Termination of Standstill. The restrictions set forth in Section 3.01(a) shall cease and terminate and each of Investor, GE and each GE Subsidiary will be released from (i) the obligations of Section 3.01(a) and (ii) the other obligations under this Agreement, in the case of such other obligations to the extent necessary to comply with any requirements of law in making a competing offer or to purchase any Voting Stock, if any of the following occurs: (i) a Third Party or group commences or announces its intention to commence a tender or exchange offer for 25% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company; (ii) a Third Party or group acquires (in any manner) Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or otherwise announces its intention to acquire (in any manner) Beneficial Ownership of 25% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company; (iii) a Third Party or group enters into an agreement to acquire (in any manner), or announces its intention to acquire (in any manner) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; (iv) a Third Party or group enters into an agreement to acquire (in any manner), or announces its intention to acquire (in any manner) 25% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company; (v) a Third Party or group has made, or has announced its intention to make an offer to acquire (in any manner) control of the Company or to elect two or more directors to the Board (including, without limitation, through a solicitation of proxies) or otherwise engage in a transaction that would require approval of the Company’s stockholders; (vi) a Third Party or group is assisting or encouraging any other Person to engage in, or to announce its intention to engage in, any of the transactions contemplated in sub-clauses (i) through (v) above; (vii) the Company enters into an agreement with respect to its consolidation, merger, amalgamation, reorganization or otherwise in which the Company would be merged into or combined with another Person, unless immediately following the consummation of such transaction the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction would continue to hold (in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company’s Voting Stock) 60% or more of all of the outstanding common stock or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors of the surviving or resulting entity in such transaction or any direct or indirect parent thereof; or (viii) the Company publicly announces its intention to do any of the actions set forth in clauses (i) – (vii) or otherwise publicly announces its intention to explore strategic alternatives, or makes any public announcement indicating that it is actively seeking a change in control of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, and only if, (x) the restrictions set forth in Section 3.01(a) are terminated pursuant to any of clauses (i) – (vi) of this Section 3.01(b) as a result of a Third Party or group’s announcement of its intention to take any action, and (y) such Third Party or group (1) publicly retracts or withdraws its prior announcement of its intention to take such action, or fails to commence such action within sixty (60) days of such initial announcement, (2) in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) above, terminates such definitive agreement or (3) otherwise finally and definitively fails to consummate such action, then three (3) Business Days following such public retraction, or in the case of (2) or (3) above, following written notice from the Company to Investor that such termination of a definitive agreement or final and definitive failure to consummate an action has taken place, the restrictions set forth in Section 3.01(a) shall be reinstated in full force and effect for the balance of the Standstill Period, subject to any subsequent termination event pursuant to this Section 3.01(b). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prevent Investor, GE and or any GE Subsidiary from consummating a transaction pursuant to a definitive agreement entered after the termination of the restrictions in Section 3.01(a) in accordance with this Section 3.01(b), but prior to the reinstatement of such restrictions in accordance with this paragraph.
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Samples: Investor Rights Agreement (General Electric Co), Investor Rights Agreement (Neogenomics Inc), Investor Rights Agreement (General Electric Co)
Termination of Standstill. The restrictions set forth in Section 3.01(a) 2.1 shall cease and terminate and each of Investor, GE and each GE Subsidiary Majority Stockholder will be released from (i) the its obligations of Section 3.01(a) 2.1 and (ii) the other obligations under this Agreement, but only in the case of such other obligations to the extent necessary to comply with any requirements of law in making a competing offer or to purchase any Voting Parent Common Stock, if any of the following occurs:
(ia) a Third Party or group commences or announces its intention to commence a tender or exchange offer for 2550% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the CompanyParent;
(iib) a Third Party or group acquires (in any manner) Beneficial Ownership of 2550% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company Parent or otherwise announces its intention to acquire (in any manner) Beneficial Ownership of 2550% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the CompanyParent;
(iiic) a Third Party or group enters into an agreement to acquire (in any manner), or announces its intention to acquire (in any manner) all or substantially all of the assets of the CompanyParent or any subsidiary of Parent;
(ivd) a Third Party or group enters into an agreement to acquire (in any manner), or announces its intention to acquire (in any manner) 2550% or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the CompanyParent;
(ve) a Third Party or group has made, or has announced its intention to make an offer to acquire (in any manner) control of the Company or to elect two or more directors to the Board (including, without limitation, through a solicitation of proxies) or otherwise engage in a transaction that would require approval of the Company’s stockholders;
(vi) a Third Party or group is assisting or encouraging any other Person to engage in, or to announce its intention to engage in, any of the transactions contemplated in sub-clauses (i) through (v) above;
(vii) the Company Parent enters into an agreement with respect to its consolidation, merger, amalgamation, reorganization or otherwise in which the Company Parent would be merged into or combined with another Person, unless immediately following the consummation of such transaction the stockholders holders of the Company Voting Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction would continue to hold beneficially own (in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company’s Voting Stock) 60% or more of all of the outstanding common stock or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors of the surviving or resulting entity in such transaction or any direct or indirect parent company thereof; or
(viiif) the Company Parent publicly announces its intention to do any of the actions set forth in clauses Subsections (i) – (vii) or otherwise publicly announces its intention to explore strategic alternatives, or makes any public announcement indicating that it is actively seeking a change in control of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, and only if, (x) the restrictions set forth in Section 3.01(a) are terminated pursuant to any of clauses (i) – (vi) of this Section 3.01(b) as a result of a Third Party or group’s announcement of its intention to take any action, and (y) such Third Party or group (1) publicly retracts or withdraws its prior announcement of its intention to take such action, or fails to commence such action within sixty (60) days of such initial announcement, (2) in the case of clauses (iii) and (iv) above, terminates such definitive agreement or (3) otherwise finally and definitively fails to consummate such action, then three (3) Business Days following such public retraction, or in the case of (2) or (3) above, following written notice from the Company to Investor that such termination of a definitive agreement or final and definitive failure to consummate an action has taken place, the restrictions set forth in Section 3.01(a) shall be reinstated in full force and effect for the balance of the Standstill Period, subject to any subsequent termination event pursuant to this Section 3.01(ba)-(e). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing herein shall prevent Investor, GE and or any GE Subsidiary from consummating a transaction pursuant to a definitive agreement entered after the termination of the restrictions in Section 3.01(a) in accordance with this Section 3.01(b), but prior to the reinstatement of such restrictions in accordance with this paragraph.
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Samples: Standstill and Lock Up Agreement (DanDrit Biotech USA, Inc.)