Common use of Company Rights Agreement Clause in Contracts

Company Rights Agreement. During the Standstill Period, the Company agrees that it shall not take any action to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended by the Rights Agreement Amendment), or adopt, propose or implement any other shareholder rights plan, in each case such that (a) the Rights become exercisable, (b) a Distribution Date (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) occurs, or (c) the Investor Stockholders or any of their Affiliates becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan), in each case due to the Beneficial Ownership by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates of the Purchased Shares, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares and any other Equity Securities, so long as none of the Investor Stockholders, the Elevation Entities or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of the foregoing Persons acting in concert with any other Person, shall acquire any Economic Rights or Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities if the effect of such acquisition would be that the Common Stock Beneficially Owned in the aggregate by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates (including, without limitation, any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof is a member) would exceed the Standstill Limit as may be in effect from time to time (regardless of the termination of the Standstill Period or any other provision of this Agreement), except (x) as a result of the Beneficial Ownership of or exercise of any Rights, (y) the receipt of any Capital Stock, rights or other securities from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock or the Warrants (or the exercise or conversion of any such Capital Stock rights or other securities) and (z) Equity Securities issued to Appointed Directors or Investor Directors in their capacities as such, if any, provided that for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates, there shall be excluded from such calculation shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders that are not also Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be excluded pursuant to this clause equal one percent (1%) of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding. It is agreed that for purposes of the Company Rights Agreement, if and to the extent that a Person is deemed not to be considered an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder under the definition of “Affiliate” in Exhibit A hereto, such Person shall not be considered an “Affiliate” or “Associate” of an Investor Stockholder under the Company Rights Agreement (i.e., definitions of “Acquiring Person” and “Beneficial Owner”, respectively), or any successor or substitute therefor. It is agreed that to the extent that any Person (a “Contracting Party”) who is not an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, and who is not a member of any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof is a member, enters into an agreement, arrangement or understanding with an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof with respect to the purchase or sale from or to such Contracting Party of any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities (the securities that are the subject of such purchase/sale arrangement, “Subject Securities”), which agreement, arrangement or understanding is not in violation of the provisions of Section 4.2(a) (without regard to Section 4.2(b)) (to the extent directly relating to such purchase/sale, an “Unrelated Contract”), then (i) such Contracting Party and its affiliates and associates shall not be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, other than the Subject Securities, and (ii) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by the Contracting Party or its associates and affiliates, other than any Subject Securities (it being understood, for the purposes of clarity, that this sentence shall not in any way exclude from operation of the Company Rights Agreement (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) the effects of (A) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities and/or (B) any acting in concert by any Persons with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities. To the extent that any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof are subject to any bona fide pledge (but not a foreclosure thereon) or contractual encumbrance (collectively, “Encumbrances”) resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed that is not entered into with the intent or purpose of effecting any action that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 4.2(a) or Article 3 (“Loans”) from any bank or financial institution (a “Loan Party”) (such securities, “Pledged Securities”), (x) no Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of any such Encumbrances or agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans) any such Pledged Securities except any Equity Securities acquired by such Lender as a result of the foreclosure on such Pledged Securities and (y) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates by virtue of any such Encumbrances, or such agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans). In furtherance of the foregoing, during the Standstill Period, the Company shall in connection with any amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement (the terms or provisions so amended, modified or supplemented, the “Amended Terms”), take such action as necessary to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended from time to time), or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, in each case to give effect to such Amended Terms (to the extent applicable) in the Company Rights Agreement, as may be amended or otherwise modified or supplemented from time to time, or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, contemporaneously with such amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Stockholders’ Agreement (Elevation Partners, L.P.), Securities Purchase Agreement (Elevation Partners, L.P.), Stockholders' Agreement (Palm Inc)

