Sellers’ Agent (a) The Sellers, pursuant to this Agreement, hereby appoint Mxxxxxx Xxxxxxx as the Sellers’ Agent, who shall be the Sellers’ representative and attorney-in-fact for each Seller. The Sellers’ Agent shall have the authority to act for and on behalf of each of the Sellers, including without limitation, to amend this Agreement, to give and receive notices and communications, waivers and consents under this Agreement, to act on behalf of the Sellers with respect to any matters arising under this Agreement, to authorize delivery to the Buyer of cash and other property, to object to such deliveries, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and commence, prosecute, participate in, settle, dismiss or otherwise terminate, as applicable, lawsuits and claims, mediation and arbitration proceedings, and to comply with orders of courts and awards on behalf of courts, mediators and arbitrators with respect to such suits, claims or proceedings, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Sellers’ Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing. In addition to and in furtherance of the foregoing, the Sellers’ Agent shall have the right to (i) employ accountants, attorneys and other professionals on behalf of the Sellers, and (ii) incur and pay all costs and expenses related to (A) the performance of its duties and obligations as the Sellers’ Agent hereunder, and (B) the interests of the Sellers under this Agreement. The Sellers’ Agent shall for all purposes be deemed the sole authorized agent of the Sellers until such time as the agency is terminated with notice to the Buyer. Such agency may be changed by the Sellers from time to time upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Buyer; provided, however, that the Sellers’ Agent may not be removed unless Sellers holding the right to receive a majority of the Purchase Price (“Sellers Majority”) agree to such removal and to the identity of the substituted Sellers’ Agent. Any vacancy in the position of the Sellers’ Agent may be filled by approval of a Sellers Majority. No bond shall be required of the Sellers’ Agent, and the Sellers’ Agent shall not receive compensation for its services. Notices or communications to or from the Sellers’ Agent shall constitute notice to or from each of the Sellers during the term of the Agreement.
Shareholders' Agent (a) At the Closing, Fortis Advisors LLC shall be constituted and appointed as the Shareholders’ Agent by virtue of the Company Shareholders’ execution of this Agreement or a Joinder Agreement and without any further action of any of the Company Shareholders or the Company. The Shareholders’ Agent shall be the representative, exclusive agent and attorney-in-fact for all purposes in connection with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, the Shareholders’ Agent Engagement Agreement and any agreements ancillary hereto and thereto for and on behalf of the Indemnifying Parties including without limitation to: (i) execute, as the Shareholders’ Agent, this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement and any agreement or instrument entered into or delivered in connection with the Transactions, (ii) give and receive notices, instructions and communications permitted or required under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument entered into or executed in connection herewith, for and on behalf of any Indemnifying Party, to or from Acquirer (on behalf of itself or any other Indemnified Person) relating to this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement or any of the Transactions and any other matters contemplated by this Agreement or by such other agreement, document or instrument (except to the extent that this Agreement expressly contemplates that any such notice or communication shall be given or received by each Indemnifying Party individually), (iii) review, negotiate and agree to and authorize Acquirer to reclaim funds from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of claims asserted by Acquirer (on behalf of itself or any other Indemnified Person, including by not objecting to such claims) pursuant to this ARTICLE 9, (iv) object to such claims pursuant to Section 9.6, (v) consent or agree to, negotiate, enter into, or, if applicable, contest, prosecute or defend, settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with Orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to, such claims, resolve any such claims, take any actions in connection with the resolution of any dispute relating hereto or to the Transactions by arbitration, settlement or otherwise, and take or forego any or all actions permitted or required of any Indemnifying Party or necessary in the judgment of the Shareholders’ Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing and all of the other terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement, (vi) consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it, solely at the cost and expense of the Indemnifying Parties, (vii) consent or agree to any amendment to this Agreement or to waive any terms and conditions of this Agreement providing rights or benefits to the Indemnifying Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and in the manner provided herein and (viii) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Shareholders’ Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing, in each case without having to seek or obtain the consent of any Person under any circumstance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Shareholders’ Agent shall have no obligation to act on behalf of the Indemnifying Parties, except as expressly provided herein, in the Escrow Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement and in the Shareholders’ Agent Engagement Agreement, and for purposes of clarity, there are no obligations of the Shareholders’ Agent in any ancillary agreement, schedule, exhibit or the Company Disclosure Schedule. The Shareholders’ Agent shall be entitled to: (i) rely upon the Spreadsheet, (ii) rely upon any signature believed by it to be genuine, and (iii) reasonably assume that a signatory has proper authorization to sign on behalf of the applicable Indemnifying Party or other party. Acquirer and its Affiliates (including after the Closing, the Company) shall be entitled to rely on the appointment of Fortis Advisors LLC as the Shareholders’ Agent, or any subsequent appointee, and treat such Shareholders’ Agent as the duly appointed attorney-in-fact of each Indemnifying Party and as having the duties, power and authority provided for in this Section 9.7. The Indemnifying Parties and their successors shall be bound by all actions taken and documents executed