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For more information visit our privacy policy.Matters Requiring Investor Director Approval So long as either (x) the holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to elect one or more Series A Directors or (y) the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to elect one or more Series B Directors, the Company hereby covenants and agrees with each of the Investors that it shall not, nor shall it permit any subsidiary of the Company to, without approval of the Board, which approval must include the affirmative vote of a majority of the Preferred Directors (which majority shall include a Series B Director), or the approval of the Requisite Holders: (a) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to, or own any stock or other securities of, any subsidiary or other corporation, partnership, or other entity unless it is wholly owned by the Company; (b) make, or permit any subsidiary to make, any loan or advance to any Person, including, without limitation, any employee or director of the Company or any subsidiary, in excess of $100,000 (in the case of individuals) or $500,000 (in the case of Persons that are not individuals), except advances and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business or under the terms of an employee stock or option plan approved by the Board; (c) guarantee, directly or indirectly, or permit any subsidiary to guarantee, directly or indirectly, any indebtedness of any third party, except for trade accounts of the Company or any subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business; (d) make any investment inconsistent with any investment policy approved by the Board; (e) incur any aggregate indebtedness in excess of $500,000 that is not already included in a budget approved by the Board, other than trade credit incurred in the ordinary course of business; (f) enter into or be a party to any transaction with any stockholder, director or officer of the Company or any “associate” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of any such Person, except for transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Purchase Agreement or transactions (including agreements related to the compensation of the Company’s executive officers) made in the ordinary course of business upon fair and reasonable terms that are approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board; (g) increase the shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s equity incentive plan or adopt any other equity incentive plan; (h) hire or terminate the chief executive officer; (i) enter into any corporate strategic relationship involving the payment, contribution, or assignment of money or assets which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period; (j) sell, lease, transfer, exclusively license or otherwise dispose of material assets and/or intellectual property of the Company or its subsidiaries, in one or a series of related transactions, the aggregate value of which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period; (k) acquire (by merger or stock or asset purchase or otherwise) any Person, business or asset in one or a series of related transactions, the aggregate value of which exceeds $5,000,0000 in any such one or series of related transactions or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets on a consolidated basis in any consecutive twelve-month period; (l) make any material change in the business plan or business scope; (m) settle any material litigation, arbitration or legal disputes; (n) appoint or remove the Company’s auditor or change materially in accounting policies and standards, including financial year or tax year of the Company; (o) effect any single capital expenditure, the value of which exceeds $5,000,000 in any single transaction or in the aggregate ten percent (10%) of the aggregate value of the Company’s net assets in any fiscal year; or (p) enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing. For purposes of this Section 5.4, the value of any net assets shall be the value as determined by the Company in good faith. Upon the request of any Investor, the Company shall provide such Investor with reasonable written documentation supporting the basis of such determination of value, and provide such Investor with reasonable access to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company for the purpose of evaluating the foregoing determination. If such Investor raises any reasonable objections to the foregoing determination, the Company shall consider in good faith such objections and make such revisions to the final determination of value as may be mutually agreed between the Company and such Investor. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.4, such approval of the Board or the Requisite Holders shall not be required with respect to actions contemplated by any agreements entered into between the Company and its stockholder(s) on or prior to the date hereof.
Stockholder Agreements (a) . Hereafter until the Expiration Time, the Company Stockholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), and in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company requested by the Company Board or otherwise undertaken as contemplated by the Transactions, including in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (which written consent shall be delivered within two (2) Business Days after the Registration Statement (as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement) has been declared effective and has been delivered or otherwise made available to the stockholders of Acquiror and the Company), the Company Stockholder shall, if a meeting is held, appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause its Subject Shares (to the extent such Subject Shares have voting rights and are entitled to vote on or provide consent with respect to such matter) to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum, and the Company Stockholder shall vote or provide consent (or cause to be voted or consented), in person or by proxy, all of its Subject Shares (to the extent such Subject Shares have voting rights and are entitled to vote on or provide consent with respect to such matter): (a) to approve and adopt the Business Combination Agreement, any ancillary agreements to the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions; (b) in any other circumstances upon which a consent or other approval is required under the Company Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise sought with respect to the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger or the other Transactions, to vote, consent or approve (or cause to be voted, consented or approved) all of the Subject Shares held at such time in favor thereof; and (c) against and withhold consent with respect to (i) any merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, scheme of arrangement, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by the Company or any public offering of any shares of the Company, or other similar business combination transaction (other than the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions), including any Alternative Transaction and (ii) any amendment to the Company’s organizational documents or other proposal or transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would reasonably be likely to, in any material respect, impede, interfere with, delay or attempt to discourage, frustrate the purposes of, result in a breach by the Company of, prevent or nullify any provision of the Business Combination Agreement or other ancillary agreement to the Business Combination Agreement, the Merger or the other Transactions, or change in any manner the voting rights of any class of the Company’s capital stock, other than an amendment to the Company’s organizational documents expressly permitted under the terms of the Business Combination Agreement or the Transactions. The Company Stockholder xxxxxx agrees that it shall not commit in writing or agree in writing to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing. Upon the failure of the Company Stockholder to timely provide its consent or vote its Subject Shares where required by, and in accordance with, this Section 1.4 pursuant to any action by written consent of the stockholders or noteholders, as applicable, of the Company within the timeframe specified in this Section 1.4 or at any applicable meeting of the stockholders or noteholders, as applicable, of the Company, the Company Stockholder shall be deemed to have irrevocably granted to, and appointed, the Company, and any designee thereof, and each of them individually, as the Company Stockholder’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the Company Stockholder’s name, place and stead, to deliver any action by written consent of the stockholders or noteholders of the Company concerning any of the matters specified in this Section 1.4 or attend any meeting of the stockholders of the Company concerning any of the matters specified in this Section 1.4, to include the Subject Shares in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum at any such meeting of the stockholders of the Company and to provide consent or vote the Subject Shares (to the extent such Subject Shares have voting rights and are entitled to vote on or provide consent with respect to such matter) in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company or at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to any of the matters specified in, and in accordance and consistent with, this Section 1.4. The Company Stockholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and may under no circumstances be revoked and that such irrevocable proxy is executed and intended to be irrevocable. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the irrevocable proxy granted hereunder shall automatically terminate upon the termination of this Agreement. The Company Stockholder represents and warrants that any proxies heretofore given in respect of the Subject Shares that may still be in effect are not irrevocable and such proxies have been or are hereby revoked, other than the voting and other arrangements under the organizational documents of the Company.
