Support Agreement CFSC will not terminate, or make any amendment or modification to, the Support Agreement which, in the determination of the Agent, adversely affects the Banks’ interests pursuant to this Agreement, without giving the Agent and the Banks at least thirty (30) days prior written notice and obtaining the written consent of the Majority Banks.
Support Agreements (a) At any meeting of the shareholders of Parent, however called, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the shareholders of Parent is sought, each Sponsor shall (i) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its Parent Ordinary Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (ii) vote (or cause to be voted), or execute and deliver a written consent (or cause a written consent to be executed and delivered) covering, all of its Subject Securities: (i) in favor of the Parent Shareholder Approval Matters and in favor of any proposal in respect of an Extension Amendment; (ii) against (or otherwise withhold written consent of, as applicable) any Business Combination or any proposal relating to a Business Combination (in each case, other than as contemplated by the Merger Agreement); (iii) against (or otherwise withhold written consent of, as applicable) any merger agreement or merger, consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by Parent (other than the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby); (iv) against (or otherwise withhold written consent of, as applicable) any change in the business, management or board of directors of Parent (other than in connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby); and (v) against (or otherwise withhold written consent of, as applicable) any proposal, action or agreement that would (A) impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify any provision of this Agreement or the Merger Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (B) result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement, (C) result in any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled or (D) change in any manner the dividend policy or capitalization of, including the voting rights of any class of capital stock of, Parent. Each Sponsor hereby agrees that it shall not commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing, and shall not deposit any of its Parent Ordinary Shares in a voting trust, grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of its Parent Ordinary Shares or subject any of its Parent Ordinary Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Parent Ordinary Shares unless specifically requested to do so by the Company and Parent in writing in connection with the Merger Agreement, the Additional Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby. (b) Each Sponsor shall comply with, and fully perform all of its obligations, covenants and agreements set forth in, that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2021, by and among the Sponsors and Parent (the “Sponsor Letter”). (c) Each Sponsor agrees that, if Parent seeks shareholder approval of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any Additional Agreements, such Sponsor shall not redeem any Subject Securities owned by it in conjunction with such shareholder approval or the transactions contemplated thereby. (d) During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Expiration Time, each Sponsor shall not modify or amend any Contract between or among such Sponsor or any Affiliate of such Sponsor (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), on the one hand, and Parent or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries, on the other hand, except for the amendment of the Investment Management Trust Agreement as contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Lock-Up Agreement The Underwriters shall have received all of the Lock-Up Agreements referenced in Section 4 and the Lock-Up Agreements shall remain in full force and effect.
Lockup Agreement In consideration for the Company agreeing to its obligations under this Section 5, each Holder agrees in connection with any registration of the Company's securities that, upon the request of the Company or the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Company's securities, not to sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Warrants or Warrant Stock (other than those included in the registration) without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, for such period of time (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) from the effective date of such registration as the Company or the underwriters may specify.
Client Agreement We are not required to enter into a written agreement complying with the Code relating to the services that are to be provided to you.
