Amended and Restated Agreement This Agreement amends and restates, in its entirety, and replaces, the Prior Loan Agreement. This Agreement is not intended to, and does not, novate the Prior Loan Agreement and Borrower reaffirms that the existing security interest created by the Prior Loan Agreement is and remains in full force and effect.
Stockholder Agreement The Stockholder agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Expiration Date:
Shareholder Agreement The Shareholder Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement This Trust Agreement is the amended and restated trust agreement contemplated by the Trust Agreement dated as of [___], 20[___], between the Depositor and the Owner Trustee (the “Initial Trust Agreement”). This Trust Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Initial Trust Agreement.
Stockholder Agreements (a) . Hereafter until the Expiration Time, the Company Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), and in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company requested by the Company Board or otherwise undertaken as contemplated by the Transactions, including in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (which written consent shall be delivered within two (2) Business Days after the Registration Statement (as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement) has been declared effective and has been delivered or otherwise made available to the stockholders of Acquiror and the Company), the Company Stockholder shall, if a meeting is held, appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause its Subject Shares (to the extent such Subject Shares have voting rights and are entitled to vote on or provide consent with respect to such matter) to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum, and the Company Stockholder shall vote or provide consent (or cause to be voted or consented), in person or by proxy, all of its Subject Shares (to the extent such Subject Shares have voting rights and are entitled to vote on or provide consent with respect to such matter): (a) to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement, any ancillary agreements to the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions; (b) in any other circumstances upon which a consent or other approval is required under the Company Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise sought with respect to the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger or the other Transactions, to vote, consent or approve (or cause to be voted, consented or approved) all of the Subject Shares held at such time in favor thereof; and (c) against and withhold consent with respect to (i) any merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, scheme of arrangement, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by the Company or any public offering of any shares of the Company, or other similar business combination transaction (other than the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions), including any Alternative Transaction and (ii) any amendment to the Company’s organizational documents or other proposal or transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would reasonably be likely to, in any material respect, impede, interfere with, delay or attempt to discourage, frustrate the purposes of, result in a breach by the Company of, prevent or nullify any provision of the Business Combination Agreement or other ancillary agreement to the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger or the other Transactions, or change in any manner the voting rights of any class of the Company’s capital stock, other than an amendment to the Company’s organizational documents expressly permitted under the terms of the Business Combination Agreement or the Transactions. The Company Stockholder xxxxxx agrees that it shall not commit in writing or agree in writing to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing. Upon the failure of the Company Stockholder to timely provide its consent or vote its Subject Shares where required by, and in accordance with, this Section 1.4 pursuant to any action by written consent of the stockholders or noteholders, as applicable, of the Company within the timeframe specified in this Section 1.4 or at any applicable meeting of the stockholders or noteholders, as applicable, of the Company, the Company Stockholder shall be deemed to have irrevocably granted to, and appointed, the Company, and any designee thereof, and each of them individually, as the Company Stockholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the Company Stockholder’s name, place and stead, to deliver any action by written consent of the stockholders or noteholders of the Company concerning any of the matters specified in this Section 1.4 or attend any meeting of the stockholders of the Company concerning any of the matters specified in this Section 1.4, to include the Subject Shares in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum at any such meeting of the stockholders of the Company and to provide consent or vote the Subject Shares (to the extent such Subject Shares have voting rights and are entitled to vote on or provide consent with respect to such matter) in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company or at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to any of the matters specified in, and in accordance and consistent with, this Section 1.4. The Company Stockholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and may under no circumstances be revoked and that such irrevocable proxy is executed and intended to be irrevocable. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the irrevocable proxy granted hereunder shall automatically terminate upon the termination of this Agreement. The Company Stockholder represents and warrants that any proxies heretofore given in respect of the Subject Shares that may still be in effect are not irrevocable and such proxies have been or are hereby revoked, other than the voting and other arrangements under the organizational documents of the Company.
Shareholder Agreements As a material inducement to Parent to enter into this Agreement, and simultaneously with, the execution of this Agreement, each Shareholder (as defined herein) is entering into an agreement, in the form of Annex A hereto (collectively, the "Shareholder Agreements"), pursuant to which they have agreed, among other things, to vote their shares of Company Common Stock in favor of this Agreement.
Amendment of Rights Agreement The Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
(a) Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following subsections at the end of such Section 1:
Stock Purchase Agreement (a) Purchaser understands and agrees that the conversion of the Note into equity securities of the Company may require such Purchaser’s execution of certain agreements (in form reasonably agreeable to a majority in interest of the Purchasers) relating to the purchase and sale of such securities as well as registration, information and voting rights, if any, relating to such equity securities.
(b) Purchaser agrees to be bound by the agreements described in Section 2(a).
