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IPO Standstill Sample Clauses

IPO Standstill. Energy shall not file any further amendments to the IPO Registration Statement or take any other actions intended to consummate the IPO for a period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the earliest to occur of (i) the Effective Time; (ii) the fifth business day immediately following the termination of the Merger Agreement; and (iii) the date on which the Letter of Intent is terminated by Abraxas, Energy or Limited Partners owning 10% of the Common Units. At the Effective Time, Energy shall withdraw the IPO Registration Statement.
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  • Standstill Effective from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the later of the certification of votes for the Company 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or the certification of votes for the FSFR (as defined below) 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Standstill Period”), except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, none of the Sellers shall, and Sellers shall cause their respective controlled Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, in any manner, alone or in concert with others: (a) solicit, or knowingly encourage or in any way engage in any solicitation of, any proxies or consents or become a “participant” in a “solicitation,” directly or indirectly, as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) of proxies or consents (including, without limitation, any solicitation of consents that seeks to call a special meeting of stockholders or by encouraging or participating in any “withhold” or similar campaign), in each case, with respect to securities of the Company or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (“FSFR”) or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such securities (collectively, “securities of the Companies”); (b) make any proposal for consideration by stockholders at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company or FSFR, whether pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, either such company’s constituent documents or otherwise; (c) knowingly advise, encourage, support, instruct or influence any person with respect to any of the matters covered by this Section 3.1 or with respect to the voting or disposition of any securities of the Companies at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company or FSFR, except in accordance with Section 3.4, or seek to do so; (d) agree, attempt, seek or propose to deposit any securities of the Companies in any voting trust or similar arrangement, or subject any securities of the Companies to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof, except in accordance with Section 3.4; (e) knowingly seek or encourage any person to submit nominations in furtherance of a “contested solicitation” or take other action for the election or removal of directors with respect to the Company or FSFR, including any action that is intended to, or is reasonably likely to result in, the replacement of the investment advisor of the Company or FSFR, or a modification to the terms or conditions of either the Company’s or FSFR’s investment advisory agreement; (f) form, join in or in any way participate in a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group, including, without limitation, a group as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act (except such participation related to the reasonable unwinding of any such group currently existing as of the date of this Agreement) with any person who is not identified on Schedule I hereto (any such person, a “Third Party”), with respect to any securities of the Companies or take any other action that would interfere with the ability of Sellers to vote in accordance with this Agreement; (g) make any disclosure, communication, announcement or statement regarding any intent, purpose, plan or proposal with respect to the FSC Board of Directors (the “Company Board”), the Company investment advisor or the terms and conditions of the Company’s investment advisory agreement, the FSFR Board of Directors (the “FSFR Board”), the FSFR investment advisor or the terms and conditions of FSFR’s investment advisory agreement, the Company, FSFR, or the management, policies or affairs of either the Company or FSFR, or with respect to this Agreement, that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; (h) effect or seek to effect, offer or propose to effect, cause or participate in, or in any way assist or facilitate any other person to effect or seek, offer or propose to effect or participate in, any tender or exchange offer, merger, consolidation, acquisition, scheme, arrangement, business combination, recapitalization, reorganization, sale or acquisition of assets, liquidation, dissolution, extraordinary dividend, significant share repurchase or other extraordinary transaction involving the Company, FSFR or either of their investment advisors, or any of their subsidiaries or joint ventures or any of their respective securities (each, an “Extraordinary Transaction”), or make any statement or disclosure regarding any intent, purpose, plan or proposal with respect to any Extraordinary Transaction or this Agreement that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, including any intent, purpose, plan or proposal that is conditioned on, or would require waiver, amendment, nullification or invalidation of, any provision of this Agreement or take any action that could require the Company or FSFR to make any public disclosure relating to any such intent, purpose, plan, proposal or condition; (i) (i) call or seek to call or request the calling of any meeting of stockholders at either the Company or FSFR, including by written consent, (ii) seek, alone or in concert with others, representation on, or nominate any candidate to, the Company Board or the FSFR Board, (iii) seek the removal of any member of the Company Board or the FSFR Board, (iv) seek, alone or in concert with others, or support any Third Party in seeking, to replace the investment advisor of the Company or the investment advisor of FSFR, (v) solicit consents from the Company or FSFR stockholders or otherwise act or seek to act by written consent, (vi) conduct a referendum of the Company or FSFR stockholders or (vii) make a request for any stockholders list or any other books and records in Sellers’ capacity as a Company or FSFR stockholder; (j) purchase or cause to be purchased or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire beneficial ownership of any securities issued by the Company or FSFR, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for securities issued by the Company or FSFR; (k) sell, offer to sell, give, pledge, grant a security interest in, encumber, assign, grant any option for the sale of or otherwise transfer or dispose of (each, a “Transfer”) any securities issued by the Company and/or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for securities issued by the Company, unless any Buyer fails to timely perform each of its obligations under Section 1.2(b), Section 1.3(c) and/or Section 1.3(d)(i) of this Agreement; (l) institute, solicit or join, as a party, or knowingly assist any other person in instituting, soliciting or joining, any litigation, arbitration or other proceeding against the Company or FSFR or any of their current or former directors or officers (including derivative actions), other than (i) litigation to enforce the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) counterclaims with respect to any proceeding initiated by, or on behalf of, a party to this Agreement or FSFR against Sellers; (m) enter into or engage in any short sale or purchase, sale or grant of any option, warrant, derivative, convertible security, stock appreciation right or other similar right (including, without limitation, any put or call option or swap transaction) with respect to or having any measurement relating to any securities of the Companies; (n) enter into any negotiations, arrangements, understanding or agreements (whether written or oral) with, or advise, finance, assist, seek to knowingly persuade or encourage, any Third Party to take any action or make any statement in connection with any of the foregoing, or make any investment in or enter into any arrangement with any other person that engages, or offers or proposes to engage, in any of the foregoing, or otherwise take or cause any action or make any statement inconsistent with any of the foregoing; or (o) take any action challenging the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or make or in any way advance any request or proposal that the Company, FSFR, the Company Board or the FSFR Board amend, modify or waive any provision of this Agreement.