Transition Agreement In the event of termination of this Agreement in its entirety by AbbVie pursuant to Section 12.3.2 or by Galapagos pursuant to Section 12.2.1, or with respect to one (1) or more countries or other jurisdictions by AbbVie pursuant to Section 12.3 or by Galapagos pursuant to Section 12.2.2(i), Galapagos and AbbVie shall negotiate in good faith the terms and conditions of a written transition agreement (the “Transition Agreement”) pursuant to which AbbVie and Galapagos will effectuate and coordinate a smooth and efficient transition of relevant obligations and rights to Galapagos as reasonably necessary for Galapagos to exercise the licenses granted pursuant to Sections 12.6 or 12.7 after termination of this Agreement (in its entirety or with respect to one (1) or more countries or other jurisdictions, as applicable) as and to the extent set forth in this Article 12. For clarity, AbbVie shall not be required to Manufacture or have Manufactured the Molecules or Products by or on behalf of Galapagos as part of the Transition Agreement. 12.8.1 The Transition Agreement shall provide that in the event of a termination of this Agreement in its entirety by AbbVie pursuant to Section 12.3.2 or by Galapagos in its entirety pursuant to Section 12.2.1, AbbVie shall: (i) where permitted by Applicable Law, transfer to Galapagos all of its right, title, and interest in all Regulatory Documentation then Controlled by AbbVie or its Affiliates or Sublicensees and in its/their name applicable to the Products in the Territory that are the subject of an exclusive license grant in Section 12.6.1(iii); (ii) notify the applicable Regulatory Authorities and take any other action reasonably necessary to effect the transfer set forth in clause (i) above; (iii) if requested by Galapagos and unless expressly prohibited by any Regulatory Authority, transfer control to Galapagos of all Clinical Studies being Conducted by AbbVie or its Affiliates or Sublicensees as of the effective date of termination and continue to Conduct such Clinical Studies, at Galapagos’ cost, for up to […***…] ([…***…]) months to enable such transfer to be completed without interruption of any such Clinical Study; provided, that (a) Galapagos shall not have any obligation to continue any Clinical Study unless required by Applicable Law, and (b) with respect to each Clinical Study for which such transfer is expressly prohibited by the applicable Regulatory Authority, if any, AbbVie shall continue to Conduct such Clinical Study to completion, at Galapagos’ cost; and (iv) assign (or cause its Affiliates or Sublicensees to assign) to Galapagos all agreements with any Third Party with respect to the Conduct of pre-clinical Development activities, Clinical Studies or Manufacturing activities for the Products, including agreements with contract research organizations, clinical sites, and investigators, unless, with respect to any such agreement, (a) Galapagos declines such assignment, or (b) such agreement (1) expressly prohibits such assignment, in which case AbbVie shall cooperate with Galapagos in reasonable respects to secure the consent of the applicable Third Party to such assignment, or (2) covers products covered by Patents Controlled by AbbVie or any of its Affiliates in addition to the Products, in which case AbbVie shall, at Galapagos’ sole cost and expense, cooperate with Galapagos in all reasonable respects to facilitate the execution of a new agreement between Galapagos and the applicable Third Party. 12.8.2 The Transition Agreement shall provide that in the event of a termination of this Agreement with respect to a country or other jurisdiction by AbbVie pursuant to Section 12.3 or by Galapagos pursuant to Section 12.2.2(i) (but not in the case of any termination of this Agreement in its entirety), AbbVie shall: (i) where permitted by Applicable Law, transfer to Galapagos all of its right, title, and interest in all Regulatory Approvals owned by, or in the name of, AbbVie or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, which Regulatory Approvals are solely applicable to the relevant country or jurisdiction and the Products that are the subject of an exclusive license grant in Section 12.7, as such Regulatory Approvals exists as of the effective date of such termination of this Agreement with respect to such relevant country or jurisdiction; provided, that AbbVie retains a license and right of reference under any Regulatory Approval transferred pursuant to this clause as necessary or reasonably useful for AbbVie to Commercialize Products in the Territory, Develop Molecules or Products in support of such Commercialization, or Manufacture Molecules or Products in support of such Development or Commercialization; (ii) notify the applicable Regulatory Authorities and take any other action reasonably necessary to effect the transfer set forth in clause (i) above; (iii) grant Galapagos a right of reference to all Regulatory Documentation then owned by, or in the name of, AbbVie or its Affiliates or Sublicensees, and which Regulatory Documentation is not transferred to Galapagos pursuant to clause (i) above, and is necessary or reasonably useful for Galapagos, any of its Affiliates or sublicensees to Develop or Commercialize in the terminated country or jurisdiction the Product(s) that are the subject of the license grant in Section 12.7 as such Regulatory Documentation exists as of the effective date of such termination of this Agreement with respect to such terminated country or jurisdiction; (iv) if requested by Galapagos and unless expressly prohibited by any Regulatory Authority, transfer control to Galapagos of all Clinical Studies specific to such terminated country(ies) being Conducted by AbbVie or its Affiliates or Sublicensees as of the effective date of termination and continue to Conduct such Clinical Studies, at Galapagos’ cost, for up to […***…] ([…***…]) months to enable such transfer to be completed without interruption of any such Clinical Study; provided, that (a) Galapagos shall not have any obligation to continue any Clinical Study unless required by Applicable Law, and (b) with respect to each Clinical Study for which such transfer is expressly prohibited by the applicable Regulatory Authority, if any, AbbVie shall continue to Conduct such Clinical Study to completion, at Galapagos’ cost; and (v) assign (or cause its Affiliates or Sublicensees to assign) to Galapagos all agreements with any Third Party with respect to the Conduct of Clinical Studies specific to such terminated country(ies), including agreements with contract research organizations, clinical sites, and investigators, unless, with respect to any such agreement, (a) Galapagos declines such assignment, or (b) such agreement (1) expressly prohibits such assignment, in which case AbbVie shall cooperate with Galapagos in reasonable respects to secure the consent of the applicable Third Party to such assignment, or (2) covers products covered by Patents Controlled by AbbVie or any of its Affiliates in addition to the Products, in which case AbbVie shall, at Galapagos’ sole cost and expense, cooperate with Galapagos in all reasonable respects to facilitate the execution of a new agreement between Galapagos and the applicable Third Party.
