Shareholders' Agent (a) At the Closing, VenGrowth Private Equity Partners Inc. shall be constituted and appointed as the Shareholders’ Agent. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Shareholders’ Agent” shall mean the agent for and on behalf of the Closing Company Shareholders to: (i) give and receive notices and communications to or from Acquiror (on behalf of itself of any other Indemnified Person) relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions and other matters contemplated hereby or thereby (except to the extent that this Agreement expressly contemplates that any such notice or communication shall be given or received by such shareholders individually); (ii) enter into this Agreement, the General Escrow Agreement and the Separate Escrow Agreement and authorize deliveries to the Indemnified Persons of cash from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of claims asserted by Acquiror (on behalf of itself or any other Indemnified Person, including by not objecting to such claims); (iii) object to such claims pursuant to Section 9.6, (iv) consent or agree to, negotiate, enter into, or, if applicable, prosecute or defend, settlements and compromises of, and comply with orders of courts with respect to, such claims; (v) provide any consents hereunder, including with respect to any proposed settlement of any claims or agree to any amendment to this Agreement, and (vi) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Shareholders’ Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing, in each case without having to seek or obtain the consent of any Person under any circumstance. The Person serving as the Shareholders’ Agent may be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of the cash then on deposit in the Escrow Fund upon not less than ten days’ prior written notice to Acquiror and the Person serving as the Shareholders’ Agent; provided, however, that any person serving as the Shareholders’ Agent shall not be an employee of Acquiror or any subsidiary thereof. The Shareholders’ Agent shall have the right to resign upon giving ten days’ prior written notice to Acquiror, and a new Person shall be appointed by the holders of a majority in interest of the cash then on deposit in the Escrow Fund, subject to the limitation hereinabove, such appointment to be effective the later of (A) immediately upon resignation of the prior Shareholders’ Agent or (B) the date the Shareholders’ Agent is appointed by the holders of a majority in interest of the cash then on deposit in the Escrow Fund. No bond shall be required of the Shareholders’ Agent, and the Shareholders’ Agent shall receive no compensation for his services.
Stockholders’ Agent (a) At least 5 Business Days prior to the Closing Date the Company shall appointed an agent reasonably acceptable to Parent (the “Stockholders Agent”) to act as agent for and on behalf of the Company Stockholders with the exclusive authority to give and receive notices and communications pursuant to the terms of this ARTICLE 9 solely with respect to indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties to be satisfied solely by the delivery of Escrow Shares to the applicable Parent Indemnified Parties, to authorize delivery to the Parent Indemnified Parties of the Escrow Shares in satisfaction of indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties as contemplated by Section 9.3, to object to such deliveries, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and take legal actions and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties that will or may be paid or otherwise satisfied solely by the delivery of Escrow Shares, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholder Agent shall have no power or authority to take any of the foregoing actions for or on behalf of any Company Stockholder in respect of any indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties that will or may be paid or otherwise satisfied other than by the delivery of Escrow Shares to the applicable Parent Indemnified Parties. No bond shall be required of the Stockholders Agent, and the Stockholder Agent shall receive no compensation for services rendered. Notices or communications to or from the Stockholders Agent shall constitute notice to or from each of the Company Stockholders solely with respect to indemnification claims by the Parent Indemnified Parties to be satisfied solely by the delivery of Escrow Shares to the applicable Parent Indemnified Parties.
(b) The Stockholders Agent shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder in his capacity as Stockholders Agent, except to the extent it has acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence that he did not act with gross negligence or willful misconduct. The other Company Stockholders shall severally and not jointly indemnify the Stockholders Agent and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholders Agent and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the duties hereunder, including any out-of-pocket costs and expenses and legal fees and other legal costs reasonably incurred by the Stockholders Agent (“Outstanding Stockholders Agent Expenses”). If not paid directly to the Stockholders Agent by the Company Stockholders, such losses, liabilities or expenses may be recovered by the Stockholders Agent from the Escrow Shares (if any) that otherwise would be distributed to the Company Stockholders following the Initial Escrow Release Date after giving effect to, and satisfaction of, all claims for indemnification made by the Parent Indemnified Parties pursuant to ARTICLE 9, and such recovery (if any) of Outstanding Stockholders Agent Expenses from such Escrow Shares will be made from the Company Stockholders according to their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(c) A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders Agent shall constitute a decision of all the Company Stockholders and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each of the Company Stockholders, and the Escrow Agent and Parent may rely upon any decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders Agent as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of each of the Company Stockholders. The Escrow Agent and Parent are hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any acts done by them in accordance with such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders Agent.