by the Shareholders’ Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement the Paying Agent Agreement or the Shareholders’ Agent Engagement Agreement as if expressly confirmed and ratified in writing by the Indemnifying Parties, all defenses which may be available to any Indemnifying Party to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the Shareholders’ Agent taken in good faith under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the Shareholders’ Agent Engagement Agreement are waived, and Acquirer and the other Indemnified Persons shall be entitled to rely exclusively on any action or decision of the Shareholders’ Agent. The powers, immunities and rights to indemnification granted to the Shareholders’ Agent Group hereunder: (i) are coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable and survive the death, incompetence, bankruptcy or liquidation of any Indemnifying Party and shall be binding on any successor thereto, and (ii) shall survive the delivery of an assignment by any Indemnifying Party of the whole or any fraction of his, her or its interest in the Escrow Fund. The Shareholders’ Agent may resign at any time. The Person serving as the Shareholders’ Agent may be removed or replaced from time to time, or if such Person resigns from its position as the Shareholders’ Agent, then a successor may be appointed, by the holders of a majority in interest of the aggregate amount of cash then held in the Escrow Fund (or, in the event that there is no cash then held in the Escrow Fund by the Indemnifying Parties collectively having an Pro Rata Share greater than 50%) upon not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to Acquirer. No bond shall be required of the Shareholders’ Agent.
Stockholders’ Agent By virtue of their approval of the Merger, the Stockholders irrevocably appoint Kevix X'Xxxxx xx their agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by Section 9 of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement (the "Stockholders' Agent"), and Kevix X'Xxxxx xxxeby accepts his appointment as the Stockholders' Agent. Parent shall be entitled to deal with the Stockholders' Agent on all matters relating to Section 9 and the Escrow Agreement, and shall be entitled to rely on any document executed or purported to be executed on behalf of the Stockholder Indemnitors by the Stockholders' Agent, and on any other action taken or purported to be taken on behalf of the Stockholder Indemnitors by the Stockholders' Agent, as fully binding upon such Stockholder Indemnitor. If the Stockholders' Agent shall die, become disabled or otherwise be unable to fulfill his responsibilities as agent of the Stockholder Indemnitors, then the Stockholder Indemnitors shall, within ten days after such death or disability, appoint a successor agent and, promptly thereafter, shall notify Parent of the identity of such successor. Any such successor shall become the "Stockholders' Agent" for purposes of this Section 10.1. If for any reason there is no Stockholders' Agent at any time, all references herein to the Stockholders' Agent shall be deemed to refer to the Stockholder Indemnitors.
Sellers’ Representative By execution of this Agreement, the Sellers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoint Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation as the Sellers’ Representative of all Sellers, as the attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of each such Seller, and irrevocably agree that the taking by the Sellers’ Representative of any and all actions and the making of any decisions required or permitted to be taken by it or by a Seller under this Agreement or any Transaction Documents to which the Sellers are a party are hereby authorized and approved in all respects, including without limitation the exercise of the power to (i) receive from Buyer and disburse to Sellers any payments constituting any part of the Purchase Price and receive and disburse from and to any Party or any Third Party which may be contemplated to be made under the Transaction Documents, (ii) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of and comply with orders of courts with respect to any indemnification claims or disputes, (iii) resolve any indemnification claims or disputes, and (iv) take all actions necessary in the judgment of the Sellers’ Representative for the accomplishment of the other terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. The Sellers’ Representative has authority and power to act on behalf of the Sellers with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the disposition, settlement or other handling of all indemnification claims, rights or obligations arising from and taken pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Sellers irrevocably agree to be bound by all and any such actions taken by the Sellers’ Representative in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Sellers are a party, and Sellers and Buyer shall only be required to acknowledge or act upon written communication signed by the Sellers’ Representative. Each Seller agrees that he, she or it has not, and will not, threaten or commence or join any legal action, which term includes, without limitation, any demand for arbitration proceedings and any complaint to any foreign, federal, state or local agency, court or other tribunal, to assert any claim against the Sellers’ Representative or its advisors for acting in such capacity with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. If any Seller commences or joins any such prohibited legal action against the Sellers’ Representative, such Seller agrees to promptly indemnify Sellers’ Representative and advisers of Sellers’ THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS MARKED WITH [***] AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. Representative for all losses, liabilities, reasonable costs or expenses, including without limitation all reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of attorneys incurred by Sellers’ Representative and/or its advisers in defending such action as well as any monetary judgment obtained against the Sellers’ Representative in such action. The Sellers’ Representative may resign at any time upon 30 days written notice to the Sellers. THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS MARKED WITH [***] AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
The Purchaser (a) is not an employee benefit or other plan subject to the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (a "Plan"), or any other person (including an investment manager, a named fiduciary or a trustee of any Plan) acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of or purchasing any Certificate with "plan assets" of any Plan within the meaning of the Department of Labor ("DOL") regulation at 29 C.F.R. ss.2510.3-101; or
