shall cause the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) make an Acquisition Proposal or join with, or invite, any other person to be involved in the making of an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) provide any information to any Third Party with a view to such Third Party or any other person pursuing or considering to pursue an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) finance or offer to finance any Acquisition Proposal, including by offering any equity or debt financing, or contribution of any Covered Shares or provision of a voting agreement, in support of any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) solicit, encourage or facilitate, or induce or enter into any negotiation, discussion, agreement or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any person (other than members of the Buyer Consortium and their Affiliates) regarding, an Acquisition Proposal or any of the matters described in Section 2.1(a) or this Section 2.1(b).
(c) Each Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any person that may have been conducted heretofore with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. From and after the date hereof, each Shareholder shall promptly advise the Buyer Consortium of any approach by any person other than the Buyer Consortium to such Shareholder in connection with an Acquisition Proposal.
(d) Each Shareholder shall retain at all times the right to vote or consent with respect to such Shareholder’s Covered Shares in such Shareholder’s sole discretion and without any other limitation on those matters, other than those limitations contained in Section 2.1(a).
(e) The obligations of each Shareholder set forth in this Section 2.1 are irrevocable until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Agreement to Vote; Exclusivity. (a) Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that at any annual or extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company and at any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company and in any other circumstance upon which a vote, consent or other approval of all or some of the shareholders of the Company is sought, it shall, and shall cause any holder of record of its Covered Shares to, in each case to the extent that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto:
(i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat in accordance with procedures applicable to such meeting so as to ensure such Shareholder is duly counted for purposes of calculating a quorum and for purposes of recording the result of any applicable vote or consent and respond to each request by the Company for written consent, if any; and
(ii) vote, or cause to be voted, whether on a show of hands or a poll and whether in person or by proxy, or deliver, or cause to be delivered, a written consent covering, all of its Covered Shares (A) in favor of the approval, adoption and authorization of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Acquisition Merger and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (B) in favor of any other matters required to consummate the Acquisition Merger and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) against any Acquisition Proposal Competing Transaction or any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to the Acquisition Merger or in competition or inconsistent with the AcquisitionMerger, and (D) against any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended to facilitate an Acquisition Proposal or is intended to or could prevent, impede, or, in any material respect, interfere with, delay or adversely affect the Acquisition Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Each Shareholder further irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall not, shall cause its Affiliates not to and shall cause the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) make an Acquisition Proposal or join with, or invite, any other person to be involved in the making of an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) provide any information to any Third Party with a view to such Third Party or any other person pursuing or considering to pursue an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) finance or offer to finance any Acquisition Proposal, including by offering any equity or debt financing, or contribution of any Covered Shares or provision of a voting agreement, in support of any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) solicit, encourage or facilitate, or induce or enter into any negotiation, discussion, agreement or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any person (other than members of the Buyer Consortium and their Affiliates) regarding, an Acquisition Proposal or any of the matters described in Section 2.1(a) or this Section 2.1(b).
(c) Each Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any person that may have been conducted heretofore with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. From and after the date hereof, each Shareholder shall promptly advise the Buyer Consortium of any approach by any person other than the Buyer Consortium to such Shareholder in connection with an Acquisition Proposal.
(d) Each Shareholder shall retain at all times the right to vote or consent with respect to such Shareholder’s Covered Shares in such Shareholder’s sole discretion and without any other limitation on those matters, other than those limitations contained in Section 2.1(a).
(ec) The obligations of each Shareholder set forth in this Section 2.1 are irrevocable until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
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Samples: Voting and Support Agreement (Stealth BioTherapeutics Corp)
Agreement to Vote; Exclusivity. (a) Each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that at any annual or extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company and at any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company and in any other circumstance upon which a vote, consent or other approval of all or some of the shareholders of the Company is sought, it shallshall (solely in its capacity as Beneficial Owner of its Covered Shares), and shall cause any holder of record of its Covered Shares to, in each case to the extent that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto:
(i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat in accordance with procedures applicable to such meeting so as to ensure such Shareholder is duly counted for purposes of calculating a quorum and for purposes of recording the result of any applicable vote or consent and respond to each request by the Company for written consent, if any; and
(ii) vote, vote (or cause to be voted), whether on a show of hands or a poll and whether in person or by proxy, or deliver, deliver (or cause to be delivered, ) a written consent covering, all of its Covered Shares (A) in favor of the approval, adoption and authorization of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (B) in favor of any other matters required to consummate the Acquisition and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (C) against any Acquisition Proposal or any other transaction, proposal, agreement or action made in opposition to the Acquisition or in competition or inconsistent with the Acquisition, and (D) against any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended to facilitate an Acquisition Proposal or is intended to or could prevent, impede, or, in any material respect, interfere with, delay or adversely affect the Acquisition or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the performance by such Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Each Shareholder further irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall notnot (solely in its capacity as Beneficial Owner of its Covered Shares), and shall use its reasonable efforts to cause its Affiliates not to and shall cause the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) not to, directly or indirectly, (i) make an Acquisition Proposal or join with, or invite, any other person to be involved in the making of an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) provide any information to any Third Party with a view to such Third Party or any other person pursuing or considering to pursue an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) finance or offer to finance any Acquisition Proposal, including by offering any equity or debt financing, or contribution of any Covered Shares or provision of a voting agreement, in support of any Acquisition Proposal, or (iv) solicit, encourage or facilitate, or induce or enter into any negotiation, discussion, agreement or understanding (whether or not in writing) with any person (other than members of the Buyer Consortium Alibaba and their its Affiliates) regarding, an Acquisition Proposal or any of the matters described in Section 2.1(a) or this Section 2.1(b).
(c) Each Shareholder shall, and shall cause its Affiliates and the Representatives of it and its Affiliates (subject to, in the case of a Representative who is a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and solely in such Representative’s capacity as a director, his or her fiduciary duties) to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions or negotiations with any person that may have been conducted heretofore with respect to an Acquisition Proposal. From and after the date hereof, each Shareholder shall promptly advise the Buyer Consortium of any approach by any person other than the Buyer Consortium to such Shareholder in connection with an Acquisition Proposal.
(d) Each Shareholder shall retain at all times the right to vote or consent with respect to such Shareholder’s Covered Shares in such Shareholder’s sole discretion and without any other limitation on those matters, other than those limitations contained matters described in Section 2.1(a)) that are at any time or from time to time presented for consideration to shareholders of the Company generally.
(ed) The obligations of each Shareholder set forth in this Section 2.1 are irrevocable until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its termsterms (at which point they shall automatically and without further action by the parties terminate and be of no further force and effect).
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