Partnership Representative If the Issuer is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Majority Equity Holder will (i) prepare and sign, on behalf of the Issuer, the tax returns of the Issuer and (ii) be designated as the partnership representative of the Issuer under Section 6223(a) of the Code to the extent allowed under the law.
Owner’s Representative Owner designates the individual listed below as its Owner’s Representative to provide direct interface with Construction Manager with respect to Owner’s responsibilities: Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Owner’s Project Manager.
Sellers’ Representative (a) Each of the Sellers hereby appoints Xxxx Xxxxx as Seller’s Representative hereunder for the purposes of representing his or its individual interests. Each of the Sellers hereby authorizes the Sellers’ Representative to act on his or its behalf with respect to all matters arising under this Agreement requiring or contemplating the possibility of some notice to be sent to or from, or some action to be taken by, the Sellers, including acting as the Sellers’ representative for the purpose of settling on behalf of the Sellers any claims made by Buyer under Section 12.1(a)(i), representing the Sellers in any indemnification proceedings under Section 12.3, approving any waivers or amendments in accordance with Section 13.6, but excluding the settling of any claims made by Buyer under Section 12.1(a)(ii) against a Seller. Except as aforesaid, each Seller hereby agrees to be bound by any and all notices sent and actions taken (and notices not sent and actions not taken) by the Sellers’ Representative on his or its behalf pursuant to this Agreement. If for any reason the Sellers’ Representative shall be unable to perform its duties hereunder as Sellers’ Representative, the holders of a majority in interest of the Interests owned immediately prior to the Initial Closing shall appoint a replacement Sellers’ Representative. Buyer shall be entitled to rely exclusively upon any communications or writings given or executed by the Sellers’ Representative and shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any action taken or not taken in reliance upon the actions taken or not taken or communications or writings given or executed by the Sellers’ Representative. Buyer shall be entitled to disregard any notices or communications given or made by any Seller, in his or its individual capacity, which is contrary to a notice or communication given or made by the Sellers’ Representative.
Company Representative Whenever under the provisions of this Agreement the approval of Company is required or Company is required to take some action at the request of Issuer, such approval shall be made or such action shall be taken by Company Representative and Issuer or Trustee shall be authorized to act on any such approval or action and Company shall have no redress against Issuer or Trustee as a result of any such action taken.
Member Representative (a) Pursuant to the Deal Approval, and in any event upon the delivery (whether prior to the date of this Agreement or otherwise) of an executed Letter of Transmittal to Parent in accordance with this Agreement and without any further action on the part of any Member, each Member shall thereby, and each Management Seller or other Rollover Holdco Member and, solely with respect to the period prior to the consummation of the Closing, Rollover Holdco and each Acquired Entity does hereby, irrevocably appoint the Member Representative as the sole representative of such Member, Management Seller or other Rollover Holdco Member or, solely with respect to the period prior to the consummation of the Closing, Rollover Holdco and each Acquired Entity as the case may be (each, a “Represented Party”), to act as the agent and on behalf of such Represented Party regarding any matter relating to or under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the Letters of Transmittal (the “Represented Documents”) including for the purposes of (i) executing and delivering the Represented Documents (it being understood that no amendment thereto shall be made that by Law requires further approval by such Represented Party without such further approval), and taking all actions required or permitted to be taken under such Represented Documents, (ii) on behalf of the Members, (x) directing the Escrow Agent to make payment of the Escrow Funds in accordance with Section 2.14, Article 12 and the Escrow Agreement, (y) agreeing to, negotiating, entering into settlements and compromises of and complying with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to Section 2.14, Article 12 and the Escrow Agreement and (z) acting for the Members with regard to all matters pertaining to indemnification pursuant to Section 2.14, Article 12 and the Escrow