Shareholders’ Representative (a) The Selling Parties, by adopting this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, hereby irrevocably appoint and constitute K Laser as the Shareholders’ Representative for and on behalf of the Selling Parties, with the authority (i) to perform the obligations of the Shareholders’ Representative set forth in this Agreement and the Option Agreement, (ii) to give and receive notices and communications, (iii) to agree to, negotiate, enter into and provide amendments and supplements to and waivers in respect of this Agreement and the Option Agreement, (iv) to retain legal counsel, accountants, consultants and other experts, and incur any other reasonable expenses, in connection with, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Shareholders’ Representative for the accomplishment of, any or all of the foregoing. K Laser hereby accepts its appointment as the Shareholders’ Representative. Such agency may be changed by the holders of a majority in interest of the shares of Everest of the Selling Parties from time to time upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice to all of the Selling Parties and to Parent and Purchaser. No bond shall be required of the Shareholders’ Representative. Notices or communications to or from the Shareholders’ Representative to Parent shall constitute notice to or from each of the Selling Parties, except for notices related to any action for which the Selling Parties’ consent is required under the terms of this Agreement or applicable law. Each Selling Party agrees to receive correspondence from the Shareholders’ Representative, including in electronic form.
(b) The Shareholders’ Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder as the Shareholders’ Representative while acting in good faith and without negligence and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith and absence of negligence. The Selling Parties shall severally (and not jointly), according to each Selling Parties’ pro-rata interest in the shares of Everest, indemnify the Shareholders’ Representative and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Shareholders’ Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of his duties hereunder. No provision of this Agreement shall require the Shareholders’ Representative to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the exercise or performance of any of its powers, rights, duties or privileges under this Agreement on behalf of any Selling Parties. The Shareholders’ Representative may in good faith rely conclusively upon the information, reports, statements and opinions prepared or presented by counsel or other professionals retained by it, and any action taken by the Shareholders’ Representative based on such reliance shall be deemed conclusively to have been taken in good faith.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this ARTICLE VIII, or any provision to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or the Option Agreement, the Shareholders’ Representative shall only have the power or authority to act with respect to matters pertaining to the Selling Parties as a group and not matters pertaining to an individual Selling Party (for example but not by way of limitation, an action against an individual Selling Party for his, her or its individual breach of a covenant in this Agreement), and the powers conferred on the Shareholders’ Representative herein and in the Option Agreement shall not authorize or empower the Shareholders’ Representative to do or cause to be done any action (including by amending, modifying or waiving any provision of this Agreement or the Option Agreement) that (i) results in the amounts payable hereunder to any Selling Party being distributed in any manner other than as permitted pursuant to this Agreement and the Option Agreement, (ii) alters the consideration payable to any Selling Party pursuant to this Agreement or the Option Agreement, or (iii) adds to or results in an increase of any Selling Party’s indemnity or other obligations or liabilities under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any change to the nature of the indemnity obligations), in each case with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 8.1(c), without first obtaining the prior written approval of the Selling Parties.
Stockholders’ Representative (a) Xxxxx Xxx-Xxxxxx (the "Stockholders' Representative"), for and on behalf of the Stockholders, shall have the power to take any and all actions required to be taken by the Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, including, without limitation, the power to give and receive notices and communications, to enter into and perform the Escrow Agreement, to make claims for indemnification against AvantGo, to authorize delivery to AvantGo of AvantGo Stock or other property from Escrow in satisfaction of claims by AvantGo, to object to such deliveries, to agree to negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to such claims, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders' Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. Effective upon the approval of this Agreement by the Stockholders, the Stockholders individually shall have no power or authority to take any actions against AvantGo or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, and all actions of the Stockholders, whether pursuant to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, must be taken solely by the Stockholders' Representative. In the event of the death or written resignation (delivered to AvantGo and the Escrow Agent) as Stockholders' Representative of, or refusal to act as Stockholders' Representative by, Xxxxx Xxx-Xxxxxx, the Stockholders hereby appoint Xxxx Xxx- Xxxxxx to serve as the successor Stockholders' Representative hereunder. In the event of the death or written resignation (delivered to AvantGo and the Escrow Agent) as Stockholders' Representative of, or refusal to act as Stockholders' Representative by, Xxxx Xxx-Xxxxxx, the holders of a majority of the shares of AvantGo Stock constituting the Escrow Fund shall serve as the Stockholders' Representative hereunder.
(b) AvantGo shall have no liability of any kind to any Stockholder as a result of or arising out of any action taken or not taken by the Stockholders' Representative at any time under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement and each Stockholder hereby releases AvantGo from any such liability. AvantGo may conclusively rely, without any obligation of investigation or inquiry of any kind, on any action taken by the Stockholders' Representative as having been fully authorized and approved by all necessary action by each Stockholder (except such Stockholders, if any, as shall have perfected their dissenter rights under applicable law).
