Standstill Agreement; No Rights Agreement Sample Clauses

Standstill Agreement; No Rights Agreement. (a) The Investor agrees that until such time as the Investor beneficially owns (as defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 17d-5 under the Exchange Act) less than 5% of the outstanding Common Shares, without the prior written approval of the Company, the Investor will not, directly or indirectly, through its Affiliates or associates or any other persons, or in concert with any person, purchase or otherwise acquire beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), other than solely as a result of the exercise of any rights or obligations set forth in the Securities or in this Agreement or the purchase of Common Shares in the Public Offering, of any Common Shares, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares, that would result in the Investor or its Affiliates having beneficial ownership of more than 35% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (on a fully-diluted basis). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereby agree that nothing in this Section 4.1 shall apply to any portfolio company with respect to which the Investor is not the party exercising control over the decision to purchase shares of Common Stock; provided that the Investor does not provide to such entity any non-public information concerning the Company or any of its subsidiaries and such portfolio company is not acting at the request or direction of the Investor.
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Related to Standstill Agreement; No Rights Agreement

  • Standstill Agreement In consideration of the Confidential Information being furnished to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Receiving Party agrees that, for a period of one year from the date of this Agreement (or, such shorter period agreed to by the Company with a third party who is provided access to the Confidential Information for the purpose of evaluating a possible Transaction, the “Standstill Period”), unless expressly requested by the Company or its Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) in writing, the Receiving Party shall not (and shall cause its affiliates not to and shall cause its and their respective Representatives acting at its and their respective behalf not to): (a) in any manner acting alone or in concert with others, acquire, agree to acquire or make any proposal to acquire, directly or indirectly, by means of purchase, merger, business combination or in any other manner, beneficial ownership of any securities of the Company, direct or indirect rights to acquire any securities of the Company (including any derivative securities with economic equivalents of ownership of any of such securities), any right to vote or to direct the voting of any securities of the Company or any assets of the Company, (b) make, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or consents to vote, or seek to advise or influence any person with respect to the voting of, any voting securities of the Company, (c) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to any voting securities of the Company, other than any group comprised solely of the Receiving Party and its affiliates, (d) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control, advise, change or influence the management, board of directors, governing instruments, policies or affairs of the Company, (e) make any public disclosure, or take any action that could require the Company to make any public disclosure, with respect to any of the matters set forth in this Agreement, other than the required amendment to the Receiving Party’s Schedule 13D filing as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (f) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing or (g) have any discussions or enter into any arrangements (whether written or oral) with, or advise, assist or encourage any other persons in connection with any of the foregoing. The Receiving Party also agrees during such period not to request the Company or any of the Company Representatives, directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 6 (including this sentence). Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Standstill Period shall terminate immediately if, after the date of this Agreement, (A) the Company enters into a definitive agreement with a third party to effectuate a sale of 50% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company or 50% or more of the Company’s outstanding equity securities, (B) the Company publicly announces the conclusion of its previously announced strategic review process without a definitive agreement to sell the Company, (C) the Company makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commences any proceeding under any bankruptcy reorganization, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction or (D) any bankruptcy petition is filed or any such proceeding is commenced against the Company and either (1) the Company indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or (2) such petition application or proceeding is not dismissed within 30 days and (ii) the Standstill Period solely with respect to clause (b) of this Section 6 shall terminate ten days prior to the expiration of the applicable time period for stockholders to nominate directors for election at the Company’s 2012 annual stockholders meeting to be scheduled in accordance with Section 8 hereof (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions in clauses (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 6 shall not apply to the activities that were previously expressly prohibited by clause (b) of this Section 6 in the event the restrictions in clause (b) are terminated pursuant to this clause (ii)).

  • Lock-Up Agreement The Underwriters shall have received all of the Lock-Up Agreements referenced in Section 4 and the Lock-Up Agreements shall remain in full force and effect.

  • Registration Rights Agreement and Escrow Agreement The parties have entered into the Registration Rights Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, each dated the date hereof.

  • Lockup Agreement The Company will deliver to the Subscribers on or before the Closing Date and enforce the provisions of irrevocable lockup agreements (“Lockup Agreement”) in the form annexed hereto as Xxxxxxx X0, Xxxxxxx X0 and Xxxxxxx X0, with the persons identified on Schedule 9(v) with respect to the Common Stock identified on Schedule 9(v). The Company further agrees it will not issue any shares described in Section 12(a)(v) unless the employee has delivered prior thereto an executed Lockup Agreement.

  • Amendment of Rights Agreement The Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

  • Full Agreement This Agreement and the other Loan Documents contain the full agreement of the parties and supersede all negotiations and agreements prior to the date hereof.

  • Amendment to Rights Agreement The Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

  • Warrant Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement The Company shall have entered into the Warrant Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, each on terms satisfactory to the Purchaser.

  • Third Party Standstill Agreements During the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, the Company shall not terminate, amend, modify or waive any provision of any confidentiality or standstill agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (other than any involving Parent). During such period, the Company agrees to enforce, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable law, the provisions of any such agreements, including, but not limited to, obtaining injunctions to prevent any breaches of such agreements and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions thereof in any court of the United States or any state thereof having jurisdiction.

  • Company Rights Agreement The Board of Directors of the Company shall take all further actions (in addition to those referred to in Section 4.24) reasonably requested by Parent in order to render the Company Rights inapplicable to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as provided above with respect to the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, amend, take any action with respect to, or make any determination under, the Rights Agreement (including a redemption of the Company Rights) to facilitate an Acquisition Proposal.

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