  • Third Party Standstill Agreements During the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall terminate, amend, modify or waive any provision of any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which it is a party. During such period, the Company shall enforce, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, the provisions of any such agreement, including, but not limited to, by obtaining injunctions to prevent any breaches of such agreements and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof in any court having jurisdiction.

  • Standstill Provisions During the Standstill Period, unless expressly authorized in writing to do so by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, acting through a committee of directors that qualify as “independent directors” as defined by applicable stock exchange listing rules [(which term, for this purpose, will exclude any directors nominated by the Block Sale Transferee)]1, the Block Sale Transferee shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, acting alone or as part of a group: (a) make, or in any way participate in any solicitation of any proxy [(but without regard to the exclusion set forth in Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv) under the Exchange Act from the definition of “solicitation”)]2 to vote any Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) with respect to any matter (including, without limitation, any contested solicitation for the election of directors with respect to the Company), other than solicitations or acting as a participant in support of all of the Company’s nominees [including, without limitation, the nominees of the Block Sale Transferee pursuant to Article 5]3; (b) form, join in or in any way participate in a group (for the avoidance of doubt, the Block Sale Transferee shall not be deemed to have formed, joined in or in any way participated in a group with the Company as a result of the Block Sale Transferee’s execution of this Agreement) with respect to the Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) or deposit any Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) in a voting trust or similar arrangement or subject any Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) to any voting agreement or similar arrangement, or grant any proxy with respect to any Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) (other than to a designated representative of the 1 Note to form: bracketed language to be removed if Block Sale Transferee does not accept the board nomination rights. 2 Note to form: bracketed language to be removed if Block Sale Transferee does not accept the board nomination rights. 3 Note to form: bracketed language to be removed if Block Sale Transferee does not accept the board nomination rights. Company pursuant to a proxy statement of the Company), other than as contemplated by the Governance Agreement or the Stockholders Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby; (c) seek to call, or to request the calling of, or call a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company, or seek to make, or make, a stockholder proposal (whether pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise) at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, or make a request for a list of the Company’s stockholders, or[, other than pursuant to the Block Sale Transferee’s nomination rights in accordance with Article 5 of this Agreement,]4 seek election of a representative to the Board of Directors, seek to place a representative on the Board of Directors or seek the removal of any director from the Board of Directors, or otherwise acting alone, or by participating in a group, seek to control or influence the governance or policies of the Company; (d) effect or seek to effect (including, without limitation, by entering into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or understandings whether or not legally enforceable with any third Person), offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect, or cause or participate in, or in any way assist or facilitate any other Person to effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect or participate in any acquisition of any Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) (or Beneficial Ownership thereof) in excess of the Ownership Limitation, except in accordance with Section 2.1; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Block Sale Transferee is permitted to Transfer to an unaffiliated third party any Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) Beneficially Owned by the Block Sale Transferee, subject to the provisions of Article 8 hereof, if applicable; (e) effect or seek to effect (including, without limitation, by entering into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or understandings whether or not legally enforceable with any third Person), offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect, or cause or participate in, or in any way assist or facilitate any other Person to effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect or participate in (i) any tender offer or exchange offer, merger, acquisition, share exchange or other business combination involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any material portion of its or their businesses, or (iii) any acquisition of any material assets or businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (f) publicly disclose, or