Shareholders’ Fees The Transfer Agent shall be entitled to charge the Fund’s shareholders directly, and may redeem shares of the Fund held in a shareholder’s Account to satisfy such charges, in accordance with the following provisions:
Shareholder Representative (a) The Shareholders agree to appoint one Person to act as their representative, attorney in fact and proxy with respect to certain matters specified in this Agreement (the "Shareholder Representative"). The parties have designated Goelet, LLC as the initial Shareholder Representative. The Shareholder Representative may resign at any time, and a Shareholder Representative may be removed at any time by the vote of Shareholders who collectively own more than 50% of the Registrable Securities at such time (the "Majority Holders"). In the event of the death, resignation or removal of the Shareholder Representative, a new Shareholder Representative shall be appointed by a vote of Majority Holders, such appointment to become effective upon the written acceptance thereof by the new Shareholder Representative. Any failure by the Majority Holders to appoint a new Shareholder Representative upon the death, resignation or removal of the Shareholder Representative shall not have the effect of releasing the Shareholders from any liability under this Agreement.
(b) The Shareholder Representative shall have such powers and authority as are necessary to carry out the functions assigned to the Shareholder Representative under this Agreement; provided, however, that the Shareholder Representative will have no obligation to act on behalf of the Shareholders, except as expressly provided herein. The Shareholder Representative will at all times be entitled to rely on any directions received from the Majority Holders. The Shareholder Representative shall, at the expense of the Shareholders, be entitled to engage such counsel, experts and other agents and consultants as they shall deem necessary in connection with exercising their powers and performing their function hereunder and (in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Shareholder Representative) shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the opinions and advice of such Persons.
(c) The Shareholder Representative shall not be entitled to any fee, commission or other compensation for the performance of its services hereunder, but shall be entitled to the reimbursement by the Shareholders of all his, her or its fees and expenses incurred as the Shareholder Representative pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof. In connection with this Agreement, and any instrument, agreement or document relating hereto or thereto, and in exercising or failing to exercise all or any of the powers conferred upon the Shareholder Representative hereunder, the Shareholder Representative shall incur no responsibility whatsoever to any Shareholder by reason of any error in judgment or other act or omission performed or omitted hereunder or any such other agreement, instrument or document, excepting only responsibility for any act or failure to act which represents willful misconduct. Each Shareholder shall indemnify, pro rata based upon such holder's percentage interest, the Shareholder Representative against all losses, damages, liabilities, claims, obligations, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys', accountants' and other experts' or consultant's fees and the amount of any judgment against the Shareholder Representative, of any nature whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with any claim, investigation, challenge, action or proceeding or in connection with any appeal thereof, relating to the acts or omissions of the Shareholder Representative hereunder. The foregoing indemnification shall not apply in the event of any action or proceeding which finally adjudicates the liability of the Shareholder Representative hereunder for his or her gross negligence or willful misconduct. In the event of any indemnification hereunder, upon written notice from Shareholder Representative to the Shareholders as to the existence of a deficiency toward the payment of any such indemnification amount, each such holder shall promptly deliver to the Shareholder Representative full payment of his or her ratable share of the amount of such deficiency, in accordance with such Shareholder's percentage interest. In no event shall the Company be responsible for any reimbursement or indemnification of the Shareholder Representative.
(d) All of the indemnities, immunities and powers granted to the Shareholder Representative under this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Shareholder hereby acknowledges that the Company shall not have any responsibility or obligation whatsoever to any such Shareholder or to any other party with respect to or arising out of any actions taken or any inaction by the Shareholder Representative.
(f) The Company shall have the right to rely conclusively upon all instructions, requests, consents, elections and other actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Shareholder Representative pursuant to this Agreement and any instrument, agreement or document relating hereto, all of which actions or omissions shall be legally binding upon all the Shareholders.
Trustees, Shareholders, etc Not Personally Liable; Notice. All persons extending credit to, contracting with or having any claim against the Trust or any Series or class shall look only to the assets of the Trust, or, to the extent that the liability of the Trust may have been expressly limited by contract to the assets of a particular Series or attributable to a particular class, only to the assets belonging to the relevant Series or attributable to the relevant class, for payment under such credit, contract or claim; and neither the Shareholders nor the Trustees, nor any of the Trust's officers, employees or agents, whether past, present or future, shall be personally liable therefor. Nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall protect any Trustee against any liability to which such Trustee would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office of Trustee. Every note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking made or issued on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, by any officer or officers or otherwise shall give notice that this Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall recite that the same was executed or made by or on behalf of the Trust or by them as Trustee or Trustees or as officer or officers or otherwise and not individually and that the obligations of such instrument are not binding upon any of them or the Shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust or upon the assets belonging to the Series or attributable to the class for the benefit of which the Trustees have caused the note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking to be made or issued, and may contain such further recital as he or she or they may deem appropriate, but the omission of any such recital shall not operate to bind any Trustee or Trustees or officer or officers or Shareholders or any other person individually.