Agreement, including the power to compromise any claim on behalf of the Members thereunder and to transact matters of litigation or other claims and to bring any Proceeding on behalf of the Members under Section 2.03(b)(iv), Article 12, Section 9.11 or Section 14.05, (iii) giving, receiving and forwarding all notices and communications required to be given or received by the Represented Parties under the Represented Documents and in connection with any of the Transactions, including receiving service of process in connection with any claims thereunder, (iv) engaging attorneys, accountants, financial and other advisors, paying agents and other Persons necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Member Representative in the performance of its duties under the Represented Documents, and authorizing and directing the disbursement of funds to pay the fees and expenses of such Persons (v) granting any consent, approval or waiver on behalf of the Members, the Management Sellers or other Rollover Holdco Member or, prior to the Closing, the Acquired Entities under this Agreement prior to, at and following the Closing (including pursuant to Section 14.02); and (vi) taking all actions or refraining from doing any further act or deed on its own behalf or on behalf of any Represented Party that the Member Representative deems necessary or appropriate in its discretion relating to the subject matter of the Represented Documents, as fully and completely as the Represented Parties could do if personally present. All decisions and actions by the Member Representative are binding upon all Represented Parties, and no Represented Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. As the representative of the Represented Parties under this Agreement, the Member Representative shall act as the agent for all Represented Parties, shall have authority to bind each such Represented Party in accordance with this Agreement, and Parent may rely on such appointment and authority until the receipt of notice of the appointment of a successor in accordance with Section 14.14(d). Parent may conclusively rely upon, without independent verification or investigation, all decisions made by the Member Representative in connection with the Represented Documents in writing.
Shareholder Representative (A) By virtue of the approving this Agreement and accepting Merger Consideration, the Participating Shareholders appoint Eric Garfield as "SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE". The Shareholder Represexxxxxxx xxxx be agent and attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of each of the Participating Shareholders and shall have full power and authority to represent all of the Participating Shareholders and their successors with respect to all matters arising under this Agreement. All actions taken by the Shareholder Representative hereunder shall be binding upon all Participating Shareholders and their successors as if expressly confirmed and ratified in writing by each of them, including, but not limited to, resolving all claims relating the Escrow and any indemnification claims and obligations. The Shareholder Representative shall take any and all actions which he believes are necessary or appropriate under this Agreement for and on behalf of the Participating Shareholders, as fully as if he were acting on his own behalf, including, without limitation, consenting to, compromising or settling issues with respect to the Escrow and all such indemnity claims with Parent under this Agreement, taking any and all other actions specified in or contemplated by this Agreement, and engaging counsel, or accountants in connection with the foregoing matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Shareholder Representative shall have full power and authority to interpret all the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to consent to any amendment hereof on behalf of all Participating Shareholders and such successors. The person designated to serve as the Shareholder Representative may be changed by the Participating Shareholders who are entitled to receive a majority of the Escrow when and if it becomes payable hereunder from time to time upon not less than ten days prior written notice to Parent. No bond shall be required of the Shareholder Representative, and the Shareholder Representative shall receive no compensation for services but shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Participating Shareholders for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of his duties hereunder, including expenses of legal counsel. All such expenses shall be payable from the Escrow, if sufficient.
Representative The employee, supervisor, or School Board may be represented during any step of the procedure by any person or agent designated by such party to act in his/her behalf.
