No Agency Relationship Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or empower either party to act as agent for the other party to this Agreement, or to conduct business in the name, or for the account, of the other party to this Agreement.
Relationship between the Parties A Party is not by virtue of this Agreement the employee, agent or partner of the other Party and is not authorised to bind or represent the other Party.
Corporate Authority Relative to this Agreement; No Violation (a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has the requisite corporate or similar power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the OpCo Spin-Off Agreements, as may be applicable, and each other document to be entered into by Parent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (together with this Agreement, the “Parent Transaction Documents”), subject to the receipt of approval of the Share Issuance by the affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast by holders of Parent Common Stock (the “Parent Shareholder Approval”) present at a meeting of Parent’s shareholders (the “Parent Shareholders’ Meeting”), to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger. The execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has been, and the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of the other Parent Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been or shall be, duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub, and, except for the Parent Shareholder Approval and the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware, no other corporate proceedings on the part of either Parent or Merger Sub or vote of Parent’s securityholders are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Parent Board of Directors has (i) unanimously determined that this Agreement and the Merger are in the best interests of Parent and its shareholders, (ii) approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including the Merger and the Share Issuance) and (iii) resolved to recommend the approval by its shareholders of the Share Issuance and to submit the Share Issuance to the shareholders of Parent for approval. This Agreement has been, and the Parent Transaction Documents shall be, duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub, and assuming this Agreement and Parent Transaction Documents constitute the legal, valid and binding agreement of the counterparty thereto, this Agreement constitutes, and the Parent Transaction Documents shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding agreement of Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, enforceable against each of them, in accordance with their terms, except as such enforcement may be subject to the Remedies Exceptions.