Irrevocable Proxy In furtherance of the agreements contained in Section 3 of this Agreement, the Voting Shareholder hereby irrevocably grants to and appoints Parent and each of the executive officers of Parent, in their respective capacities as officers of Parent, as the case may be, and any individual who shall hereafter succeed to any such office of Parent, and each of them individually, the Voting Shareholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of the Voting Shareholder, to vote all Subject Shares Beneficially Owned by the Voting Shareholder that are outstanding from time to time, to grant or withhold a consent or approval in respect of such Subject Shares and to execute and deliver a proxy to vote such Subject Shares, in each case solely to the extent and in the manner specified in Section 3 of this Agreement. The Voting Shareholder represents and warrants to Parent that all proxies heretofore given in respect of the Subject Shares are not irrevocable and that all such proxies have been properly revoked or are no longer in effect as of the date hereof. The Voting Shareholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 5 is given by the Voting Shareholder in connection with, and in consideration of, the execution of the Merger Agreement by Parent and that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 5 is coupled with an interest and, except as set forth in Section 8 hereof, may under no circumstances be revoked. The irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 5 is executed and intended to be irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 21.369 of the TBOC, subject, however, to automatic termination on the Expiration Date.
Irrevocable Offer The offer of each Participating Seller contained in his Tag Along Offer shall be irrevocable, and, to the extent such offer is accepted, such Participating Seller shall be bound and obligated to Sell in the proposed Sale on the same terms and conditions, with respect to each Share Sold (subject to Section 4.3.4 in the case of Options, Warrants and Convertible Securities), as the Prospective Selling Investors, up to such number of Shares as such Participating Seller shall have specified in his Tag Along Offer; provided, however, that if the principal terms of the proposed Sale change with the result that the per share price shall be less than the minimum per share price set forth in the Tag Along Notice or the other principal terms shall be materially less favorable to the Tag Along Sellers than those set forth in the Tag Along Notice, each Participating Seller shall be permitted to withdraw the offer contained in his Tag Along Offer and shall be released from his obligations thereunder.
Irrevocable Proxy and Power of Attorney Each party to this Agreement hereby constitutes and appoints as the proxies of the party and hereby grants a power of attorney to the President of the Company, and a designee of the Selling Investors, and each of them, with full power of substitution, with respect to the matters set forth herein, including, without limitation, election of persons as members of the Board in accordance with Section 1 hereto, votes to increase authorized shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof and votes regarding any Sale of the Company pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and vote, if and only if the party (i) fails to vote, or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all of such party’s Shares in favor of the election of persons as members of the Board determined pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the increase of authorized shares or approval of any Sale of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement or to take any action necessary to effect Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement. Each of the proxy and power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company and the parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, each is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Each party hereto hereby revokes any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the Shares and shall not hereafter, unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth herein.
Voting Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy (a) The Stockholder hereby: (i) agrees that during the term of this Agreement, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, and in any action by consent of the stockholders of the Company, the Stockholder shall vote all of its Shares in favor of the Merger, the Merger Agreement (as amended from time to time) and any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including, without limitation, any necessary amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation in accordance with the Merger Agreement ("Required Amendments"); and (ii) constitutes and appoints Parent, which shall act by and through Stepxxx X. Xxxx xx Anne Xxxxxx (xxch, a "Proxy Holder"), and each of them, with full power of substitution, its true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact to vote at any meeting (and any adjournment thereof) of stockholders of the Company relating to the approval of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, any Required Amendments, or to execute a written consent of stockholders in lieu of any such meeting, its Shares in favor of the approval of the Merger, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including, without limitation, any Required Amendments, with such modifications to the Merger Agreement or Required Amendments as the parties thereto may make. Such proxy shall be limited strictly to the power to vote such Shares in the manner set forth in Section 1(a) hereof and shall not extend to any other matters. The vote of the Proxy Holder shall control in any conflict between such Proxy Holder's vote of the Shares and a vote by the Stockholder of the Shares. (b) Each proxy and power of attorney granted herein shall be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy and shall revoke all prior proxies granted by the Stockholder. The Stockholder shall not grant any proxy to any person that conflicts with its respective proxy granted herein, and any attempts to do so shall be void. Each power of attorney granted herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the death, disability or incompetence of the Stockholder. (c) In the event of a stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock by reason of any stock dividend, split-up, recapitalization, combination, exchange of shares or the like, the term "Shares" shall be deemed to refer to and include the Shares as well as all such stock dividends and distributions and any shares into which or for which any or all of the Shares may be changed or exchanged.
Written Instructions Instructions may be transmitted in a writing that bears the manual signature of Authorized Persons.
Actions of Custodian Based on Proper Instructions and Special Instructions So long as and to the extent that the Custodian acts in accordance with (a) Proper Instructions or Special Instructions, as the case may be, and (b) the terms of this Agreement, the Custodian shall not be responsible for the title, validity or genuineness of any property, or evidence of title thereof, received by it or delivered by it pursuant to this Agreement.
Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions The Company shall issue irrevocable instructions to its transfer agent, and any subsequent transfer agent, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto (the “Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions”). The Company represents and warrants that no instruction other than the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions referred to in this Section 4.1(d) (or instructions that are consistent therewith) will be given by the Company to its transfer agent in connection with this Agreement, and that the Securities shall otherwise be freely transferable on the books and records of the Company as and to the extent provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and applicable law. The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations under this Section 4.1(d) will cause irreparable harm to a Purchaser. Accordingly, the Company acknowledges that the remedy at law for a breach of its obligations under this Section 4.1(d) will be inadequate and agrees, in the event of a breach or threatened breach by the Company of the provisions of this Section 4.1(d), that a Purchaser shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an order and/or injunction restraining any breach and requiring immediate issuance and transfer, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.
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Proper Instructions and Special Instructions “Proper Instructions,” which may also be standing instructions, as such term is used throughout this Agreement shall mean instructions received by the Custodian from a Fund, a Fund’s duly authorized investment manager or investment adviser, or a person or entity duly authorized by either of them. Such instructions may be in writing signed by the authorized person or persons or may be in a tested communication or in a communication utilizing access codes effected between electro-mechanical or electronic devices or may be by such other means and utilizing such intermediary systems and utilities as may be agreed from time to time by the Custodian and the person(s) or entity giving such instruction, provided that the Fund has followed any security procedures agreed to from time to time by the applicable Fund and the Custodian including, but not limited to, the security procedures selected by the Fund via the form of Funds Transfer Addendum hereto, the terms of which are hereby agreed to. Oral instructions will be considered Proper Instructions if the Custodian reasonably believes them to have been given by a person authorized to provide such instructions with respect to the transaction involved; the Fund shall cause all oral instructions to be confirmed in writing. For purposes of this Section, Proper Instructions shall include instructions received by the Custodian pursuant to any multi-party agreement which requires a segregated asset account in accordance with Section 2.9 hereof.
Consent and Waiver The Stockholder hereby gives any consents or waivers that are reasonably required for the consummation of the Merger under the terms of any agreements to which the Stockholder is a party or pursuant to any rights the Stockholder may have.
