Grant of Proxy Should the provisions of this Agreement be construed to constitute the granting of proxies, such proxies shall be deemed coupled with an interest and are irrevocable for the term of this Agreement.
Voting Agreement Grant of Proxy The Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees that:
Grant of PSUs For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the "Company"), hereby grants the target number (“Target Number”) of performance share units ("PSUs") listed above to the Participant, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. This grant is made pursuant to the terms and conditions of the 2020 Company Second Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which Plan, as amended from time to time, is incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement. The actual number of PSUs, if any, that the Participant will be eligible to earn with respect to this Agreement (the “Earned PSUs”), subject to meeting the applicable service and performance vesting requirements, will equal the Target Number multiplied by the applicable “Performance Multiplier” as defined in Exhibit A hereto. Each Earned PSU represents the unfunded, unsecured right of the Participant to receive a Share on the date(s) specified herein. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Plan.
Grant of Irrevocable Proxy; Appointment of Proxy (a) Seller hereby irrevocably grants to, and appoints Willxxx X. Xxxxxx xxx Richxxx Xxxxxxxxx, xx either of them, in their respective capacities as officers of Parent, and any individual who shall hereafter succeed to any such office of Parent, and each of them individually, Seller's proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution), for and in the name, place and stead of Seller, to vote the Tender Shares in favor of the Merger and otherwise as contemplated by Section 1.2. (b) Seller represents that any proxies heretofore given in respect of the Tender Shares are not irrevocable, and that any such proxies are hereby revoked. (c) Seller understands and acknowledges that Parent is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance, among other things, upon Seller's execution and delivery of this Agreement. Seller hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 1.3 is given in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of Seller under this Agreement. Seller hereby further affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and may under no circumstances be revoked. Seller hereby ratifies and confirms all that such proxies and attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Such irrevocable proxy is executed and intended to be irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 212(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Voting of Proxies The Adviser hereby delegates to the Subadviser the Adviser’s discretionary authority to exercise voting rights with respect to the securities and other investments in the Subadviser Assets and authorizes the Subadviser to delegate further such discretionary authority to a designee. The Subadviser, including without limitation its designee (for which the Subadviser shall remain liable), shall have the power to vote, either in person or by proxy, all securities in which the Subadviser Assets may be invested from time to time, and shall not be required to seek or take instructions from, the Adviser, the Fund or the Trust or take any action with respect thereto. If both the Subadviser and another entity managing assets of the Fund have invested the Fund’s assets in the same security, the Subadviser and such other entity will each have the power to vote its pro rata share of the Fund’s security. The Subadviser will establish a written procedure for proxy voting in compliance with current applicable rules and regulations, including but not limited to Rule 30b1-4 under the 1940 Act. The Subadviser will provide the Adviser or its designee, a copy of such procedure and establish a process for the timely distribution of the Subadviser’s voting record with respect to the Fund’s securities and other information necessary for the Fund to complete information required by Form N-1A under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Form N-PX under the 1940 Act, and Form N-CSR under the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, respectively.
Solicitation of Proxies Financial Institution agrees not to solicit or cause to be solicited directly, or indirectly, at any time in the future, any proxies from the shareholders of any or all of the Funds in opposition to proxies solicited by management of any Fund, unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined that the conduct of a majority of the Board of the Fund constitutes willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of their duties. This Paragraph will survive the term of this Agreement.
Grant of Power of Attorney Contributor does hereby irrevocably appoint the Operating Partnership (or its designee) and each of them individually and any successor thereof from time to time (such Operating Partnership or designee or any such successor of any of them acting in his, her or its capacity as attorney-in-fact pursuant hereto, the "Attorney-in-Fact") as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of Contributor, to act in the name, place and stead of Contributor to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such other contracts, orders, receipts, notices, requests, instructions, certificates, consents, letters and other writings (including, without limitation, the execution of any Closing Documents or other documents relating to the acquisition by the Operating Partnership of Contributor's Partnership Interest), to provide information to the Securities and Exchange Commission and others about the transactions contemplated hereby and, in general, to do all things and to take all actions which the Attorney-in-Fact in its sole discretion may consider necessary or proper in connection with or to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Contribution Agreement, as fully as could Contributor if personally present and acting. Further, Contributor hereby grants to Attorney-in-Fact a proxy (the "Proxy") to vote Contributor's Partnership Interest on any matter related to the Formation Transactions presented to the partners of any of the Partnerships for a vote, including, but not limited to, the transfer of interests in any of the Partnerships by the other partners. Each of the Power of Attorney and Proxy and all authority granted hereby shall be coupled with an interest and therefore shall be irrevocable and shall not be terminated by any act of Contributor, by operation of law or by the occurrence of any other event or events, and if any other such act or events shall occur before the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Contribution Agreement, the Attorney-in-Fact shall nevertheless be authorized and directed to complete all such transactions as if such other act or events had not occurred and regardless of notice thereof. Contributor agrees that, at the request of the Operating Partnership, it will promptly execute a separate power of attorney and proxy on the same terms set forth in this ARTICLE 6, such execution to be witnessed and notarized. Contributor hereby authorizes the reliance of third parties on each of the Power of Attorney and Proxy. Contributor acknowledges that the Operating Partnership has, and any designee or successor thereof acting as Attorney-in-Fact may have, an economic interest in the transactions contemplated by this Contribution Agreement.