Voting Agreement (a) The Stockholder hereby agrees that, during the Support Period, at any meeting (whether annual or special and each postponement, recess, adjournment or continuation thereof) of the Company’s stockholders at which any of the matters set forth in clause (ii) below is put to the vote of stockholders of the Company, however called, and in connection with any written consent of the Company’s stockholders with respect to any of the matters set forth in clause (ii) below, if applicable, the Stockholder shall (i) appear at such meeting or otherwise cause all of the Subject Shares entitled to vote thereat, as applicable, to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum, and (ii) vote or cause to be voted (including by proxy or written consent, if applicable) all the Subject Shares, (A) in favor of (“for”) (1) the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (to the extent proposed to be voted upon or consented to by the Company’s stockholders) and the adoption of the Merger Agreement, including any amended and restated Merger Agreement or amendment to the Merger Agreement that does not (x) change the form of the consideration payable to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock upon the conversion of such shares in the Merger, (y) reduce the amount of the Per Share Merger Consideration payable in respect of any Subject Shares (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement or any increase in the Per Share Merger Consideration) or (z) impose any additional conditions or obligations on the payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration or any additional conditions or obligations that would prevent or substantially impede the consummation of the Merger, and (2) the approval of any proposal to adjourn or postpone such meeting of the Company’s stockholders to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Merger or adopt the Merger Agreement (as it may have been amended or amended and restated in a manner for which the Stockholder is obligated to vote in favor or consent to hereunder) and (B) to the extent any such matter is formally submitted for a vote (or the consent) of the Company’s stockholders, against (1) any action or proposal in favor of an Acquisition Proposal (including a Superior Proposal), without regard to the terms of such Acquisition Proposal, or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (2) any action or proposal that could reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty, or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or of the Stockholder under this Agreement, and (3) any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, adversely affect or inhibit the timely consummation of the Merger or the fulfillment of Parent’s, the Company’s or Merger Sub’s conditions to Closing under the Merger Agreement or change in any manner the voting rights of any shares of the Company (including, without limitation, any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, plan or scheme of arrangement, share exchange, business combination, division, conversion, transfer, domestication, continuance or similar transaction, any amendments of the Company Governing Documents, or any sale, lease, sublease, exchange, license, sub-license, or other disposition of all or a material portion of the assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries). The Stockholder covenants and agrees that, except for this Agreement, the Stockholder shall not, and shall not permit any Person under the Stockholder’s control, during the Support Period, to (x) enter into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to any Subject Shares, (y) except as expressly set forth herein, grant, a proxy, consent or power of attorney with respect to any Subject Shares, or (z) make, or in any manner participate in, directly or indirectly, a “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in 17 CFR § 240.14a-1, et seq.) or consents from stockholders of the Company in connection with any vote of the stockholders of the Company with respect to the Transactions, other than to recommend that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the Merger and the adoption of the Merger Agreement (and any actions required in furtherance thereof or otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or the Merger Agreement).
(b) Stockholder hereby appoints Parent and any designee of Parent, and each of them individually, until the Expiration Time (at which time this proxy and power of attorney shall automatically be revoked and terminated), as his proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or act by written consent during the term of this Agreement with respect to the Subject Shares in accordance with Section 3(a) in the event the Stockholder fails to comply with his obligation under this Agreement or attempts or purports to vote (or provide consent with respect to) the Subject Shares in a manner inconsistent with Section 3(a). This proxy and power of attorney is given to secure the performance of the duties of the Stockholder under this Agreement. The Stockholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be requested by Xxxxxx in writing and necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy. This proxy and power of attorney granted by the Stockholder shall be irrevocable during the Support Period, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy, and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by the Stockholder with respect to the Subject Shares. The power of attorney granted by the Stockholder herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the bankruptcy, death or incapacity of the Stockholder.
(c) In furtherance, and not in limitation of the foregoing, during the Support Period, an authorized Representative of the Stockholder shall execute and deliver (or cause the holders of record to execute and deliver), promptly upon receipt (and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof), any proxy card or voting instructions the Stockholder receives that are sent to stockholders of the Company soliciting proxies with respect to any matter described in Section 3(a), which shall be voted in the manner described in Section 3(a) (with Parent to be promptly notified (and provided reasonable evidence) of such execution and delivery of such proxy card or voting instructions).
(d) Nothing in this Agreement shall obligate the Stockholder to exercise any option or any other right to acquire any shares of Company Common Stock.
Amendment to Rights Agreement All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Section 2 shall be as defined in the Rights Agreement. The Company and the undersigned agree that Section 7(b)(2) of the Rights Agreement be, and it hereby is, amended and restated to read as follows: “Subject to Section 7(b)(6) below, from and after the earlier to occur of (i) the Second Unit Closing, (ii) the Common Equity Closing and (iii) the closing of an Alternative Common Stock Financing in which the Investors exercise preemptive rights pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and, as a result, beneficially own greater than a majority of the Company’s voting stock as of such closing, the Company shall take all appropriate action to promptly establish and maintain the size of the Board at ten (10) members, five (5) of which shall be Investor Designees and nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7(b). Alta Partners, Bay City Capital, NEA and Nextech, together with their respective affiliates, shall each have the right to designate one (1) such Investor Designee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligation to set and maintain the size of the Board at ten (10) members and the Investors’ right to designate five (5) Investor Designees pursuant to this Section 7(b)(2) shall not be effective prior to May 1, 2010 or such later date as determined by the Majority Investors. On or prior to January 20 of each year in which the Majority Investors have rights pursuant to this Section 7(b) (assuming the Company has made a request therefor at least five (5) Trading Days prior thereto), and within five (5) Trading Days of the request by the Company in connection with the preparation of a proxy
1. statement with respect to the election of members of the Board or a vacancy created on the Board by the resignation, death or disability of an Investor Designee or the failure of an Investor Designee to be elected at a meeting of the Company at any time at which the Majority Investors have rights pursuant to this Section 7(b), each Investor shall notify the Company of the number of voting shares of the Company’s capital stock beneficially owned by such Investor as of a date within five (5) Trading Days of the delivery of such notice.”