Exchange Agent Parent shall select a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Company to act as the exchange agent (the "EXCHANGE AGENT") in the Merger.
Payment Agent Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall select a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as the payment agent for the Merger (the “Payment Agent”).
Shareholder Representative The Selling Parties, by virtue of their execution and delivery of this Agreement or, with respect to Selling Parties that are not signatories to this Agreement, by virtue of approval of this Agreement and the Merger by the Shareholders in accordance with the requirements of Delaware Law and by their acceptance of any Merger Consideration due to them, will be deemed to have irrevocably constituted and appointed, effective as of the date of this Agreement, IBF (together with its permitted successors, the "Shareholder Representative"), as their true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, and the Shareholder Representative, by its execution of this Agreement shall be deemed to have accepted such appointment, to enter into any agreement in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, to exercise all or any of the powers, authority and discretion conferred on it under any such agreement, to act as proxy for each Selling Party in connection with any shareholder approvals required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to waive or modify any terms and conditions of any such agreement (other than payment of the Merger Consideration due at Closing), to give and receive notices on their behalf, and to be their exclusive representative with respect to any matter, suit, claim, action or proceeding arising with respect to any transaction contemplated by any such agreement, including, without limitation, the assertion, prosecution, defense, settlement or compromise of and claim, action or proceeding for which any Shareholder, Purchaser, or the Merger Sub may be entitled to indemnification and the Shareholder Representative agrees to act as, and to undertake the duties and responsibilities of, such agent and attorney-in-fact. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. The Shareholder Representative shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by him in his capacity as Shareholder Representative either (i) with the consent of stockholders who, as of the date of this Agreement, own a majority in number of the outstanding shares of Company voting stock (considered on an as converted basis), or (ii) in the absence of its own willful misconduct. If the Shareholder Representative shall be unable or unwilling to serve in such capacity, its successor shall be named by those persons holding a majority of the shares of Company voting stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time who shall serve and exercise the powers of Shareholder Representative hereunder. Solely with respect to any actions taken by the Shareholder Representative in its capacity as such, the Shareholder Representative shall have no liability to Purchaser, the Company or any of their respective affiliates except for claims based upon fraud or bad faith actions by the Shareholder Representative.
Shareholders’ Representative (a) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (such person and any successor or successors being the “Selling Shareholders Representative”) shall act as the representative of the Selling Shareholders, and shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Selling Shareholders to take any and all actions required or permitted to be taken by the Selling Shareholders Representative under this Agreement and with respect to any claims (including the settlement thereof) made by a Investor Indemnified Party for indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII, including (i) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and comply with orders of courts with respect to any claims for indemnification and (ii) take all actions necessary in the judgment of the Selling Shareholders Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. In all matters relating to this Article VIII, the Selling Shareholders Representative shall be the only party entitled to assert the rights of the Selling Shareholders, and the Selling Shareholders Representative shall perform all of the obligations of the Selling Shareholders under this Article VIII. The Investor Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to rely on all statements, representations and decisions of the Selling Shareholders Representative. The Selling Shareholders Representative may resign upon not less than twenty (20) business days’ prior written notice to Investors and the Selling Shareholders. The Selling Shareholders by the vote of a majority-in-interest of their respective Pro Rata Portions may remove the Selling Shareholders Representative from time to time upon not less than twenty (20) business days’ prior written notice to Investors. Any vacancy in the position of the Selling Shareholders Representative may be filled by a majority-in-interest of the Selling Shareholders (based on their respective Pro Rata Portions), subject to the consent of the Investors (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any successor Selling Shareholders Representative shall acknowledge in writing to the Investors his or her acceptance of his or her appointment as Selling Shareholders Representative.
Stockholder Representative (a) The Company (and pursuant to the terms of the Company Stockholder Consent, each of the Company’s stockholders) irrevocably appoints the Stockholder Representative to act as representative, agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact for the Company Stockholders for all purposes under this Agreement, the Merger and otherwise in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including, without limitation, the full power and authority on each such Company Stockholder’s behalf to: (i) receive notices or service of process, (ii) negotiate, determine, compromise, settle and take any other action permitted or called for by any Company stockholder under this Agreement, (iii) execute and deliver any termination, amendment or waiver to this Agreement in connection therewith, (iv) engage such counsel, experts and other agents and consultants as the Stockholder Representative deems necessary in connection with exercising the powers granted hereunder and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Stockholder Representative, will be entitled to conclusively rely on the opinions and advice of such Persons, (v) receive funds and make or release payments of funds to pay any amounts that the Stockholder Representative has incurred or reasonably expects to incur in connection with the Company stockholders’ obligations under this Agreement, the Merger and otherwise in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, including amounts required to pay the fees and expenses of professionals incurred in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, (vi) to execute closing statements, settlement statements and funds flow statements on behalf of the Company’s stockholders and the Company. The Company Stockholders acknowledge that Parent and Merger Sub will be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without independent investigation, any act, notice, instruction or communication of the Stockholder Representative as provided in this Section 10.1 as the acts of the Company Stockholders and will not be liable in any manner whatsoever for any of Parent or Merger Sub’s actions, as applicable, taken or not taken in reliance upon the acts or omissions or communications or writings given or executed by the Stockholder Representative.
The Surviving Corporation Section 3.01.
Merger Consideration Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, automatically by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Person:
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Effective Time Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company, Parent, and Merger Sub will cause a certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) to be executed, acknowledged, and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL. The Merger will become effective at such time as the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later date or time as may be agreed by the Company and Parent in writing and specified in the Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL (the effective time of the Merger being hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time”).
Stockholders’ Representative Subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 4.1, the Stockholders’ Representative shall serve as the exclusive agent of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants for all purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Stockholders’ Representative shall be authorized (a) to execute all certificates, documents and agreements on behalf of and in the name of any of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) to negotiate, execute and deliver all amendments, modifications and waivers to this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument contemplated by this Agreement. The Stockholders’ Representative also shall be exclusively authorized to take all actions on behalf of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants in connection with any claims made under this Agreement or in respect of the Transactions contemplated hereby, to bring, prosecute, defend or settle such claims, and to make and receive payments in respect of such claims on behalf of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants, and no holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants shall take any such action without the Stockholders’ Representative’s prior written approval. The Stockholders’ Representative is serving in the capacity as exclusive agent of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants hereunder solely for purposes of administrative convenience. The Stockholders’ Representative shall not be liable to any Person for any act done or omitted hereunder as the Stockholders’ Representative while acting in good faith, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The holders of shares of Company Stock outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall indemnify the Stockholders’ Representative and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholders’ Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties hereunder. The person serving as Stockholders’ Representative may resign or be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrowed Stock held in the Escrow Account upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Parent and with Parent’s written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