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Company Rights Agreement. During (a) As promptly as practicable (but in no event later than the Standstill Perioddate upon which the Company files with the SEC its Current Report on Form 8-K disclosing its entry into this Agreement) after the date hereof, the Company agrees that it Board shall not take any action (i) designate ten thousand (10,000) shares of Company Preferred Stock as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, all of which to amendbe reserved for issuance upon exercise of preferred stock purchase rights (the "COMPANY RIGHTS"), modify or supplement (ii) approve a rights agreement in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent providing for the Company Rights Agreement (the "COMPANY RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), (iii) cause its transfer agent, as amended rights agent, to enter into the Company Rights Agreement, (iv) declare a dividend of one Company Right per Share to each holder of Shares (the "COMPANY RIGHTS DIVIDEND"), and (v) fix the record date for the Company Rights Dividend as May 8, 2002 and the payment date for the Company Rights Dividend no later than June 17, 2002, or as otherwise may be determined by the Rights Agreement Amendment), or adopt, propose or implement any other shareholder rights plan, in each case such that (a) the Rights become exercisable, Company Board and reasonably acceptable to Parent. (b) a Distribution Date (as defined in Simultaneous with the approval by the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) occurs, or (c) the Investor Stockholders or any of their Affiliates becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan), in each case due to the Beneficial Ownership by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates of the Purchased Shares, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares and any other Equity Securities, so long as none of the Investor Stockholders, the Elevation Entities or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of the foregoing Persons acting in concert with any other Person, shall acquire any Economic Rights or Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities if the effect of such acquisition would be that the Common Stock Beneficially Owned in the aggregate by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates (including, without limitation, any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof is a member) would exceed the Standstill Limit as may be in effect from time to time (regardless of the termination of the Standstill Period or any other provision of this Agreement), except (x) as a result of the Beneficial Ownership of or exercise of any Rights, (y) the receipt of any Capital Stock, rights or other securities from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock or the Warrants (or the exercise or conversion of any such Capital Stock rights or other securities) and (z) Equity Securities issued to Appointed Directors or Investor Directors in their capacities as such, if any, provided that for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates, there shall be excluded from such calculation shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders that are not also Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be excluded pursuant to this clause equal one percent (1%) of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding. It is agreed that for purposes Board of the Company Rights Agreement, if and to as necessary thereafter, the extent Company shall take all necessary action such that a Person is deemed not to be considered an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder under the definition of “Affiliate” in Exhibit A hereto, such Person (i) Parent shall not be considered an “Affiliate” or “Associate” "Acquiring Person" pursuant to the Company Rights Agreement, and (ii) the entering into of an Investor Stockholder this Agreement and the Merger and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the grant of any rights to any person under the Company Rights Agreement or enable or require the Company Rights to be exercised, distributed or triggered. (i.e., definitions of “Acquiring Person” and “Beneficial Owner”, respectivelyc) The Company shall pay the Company Rights Dividend on the payment date determined by the Company Board pursuant to Section 4.17(a), and shall not redeem the Company Rights or any successor amend or substitute therefor. It is agreed that modify (including by delay of the "Distribution Date" thereunder) or terminate the Company Rights Plan prior to the Effective Time unless, and only to the extent that any Person (a “Contracting Party”) who is not an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, and who is not a member of any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof is a member, enters into an agreement, arrangement or understanding with an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof with respect to the purchase or sale from or to such Contracting Party of any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities (the securities that are the subject of such purchase/sale arrangement, “Subject Securities”), which agreement, arrangement or understanding is not in violation of the provisions of Section 4.2(a) (without regard to Section 4.2(b)) (to the extent directly relating to such purchase/sale, an “Unrelated Contract”), then that: (i) such Contracting Party and its affiliates and associates shall not be deemed it is required to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement do so by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, other than the Subject Securities, and (ii) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or Board, by a majority vote, determines in its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue good faith judgment, after receipt of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by the Contracting Party or advice of its associates independent counsel and affiliates, other than any Subject Securities (it being understood, for the purposes of clarity, that this sentence shall not in any way exclude from operation of the Company Rights Agreement (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) the effects Financial Adviser, that, in light of (A) any other agreementa Superior Proposal, arrangement or understanding with respect it is required to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities and/or (B) any acting in concert by any Persons with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities. To the extent that any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof are subject to any bona fide pledge (but not a foreclosure thereon) or contractual encumbrance (collectively, “Encumbrances”) resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed that is not entered into with the intent or purpose of effecting any action that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 4.2(a) or Article 3 (“Loans”) from any bank or financial institution (a “Loan Party”) (such securities, “Pledged Securities”), (x) no Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of any such Encumbrances or agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans) any such Pledged Securities except any Equity Securities acquired by such Lender as a result of the foreclosure on such Pledged Securities and (y) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates by virtue of any such Encumbrances, or such agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans). In furtherance of the foregoing, during the Standstill Period, the Company shall in connection with any amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement (the terms or provisions so amended, modified or supplemented, the “Amended Terms”), take such action as necessary to amend, modify or supplement terminate the Company Rights Agreement (as amended from time Plan in order to time), or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, in each case to give effect to such Amended Terms (comply with the Company Board's fiduciary obligations to the extent applicable) in stockholders of the Company Rights Agreement, as may be amended or otherwise modified or supplemented from time to time, or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, contemporaneously with such amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreementunder applicable law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Cadence Design Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Simplex Solutions Inc)

Company Rights Agreement. During The Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of January 21, 1997, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Rights Agreement dated as of September 5, 2002 (the Standstill Period"Company Rights Agreement"), has been amended to provide that the execution, delivery and performance of the Original Merger Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the Original Voting Agreement, as amended by the Voting Agreement Amendment, the Option Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, and the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions will not cause any change, effect or result under the Company Rights Agreement, which is adverse to the interests of Parent or any of its affiliates, including, without limitation, causing Parent or any of its affiliates to become an "Acquiring Person" (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement) under the Company Rights Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company agrees represents that it shall not take any action has taken all necessary actions to amend, modify or supplement (a) render the Company Rights Agreement (inapplicable to the Merger, the Original Merger Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the Original Voting Agreement, as amended by the Rights Voting Agreement Amendment), or adoptthe Option Agreement, propose or implement any other shareholder rights planas amended by this Amendment, in each case such that (a) and the Rights become exercisableTransactions, (b) ensure that (i) neither Parent nor MergerCo, nor any of their affiliates, shall be deemed to have become an Acquiring Person (as such term is defined in the Company's Rights Agreement) pursuant to the Company Rights Agreement by virtue of the execution of the Original Merger Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the Original Voting Agreement, as amended by the Voting Agreement Amendment, or the Option Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the consummation of the Merger or the consummation of the other Transactions and (ii) a Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the Company Rights Agreement) or similar event does not occur by reason of the execution of the Original Merger Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the Original Voting Agreement, as amended by the Voting Agreement Amendment, or the Option Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, or the consummation of the Merger, or the consummation of the other Transactions and (c) provide that the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights planAgreement) occurs, or (c) the Investor Stockholders or any of their Affiliates becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan), in each case due shall be immediately prior to the Beneficial Ownership by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates of the Purchased Shares, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares and any other Equity Securities, so long as none of the Investor Stockholders, the Elevation Entities or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of the foregoing Persons acting in concert with any other Person, shall acquire any Economic Rights or Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities if the effect of such acquisition would be that the Common Stock Beneficially Owned in the aggregate by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates (including, without limitation, any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof is a member) would exceed the Standstill Limit as may be in effect from time to time (regardless of the termination of the Standstill Period or any other provision of this Agreement), except (x) as a result of the Beneficial Ownership of or exercise of any Rights, (y) the receipt of any Capital Stock, rights or other securities