Authority; Approval. (a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 4.4 and the obtaining of approval of the Parent Stockholder Proposals by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock voting on such matter at a stockholders’ meeting duly called and held for such purpose (the “Requisite Parent Vote” and such meeting, the “Parent Special Meeting”). Other than the Requisite Parent Vote, there are no other votes of the holders of Parent Common Stock or of any other class or series of the capital stock of Parent necessary with respect to the Transactions or any related matters. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Each of the Transaction Documents to which Parent and/or Merger Sub is a party will be, at Closing, duly executed and delivered by Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, enforceable against Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. (b) The Parent Board has, at a duly convened and held meeting, (i) unanimously determined that the Merger is in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders, approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions and resolved to recommend that the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock vote in favor of the Parent Stockholder Proposals, subject to a Change in Recommendation as set forth in Section 5.6; and (ii) directed that this Agreement and the other Parent Stockholder Proposals be submitted to the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock for their approval (the “Parent Board Recommendation”). No Takeover Statute is applicable to Parent, the Parent Common Stock or the Transactions. (c) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent will have taken all necessary action to permit it to issue the number of shares of Parent Common Stock required to be issued by it pursuant to Article II of this Agreement. Such shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be issued free and clear of any Liens (other than such Liens as contemplated under this Agreement or created by Parent’s Organizational Documents or applicable securities Laws) and any preemptive rights, and no stockholder of Parent will have any preemptive right, repurchase right or subscription right in respect thereof. As of the Effective Time, the Parent Common Stock will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Exchange Act.
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Authority; Approval. (a) Each of The Parent Parties and Merger Sub has have all requisite corporate power and authority and has have taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its their respective obligations under this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 4.4 and the obtaining of approval of the Parent Stockholder Proposals by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock voting on such matter at a stockholders’ meeting duly called and held for such purpose (the “Requisite Parent Vote” and such meeting, the “Parent Special Meeting”). Other than the Requisite Parent Vote, there are no other votes of the holders of Parent Common Stock or of any other class or series of the capital stock of Parent necessary with respect to the Transactions or any related matters. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Each of the Transaction Documents to which Parent and/or Merger Sub is a party will be, at Closing, duly executed and delivered by Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, enforceable against Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(b) The Parent Board has, at a duly convened and held meeting, (i) unanimously determined that the Merger is in the best interests No vote of holders of Parent and its stockholders, approved and declared advisable Common Stock is necessary to approve this Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the other Transactions and resolved to recommend that Transactions, including the holders issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock vote in favor as the Aggregate Merger Consideration. Each of the Parent Stockholder ProposalsParties and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority and has taken all action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of the Parent Parties and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to a Change in Recommendation as set forth in Section 5.6; the Bankruptcy and (ii) directed that this Agreement and the other Parent Stockholder Proposals be submitted to the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock for their approval (the “Parent Board Recommendation”). No Takeover Statute is applicable to Parent, the Parent Common Stock or the TransactionsEquity Exception.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent will have taken all necessary action to permit it to issue the number of shares of Parent Common Stock required to be issued by it pursuant to Article II of this Agreement. Such V. The shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be issued free and clear of any Liens (other than such Liens as contemplated under this Agreement or created by Parent’s Organizational Documents or applicable securities Laws) and any preemptive rights, and no stockholder of Parent will have any preemptive right, repurchase right of subscription or subscription right purchase in respect thereof. As The shares of the Effective Time, the Parent Common Stock Stock, when issued, will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Securities Act and the Exchange ActAct and registered or exempt from registration under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Tc Pipelines Lp)
Authority; Approval. (a) Each of Parent, NewCo and each Parent and Merger Sub Ancillary Counterparty has all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to execute and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is or shall be a party party, to perform its obligations thereunder and to consummate the TransactionsTransactions and the transactions contemplated by the Ancillary Agreements. The execution, subject only to adoption delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and NewCo has been duly and validly authorized by all necessary organizational action on the part of Parent and NewCo, as applicable, and no other organizational action on the sole stockholder part of Merger SubParent or NewCo is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance on the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 4.4 part of either Parent or NewCo of this Agreement and the obtaining of approval consummation by either Parent or NewCo of the Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance of each of the Ancillary Agreements to which Parent, NewCo or the applicable Parent Stockholder Proposals Ancillary Counterparty is or will be a party has been, or at the Closing will be, duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of such Person, and no other organizational action on the part of Parent, NewCo, or the applicable Parent Ancillary Counterparty is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery or performance on the part of either Parent, NewCo or the applicable Parent Ancillary Counterparty of each of the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation by either Parent, NewCo or the applicable Parent Ancillary Counterparty of the transactions contemplated by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock voting on such matter at a stockholders’ meeting duly called and held for such purpose (the “Requisite Parent Vote” and such meeting, the “Parent Special Meeting”). Other than the Requisite Parent Vote, there are no other votes of the holders of Parent Common Stock or of any other class or series of the capital stock of Parent necessary with respect to the Transactions or any related mattersAncillary Agreements. This Agreement has been been, and each of the Ancillary Agreements will be at Closing, duly and validly executed and delivered by Parent, NewCo and each of Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Each of the Transaction Documents to which Parent and/or Merger Sub is a party will be, at Closing, duly executed and delivered by Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, Ancillary Counterparty and, when executed and delivered by the Company Purchaser and the other parties hereto and thereto, will constitute a legal, valid and binding agreement of Parent, NewCo and each such Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicableAncillary Counterparty, enforceable against Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, in accordance with such party pursuant to its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, preferential transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) (the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(b) The Parent Board has, at a duly convened and held meeting, (i) unanimously determined that the Merger is in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders, approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions and resolved to recommend that the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock vote in favor of the Parent Stockholder Proposals, subject to a Change in Recommendation as set forth in Section 5.6; and (ii) directed that this Agreement and the other Parent Stockholder Proposals be submitted to the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock for their approval (the “Parent Board Recommendation”). No Takeover Statute is applicable to Parent, the Parent Common Stock or the Transactions.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent will have taken all necessary action to permit it to issue the number of shares of Parent Common Stock required to be issued by it pursuant to Article II of this Agreement. Such shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be issued free and clear of any Liens (other than such Liens as contemplated under this Agreement or created by Parent’s Organizational Documents or applicable securities Laws) and any preemptive rights, and no stockholder of Parent will have any preemptive right, repurchase right or subscription right in respect thereof. As of the Effective Time, the Parent Common Stock will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Exchange Act.
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Authority; Approval. (a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to consummate the Transactions, subject only to adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 4.4 Sub and the obtaining of approval of the Parent Stockholder Proposals by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock voting on such matter at a stockholders’ meeting duly called and held for such purpose (the “Requisite Parent Vote” and such meeting, the “Parent Special Meeting”). Other than the Requisite Parent Vote, there are no other votes of the holders of Parent Common Stock or of any other class or series of the capital stock of Parent necessary with respect to the Transactions or any related matters. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception. Each of the Transaction Documents to which Parent and/or Merger Sub is a party will be, at Closing, duly executed and delivered by Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, and, when executed and delivered by the Company and the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, enforceable against Parent and/or Merger Sub, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception.
(b) The Parent Board has, at a duly convened and held meeting, (i) unanimously determined that the Merger is in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders, approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions and resolved to recommend that the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock vote in favor of the Parent Stockholder Proposals, subject to a Change in Recommendation as set forth in Section 5.6; Proposals and (ii) directed that this Agreement and the other Parent Stockholder Proposals be submitted to the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock for their approval (the “Parent Board Recommendation”). No Takeover Statute is applicable to Parent, the Parent Common Stock or the Transactions.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent will have taken all necessary action to permit it to issue the number of shares of Parent Common Stock required to be issued by it pursuant to Article II of this Agreement. Such The shares of Parent Common Stock, when issued, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be issued free and clear of any Liens (other than such Liens as contemplated under this Agreement or created by Parent’s Organizational Documents or applicable securities Laws) and any preemptive rights, and no stockholder of Parent will have any preemptive right, repurchase right of subscription or subscription right purchase in respect thereof. As The shares of the Effective Time, the Parent Common Stock Stock, when issued pursuant to Article II of this Agreement, will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) under the Exchange ActAct and registered or exempt from registration under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws.
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