cause or, in a material manner, facilitate the public disclosure (including without limitation through the filing by it of any document or report with the SEC or any other governmental agency or any disclosure to any 4 Note to form: bracketed language to be removed if Block Sale Transferee does not accept the board nomination rights. journalist, member of the media or securities analyst) of any intent, purpose, plan or proposal to obtain any waiver, or consent under, or any amendment of, any of the provisions of Section 2.1, this Section 3.1, or Article 4 (except as described in Section 4.1) or bring any action to (i) contest the validity of Section 2.1, this Section 3.1 or Article 4, or (ii) seek a release from the restrictions contained in Section 2.1, this Section 3.1 or Article 4; (g) unless required by law, make or issue or cause to be made or issued any public disclosure, announcement or statement (including without limitation the filing of any document or report with the SEC or any other governmental agency or any disclosure to any journalist, member of the media or securities analyst) (i) in support of any solicitation described in paragraph (a) above (other than solicitations by the Company), (ii) in support of any matter described in paragraph (c) above, (iii) concerning any potential matter described in paragraph (d) above; (iv) concerning any potential matter described in paragraph (e) above; or (v) negatively commenting upon the Company’s corporate strategy, business, corporate activities, board of directors or management (for the avoidance of doubt, making any factual statement about the Company’s corporate strategy, business, corporate activities, board of directors or management shall not be prohibited by this Section 3.1(g)(v)); or (h) enter into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or understandings with any Person with respect to any of the foregoing or advise, assist or seek to persuade others to take any action with respect to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) [the restrictions in Sections 3.1(d), 3.1(e), 3.1(f), 3.1(g)(iii), 3.1(g)(iv), 3.1(g)(v) and 3.1(h) (to the extent it relates to any of the foregoing) shall not apply at any time that (i) the Company fails to comply in all material respects with its obligations under Article 5 hereof, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 10 business days following receipt by the Company of a written notice from the Block Sale Transferee of such failure or (ii) the Block Sale Transferee has relinquished its nomination rights pursuant to Article 5 and all Block Sale Transferee nominated directors have resigned; or (b)]5 in the event that (x) the Board of Directors determines that the Company should engage in any transaction described in Section 3.1(e)(i) or 3.1(e)(ii), the Block Sale Transferee shall be permitted to participate in such Board of Directors’ approved transaction as a shareholder on the same terms and conditions as any other shareholder of the Company, (y) the Board of Directors determines that the Company should solicit from one or more Persons or enter into discussions with one or more Persons regarding, or invites any other Person or group to make a proposal (without similarly inviting the Block Sale Transferee to make a similar proposal) with respect to an acquisition of (i) all or substantially all of the equity securities or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (by merger, tender offer or otherwise) or (ii) any material assets or businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Block Sale Transferee shall have the right to make a non-public competing proposal to the Board of Directors in compliance with any written procedures generally applicable to Persons making proposals provided by the Company 5 Note to form: enumerated restrictions to be removed if the Block Sale Transferee does not accept the board nomination rights. or the Board of Directors or (z) any third party that is not an Affiliate of the Block Sale Transferee makes a bona fide offer or proposal, with respect to a matter described in Section 3.1(d) or 3.1(e) above (a “Third Party Proposal”), the Block Sale Transferee (A) shall have the right to make a non-public competing proposal to the Board of Directors and may publicly announce that it has made a competing proposal to the Board of Directors so long as such public announcement does not constitute an offer or a solicitation to any recipient thereof and (B) may tender, exchange or otherwise sell or transfer its Company Common Shares (or other equity securities of the Company) to such third party in accordance with the Third Party Proposal; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (y) and (z), the Block Sale Transferee shall be prohibited from participating with, joining in a group with or providing financing to any such third party). [For the avoidance of doubt, any discussions involving the directors nominated by the Block Sale Transferee pursuant to Article 5 hereof (i) at a meeting of the Board of Directors or (ii) with management of the Company, other members of the Board of Directors or any of the Company’s advisors or representatives, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), while acting in such directors’ capacity as members of the Board of Directors, shall not be deemed to violate any of the provisions of this Article 3.]6

  • 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.