from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock or the Warrants (or the exercise or conversion of any such Capital Stock rights or other securities) and (z) Equity Securities issued to Appointed Directors or Investor Directors in their capacities as such, if any, provided that for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates, there shall be excluded from such calculation shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders that are not also Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be excluded pursuant to this clause equal one percent (1%) of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding. It is agreed that for purposes of the Company Rights Agreement, if and to the extent that a Person is deemed not to be considered an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder under the definition of “Affiliate” in Exhibit A hereto, such Person shall not be considered an “Affiliate” or “Associate” of an Investor Stockholder under the Company Rights Agreement (i.e., definitions of “Acquiring Person” and “Beneficial Owner”, respectively), or any successor or substitute therefor. It is agreed that to the extent that any Person (a “Contracting Party”) who is not an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, and who is not a member of any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof is a member, enters into an agreement, arrangement or understanding with an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof with respect to the purchase or sale from or to such Contracting Party of any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities (the securities that are the subject of such purchase/sale arrangement, “Subject Securities”), which agreement, arrangement or understanding is not in violation of the provisions of Section 4.2(a) (without regard to Section 4.2(b)) (to the extent directly relating to such purchase/sale, an “Unrelated Contract”), then (i) such Contracting Party and its affiliates and associates shall not be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, other than the Subject Securities, and (ii) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by the Contracting Party or its associates and affiliates, other than any Subject Securities (it being understood, for the purposes of clarity, that this sentence shall not in any way exclude from operation of the Company Rights Agreement (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) the effects of (A) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities and/or (B) any acting in concert by any Persons with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities. To the extent that any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof are subject to any bona fide pledge (but not a foreclosure thereon) or contractual encumbrance (collectively, “Encumbrances”) resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed that is not entered into with the intent or purpose of effecting any action that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 4.2(a) or Article 3 (“Loans”) from any bank or financial institution (a “Loan Party”) (such securities, “Pledged Securities”), (x) no Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of any such Encumbrances or agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans) any such Pledged Securities except any Equity Securities acquired by such Lender as a result of the foreclosure on such Pledged Securities and (y) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates by virtue of any such Encumbrances, or such agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans). In furtherance of the foregoing, during the Standstill Period, the Company shall in connection with any amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement (the terms or provisions so amended, modified or supplemented, the “Amended Terms”), take such action as necessary to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended from time to time), or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, in each case to give effect to such Amended Terms (to the extent applicable) in the Company Rights Agreement, as may be amended or otherwise modified or supplemented from time to time, or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, contemporaneously with such amendment, modification or supplement to this AgreementEffective Time.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Inverness Medical Innovations Inc)

Company Rights Agreement. During The Rights Agreement, dated as of December 7, 1994 (the Standstill Period"Company Rights Agreement"), has been or shall be amended to provide that the Company agrees that it shall execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Stockholder Agreements and the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby will not take cause any action to amendchange, modify effect or supplement result under the Company Rights Agreement (as amended by Agreement, which is adverse to the Rights Agreement Amendment)interests of Buyer or any of it Affiliates, including, without limitation, causing Buyer or adopt, propose or implement any other shareholder rights plan, in each case such that (a) the Rights of its Affiliates to become exercisable, (b) a Distribution Date an "Acquiring Person" (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement) under the Company Rights Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company represents that it has taken or shall take all necessary actions to (a) render the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights planinapplicable to the Merger, this Agreement, the Stockholder Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby, (b) occursensure that (i) neither Buyer nor Merger Sub, or (c) the Investor Stockholders or nor any of their Affiliates becomes Affiliates, shall be deemed to have become an Acquiring Person (as such term is defined in the Company's Rights Agreement) pursuant to the Company Rights Agreement by virtue of the execution of this Agreement or the Stockholder Agreements, the consummation of the Merger or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and (ii) a "Distribution Date" (as such term is defined in the Company Rights Agreement) or similar event does not occur by reason of the execution of this Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan)the Stockholder Agreements, in each case due to the Beneficial Ownership by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates consummation of the Purchased Shares, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares and any other Equity Securities, so long as none Merger or the consummation of the Investor Stockholderstransactions contemplated thereby, the Elevation Entities or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of the foregoing Persons acting in concert with any other Person, shall acquire any Economic Rights or Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities if the effect of such acquisition would be and (c) provide that the Common Stock Beneficially Owned in the aggregate by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates (including, without limitation, any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof is a member) would exceed the Standstill Limit as may be in effect from time to time (regardless of the termination of the Standstill Period or any other provision of this Agreement), except (x) as a result of the Beneficial Ownership of or exercise of any Rights, (y) the receipt of any Capital Stock, rights or other securities from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock or the Warrants (or the exercise or conversion of any such Capital Stock rights or other securities) and (z) Equity Securities issued to Appointed Directors or Investor Directors in their capacities as such, if any, provided that for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates, there shall be excluded from such calculation shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders that are not also Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be excluded pursuant to this clause equal one percent (1%) of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding. It is agreed that for purposes of the Company Rights Agreement, if and to the extent that a Person is deemed not to be considered an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder under the definition of “Affiliate” in Exhibit A hereto, such Person shall not be considered an “Affiliate” or “Associate” of an Investor Stockholder under the Company Rights Agreement (i.e., definitions of “Acquiring Person” and “Beneficial Owner”, respectively), or any successor or substitute therefor. It is agreed that to the extent that any Person (a “Contracting Party”) who is not an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, and who is not a member of any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof is a member, enters into an agreement, arrangement or understanding with an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof with respect to the purchase or sale from or to such Contracting Party of any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities (the securities that are the subject of such purchase/sale arrangement, “Subject Securities”), which agreement, arrangement or understanding is not in violation of the provisions of Section 4.2(a) (without regard to Section 4.2(b)) (to the extent directly relating to such purchase/sale, an “Unrelated Contract”), then (i) such Contracting Party and its affiliates and associates shall not be deemed to beneficially own "Expiration Date" (as such term is defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights planAgreement) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, other than the Subject Securities, and (ii) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed no later than immediately prior to beneficially own (as defined in the Effective Time and that the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder shall terminate and the preferred share purchase rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by the Contracting Party or its associates and affiliates, other thereunder shall expire no later than any Subject Securities (it being understood, for the purposes of clarity, that this sentence shall not in any way exclude from operation of the Company Rights Agreement (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) the effects of (A) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect immediately prior to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities and/or (B) any acting in concert by any Persons with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities. To the extent that any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof are subject to any bona fide pledge (but not a foreclosure thereon) or contractual encumbrance (collectively, “Encumbrances”) resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed that is not entered into with the intent or purpose of effecting any action that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 4.2(a) or Article 3 (“Loans”) from any bank or financial institution (a “Loan Party”) (such securities, “Pledged Securities”), (x) no Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of any such Encumbrances or agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans) any such Pledged Securities except any Equity Securities acquired by such Lender as a result of the foreclosure on such Pledged Securities and (y) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates by virtue of any such Encumbrances, or such agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans). In furtherance of the foregoing, during the Standstill Period, the Company shall in connection with any amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement (the terms or provisions so amended, modified or supplemented, the “Amended Terms”), take such action as necessary to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended from time to time), or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, in each case to give effect to such Amended Terms (to the extent applicable) in the Company Rights Agreement, as may be amended or otherwise modified or supplemented from time to time, or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, contemporaneously with such amendment, modification or supplement to this AgreementEffective Time.

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Samples: Merger Agreement (Photomedex Inc)

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Company Rights Agreement. During the Standstill Period, the Company agrees that it shall not take any action to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended by the Rights Agreement Amendment), or adopt, propose or implement any other shareholder rights plan, in each case such that (a) the Rights become exercisable, (b) a Distribution Date (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) occurs, or (c) the Investor Stockholders or any of their Affiliates becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan), in each case due to the Beneficial Ownership by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates of the Purchased Shares, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares and any other Equity Securities, so long as none of the Investor Stockholders, the Elevation Entities or any of their respective Affiliates, or any of the foregoing Persons acting in concert with any other Person, shall acquire or hold any Economic Rights or Beneficial Ownership of Equity Securities if the effect of such acquisition or holding would be that the Common Stock Beneficially Owned in the aggregate by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates (including, without limitation, any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof is a member) would exceed the Standstill Limit as may be in effect from time to time (regardless of the termination of the Standstill Period or any other provision of this Agreement), except (x) as a result of the Beneficial Ownership of or exercise of any Rights, (y) the receipt of any Capital Stock, rights or other securities from the Company pursuant to the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock or the Warrants (or the exercise or conversion of any such Capital Stock rights or other securities) and (z) Equity Securities issued to Appointed Series B Directors or Investor Directors in their capacities as such, if any, provided that for purposes of calculating the number of shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders and their Affiliates, there shall be excluded from such calculation shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by Affiliates of the Investor Stockholders that are not also Beneficially Owned by the Investor Stockholders up to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that will be excluded pursuant to this clause equal one percent (1%) of the Diluted Common Shares Outstanding. It is agreed that for purposes of the Company Rights Agreement, if and to the extent that a Person is deemed not to be considered an Affiliate of an Investor Stockholder under the definition of “Affiliate” in Exhibit A hereto, such Person shall not be considered an “Affiliate” or “Associate” of an Investor Stockholder under the Company Rights Agreement (i.e., definitions of “Acquiring Person” and “Beneficial Owner”, respectively), or any successor or substitute therefor. It is agreed that to the extent that any Person (a “Contracting Party”) who is not an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, and who is not a member of any 13D Group of which any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof is a member, enters into an agreement, arrangement or understanding with an Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof with respect to the purchase or sale from or to such Contracting Party of any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities (the securities that are the subject of such purchase/sale arrangement, “Subject Securities”), which agreement, arrangement or understanding is not in violation of the provisions of Section 4.2(a) (without regard to Section 4.2(b)) (to the extent directly relating to such purchase/sale, an “Unrelated Contract”), then (i) such Contracting Party and its affiliates and associates shall not be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof, other than the Subject Securities, and (ii) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of such Unrelated Contract any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by the Contracting Party or its associates and affiliates, other than any Subject Securities Securities, (it being understood, for the purposes of clarity, that this sentence shall not in any way exclude from operation of the Company Rights Agreement (or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) the effects of (A) any other agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities and/or (B) any acting in concert by any Persons with respect to the acquisition, disposition, holding or voting of any Equity Securities other than the purchase or sale, as applicable, of the Subject Securities. To the extent that any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof are subject to any bona fide pledge (but not a foreclosure thereon) or contractual encumbrance (collectively, “Encumbrances”) resulting from a bona fide incurrence of indebtedness for money borrowed that is not entered into with the intent or purpose of effecting any action that would otherwise be prohibited by Section 4.2(a) or Article 3 ARTICLE III (“Loans”) from any bank or financial institution (a “Loan Party”) (such securities, “Pledged Securities”), (x) no Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) by virtue of any such Encumbrances or agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans) any such Pledged Securities except any Equity Securities acquired by such Lender as a result of the foreclosure on such Pledged Securities and (y) no Investor Stockholder, Elevation Entity or Affiliate thereof shall be deemed to beneficially own (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement or its comparable term/provision under any successor or substitute shareholder rights plan) any Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock, Conversion Shares, Warrants, Warrant Shares or other Equity Securities held by any Loan Party or any of its associates or affiliates by virtue of any such Encumbrances, or such agreements (to the extent directly relating to such Loans). In furtherance of the foregoing, during the Standstill Period, the Company shall in connection with any amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement (the terms or provisions so amended, modified or supplemented, the “Amended Terms”), take such action as necessary to amend, modify or supplement the Company Rights Agreement (as amended from time to time), or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, in each case to give effect to such Amended Terms (to the extent applicable) in the Company Rights Agreement, as may be amended or otherwise modified or supplemented from time to time, or any other shareholder rights plan then in effect, contemporaneously with such amendment, modification or supplement to this Agreement.

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Samples: Stockholders' Agreement (Palm Inc)

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