Seller Representative (a) Each Seller Guarantor and each Seller irrevocably appoints Seller Representative to act as such Seller Guarantor’s and such Seller’s exclusive agent and true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution to do on behalf of such Seller Guarantor and such Seller any and all things, including executing any and all documents, which may be necessary, convenient or appropriate to facilitate the consummation of the Stock Purchase, including: (i) receiving and disbursing payments to be made hereunder; (ii) receiving notices and communications pursuant to this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements; (iii) administering this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements, including the initiation and resolution of any disputes or claims; (iv) making determinations to settle any dispute with respect to the purchase price adjustments contemplated by Section 2.3(b); (v) resolving, settling or compromising claims for indemnification asserted against the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers pursuant to Article 12; (vi) agreeing to amendments of this Agreement, waivers of conditions and obligations under this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements; (vii) asserting claims for or defending claims of indemnification under Article 8 and resolving, settling or compromising any such claim; (viii) taking any other actions of the Seller Guarantor and the Sellers under this Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements; and (ix) performing all acts, as contemplated by or deemed advisable by the Seller Representative in connection with this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Seller Representative Engagement Agreement and the Seller Ancillary Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller Representative shall have no obligation to act on behalf of the Sellers, except as expressly provided herein, in the Escrow Agreement, in the Seller Ancillary Agreements and in the Seller Representative Engagement Agreement, and for purposes of clarity, there are no obligations of the Seller Representative in any ancillary agreement, schedule, exhibit or the Company Disclosure Letter. A decision, act, consent or instruction of Seller Representative shall constitute a decision for all of the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers under this Agreement, the Seller Ancillary Agreements, the Escrow Agreement, the Seller Representative Engagement Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon the Seller Guarantors and Sellers and their successors as if expressly ratified and confirmed in writing, and Acquiror, its Affiliates and Representatives may rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of Seller Representative as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of each of the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers (without investigation) and none of Acquiror or any of its Affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to any Seller Guarantor or any Seller as a result of such reliance. Any payment by Acquiror to Seller Representative (in such capacity) under this Agreement or any Seller Ancillary Agreement will be considered a payment by Acquiror to the Seller Guarantors and the Sellers. The powers, immunities and rights to indemnification granted to the Seller Representative Group are coupled with an interest and will be irrevocable by any Seller Guarantor or any Seller in any manner or for any reason and survive the death, incompetence, bankruptcy or liquidation of any Seller and shall be binding on any successor thereto, and shall survive the delivery of an assignment by any Seller of the whole or any fraction of his, her or its interest in the Adjustment Escrow Amount.
Purchaser Representative (a) The Purchaser, on behalf of itself and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, hereby irrevocably appoints Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, in the capacity as the Purchaser Representative, as each such Person’s agent, attorney-in-fact and representative, with full power of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of such Person, to act on behalf of such Person from and after the Closing in connection with: (i) bringing, managing, controlling, defending and settling on behalf of an Indemnified Party any indemnification claims by any of them under Article VI; (ii) acting on behalf of such Person under the Escrow Agreement; (iii) terminating, amending or waiving on behalf of such Person any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Documents to which the Purchaser Representative is a party or otherwise has rights in such capacity (together with this Agreement, the “Purchaser Representative Documents”); (iv) signing on behalf of such Person any releases or other documents with respect to any dispute or remedy arising under any Purchaser Representative Documents; (v) employing and obtaining the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Purchaser Representative, in its reasonable discretion, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of its duties as the Purchaser Representative and to rely on their advice and counsel; (vi) incurring and paying reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including fees of brokers, attorneys and accountants incurred pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby, and any other out-of-pocket fees and expenses allocable or in any way relating to such transaction or any indemnification claim; and (vii) otherwise enforcing the rights and obligations of any such Persons under any Purchaser Representative Documents, including giving and receiving all notices and communications hereunder or thereunder on behalf of such Person; provided, that the Parties acknowledge that the Purchaser Representative is specifically authorized and directed to act on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the holders of Purchaser Securities (other than the Seller or the Seller Stockholders immediately prior to the Effective Time and their respective successors and assigns). All decisions and actions by the Purchaser Representative, including any agreement between the Purchaser Representative and the Company, the Seller Representative, the Seller or any Indemnifying Party relating to the defense or settlement of any claims for which an Indemnifying Party may be required to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant to Article VI, shall be binding upon the Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, successors and assigns, and neither they nor any other Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. The provisions of this Section 9.16 are irrevocable and coupled with an interest. The Purchaser Representative xxxxxx accepts its appointment and authorization as the Purchaser Representative under this Agreement. 76