Stockholders’ Representative (a) Pursuant to the Stockholders Approval dated on or about the date hereof and the Letters of Transmittal and Option Cancelation Acknowledgement Agreements, as applicable, the Equityholders have constituted, appointed and empowered effective from and after the date of such consent, Parthenon Investors III, L.P. as the Stockholders’ Representative, for the benefit of the Equityholders and the exclusive agent and attorney-in-fact to act on behalf of each Equityholder, in connection with and to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, which shall include the power and authority: (i) to negotiate, execute and deliver such waivers, consents and amendments under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby as the Stockholders’ Representative, in its sole discretion, may deem necessary or desirable; (ii) as the Stockholders’ Representative, to enforce and protect the rights and interests of the Equityholders and to enforce and protect the rights and interests of such Persons arising out of or under or in any manner relating to this Agreement and the transactions provided for herein, and to take any and all actions which the Stockholders’ Representative believes are necessary or appropriate under this Agreement for and on behalf of the Equityholders including, consenting to, compromising or settling any such claims, conducting negotiations with Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Representatives regarding such claims, and, in connection therewith, to (A) assert any claim or institute any Action or investigation; (B) investigate, defend, contest or litigate any Action or investigation initiated by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any other Person, or by any Governmental Entity against the Stockholders’ Representative and/or any of the Equityholders, and receive process on behalf of any or all Equityholders in any such Action or investigation and compromise or settle on such terms as the Stockholders’ Representative shall determine to be appropriate, and give receipts, releases and discharges with respect to, any such Action or investigation; (C) file any proofs of debt, claims and petitions as the Stockholders’ Representative may deem advisable or necessary; (D) settle or compromise any claims asserted under this Agreement; and (E) file and prosecute appeals from any decision, judgment or award rendered in any such Action or investigation, it being understood that the Stockholders’ Representative shall not have any obligation to take any such actions, and shall not have any liability for any failure to take any such actions; (iii) to waive or refrain from enforcing any right of the Equityholders arising out of or under or in any manner relating to this Agreement; provided, however, that such waiver is in writing signed by the Stockholders’ Representative; (iv) to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such other agreements, guarantees, orders, receipts, endorsements, notices, requests, instructions, certificates, stock powers, letters and other writings, and, in general, to do any and all things and to take any and all action that the Stockholders’ Representative, in its sole and absolute discretion, may consider necessary or proper or convenient in connection with or to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (v) to engage outside counsel, accountants and other advisors and incur such other expenses on behalf of the Equityholders in connection with any matter arising under this Agreement; and (vi) to collect, hold and disburse the Escrow Amount and the Expense Holdback Amount in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Equityholders may not make any claim hereunder except through the Stockholders’ Representative.
Purchaser Representative (a) Purchaser, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby irrevocably appoints Shih-Xxxxx Xxxx in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative, as its agent, attorney-in-fact and representative, with full power of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of Purchaser, to act on behalf of Purchaser from and after the Closing in connection with: (i) bringing, managing, controlling, defending and settling on behalf of an Indemnitee any indemnification claims by any of them in accordance with Article IX, including controlling, defending, managing, settling and participating in any Third Party Claim in accordance with Section 9.4; (ii) making on behalf of Purchaser any determinations and taking all actions on their behalf relating to the determination of the Finally Determined Shares, the adjustment to the Exchange Consideration under Section 2.5 and any disputes with respect thereto, release of the Earnout Escrow Property under Section 2.6, and any disputes with respect thereto (iii) acting on behalf of Purchaser under the Escrow Agreement; (iv) terminating, amending or waiving on behalf of Purchaser any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Document which expressly contemplates that the Purchaser Representative will act on behalf of Purchaser; (v) signing on behalf of Purchaser any releases or other documents with respect to any dispute or remedy arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary Document which expressly contemplates that the Purchaser Representative will act on behalf of Purchaser; (vi) employing and obtaining the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Purchaser Representative, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of its duties as the Purchaser Representative and to rely on their advice and counsel; (vii) incurring and paying reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including fees of brokers, attorneys and accountants incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby, and any other reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses allocable or in any way relating to such transaction or any post-Closing consideration adjustment or indemnification claim; and (viii) otherwise enforcing the rights and obligations of any Purchasers under this Agreement or any Ancillary Document which expressly contemplates that the Purchaser Representative will act on behalf of Purchaser, including giving and receiving all notices and communications hereunder or thereunder on behalf of Purchaser. All decisions and actions by the Purchaser Representative shall be binding upon Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, and neither Purchaser nor any other Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. The provisions of this Section 13.15 are irrevocable and coupled with an interest. The Purchaser Representative hereby accepts its appointment and authorization as the Purchaser Representative under this Agreement.