Shareholder Agreement The Shareholder Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
Stockholder Agreement The Stockholder agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Expiration Date:
Shareholder Agreements As a material inducement to Parent to enter into this Agreement, and simultaneously with, the execution of this Agreement, each Shareholder (as defined herein) is entering into an agreement, in the form of Annex A hereto (collectively, the "Shareholder Agreements"), pursuant to which they have agreed, among other things, to vote their shares of Company Common Stock in favor of this Agreement.
Stockholder Consent (a) So long as the Board of Directors of the Company shall not have withdrawn, modified or changed its recommendation in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.8(b) hereof, the Company, acting through its Board of Directors, shall, in accordance with Delaware law and its certificate of incorporation and by-laws, take all actions reasonably necessary to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene, and hold a stockholders meeting for the purpose of obtaining the requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the Stockholders. The Company shall notify each Stockholder, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed Company stockholders’ meeting. Such meeting notice shall state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the Merger and shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be required to take all actions reasonably necessary to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a stockholders meeting for the purpose of obtaining the requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the Stockholders if the Company’s Board of Directors and the requisite Stockholders otherwise take all actions reasonably necessary to approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by written consent in lieu of a meeting of the stockholders of the Company to the extent permitted by applicable law. (b) The Board of Directors of the Company shall unanimously recommend such approval and shall use all reasonable efforts to solicit and obtain such approval; provided, however, that the Board of Directors of the Company may at any time prior to approval of the Stockholders (i) decline to make, withdraw, modify or change any recommendation or declaration regarding this Agreement or the Merger or (ii) recommend and declare advisable any other offer or proposal, to the extent the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith, based upon advice of legal counsel, that withdrawing, modifying, changing or declining to make its recommendation regarding this Agreement or the Merger or recommending and declaring advisable any other offer or proposal is necessary to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable law (which declinations, withdrawal, modification or change shall not constitute a breach by the Company of this Agreement). The Company shall provide written notice to Parent promptly upon the Company taking any action referred to in the foregoing proviso. (c) Pursuant to the DCGL, at any time before the certificate of merger is filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, including any time after the Merger is authorized by the Stockholders, the Merger may be abandoned and this Agreement may be terminated in accordance with the terms hereof, without further action by the Stockholders.
Shareholder Consent The execution, delivery and performance of the Articles Amendment shall have received the Shareholder Approval.
Selling Stockholders’ Documents On the date hereof, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished for review by the Representatives copies of the Powers of Attorney and Custody Agreements executed by each of the Selling Stockholders and such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
Trustees, Shareholders, etc Not Personally Liable; Notice. All persons extending credit to, contracting with or having any claim against the Trust or any Series or class shall look only to the assets of the Trust, or, to the extent that the liability of the Trust may have been expressly limited by contract to the assets of a particular Series or attributable to a particular class, only to the assets belonging to the relevant Series or attributable to the relevant class, for payment under such credit, contract or claim; and neither the Shareholders nor the Trustees, nor any of the Trust's officers, employees or agents, whether past, present or future, shall be personally liable therefor. Nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall protect any Trustee against any liability to which such Trustee would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the office of Trustee. Every note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking made or issued on behalf of the Trust by the Trustees, by any officer or officers or otherwise shall give notice that this Declaration of Trust is on file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall recite that the same was executed or made by or on behalf of the Trust or by them as Trustee or Trustees or as officer or officers or otherwise and not individually and that the obligations of such instrument are not binding upon any of them or the Shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust or upon the assets belonging to the Series or attributable to the class for the benefit of which the Trustees have caused the note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking to be made or issued, and may contain such further recital as he or she or they may deem appropriate, but the omission of any such recital shall not operate to bind any Trustee or Trustees or officer or officers or Shareholders or any other person individually.
Stockholders Approval This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been approved by the requisite affirmative vote of the holders of the outstanding shares of Seller Common Stock present and voting at the Seller Stockholders Meeting in accordance with applicable law.