Shareholders’ Representative Each of the Selling Shareholders (including the Former Company Share Award Holders), by virtue of its, his or her execution and delivery of this Agreement (directly, by proxy or pursuant to a power of attorney), hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Xxxxx Xxxxx, a Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of the date of this Agreement (the “Shareholders Representative”), to be such Selling Shareholder’s true and lawful representative, agent and attorney-in-fact to act on such Selling Shareholder’s behalf with respect to any actions permitted to be taken by such Selling Shareholder, or any of them, after the date of this Agreement in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents. In such representative capacity, the Shareholders Representative shall take or refrain from taking, and the Selling Shareholders each agree that the Shareholders Representatives may take or refrain from taking, any and all actions which the Shareholders Representative reasonably believes, acting in good faith, to be necessary or appropriate under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (except as provided above) for and on behalf of the Selling Shareholders, as fully and effectively as if the Selling Shareholders were acting on their own behalf. Each reference in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to an action to be taken by the Selling Shareholders shall, with respect to the Selling Shareholders, be taken by the Shareholders Representative on their behalf pursuant to this Section 7.18. Each Selling Shareholder hereby ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm in the future upon the request of the Shareholders Representative, any action taken by the Shareholders Representative in the exercise of the agency and power of attorney granted to the Shareholders Representative pursuant to this Section 7.18, which agency and power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable and a durable agency and power of attorney and shall survive the death, incapacity or incompetence of such Selling Shareholder. Each of Purchaser and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the directions, instructions and notice of the Shareholders Representative, when it is acting in their capacity as such under this Section 7.18, without being required to undertake any independent investigation or verification, and any notice provided in accordance with this Agreement to or from the Shareholders Representative in its capacity as such shall be conclusively deemed to have been provided to or from each of the Selling Shareholders, as applicable. The Shareholders Representative shall not have any liability to any of the Selling Shareholders arising out of or relating to any action taken or omission made in good faith by the Shareholders Representative (in its capacity as such) pursuant to this Agreement, and each Selling Shareholder shall, severally but not jointly, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Shareholders Representative with respect to all actions so taken or omissions made on behalf of such Selling Shareholder up to the net proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder in connection with the Transactions.
Purchaser Purchaser was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions and activities incidental thereto and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the Transactions and those incident to its formation. Either Parent or a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent owns beneficially and of record all of the outstanding capital stock of Purchaser.
Shareholder Representative (a) By the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any letter of transmittal, including counterparts thereof, each of the Shareholders of the Company Group will irrevocably constitute and appoint the Shareholder Representative as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of such Shareholder with full powers of substitution to act in the name, place and stead of such Shareholder with respect to the performance on behalf of such Shareholder under the terms and provisions hereof and to do or refrain from doing all such further acts and things, and to execute all such documents, as the Shareholder Representative shall deem necessary or appropriate in connection with any transaction contemplated hereunder, including the power to: (i) act for such Shareholder with respect to the Indemnification Escrow Amount; (ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of the Transaction Documents in any manner; (iii) employ, obtain and rely upon the advice of legal counsel, accountants and other professional advisors as the Shareholder Representative, in the sole discretion thereof, deems necessary or advisable in the performance of the duties of the Shareholder Representative; (iv) act for such Shareholder with respect to all Purchase Price matters referred to herein; (v) incur any expenses, liquidate and withhold assets received on behalf of such Shareholder prior to their distribution to such Shareholder to the extent of any amount that the Shareholder Representative deems necessary for payment of or as a reserve against expenses, and pay such expenses or deposit the same in an interest-bearing bank account established for such purpose, with all such expenses reimbursed to the Shareholder Representative out of amounts received out of the Indemnification Escrow Amount, or if no amounts are received, by reimbursement from the Shareholders in accordance with their pro rata percentage ownership; (vi) receive all notices, communications and deliveries hereunder on behalf of such Shareholder; (vii) do or refrain from doing any further act or deed on behalf of such Shareholder that the Shareholder Representative deems necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Shareholder Representative, relating to the subject matter hereof as fully and completely as such Shareholder could do if personally present and acting and as though any reference to such Shareholder herein was a reference to the Shareholder Representative; or (viii) direct, authorize or permit any third party paying agent, if applicable, to take any of the foregoing actions; provided, however, that the Shareholder Representative shall have no obligation to act, except as expressly provided herein.
