Relationships with the Company Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
Agreements with Third Parties Each member of the VL Group is in compliance in all material respects with each and every one of its obligations under agreements with third parties to which it is a party or by which it is bound, the breach of which could be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Service with the Company During the Term of this Agreement, Executive agrees to perform such executive employment duties as the Board or the President shall reasonably assign to him from time to time.
Trustee Dealings with the Company Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.
Employment with the Company While Executive is employed by the Company during the Term, Executive shall be employed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, and such other titles as the Company may designate, and shall perform such duties and responsibilities as the Company shall assign to him from time to time, including duties and responsibilities relating to the Company's wholly-owned and partially owned subsidiaries and other affiliates.
Competition with the Company Until termination of his employment and for a period of one year commencing on the date of termination, the Executive (individually or in association with, or as a shareholder, director, officer, consultant, employee, partner, joint venturer, member, or otherwise, of or through any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other entity) shall not, directly or indirectly, compete with the Company (which for the purpose of this Agreement also includes any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) by acting as an officer (or comparable position) of, owning an interest in, or providing services to any entity within any metropolitan area in the United States or other country in which the Company was actually engaged in business as of the time of termination of employment or where the Company reasonably expected to engage in business within three months of the date of termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “compete with the Company” shall refer to any business activity in which the Company was engaged as of the termination of the Executive’s employment or reasonably expected to engage in within three months of termination of employment; provided, however, the foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from (i) accepting employment with an enterprise engaged in two or more lines of business, one of which is the same or similar to the Company’s business (the “Prohibited Business”) if the Executive’s employment is totally unrelated to the Prohibited Business, (ii) competing in a country where as of the time of the alleged violation the Company has ceased engaging in business, or (iii) competing in a line of business which as of the time of the alleged violation the Company has either ceased engaging in or publicly announced or disclosed that it intends to cease engaging in; provided, further, the foregoing shall not prohibit the Executive from owning up to five percent of the securities of any publicly-traded enterprise provided as long as the Executive is not a director, officer, consultant, employee, partner, joint venturer, manager, or member of, or to such enterprise, or otherwise compensated for services rendered thereby.
Voting Agreements Stockholder, solely in its capacity as a stockholder of Parent, agrees that, during the term of this Parent Support Agreement, at the Parent Stockholder Meeting, at any other meeting of the Parent Stockholders related to the Transactions (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and/or in connection with any written consent of the Parent Stockholders related to the Transactions (the Parent Stockholder Meeting and all other meetings or consents related to the Merger Agreement and/or the Transactions collectively referred to herein as the “Meeting”), Stockholder shall: (a) when the Meeting is held, appear at the Meeting or otherwise cause the Stockholder Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum; (b) vote or cause to be voted at the Meeting (or validly execute and return an action by written consent or an action to cause such consent to be granted with respect to) all of the Stockholder Shares in favor of all Parent Proposals, including approval of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions; and (c) vote or cause to be voted at the Meeting (or validly execute and return an action by written consent or an action to cause such consent to be granted with respect to) all of the Stockholder Shares against any other action that would reasonably be expected to (x) materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the Transactions, (y) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of Parent under the Merger Agreement or (z) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Stockholder contained in this Parent Support Agreement.
Filings with the NYSE The Company will timely file with the NYSE all material documents and notices required by the NYSE of companies that have or will issue securities that are traded on the NYSE.
Voting Arrangements 1.1. On any matter on which any Shares are entitled to vote, each Class B Stockholder shall vote all of the respective Shares over which such Class B Stockholder has voting control and shall take all other necessary or desirable actions within such respective Class B Stockholder’s control (including in his or her capacity as a stockholder, trustee or otherwise, and including, without limitation, attendance at meetings in person or by proxy for purposes of obtaining a quorum and/or execution of written consents in lieu of meetings) to vote all such Shares that may be voted on such matter as follows: (a) in accordance with the determination of the Xxxxx Family Committee, acting by Majority Vote, except in the case of (i) a vote on a Going-Private Transaction, in which case acting by a Two-Thirds Majority Vote (it being understood and agreed that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require any Class B Stockholder to participate, directly or indirectly, as a buyer in any Going-Private Transaction) and (ii) a vote on a transaction that would result in a Change in Control, in which case acting by a Supermajority Vote; provided that, with respect to any Excluded Trust, the decisions of the Xxxxx Family Committee will be deemed non-binding recommendations and nothing in this Section 1.1(a) shall require the Trustees of the Excluded Trusts to act in accordance with the determination of the Xxxxx Family Committee; and (b) with respect to any Excluded Trusts, in accordance with the determination of Excluded Trusts holding a majority of the Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts, except in the case of a vote on a Going-Private Transaction or a transaction that would result in a Change of Control, in which case in accordance with the determination of Excluded Trusts holding two-thirds of the Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts, in each case that are voted at a meeting of the Excluded Trusts; provided that (i) at least a majority of the then outstanding Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts is represented at such meeting (including by proxy), (ii) all Excluded Trusts have been duly notified, or have waived notice, of such meeting in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 4.2 (in analogous application thereof), (iii) such meeting may be attended telephonically or by other means by virtue of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and (iv) notwithstanding the foregoing, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Excluded Trusts may be taken without a meeting if Excluded Trusts representing a majority or, in the case of a Going-Private Transaction or a transaction that would result in a Change of Control, two-thirds of the then outstanding Shares held by all of the Excluded Trusts consent thereto in writing. 1.2. In order to secure each Class B Stockholder’s obligation to vote its, his or her Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.1, each Class B Stockholder, other than any Excluded Trust, hereby appoints such person as shall be designated in connection with each vote pursuant to Section 1.1 by the Xxxxx Family Committee (such person, the “Applicable Proxy”), as its, his or her true and lawful proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to vote all of such Class B Stockholder’s Shares as provided for in Section 1.1. The Applicable Proxy may exercise the irrevocable proxy granted to it hereunder at any time any Class B Stockholder fails to comply with the provisions of Section 1.1. The proxies and powers granted by each Class B Stockholder pursuant to this Section 1.2 are coupled with an interest and are given to secure the performance of the obligations under this Agreement. Such proxies and powers will be irrevocable until terminated as provided in this Section 1.2 or the termination of this Agreement and will survive the death, incompetency and disability of each such Class B Stockholder who is an individual and the existence of each such Class B Stockholder that is a trust or other entity. It is understood and agreed that the Applicable Proxy will not use such irrevocable proxy unless a Class B Stockholder fails to comply with Section 1.1 and that, to the extent the Applicable Proxy uses such irrevocable proxy, it will only vote such Shares with respect to the matters specified in, and in accordance with the provisions of, Section 1.1. 1.3. In the event any action is taken by written consent pursuant to Section 1.1(b), the other Class B Stockholders shall be promptly notified of such written consent and such written consent shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Class B Stockholders. 1.4. The Trustees of the Excluded Trusts will discuss their voting intentions with the Xxxxx Family Committee in advance of any vote by the Class B Stockholders.
CONFLICTS WITH TRUST’S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND APPLICABLE LAWS Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or any Fund to take any action contrary to the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, Amended and Restated By-Laws, or any applicable statute or regulation, or to relieve or deprive the Board of Trustees of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust and Fund. In this connection, the Adviser acknowledges that the Trustees retain ultimate plenary authority over each Fund and may take any and all actions necessary and reasonable to protect the interests of shareholders.