No Transfer of Subject Shares; No Inconsistent Arrangements. During the term of this Agreement, each Shareholder shall not make, cause or permit any Transfer (as defined below) of any of the Subject Shares or enter into, or cause any of its Affiliates to enter into, any Contract, option or arrangement with respect to a Transfer of any of the Subject Shares. Following the date hereof, during the term of this Agreement and except as required by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement, each Shareholder shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, (a) deposit (or permit the deposit of) any of the Subject Shares into a voting trust or grant any proxy or enter into any voting agreement or similar agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares (other than this Agreement) or in any way grant any other Person any right whatsoever with respect to the voting or disposition of the Subject Shares, (b) enter into any Contract or otherwise take any other action that is inconsistent with, or would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Shareholders’ obligations hereunder or (c) approve or consent to any of the foregoing. For purposes hereof, a Person shall be deemed to have effected a “Transfer” of Subject Shares if such Person directly or indirectly: (i) sells, pledges, encumbers, xxxxxx, gifts, lends, grants an option with respect to, transfers, assigns, or otherwise disposes of (including by sale or merger, by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by liquidation or dissolution, by dividend or distribution, by operation of Law or otherwise) any Subject Shares, or any interest, right or title in such Subject Shares; (ii) enters into a Contract or commitment providing for the sale of, pledge of, encumbrance of, grant of an option with respect to, transfer of or disposition of such Subject Shares or any interest, right or title therein; or (iii) accepts any offer in respect of an Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Shareholder may make, or cause any of its Affiliates to make, (1) a transfer to an Affiliate of a Shareholder, or (2) transfers to a transferee that has signed a voting agreement with Bidco and the Company with terms no less favorable to Bidco and the Company than this Agreement; provided that, in clause (1) above, as a condition to such transfer the transferee shall have executed and delivered to Bidco and the Company a counterpart to this Agreement pursuant to which such transferee shall agree to be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement as, and agree and acknowledge that such Person shall constitute, a Shareholder for all purposes of this Agreement and certified in writing to Bidco and the Company that all of the representations and warranties in this Agreement with respect to such transferee would be true and correct at the time of such Transfer. If any voluntary or involuntary transfer of any Subject Shares covered hereby shall occur (including a transfer or disposition permitted by the prior sentence of this Section 1, a sale by a Shareholder’s or any of its Affiliates’ trustee in bankruptcy or a sale to a purchaser at any creditor’s or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Subject Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding that such transferee may not be a Company Shareholder and has not executed a counterpart hereof or joinder hereto. Any action taken in violation of this Section 1 shall be null and void ab initio. Each Shareholder hereby authorizes Bidco to direct the Company to impose stop orders to prevent the Transfer of any Subject Shares on the books of the Company in violation of this Agreement. Each Shareholder agrees that it shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, become a member of a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) for the purpose of taking any actions inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement.
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Samples: Transaction Agreement (Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC), Voting and Transaction Support Agreement (Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC)
No Transfer of Subject Shares; No Inconsistent Arrangements. During the term of this Agreement, each the Shareholder shall not make, cause or permit any Transfer (as defined below) of any of the Subject Shares or enter into, or cause any of its Affiliates to enter into, into any Contract, option or arrangement with respect to a Transfer of any of the Subject Shares. Following the date hereof, during the term of this Agreement and except as required by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement, each the Shareholder shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, (a) deposit (or permit the deposit of) any of the Subject Shares into a voting trust or grant any proxy or enter into any voting agreement or similar agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares (other than this Agreement) or in any way grant any other Person any right whatsoever with respect to the voting or disposition of the Subject Shares, (b) enter into any Contract or otherwise take any other action that is inconsistent with, or would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Shareholders’ Shareholder’s obligations hereunder or (c) approve or consent to any of the foregoing. For purposes hereof, a Person shall be deemed to have effected a “Transfer” of Subject Shares if such Person directly or indirectly: (i) sells, pledges, encumbers, xxxxxx, gifts, lends, grants an option with respect to, transfers, assigns, or otherwise disposes of (including by sale or merger, by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by liquidation or dissolution, by dividend or distribution, by operation of Law or otherwise) any Subject Shares, or any interest, right or title in such Subject Shares; (ii) enters into a Contract or commitment providing for the sale of, pledge of, encumbrance of, grant of an option with respect to, transfer of or disposition of such Subject Shares or any interest, right or title therein; or (iii) accepts any offer in respect of an Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Shareholder may make, or cause any of its Affiliates to make, make (1) transfers by will or by operation of law or other transfers for estate-planning purposes, (2) by using already-owned Subject Shares (or effecting a transfer to an Affiliate “net exercise” of a Company Share Option or a “net settlement” of a Company RSU) either to pay the exercise price