  • Standstill Period 43.1 The Contract shall not be awarded earlier than the expiry of a Standstill Period of 14 days to allow any dissatisfied candidate to launch a complaint. Where only one Tender is submitted, the Standstill Period shall not apply. 43.2 Where standstill period applies, it shall commence when the Procuring Entity has transmitted to each Tenderer the Notification of Intention to Enter into a Contract to the successful Tenderer.

  • Agreement to Restrict Trading Intermediary agrees to execute written instructions from the Fund to restrict or prohibit further purchases or exchanges of Shares by a Shareholder that has been identified by the Fund as having engaged in transactions of the Fund’s Shares (directly or indirectly through the Intermediary’s account) that violate policies established or utilized by the Fund for the purpose of eliminating or reducing any dilution of the value of the outstanding Shares issued by the Fund.

  • Market Stand-Off Agreement Each Holder hereby agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the managing underwriter, during the period commencing on the date of the final prospectus relating to the IPO and ending on the date specified by the Company and the managing underwriter (such period not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days plus such additional period up to eighteen (18) additional days as may be requested by the Company or an underwriter to accommodate regulatory restrictions on (1) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (2) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4) or NYSE Rule 472(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto), (i) lend; offer; pledge; sell; contract to sell; sell any option or contract to purchase; purchase any option or contract to sell; grant any option, right, or warrant to purchase; or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for Common Stock held immediately before the effective date of the registration statement for such offering or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash, or otherwise. The foregoing provisions of this Subsection 2.11 shall apply only to the IPO, shall not apply to the sale of any shares to an underwriter pursuant to an underwriting agreement for such IPO and shall be applicable to the Holders only if all officers and directors of the Company and holders of at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock (after giving effect to conversion into Common Stock of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock) are subject to the same restrictions. The underwriters in connection with such registration are intended third party beneficiaries of this Subsection 2.11 and shall have the right, power and authority to enforce the provisions hereof as though they were a party hereto. Each Holder further agrees to execute such agreements as may be reasonably requested by the underwriters in connection with such registration that are consistent with this Subsection 2.11 or that are necessary to give further effect thereto.

  • Voting Covenant Stockholder hereby agrees that, prior to the Expiration Date, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, and in any written action by consent of stockholders of the Company, unless otherwise directed in writing by Parent, Stockholder shall cause any issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock Owned by Stockholder as of the record date with respect to such meeting or consent to be voted: (a) in favor of: (i) the execution and delivery by the Company of the Merger Agreement; (ii) the adoption of the Merger Agreement; and (iii) each of the other actions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (b) against the following actions (other than the Merger and the Contemplated Transactions): (i) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving any Acquired Corporation; (ii) any sale, lease, sublease, license, sublicense or transfer of a material portion of the rights or other assets of any Acquired Corporation; (iii) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of any Acquired Corporation; (iv) any change in a majority of the board of directors of the Company; (v) any amendment to the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws; (vi) any material change in the capitalization of the Company or the Company’s corporate structure; and (vii) any other action which is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions. Prior to the Expiration Date, Stockholder shall not enter into any agreement or understanding with any Person to vote or give instructions in any manner inconsistent with clause “(a)”, clause “(b)” or clause “(c)” of the preceding sentence.

  • Lock-Ups The Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities will be subject to the Lock-ups contained in the Insider Letter.

  • Market Stand-Off In connection with any Underwritten Offering of equity securities of the Company (other than a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering), if requested by the managing Underwriters, each Holder that is an executive officer, director or Holder in excess of five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock (and for which it is customary for such a Holder to agree to a lock-up) agrees that it shall not Transfer any shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Company, during the forty-five (45)-day period (or such shorter time agreed to by the managing Underwriters) beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except as expressly permitted by such lock-up agreement or in the event the managing Underwriters otherwise agree by written consent; provided, however, with respect to the first Underwritten Offering following the Closing, if the managing Underwriters, in their reasonable discretion, advise the Company in writing that a lock-up restriction of a period of forty-five (45) or fewer days would have a material adverse impact on such Underwritten Offering, then such lock-up restrictions shall be for the number of days such managing Underwriters so advise, not to exceed a period of ninety (90) days from the date of the pricing of any such Underwritten Offering. Each such Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders).

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