Powers Coupled with an Interest All authorizations and agencies herein contained with respect to the Collateral are irrevocable and powers coupled with an interest.
All Powers Coupled with Interest All powers of attorney and other authorizations granted to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and any Persons designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be deemed coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Obligations remain unpaid or unsatisfied, any of the Commitments remain in effect or the Credit Facility has not been terminated.
Irrevocable Proxy and Power of Attorney Each party to this Agreement hereby constitutes and appoints as the proxies of the party and hereby grants a power of attorney to the President of the Company, and a designee of the Selling Investors, and each of them, with full power of substitution, with respect to the matters set forth herein, including, without limitation, election of persons as members of the Board in accordance with Section 1 hereto, votes to increase authorized shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof and votes regarding any Sale of the Company pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and vote, if and only if the party (i) fails to vote, or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all of such party’s Shares in favor of the election of persons as members of the Board determined pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the increase of authorized shares or approval of any Sale of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement or to take any action necessary to effect Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement. Each of the proxy and power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company and the parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, each is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Each party hereto hereby revokes any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the Shares and shall not hereafter, unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth herein.
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.
Agreement to Vote Shares; Irrevocable Proxy (a) Stockholder agrees during the term of this Agreement to vote the Shares at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, or execute a written consent or consents if stockholders of the Company are requested to vote their shares through the execution of an action by written consent in lieu of any such annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company, and to cause any holder of record of Shares to vote: (i) in favor of (1) approval of the Merger and the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereunder, at every meeting (or in connection with any action by written consent) of the stockholders of the Company at which such matters are considered and at every lawful adjournment or postponement thereof and (2) approval of any proposal to adjourn or postpone the meeting to a later date during the term of this Agreement, if there are not sufficient votes for the approval of the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereunder on the date on which such meeting is held; (ii) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement which could reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or of Stockholder under this Agreement or which would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled. This Agreement is intended to bind Stockholder as a stockholder of the Company only with respect to the specific matters set forth herein. Except as set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3(a), Stockholder shall not be restricted from voting in favor of, against or abstaining with respect to any other matter presented to the stockholders of the Company.
(b) Stockholder hereby appoints Parent and any designee of Parent, and each of them individually, its proxies and attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or act by written consent during the term of this Agreement with respect to the Shares in accordance with Section 3(a). This proxy and power of attorney is given to secure the performance of the duties of Stockholder under this Agreement. Stockholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy. This proxy and power of attorney granted by Stockholder shall be irrevocable during the term of this Agreement, shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by Stockholder with respect to the Shares. The power of attorney granted by Stockholder herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the dissolution or bankruptcy of Stockholder but will not survive the termination of this Agreement. The proxy and power of attorney granted hereunder shall terminate upon the termination of this Agreement. Parent acknowledges and agrees that Stockholder may vote the Shares on all other matters not referred to in Section 3(a), and the attorneys and proxies named above may not exercise the proxy with respect to such matters.
Limited Power of Attorney The Adviser hereby appoints the Sub-Adviser as the Trust’s agent and attorney-in-fact for the limited purpose of executing account documentation, agreements, contracts and other documents on behalf of the Portfolio(s), as the Sub-Adviser shall be requested by brokers, dealers or other intermediaries, counterparties and other persons or entities in connection with the services provided by it hereunder. The Adviser, on behalf of the Trust, hereby ratifies and confirms as good and effectual, at law or in equity, all that the Sub-Adviser, and its officers and employees, may do in the capacity as attorney-in-fact. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as imposing a duty on the Sub-Adviser, or its officers and employees, to act on or assume responsibility for any matters in its capacity as attorney-in-fact. Any person dealing with the Sub-Adviser in its capacity as attorney-in-fact hereunder is hereby expressly put on notice that the Sub-Adviser is acting solely in the capacity as an agent of the Trust, that the Trust’s certificate of trust is on file with the Delaware Secretary of State and that the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series of the Trust are enforceable against the assets of such series only, and not against the assets of the Trust generally, or any other series thereof. The Sub-Adviser assumes no personal liability whatsoever for obligations of the Portfolio(s) entered into by the Sub-Adviser in its capacity as attorney-in-fact. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 4 is intended to obviate any liability of the Sub-Adviser under this Agreement to the extent contemplated in Section 6.A. If requested by the Sub-Adviser, the Adviser agrees to have the Trust execute and deliver to the Sub-Adviser a separate form of Limited Power of Attorney in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Sub-Adviser.
Grant of Irrevocable Proxy 3.1 Seller hereby appoints the Acquiror and each of its executive officers or other designees (the “Proxyholders”), as Seller’s proxy and attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution and resubstitution), to attend, vote and otherwise act for and on behalf of the Seller in respect of its Subject Securities and in respect of all matters which may come before a meeting of the Company Securityholders relating to the Transaction, and such proxy shall not be revoked unless this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article 7 prior to the exercise of such proxy (or other voting instrument). Seller agrees to deliver (including by instructing the participant(s) in the book-based system operated by CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. or other intermediary through which the Seller holds the Subject Securities to arrange for such delivery) any such instruments as are required to effect the grant of irrevocable proxy provided for in this Section 3.1.
3.2 Seller hereby revokes any proxies heretofore given by Seller in respect of the Subject Securities.
3.3 Seller hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Article 3 is given in connection with the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Arrangement Agreement, and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of Seller under this Agreement. Seller hereby further affirms that the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest, is intended to be irrevocable, and may under no circumstances be revoked, unless and until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article 7. The irrevocable proxy granted by Seller herein is a durable power of attorney and shall survive the dissolution, bankruptcy, or incapacity of Seller.