upon the exercise of a Company Share Option or to satisfy the Shareholder’s tax withholding obligation upon the exercise of a Company Share Option or settlement of a Company RSU, in each case as permitted pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2021 long term incentive plan, or (23) transfers to a transferee that has signed a voting agreement with Bidco and the Company with terms no less favorable to Bidco and the Company than this Agreement; provided that, in clause clauses (1) and (3) above, as a condition to such transfer the transferee shall have executed and delivered to Bidco and the Company a counterpart to this Agreement pursuant to which such transferee shall agree to be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement as, and agree and acknowledge that such Person shall constitute, a Shareholder for all purposes of this Agreement and certified in writing to Bidco and the Company that all of the representations and warranties in this Agreement with respect to such transferee would be true and correct at the time of such Transfer. If any voluntary or involuntary transfer of any Subject Shares covered hereby shall occur (including a transfer or disposition permitted by the prior sentence of this Section 1, a sale by a Shareholder’s or any of its Affiliates’ trustee in bankruptcy or a sale to a purchaser at any creditor’s or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Subject Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding that such transferee may not be a Company Shareholder and has not executed a counterpart hereof or joinder hereto. Any action taken in violation of this Section 1 shall be null and void ab initio. Each The Shareholder hereby authorizes Bidco to direct the Company to impose stop orders to prevent the Transfer of any Subject Shares on the books of the Company in violation of this Agreement. Each The Shareholder agrees that it shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, become a member of a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) for the purpose of taking any actions inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement.
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Samples: Transaction Agreement (Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC), Voting and Transaction Support Agreement (Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC)
No Transfer of Subject Shares; No Inconsistent Arrangements. During the term of this Agreement, each Shareholder shall not make, cause or permit any Transfer (as defined below) of any of the Subject Shares or enter into, or cause any of its Affiliates to enter into, any Contract, option or arrangement with respect to a Transfer of any of the Subject Shares. Following the date hereof, during the term of this Agreement and except as required by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement, each Shareholder shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates not to, (a) deposit (or permit the deposit of) any of the Subject Shares into a voting trust or grant any proxy or enter into any voting agreement or similar agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Subject Shares (other than this Agreement) or in any way grant any other Person any right whatsoever with respect to the voting or disposition of the Subject Shares, (b) enter into any Contract or otherwise take any other action that is inconsistent with, or would in any way restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Shareholders’ obligations hereunder or (c) approve or consent to any of the foregoing. For purposes hereof, a Person shall be deemed to have effected a “Transfer” of Subject Shares if such Person directly or indirectly: (i) sells, pledges, encumbers, xxxxxx, gifts, lends, grants an option with respect to, transfers, assigns, or otherwise disposes of (including by sale or merger, by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by testamentary disposition, by liquidation or dissolution, by dividend or distribution, by operation of Law or otherwise) any Subject Shares, or any interest, right or title in such Subject Shares; Shares; (ii) enters into a Contract or commitment providing for the sale of, pledge of, encumbrance of, grant of an option with respect to, transfer of or disposition of such Subject Shares or any interest, right or title therein; or (iii) accepts any offer in respect of an Acquisition Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Shareholder may make, or cause any of its Affiliates to make, (1) a transfer to an Affiliate of a Shareholder, or (2) transfers to a transferee that has signed a voting agreement with Bidco and the Company with terms no less favorable to Bidco and the Company than this Agreement; provided that, in clause (1) above, as a condition to such transfer the transferee shall have executed and delivered to Bidco and the Company a counterpart to this Agreement pursuant to which such transferee shall agree to be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement as, and agree and acknowledge that such Person shall constitute, a Shareholder for all purposes of this Agreement and certified in writing to Bidco and the Company that all of the representations and warranties in this Agreement with respect to such transferee would be true and correct at the time of such Transfer. If any voluntary or involuntary transfer of any Subject Shares covered hereby shall occur (including a transfer or disposition permitted by the prior sentence of this Section 1, a sale by a Shareholder’s or any of its Affiliates’ trustee in bankruptcy or a sale to a purchaser at any creditor’s or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Subject Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding that such transferee may not be a Company Shareholder and has not executed a counterpart hereof or joinder hereto. Any action taken in violation of this Section 1 shall be null and void ab initio. Each Shareholder hereby authorizes Bidco to direct the Company to impose stop orders to prevent the Transfer of any Subject Shares on the books of the Company in violation of this Agreement. Each Shareholder agrees that it shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to, become a member of a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) for the purpose of taking any actions inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Agreement.
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Samples: Voting and Transaction Support Agreement (Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.)