Amendments to Rights Agreement (a) The definition of “Acquiring Person” in Section 1(a) of the Rights Agreement is amended by inserting the following as a new paragraph at the end of such definition: “Notwithstanding anything in this Section 1(a) that might otherwise be deemed to the contrary, none of XXX Xxxxxxxxxxx, a Massachusetts corporation (“Parent”), Emerge Merger Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), or any of their respective Affiliates or Associates, either individually, collectively or in any combinations, shall be deemed to be or become an “Acquiring Person” solely by virtue of, or as a result of (i) the execution and delivery of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 8, 2008, by and among the Company, Parent and Merger Sub (including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Merger Agreement”) or the Tender and Voting Agreements (collectively with the Merger Agreement, the “Transaction Documents”), or (ii) the announcement, commencement, performance or consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Offer or the Merger (each as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the foregoing actions being referred to as the “Permitted Events”).” (b) The definition of “Stock Acquisition Date” in Section 1(bb) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement that might otherwise be deemed to the contrary, a Stock Acquisition Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of, or as a result of, any Permitted Event, the public announcement thereof or the actual knowledge of an executive officer of the Company that a Permitted Event has occurred.” (c) Section 3(a) of the Rights Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof: “Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement that might otherwise be deemed to the contrary, a Distribution Date shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of, or as the result of, any Permitted Event.”
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:
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.”
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 7.05 and Article 8 of the Indenture.
Amendment of Agreement This Agreement may be amended only by written agreement of the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser and only in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Amendment of the Rights Agreement Section 1(b) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
Prior Agreements; Amendments This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements between each Fund on behalf of each of the Fund’s Portfolios and the Custodian relating to the custody of the Fund’s assets. This Agreement may be amended at any time in writing by mutual agreement of the parties hereto.
Amendments to Agreement This Agreement, or any term thereof, may be changed or waived only by written amendment signed by the party against whom enforcement of such change or waiver is sought. For special cases, the parties hereto may amend such procedures set forth herein as may be appropriate or practical under the circumstances, and Ultimus may conclusively assume that any special procedure which has been approved by the Trust does not conflict with or violate any requirements of its Declaration of Trust or then current prospectuses, or any rule, regulation or requirement of any regulatory body.
Amendments; Assignments A. Except as provided to the contrary herein, this Agreement may not be amended or modified in any manner except by a written agreement executed by both parties with the formality of this Agreement. B. This Agreement shall extend to and shall be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns. This Agreement shall not be assignable by either party without the written consent of the other party, except that UMBFS may assign this Agreement to an affiliate with advance written notice to the Trust and except as provided in Section 2.02.
Amendments; Waiver This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto and the terms and conditions hereof may be waived only by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto, or, in the case of a waiver, by an instrument signed on behalf of the party waiving compliance.