Grant of Licenses (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts from Licensor, an exclusive, non-transferable (except as set forth in Section 10.7) and non-sublicensable (except as provided in Section 2.1(c)) license to use the Licensed Domain Names in connection with the Business during the Term. Except as provided in Section 2.3, Licensee’s use of the Licensed Domain Names under the terms of this Agreement shall be free of any fees. (b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts from Licensor, an exclusive, non-transferable (except as set forth in Section 10.7) and non-sublicensable (except as provided in Section 2.1(c)) license to use the Licensed Content in connection with websites associated with the Licensed Domain Names until the earlier of (i) termination or expiration of this Agreement, or (ii) termination or expiration of the Agency Agreement, provided, however, that in the event the Agency Agreement is amended or restated, such amendment or restatement shall not be deemed a termination or expiration of the Agency Agreement. Except as provided in Section 2.3, Licensee’s use of the Licensed Content under the terms of this Agreement shall be free of any fees. (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Licensee has no right to sublicense any rights granted hereunder to any third party, or otherwise permit any third party to use any Licensed Domain Names or Licensed Content; provided, however, that any rights granted to Licensee hereunder shall be sublicensable, without the prior written consent of Licensor, to SINA Leju and Licensee’s Affiliates that are controlled by SINA Leju solely for the purpose of operating the Business during the Term. All rights in and to the Licensed Domain Names and Licensed Content not expressly granted herein are hereby reserved exclusively by Licensor. Licensee shall be responsible for the compliance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by all of its sublicensees. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event any sublicensee undertakes any action (or inaction) that would be deemed a breach of this Agreement had Licensee taken such action (or inaction), such action (or inaction) shall be deemed a breach by Licensee under this Agreement.
Grant of Power (a) Each Partner by its signature below irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints each General Partner its true and lawful attorney in its name, place and stead in any capacities, with the power from time to time to substitute or resubstitute one or more others as such attorney, and to make, execute, swear to, acknowledge, verify, deliver, file, record and publish any and all documents, certificates or other instruments which may be required or deemed desirable by the General Partners to (i) effectuate the provisions of any part of this Agreement or any amendments to this Agreement, (ii) enable the Partnership to conduct its business, (iii) comply with any applicable law in connection with the Partnership’s conduct of its business, or (iv) retain professional services, including accounting and legal counsel, for the Partnership (including, without limitation, the waiver on behalf of the Partnership and each Partner of any conflict arising from such professional’s representation of another client on matters in which the interests of the Partnership, any Partner or any affiliate of the Partnership or any Partner may be adverse to such other client). (b) If the Partnership owns Class A Shares or Class B Shares, then each Partner by its signature below irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints each of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, each then serving director of Xxxxxx Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest, and the then serving general counsel of each Company, its true and lawful attorney in its name, place and stead in any capacities, with the power from time to time to substitute or resubstitute one or more others as such attorney, to execute any and all statements under Section 13 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, of beneficial ownership of Class A Shares and Class B Shares by the Partnership and its Partners, including all statements on Schedule 13D and all amendments thereto, all joint filing agreements pursuant to Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under such Act in connection with such statements, all initial statements of and changes of beneficial ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any and all other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (c) Each Partner grants to said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and to perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitutes or resubstitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Section 11.1.
Agreement to Vote Shares; Irrevocable Proxy (a) Stockholder agrees during the term of this Agreement to vote the Shares at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, or execute a written consent or consents if stockholders of the Company are requested to vote their shares through the execution of an action by written consent in lieu of any such annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, and to cause any holder of record of Shares to vote: (i) in favor of (1) approval of the Merger and the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder, at every meeting (or in connection with any action by written consent) of the stockholders of the Company at which such matters are considered and at every lawful adjournment or postponement thereof and (2) approval of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting to a later date during the term of this Agreement, if there are not sufficient votes for the approval of the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereunder on the date on which such meeting is held; (ii) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement which could reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or of Stockholder under this Agreement or which would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled. This Agreement is intended to bind Stockholder as a stockholder of the Company only with respect to the specific matters set forth herein. Except as set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3(a), Stockholder shall not be restricted from voting in favor of, against or abstaining with respect to any other matter presented to the stockholders of the Company. (b) Stockholder hereby appoints Parent and any designee of Parent, and each of them individually, its proxies and attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or act by written consent during the term of this Agreement with respect to the Shares in accordance with Section 3(a). This proxy and power of attorney is given to secure the performance of the duties of Stockholder under this Agreement. Stockholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy. This proxy and power of attorney granted by Stockholder 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 any and all prior proxies granted by Stockholder with respect to the Shares. The power of attorney granted by Stockholder herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the dissolution or bankruptcy of Stockholder but will not survive the termination of this Agreement. The proxy and power of attorney granted hereunder shall terminate upon the termination of this Agreement. Parent acknowledges and agrees that Stockholder may vote the Shares on all other matters not referred to in Section 3(a), and the attorneys and proxies named above may not exercise the proxy with respect to such matters.