Assignability; Third-Party Rights. (a) Subject to Section 9.6(b), this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations of any party hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such party without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by any party without the other parties’ prior written consent shall be void and of no effect. (b) Except as set forth in the final sentence of this Section 9.6, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (but without limiting any of the rights of the Shareholders’ Representative under this Agreement): (i) the Persons who hold shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in Article 2; (ii) the Indemnified Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in Section 5.8; and (iii) all current and former shareholders, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and advisors of the Company shall be third party beneficiaries of the last sentence of Section 8.4(c).
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Assignability; Third-Party Rights. (a) Subject to Section 9.6(b7.8(b), this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations of any party hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such party without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by any party without the other parties’ prior written consent shall be void and of no effect.
(b) Except as set forth in the final sentence of this Section 9.67.8(b), nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreementwhatsoever. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (but without limiting any of the rights of the Shareholders’ Representative under this Agreement): : (i) from and after the Persons Effective Time, each Person who hold shares of holds Company Common Stock immediately Stock, a Company Option or a Company RSU prior to the Effective Time shall be a third party beneficiaries beneficiary of the provisions set forth in Article 21 solely to the extent necessary for such Person to receive the consideration to which it is entitled pursuant to Article 1; (ii) from and after the Effective Time, the Indemnified Parties and the Other Indemnified Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in Section 5.84.9; and (iii) all current and former shareholders, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and advisors of the Company shall be third party beneficiaries of the last sentence of Equity Purchase Agreement shall have the rights explicitly provided to them as set forth therein; (iv) the Company Related Parties shall be express third party beneficiaries of, and shall be entitled to rely on, Section 8.4(c6.3(d); and (v) the Financing Sources and the Parent Related Parties shall be express third party beneficiaries of, and entitled to rely on, Sections 6.3(b), 6.3(e) and 7.5.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Abovenet Inc), Merger Agreement (Zayo Group LLC)
Assignability; Third-Party Rights. (a) Subject to Section 9.6(b), this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations of any party hereunder may be assigned or delegated by such party without the prior written consent of the other partiesparties (provided further, however, that Parent may assign its rights under this Agreement to any Person acquiring all or substantially all of the assets or business of Parent and its subsidiaries), and any attempted assignment or delegation of this Agreement or any of such rights or obligations by any party without the other parties’ ' prior written consent shall be void and of no effect.
(b) Except as set forth in the final sentence of this Section 9.6, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (but without limiting any of the rights of the Shareholders’ Shareholder Representative under this Agreement): (i) the Persons who hold shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in Article 2; (ii) the Indemnified Parties shall be third party beneficiaries of the provisions set forth in Section 5.85.10; and (iii) all current and former shareholders, directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and advisors of the Company shall be third party beneficiaries of the last sentence of Section 8.4(c).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Aerocentury Corp)