Agreements of Rule 145 Affiliates. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Parent a list identifying all persons who, at the time of the Company Stockholders' Meeting may be deemed to be "affiliates" of the Company, as that term is used in paragraphs (c) and (d) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act (the "Rule 145 Affiliates"). The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause each person who is identified as a Rule 145 Affiliate in such Company list to deliver to Parent, at or prior to the Effective Time, a written agreement, in form and substance agreeable to Parent and the Company, that such Rule 145 Affiliate will not sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of Parent Common Stock issued to such Rule 145 Affiliate pursuant to the Merger, except pursuant to an effective registration statement or in compliance with Rule 145 or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Company and the Rule 145 Affiliates shall be relieved of this obligation under the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.7 and such written agreements if, and to the extent, such Rule 145 is amended not to require such written agreements or any of the covenants contained therein.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Service Experts Inc), Merger Agreement (Lennox International Inc), Merger Agreement (Lennox International Inc)
Agreements of Rule 145 Affiliates. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Parent a list identifying all persons who, at the time of the Company Stockholders' Meeting Stockholders Meeting, may be deemed to be "affiliates" of the Company, as that term is used in paragraphs (c) and (d) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act (the "Rule 145 Affiliates"). The Company shall use its all commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each person who is identified as a Rule 145 Affiliate in such Company list to deliver to Parent, at or prior to the Effective Time, a written agreement, in substantially the form and substance agreeable to Parent and the Companyattached as Exhibit I hereto, that such Rule 145 Affiliate will not sell, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of Newco Senior Preferred Stock or Newco Redeemable Preferred Stock or Parent Common Stock Senior Preferred Units or Parent Redeemable Preferred Units, as the case may be, issued to such Rule 145 Affiliate pursuant to the Merger, except pursuant to an effective registration statement or in compliance with Rule 145 or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The Company and the Rule 145 Affiliates shall be relieved of this obligation under the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.7 5.6 and such written agreements if, and to the extent, such Rule 145 is amended not to require such written agreements or any of the covenants contained therein.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Walden Residential Properties Inc)