Authority Relative to this Agreement Each of Parent and Newco has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement and the consummation by Parent and Newco of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the respective Boards of Directors of Parent and Newco and by Parent as the sole stockholder of Newco, and, except for (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes represented by shares of Parent Common Stock cast (whether in person or by proxy) at the stockholders meeting of Parent contemplated by Section 6.7(b) of this Agreement (provided that the total vote cast on the proposal to approve the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement represents a majority in interest of all securities of Parent entitled to vote on such proposal) and (ii) the affirmative vote of the holders of 66 2/3% of the shares of Parent Common Stock outstanding with respect to a proposal to amend Parent's Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of Parent Common Stock which Parent is authorized to issue to 150,000,000 (such amendment is referred to hereinafter as the "Charter Amendment"), no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent and Newco are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Newco and, assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of each of Parent and Newco, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement hereof may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors' rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
Amendment of this Agreement No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought, and no amendment of this Agreement shall be effective until approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable SEC exemptive order therefrom.