Voting Covenant. Stockholder hereby agrees that, during the Specified Period, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, and in any written action by consent of stockholders of the Company, unless otherwise directed in writing by Parent and to the extent not voted by the Person(s) appointed pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, Stockholder shall vote all shares of Company Common Stock owned of record by Stockholder and all other Subject Securities (to the fullest extent of the Stockholder’s right to do so): (a) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement, in favor of the Merger and in favor of any other action reasonably necessary to facilitate the Merger; and (b) against the following actions (other than the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement): (A) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; and (B) any Acquisition Proposal (including any Superior Offer) and any other action that is intended, or that would reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, discourage, frustrate, delay, postpone, prevent or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. During the Specified Period, Stockholder shall not enter into any agreement or understanding with any Person to vote or give instructions in any manner inconsistent with clause “(a)” or clause “(b)” of the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict Stockholder from (i) acting in Stockholder’s capacity as a director or officer of the Company; or (ii) voting in Stockholder’s sole discretion on any matter other than the matters referred to in this Section 3.1.
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Samples: Voting Agreement (Foundry Networks Inc), Voting Agreement (Brocade Communications Systems Inc), Voting Agreement (Brocade Communications Systems Inc)