3.4 The Proxyholders may not exercise this irrevocable proxy on any matter except as provided above. Seller may vote the Subject Securities on all other matters.
3.5 The Acquiror may terminate this proxy at any time by written notice to Seller.
Irrevocable Proxy (a) As security for the Investor’s obligations under Section 2.1, the Investor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Company as its attorney and proxy in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to cause all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it to be counted as present at any Company Stockholders’ Meeting, to vote all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it at any Company Stockholders’ Meeting, and to execute consents in respect of all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it as, and solely in respect of the matters, provided in Sections 2.1(b)(ii)(x) and 2.1(b)(ii)(y). The Investor hereby revokes all other proxies and powers of attorney with respect to the shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it that it may have heretofore appointed or granted, and represents that any proxies heretofore given in respect of all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it, if any, are revocable.
(b) The Investor hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 2.2 is coupled with an interest and shall remain in effect for the duration of this Agreement, and, except as set forth in this Section 2.2, is intended to be irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL. If for any reason the proxy granted herein is not irrevocable, then the Investor agrees to vote all shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned by it in accordance with Section 2.1 above.
(c) This irrevocable proxy shall not be terminated by any act of the Investor or by operation of Law, except that this irrevocable proxy shall terminate upon the occurrence of an Investor Rights Termination Event.
Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact Each Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (acting through any officer of the Collateral Agent) as that Borrower's true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, following the occurrence of an Event of Default, to convert the Collateral into cash at the sole risk, cost, and expense of that Borrower, but for the sole benefit of the Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders. The rights and powers granted the Collateral Agent by this appointment include but are not limited to the right and power to:
(a) Prosecute, defend, compromise, or release any action relating to the Collateral.
(b) Sign change of address forms to change the address to which each Borrowers' mail is to be sent to such address as the Collateral Agent shall designate (after which copies of all such mail shall be promptly furnished to the Lead Borrower); receive and open each Borrowers' mail; remove any Receivables Collateral and Proceeds of Collateral therefrom and turn over the balance of such mail either to the Lead Borrower or to any trustee in bankruptcy or receiver of the Lead Borrower, or other legal representative of a Borrower whom the Collateral Agent determine to be the appropriate Person to whom to so turn over such mail.
(c) Endorse the name of the relevant Borrower in favor of the Collateral Agent upon any and all checks, drafts, notes, acceptances, or other items or instruments; sign and endorse the name of the relevant Borrower on, and receive as secured party, any of the Collateral, any invoices, schedules of Collateral, freight or express receipts, or bills of lading, storage receipts, warehouse receipts, or other documents of title respectively relating to the Collateral.
(d) Sign the name of the relevant Borrower on any notice to that Borrowers' Account Debtors or verification of the Receivables Collateral; sign the relevant Borrowers' name on any Proof of Claim in Bankruptcy against Account Debtors, and on notices of lien, claims of mechanic's liens, or assignments or releases of mechanic's liens securing the Accounts.
(e) Take all such action as may be necessary to obtain the payment of any letter of credit and/or banker's acceptance of which any Borrower is a beneficiary.
(f) Repair, manufacture, assemble, complete, package, deliver, alter or supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the purchase order of any customer of each Borrower.
(g) Use, license or transfer any or all General Intangibles of each Borrower.
Termination and Abandonment This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding any requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby by the stockholders of the Company:
(a) By mutual written consent duly authorized by the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company prior to Merger Sub's Election Date; or
(b) By Parent or the Company if (i) the Minimum Condition has not been satisfied during a ten (10) business day extension of the Offer following the Initial Expiration Date, but all other conditions have been satisfied or (ii) any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States or other governmental authority shall have issued an order, decree, ruling or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer or the Merger and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable; or
(c) By Parent, if due to an occurrence or circumstance that results in a failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Annex A, Merger Sub shall have (A) failed to commence the Offer within 10 days following the date of this Agreement or (B) terminated the Offer without having accepted any Shares for payment thereunder, unless any such failure listed above shall have been caused by or resulted from the failure of Parent or Merger Sub to perform in any material respect any material covenant or agreement of either of them contained in this Agreement or the material breach by Parent or Merger Sub of any material representation or warranty of either of them contained in this Agreement; or
(d) By the Company, upon approval of the Board, if (i) Merger Sub shall have (A) failed to commence the Offer within 10 days following the date of this Agreement or (B) terminated the Offer without having accepted any Shares for payment thereunder, unless such failure to pay for Shares shall have been caused by or resulted from the failure of the Company to satisfy the conditions set forth in paragraphs (f) or (g) of Annex A, (ii) prior to the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Offer, the Board shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Merger Sub or Parent its approval or recommendation of the Offer, this Agreement or the Merger in order to approve a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that such termination under this clause (ii) shall not be effective until the Company has made payment to Parent of the Termination Fee (as hereinafter defined) required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.2(a) and has deposited with a mutually acceptable escrow agent $2 million for reimbursement to Parent and Merger Sub of Expenses (as hereinafter defined) or (iii) Parent or Merger Sub shall have breached in any material respect any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which failure to perform is incapable of being cured or has not been cured within 20 days after the giving of written notice to Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable, except, in any case, such failures which are not reasonably likely to affect adversely Parent's or Merger Sub's ability to complete the Offer or the Merger. The party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1 (other than pursuant to Section 8.1(a)) shall give notice of such termination to the other party.