Standstill Agreement (A) During the Standstill Period, and, if this Agreement is terminated prior to Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(a), for the one year period after the end of the Standstill Period (such one year period, the "Post Termination Standstill Period"), unless the Company shall have materially breached its obligation to nominate Investor Nominees or to appoint any Fully Independent Director pursuant to Section 5 (provided that, with respect to any such material breach that does not concern a Pre-Approved Person, a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined pursuant to a final non-appealable order that the Company has so materially breached its obligations), the Investor shall not, shall cause each other member of the Investor Group not to, and shall use reasonable commercial efforts to cause other Affiliates and Associates of the Investor not members of the Investor Group ("Other Investor Affiliates") not to, directly or indirectly, alone or in concert with others: (a) acquire, offer or propose to acquire or agree to acquire, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other 13D Group or otherwise, Beneficial Ownership of any Voting Securities, Derivative Securities or any other securities of the Company or any rights to acquire (whether currently, upon lapse of time, following the satisfaction of any conditions, upon the occurrence of any event or any combination of the foregoing) any Voting Securities, other than (i) the purchase of Shares or other Voting Securities expressly permitted by this Agreement, (ii) the acquisition of Voting Securities as a result of any stock split, stock dividends or other distributions, recapitalizations or offerings made available by the Company to holders of Voting Securities generally or (iii) in a transaction in which the Investor or a Subsidiary of the Investor acquires a previously unaffiliated business entity that, to the knowledge of the Investor after reasonable inquiry, owns shares of Common Stock that represents less than 4% of the Company's outstanding Common Stock and less than 10% of the unaffiliated entity's assets; provided, that all such Voting Securities shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, however, that in the event of a transaction as contemplated by clause (iii) hereof, the Investor will transfer, or cause such Subsidiary to transfer, in a manner consistent with Section 6.3, such shares of Common Stock previously owned by the unaffiliated entity within twelve months following the consummation of such transaction and all such shares of Common Stock, pending their transfer, shall be voted by the Investor or such Subsidiary in accordance with the requirements of clauses (w) through (z) of Section 6.2 and on any other matter in the same proportion as the votes cast by or on behalf of all holders of the Company's Voting Securities other than the Investor Group and Other Investor Affiliates; (b) propose or seek to effect any merger, business combination, restructuring, recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the sale or other disposition outside the ordinary course of business of any material portion of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof; (c) deposit any Voting Securities in a voting trust or subject any Voting Securities to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Voting Securities except pursuant to Section 8.8 hereof; (d) seek election to, seek to place a representative on, or seek the removal of any member of, the Board, except pursuant to Section 5 hereof; (e) engage in any "solicitation" (within the meaning of rule 14a-1 under the Exchange Act) of proxies or consents (whether or not relating to the election or removal of directors) with respect to the Company, or become a "participant" in any "election contest" (within the meaning of Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act) or, unless the execution by the Investor, member of the Investor Group or Other Investor Affiliate is first approved by the Board, execute any written consent in lieu of a meeting of the holders of any class of Voting Securities that is solicited by or on behalf of any shareholder of the Company; (f) call or seek to have called any meeting of the shareholders of the Company (except for the exercise by the Investor of its rights pursuant to Section 5.1(d)); (g) initiate, propose or otherwise solicit shareholders for the approval of any