Authority Relative to this Agreement The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and validly authorized and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize or approve this Agreement or the Tender and Voting Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (other than, with respect to the Merger, the approval and adoption of the Merger and this Agreement by holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares to the extent required by the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and by applicable law). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due and valid authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and the Purchaser, constitutes valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally (the "Bankruptcy Exceptions") and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity and any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Board of Directors of the Company has, at the Company Board Meeting, approved and adopted this Agreement, the Offer, the Merger, the Tender and Voting Agreement and the other transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, determined that the Offer Price to be received by the holders of Shares pursuant to the Offer and the Merger is fair to the Shareholders, recommended that the Shareholders approve and adopt this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby and tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer and approved the submission of this Agreement to the Shareholders at the Special Meeting (if required to consummate the Merger) if the Purchaser purchases Shares pursuant to the Offer whether or not the Board of Directors of the Company determines at any time subsequent to the Company Board Meeting that this Agreement no longer advisable and recommends that Shareholders reject it.
INDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP This Agreement is not intended to constitute, create, give effect to or otherwise recognize a joint venture, partnership, or formal business organization, or agency agreement of any kind, and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be only those expressly set forth herein.
General Relationship Executive shall be considered an employee of the Company within the meaning of all federal, state and local laws and regulations including, but not limited to, laws and regulations governing unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation, industrial accident, labor and taxes.
Nature of Relationship The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with the offering and the sale of the Notes or any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Underwriters: (i) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company and any other person, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, exists; (ii) the Underwriters are not acting as advisors, experts or otherwise, to the Company, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the public offering price of the Notes, and such relationship between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, is entirely and solely a commercial relationship, based on arms-length negotiations; (iii) any duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Company shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company hereby waives any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with this offering.