Stock Transfer Books At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of the Company Common Stock thereafter on the records of the Company.
Transfer Documents In furtherance of the contribution, assignment, transfer, conveyance and delivery of the Assets and the assumption of the Liabilities in accordance with Section 2.1(a), (i) each Party shall execute and deliver, and shall cause the applicable members of its Group to execute and deliver, to the other Party, such bills of sale, quitclaim deeds, stock powers, certificates of title, assignments of contracts and other instruments of transfer, conveyance and assignment as and to the extent necessary to evidence the transfer, conveyance and assignment of all of such Party’s and the applicable members of its Group’s right, title and interest in and to such Assets to the other Party and the applicable members of its Group in accordance with Section 2.1(a), and (ii) each Party shall execute and deliver, and shall cause the applicable members of its Group to execute and deliver, to the other Party, such assumptions of contracts and other instruments of assumption as and to the extent necessary to evidence the valid and effective assumption of the Liabilities by such Party and the applicable members of its Group in accordance with Section 2.1(a). All of the foregoing documents contemplated by this Section 2.1(b) shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Transfer Documents.”
Stock Transfer Taxes On each Settlement Date, all stock transfer or other taxes (other than income taxes) which are required to be paid in connection with the sale and transfer of the Placement Shares to be sold hereunder will be, or will have been, fully paid or provided for by the Company and all laws imposing such taxes will be or will have been fully complied with.
Stock Transfer Records As soon as practicable after the effective exercise of all or any part of the Option, Participant shall be recorded on the stock transfer books of the Company as the owner of the shares purchased, and the Company shall deliver to Participant one or more duly issued stock certificates evidencing such ownership. All requisite original issue or transfer documentary stamp taxes shall be paid by the Company.
Company Lock Up Agreements The Company, on behalf of itself and any successor entity, agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Placement Agent, it will not for a period of thirty (30) days after the date of this Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), (i) 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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for ADSs, Ordinary Shares or such other shares of capital stock of the Company; (ii) file or cause to be filed any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other shares of capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company; or (iii) complete any offering of debt securities of the Company, other than entering into a line of credit with a traditional bank or (iv) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other capital stock of the Company, whether any such transaction described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above is to be settled by delivery of ADSs, Ordinary Shares or other shares of capital stock of the Company or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The restrictions contained in this Section 3.18 shall not apply to (i) the ADSs, Ordinary Shares and the Placement Agent’s Warrant, (ii) the issuance by the Company of ADSs upon the exercise of the Placement Agent’s Warrant or a stock option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof, or issuable pursuant to currently existing undertakings of the Company, which is disclosed in the Registration Statement, Disclosure Package and Prospectus, provided that such options, warrants, and securities have not been amended since the date of this Agreement to increase the number of such securities or to decrease the exercise price, exchange price or conversion price of such securities or to extend the term of such securities, (iii) the issuance by the Company of stock options, shares of capital stock of the Company or other awards under any equity compensation plan of the Company, provided that the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period; and (iv) transactions with members of the management and/or the board of directors of the Company, involving the issuance of equity securities of the Company in consideration of cash, provided that the underlying shares shall be restricted from sale during the entire Lock-Up Period.
Rights as Shareholders; Stock Transfers At the Effective Time, holders of Company Common Stock shall cease to be, and shall have no rights as, shareholders of the Company other than to receive the Merger Consideration (together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto and cash in lieu of fractional shares issued in consideration therefor). After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company or the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Escrow Agreements (i) The Company and the Initial Stockholders have entered into an escrow agreement ("Initial Share Escrow Agreement") with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company ("Escrow Agent") substantially in the form annexed as Exhibit 10.8 to the Registration Statement, whereby the Common Stock owned by the Initial Stockholders will be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent, until one year after the consummation of a Business Combination. During such escrow period, the Initial Stockholders shall be prohibited from selling or otherwise transferring such shares (except to spouses and children of Initial Stockholders and trusts established for their benefit and as otherwise set forth in the Escrow Agreement) but will retain the right to vote such shares. To the Company's knowledge, the Escrow Agreement is enforceable against each of the Initial Stockholders and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, result in a breach of, or conflict with any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which any of the Initial Stockholders is a party. The Escrow Agreement shall not be amended, modified or otherwise changed without the prior written consent of Ladenburg, which such consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(ii) The Company and the Insider Purchaser have entered into an escrow agreement ("Insider Warrant Escrow Agreement" and together with the Initial Share Escrow Agreement, the "Escrow Agreements") with the Escrow Agent substantially in the form annexed as Exhibit 10.9 to the Registration Statement, whereby the Insider Warrants owned by the Insider Purchaser will be held in escrow by the Escrow Agent, until 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination. During such escrow period, the Insider Purchaser shall be prohibited from selling or otherwise transferring such Insider Warrants (except for certain exceptions set forth in the Escrow Agreement). To the Company's knowledge, the Escrow Agreement is enforceable against the Insider Purchaser and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, result in a breach of, or conflict with any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or instrument to which the Insider Purchaser is a party. The Insider Warrant Escrow Agreement shall not be amended, modified or otherwise changed without the prior written consent of Ladenburg, which such consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
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.
Lockup Agreements (a) Each Holder owning Registrable Securities representing beneficial ownership of 1% or more of the outstanding Common Stock hereby agrees that, in connection with an Underwritten Offering, except for sales in such Underwritten Offering:
(i) it shall not effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144 and pursuant to derivative transactions) of Common Stock (1) in connection with an Underwritten Offering that is being made pursuant to a Demand Registration Statement, a Shelf Registration Statement or a Piggyback Registration, in each case in accordance with this Article II, during (A) the period commencing on the seventh day prior to the expected time of circulation of a preliminary prospectus with respect to such Underwritten Offering (or, if no preliminary prospectus is circulated, the commencement of any marketing efforts with respect to such Underwritten Offering) and ending on the 90th day following the date of the final prospectus covering such Registrable Securities in connection with such Underwritten Offering or (B) such shorter period as the Underwriters with respect to such Underwritten Offering may require; provided, that the duration of the restrictions described in this clause (i) shall be no longer than the duration of the shortest restriction generally imposed by the Underwriters on the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company (or Persons in substantially equivalent positions) in connection with such Underwritten Offering; and
(ii) it shall execute a lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Underwriters to such effect.
(b) In connection with an Underwritten Offering, except for sales in such Underwritten Offering, the Company (and its directors and officers) agrees that it:
(i) shall not effect any public sale or distribution of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock (except pursuant to (a) registrations on Form S-8 or Form S-4 or any similar or successor form under the Securities Act or (b) a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act) during (1) the period commencing on the seventh day prior to the expected time of circulation of a preliminary prospectus with respect to such Underwritten Offering (or, if no preliminary prospectus is circulated, the commencement of any marketing efforts with respect to such Underwritten Offering) and ending on the 90th day following the date of the final prospectus covering such Registrable Securities in connection with such Underwritten Offering or (2) such shorter period as the Underwriters with respect to such Underwritten Offering may require; and
(ii) to the extent requested by the Underwriters participating in such Underwritten Offering, it shall agree to include provisions in the relevant underwriting or other similar agreement giving effect to the restrictions described in clause (i) above, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to such Underwriters.
Closing Agreements At the Closing, the parties shall execute, acknowledge and deliver such other instruments or documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