Stockholder Representative (a) The Company (and pursuant to the terms of the Company Stockholder Consent, each of the Company’s stockholders) irrevocably appoints the Stockholder Representative to act as representative, agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact for the Company Stockholders for all purposes under this Agreement, the Merger and otherwise in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including, without limitation, the full power and authority on each such Company Stockholder’s behalf to: (i) receive notices or service of process, (ii) negotiate, determine, compromise, settle and take any other action permitted or called for by any Company stockholder under this Agreement, (iii) execute and deliver any termination, amendment or waiver to this Agreement in connection therewith, (iv) engage such counsel, experts and other agents and consultants as the Stockholder Representative deems necessary in connection with exercising the powers granted hereunder and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Stockholder Representative, will be entitled to conclusively rely on the opinions and advice of such Persons, (v) receive funds and make or release payments of funds to pay any amounts that the Stockholder Representative has incurred or reasonably expects to incur in connection with the Company stockholders’ obligations under this Agreement, the Merger and otherwise in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including amounts required to pay the fees and expenses of professionals incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, (vi) to execute closing statements, settlement statements and funds flow statements on behalf of the Company’s stockholders and the Company. The Company Stockholders acknowledge that Parent and Merger Sub will be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without independent investigation, any act, notice, instruction or communication of the Stockholder Representative as provided in this Section 10.1 as the acts of the Company Stockholders and will not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any of Parent or Merger Sub’s actions, as applicable, taken or not taken in reliance upon the acts or omissions or communications or writings given or executed by the Stockholder Representative.
(b) The Company’s stockholders agree that such agency and proxy are coupled with an interest, and are therefore irrevocable without the consent of the Stockholder Representative and will survive the death, incapacity, bankruptcy, dissolution or liquidation of any Company’s stockholder. All decisions and actions by the Stockholder Representative will be binding upon the Company’s stockholders, and no Company stockholder will have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. The Stockholder Representative will have no duties or obligations hereunder except those specifically set forth herein and such duties and obligations will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement. The Company’s stockholders will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless the Stockholder Representative against all Liabilities incurred by the Stockholder Representative in connection with the performance of his, her or its duties as the Stockholder Representative, including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding to which the Stockholder Representative is made a party by reason of the fact that the Stockholder Representative is or was acting as the Stockholder Representative under this Agreement. Neither the Stockholder Representative nor any agent employed by the Stockholder Representative will incur any Liability to any Company stockholder relating to the performance of Stockholder Representative’s duties hereunder except for actions or omissions constituting fraud or bad faith. The Stockholder Representative will have no Liability in respect of any action, claim or proceeding brought against the Stockholder Representative by any Company stockholder if the Stockholder Representative took or omitted taking any action in good faith.
(c) The provisions of this Section 10.1 will be binding on the executors, heirs, legal representatives, personal representatives, successor trustees, and successors of each Company Stockholder, and any references in this Agreement to a “Company Stockholder” means and includes the successors to such Person’s rights hereunder, whether pursuant to a testamentary disposition, the Legal Requirements of descent and distribution or otherwise.
(d) If the Stockholder Representative shall die, become disabled or otherwise be unable or unwilling to fulfill his, her or its responsibilities as agent of the Company’s stockholders, then a majority in interest of the Company’s stockholders (based on the ownership of the Company Stock set forth on Schedule 1.4) shall appoint a successor agent for the Company Stockholders. The Person serving as the Stockholder Representative may be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of the Company Stockholders (based on the ownership of the Company Stock set forth on Schedule 1.4). In either case, the successor Stockholder Representative shall promptly notify Parent in writing of the identity of such successor Stockholder Representative. Any such successor shall become the “Stockholder Representative” for purposes of this Agreement.
(e) All expenses incurred by the Stockholder Representative in connection with the performance of his, her or its duties as Stockholder Representative shall be borne and paid exclusively by the Company Stockholders, pursuant to their respective ownership of Company Stock (on an as-converted basis) immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Warrantholder not a Shareholder Except as may be specifically provided herein, nothing in this Indenture or in the holding of a Warrant Certificate, entitlement to a Warrant or otherwise, shall, in itself, confer or be construed as conferring upon a Warrantholder any right or interest whatsoever as a Shareholder, including, but not limited to, the right to vote at, to receive notice of, or to attend, meetings of Shareholders or any other proceedings of the Corporation, or the right to Dividends and other allocations.