shareholder proposal (as described in Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise) with respect to the Company; (h) form, join or in any way participate in or assist in the formation of a 13D Group with respect to any Voting Securities, other than any such "group" consisting exclusively of the Investor and other wholly-owned United States Subsidiaries of the Investor who have acquired Voting Securities in accordance with Section 2.2(b) or Section 6.3(a); (i) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek control or influence the management, the Board or the policies of the Company in a manner designed or having the deliberate effect of circumventing the restrictions otherwise imposed under this Section 6.1(A); (j) disclose or publicly announce any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing; (k) advise, assist or encourage or finance any other persons in connection with any of the foregoing types of activities; or (l) request the Company (or its directors, officers, employees or agents) to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Section 6.1(A) shall limit any rights of the members of the Investor Group under the Joint Venture Agreement or the Research Alliance Agreement, or (I) prohibit any individual who is serving as a Director of the Company, solely in his or her capacity as such Director and provided no public disclosure thereof by the Company would be required, from (x) taking any action or making any statement at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof, (y) making any statement to any Representative of the Company, or (z) making any statement or disclosure required under federal securities laws or other applicable Law, (II) restrict any private communications not requiring public disclosure between the Investor and any Investor Nominee, (III) restrict any disclosure or statements required to be made by any member of the Investor Group under applicable Law to the extent any such requirement does not arise from actions by the Investor Group inconsistent with this Agreement, or (IV) limit the rights of the Investor Group pursuant to Section 6.2, Section 6.9 or Section 8.2. (B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Agreement is terminated prior to Closing pursuant to Section 10.1(a), the provisions of paragraph (A) of this Section 6.1 (other than the provisions of clauses (a) (except as to proposals to the Company as to the matters in clause (b)) and (h) thereof and the provisions of (i), (j), (k) and (l) thereof to the extent such provisions relate to the acquisition of Voting Securities or other securities of the Company) shall cease to apply during the Post-Termination Standstill Period if (i) the Company enters into an agreement contemplating a Change in Control Transaction or a Competing Investment or the Company makes any filing with respect to, or seeks expiration of the waiting period under, the HSR Act with respect to a Change in Control Transaction or Competing Investment; (ii) the Board of Directors publicly announces its intention to solicit or publicly solicits any Proposal or publicly approves, accepts, authorizes or recommends to shareholders of the Company their approval of or the conveyance of shares pursuant to a Change in Control Transaction or Competing Investment; (iii) during or prior to the pendency of a bona fide tender or exchange offer made by any Person or 13D Group (other than a member of the Investor Group), the Board of Directors determines or resolves to, or announces its intention to, or is ordered or directed by any Governmental Entity to, redeem, amend or modify (to render inapplicable (including by taking action to cause a Section 11(a)(ii) Event or Section 13 Event (each as defined in the Amended Rights Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), not to occur that, absent such action, would otherwise have occurred, or to redeem the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights) thereto or otherwise exempt therefrom) the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights or the Amended Rights Agreement (or a Substantially Similar Agreement) or; (iv) any Person other than the Investor or an Excluded Person acquires or agrees to acquire 20% or more of the then outstanding Voting Securities or Common Securities.
Collaboration Agreement The Collaboration Agreement shall not have been terminated in accordance with its terms and shall be in full force and effect.
