Voting Trust The voting trust hereby created shall commence on the date hereof and continue through and including December 31, 2005. Throughout such period the Trustee shall have the exclusive right to vote upon such shares or to give written consents in lieu of voting thereon, subject to any limitation on the right to vote contained in the Articles of Incorporation or other certificate filed pursuant to law, in person or by proxy at all meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation, and in all proceedings wherein the vote or written consent of shareholders may be required or authorized by law.
Voting Trusts, etc To join with other holders of any securities or debt instruments in acting through a committee, depository, voting trustee or otherwise, and in that connection to deposit any security or debt instrument with, or transfer any security or debt instrument to, any such committee, depository or trustee, and to delegate to them such power and authority with relation to any security or debt instrument (whether or not so deposited or transferred) as the Trustees shall deem proper, and to agree to pay, and to pay, such portion of the expenses and compensation of such committee, depository or trustee as the Trustees shall deem proper;
Voting Agreements (i) With respect to each election of directors of the Board, each holder of voting securities of the Company shall vote at each meeting of shareholders of the Company, or in lieu of any such meeting shall give such holder’s written consent with respect to, as the case may be, all of such holder’s voting securities of the Company as may be necessary (i) to keep the authorized size of the Board at four (4) directors, (ii) to cause the election or re-election as members of the Board, and during such period to continue in office, each of the individuals designated pursuant to Section 12.1, and (iii) against any nominees not designated pursuant to Section 12.1.
Voting Arrangements (a) The Stockholder agrees that, during the time this Agreement is in effect, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company (a "Company Stockholders' Meeting"), however called, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, he, she or it shall (i) appear at the meeting or otherwise cause his, her or its Shares, to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum, (ii) vote, or execute consents in respect of, his, her or its Shares, or cause his, her or its Shares to be voted, or consents to be executed in respect thereof, in favor of the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement (including any revised or amended Merger Agreement among Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company approved by the Company Board of Directors), and any action required in furtherance thereof and (iii) vote, or execute consents in respect of, his, her or its Shares, or cause his, her or its Shares to be voted, or consents to be executed in respect thereof, against (A) any proposal or offer, whether in writing or otherwise, from any Third Party to acquire beneficial ownership (as defined under Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act")) of all or more than 15% of the assets of the Company, or 15% or more of any class of equity securities of the Company pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other business combination, sale of shares of stock, sale of assets, tender offer, exchange offer or similar transaction or series of related transactions, which is structured to permit such Third Party to acquire beneficial ownership of more than 15% of the assets of the Company, or 15% or more of any class of equity securities in the Company (each, a "Competing Transaction") or (B) any amendment of the Company Certificate of Incorporation or Company By-laws or other proposal, action or transaction involving the Company or any of the Company Stockholders, which amendment or other proposal, action or transaction could reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede or delay the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to deprive Parent of any material portion of the benefits anticipated by Parent to be received from the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or this Agreement, or change in any manner the voting rights of Company Common Shares (collectively, "Frustrating Transactions") presented to the Company Stockholders (regardless of any recommendation of the Company Board of Directors) or in respect of which vote or consent of the Stockholder is requested or sought.
Voting Agreement Stockholder hereby agrees with Parent that, at any meeting of Company's stockholders, however called, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in connection with any written consent of Company's stockholders, Stockholder shall vote any Shares with respect to which Stockholder has voting power (i) in favor of approval of the Merger and the Merger Agreement and any actions recommended by the Board of Directors of Company that are required in furtherance of the transactions contemplated thereby; provided that Stockholder shall not be required to vote for any action that would decrease the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by the stockholders of Company in respect of their shares of Company capital stock in the Merger; (ii) against any proposal to authorize any action or agreement that would result in a breach in any respect of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of Company under the Merger Agreement or that would prevent the consummation of the Merger; (iii) against: (A) any proposal by Company to enter into or consent to any Third Party Acquisition (as defined below); (B) any change in the individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of Company (except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement); (C) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving Company and any Third Party (as defined below), other than the Merger; (D) a sale, lease, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Company's business outside the ordinary course of business, or of any assets that are material to its business whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or a reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of Company; (E) any amendment of Company's Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws, except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (F) any other action that is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iv) in favor of any proposal to grant Company's management discretionary authority to adjourn any meeting of Company's stockholders for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in the event that, at any meeting held for the purpose of considering the Merger Agreement, the number of shares of Company Common Stock present or represented and voting in favor of the Merger is insufficient to approve the Merger.
Stockholder Agreements Except as provided in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, there are no agreements, written or oral, between the Company and any current holder of its securities, or to the Company's knowledge, among any holders of its securities, relating to the acquisition (including, without limitation, rights of first refusal, anti-dilution or preemptive rights), disposition, registration under the Securities Act, or voting of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock.
Plan of Merger This Agreement shall constitute an agreement of merger for purposes of the DGCL.
Voting Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy Section 2.1 Agreement to Vote the Subject Shares. Subject to Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and Section 2.5, Shareholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, during the Voting Period, at any duly called meeting of the stockholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), and in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company, Shareholder shall, if a meeting is held, appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause its Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum, and it shall vote or consent (or cause to be voted or consented), in person or by proxy, all of its Subject Shares (a) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (and any actions required in furtherance thereof), (b) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company contained in the Merger Agreement or of Shareholder contained in this Agreement, and (c) against the following actions or proposals (other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement): (i) any Company Takeover Proposal or any proposal in opposition to approval of the Merger Agreement or in competition with or materially inconsistent with the Merger Agreement; and (ii) (A) any change in the persons who constitute the Board); (B) any material change in the present capitalization of the Company or any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; (C) any change in the Company's corporate structure or business; or (D) any other action or proposal involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or could reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company's obligations under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled. Subject to Section 2.5, Shareholder agrees not to, and shall cause its Representatives not to, enter into any agreement, commitment or arrangement with any Person the effect of which would be inconsistent with or violative of the provisions and agreements contained in this Article II.
Vesting Agreements LTIP Units may, in the sole discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to vesting, forfeiture and additional restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of a Vesting Agreement. The terms of any Vesting Agreement may be modified by the General Partner from time to time in its sole discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant Vesting Agreement or by the Equity Incentive Plan, if applicable. LTIP Units that have vested under the terms of a Vesting Agreement are referred to as “Vested LTIP Units”; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as “Unvested LTIP Units.”
Acquisition Agreements If the Equipment is subject to any Acquisition Agreement, Lessee, as part of this lease, transfers and assigns to Lessor all of its rights, but none of its obligations (except for Lessee's obligation to pay for the Equipment conditioned upon Lessee's acceptance in accordance with Paragraph 6), in and to the Acquisition Agreement, including but not limited to the right to take title to the Equipment. Lessee shall indemnify and hold Lessor harmless in accordance with Paragraph 19 from any liability resulting from any Acquisition Agreement as well as liabilities resulting from any Acquisition Agreement Lessor is required to enter into on behalf of Lessee or with Lessee for purposes of this lease.