Voting Agreement (a) The Stockholder hereby agrees that, during the Support Period, at any meeting (whether annual or special and each postponement, recess, adjournment or continuation thereof) of the Company’s stockholders at which any of the matters set forth in clause (ii) below is put to the vote of stockholders of the Company, however called, and in connection with any written consent of the Company’s stockholders with respect to any of the matters set forth in clause (ii) below, if applicable, the Stockholder shall (i) appear at such meeting or otherwise cause all of the Subject Shares entitled to vote thereat, as applicable, to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum, and (ii) vote or cause to be voted (including by proxy or written consent, if applicable) all the Subject Shares, (A) in favor of (“for”) (1) the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (to the extent proposed to be voted upon or consented to by the Company’s stockholders) and the adoption of the Merger Agreement, including any amended and restated Merger Agreement or amendment to the Merger Agreement that does not (x) change the form of the consideration payable to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock upon the conversion of such shares in the Merger, (y) reduce the amount of the Per Share Merger Consideration payable in respect of any Subject Shares (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, adjustments in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement or any increase in the Per Share Merger Consideration) or (z) impose any additional conditions or obligations on the payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration or any additional conditions or obligations that would prevent or substantially impede the consummation of the Merger, and (2) the approval of any proposal to adjourn or postpone such meeting of the Company’s stockholders to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Merger or adopt the Merger Agreement (as it may have been amended or amended and restated in a manner for which the Stockholder is obligated to vote in favor or consent to hereunder) and (B) to the extent any such matter is formally submitted for a vote (or the consent) of the Company’s stockholders, against (1) any action or proposal in favor of an Acquisition Proposal (including a Superior Proposal), without regard to the terms of such Acquisition Proposal, or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (2) any action or proposal that could reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty, or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or of the Stockholder under this Agreement, and (3) any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, adversely affect or inhibit the timely consummation of the Merger or the fulfillment of Parent’s, the Company’s or Merger Sub’s conditions to Closing under the Merger Agreement or change in any manner the voting rights of any shares of the Company (including, without limitation, any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, amalgamation, plan or scheme of arrangement, share exchange, business combination, division, conversion, transfer, domestication, continuance or similar transaction, any amendments of the Company Governing Documents, or any sale, lease, sublease, exchange, license, sub-license, or other disposition of all or a material portion of the assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries). The Stockholder covenants and agrees that, except for this Agreement, the Stockholder shall not, and shall not permit any Person under the Stockholder’s control, during the Support Period, to (x) enter into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to any Subject Shares, (y) except as expressly set forth herein, grant, a proxy, consent or power of attorney with respect to any Subject Shares, or (z) make, or in any manner participate in, directly or indirectly, a “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in 17 CFR § 240.14a-1, et seq.) or consents from stockholders of the Company in connection with any vote of the stockholders of the Company with respect to the Transactions, other than to recommend that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the Merger and the adoption of the Merger Agreement (and any actions required in furtherance thereof or otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or the Merger Agreement). (b) Stockholder hereby appoints Parent and any designee of Parent, and each of them individually, until the Expiration Time (at which time this proxy and power of attorney shall automatically be revoked and terminated), as his proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or act by written consent during the term of this Agreement with respect to the Subject Shares in accordance with Section 3(a) in the event the Stockholder fails to comply with his obligation under this Agreement or attempts or purports to vote (or provide consent with respect to) the Subject Shares in a manner inconsistent with Section 3(a). This proxy and power of attorney is given to secure the performance of the duties of the Stockholder under this Agreement. The Stockholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be requested by Xxxxxx in writing and necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy. This proxy and power of attorney granted by the Stockholder shall be irrevocable during the Support Period, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy, and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by the Stockholder with respect to the Subject Shares. The power of attorney granted by the Stockholder herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the bankruptcy, death or incapacity of the Stockholder. (c) In furtherance, and not in limitation of the foregoing, during the Support Period, an authorized Representative of the Stockholder shall execute and deliver (or cause the holders of record to execute and deliver), promptly upon receipt (and in any event within five Business Days after receipt thereof), any proxy card or voting instructions the Stockholder receives that are sent to stockholders of the Company soliciting proxies with respect to any matter described in Section 3(a), which shall be voted in the manner described in Section 3(a) (with Parent to be promptly notified (and provided reasonable evidence) of such execution and delivery of such proxy card or voting instructions). (d) Nothing in this Agreement shall obligate the Stockholder to exercise any option or any other right to acquire any shares of Company Common Stock.
Stockholder Agreement The Stockholder agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Expiration Date:
