Newco Prior to the Effective Time, Newco shall not conduct any business or make any investments other than as specifically contemplated by this Agreement and will not have any assets (other than the minimum amount of cash required to be paid to Newco for the valid issuance of its stock to the Parent).
S&P Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or its successor.
Shareholders’ Representative Each of the Selling Shareholders (including the Former Company Share Award Holders), by virtue of its, his or her execution and delivery of this Agreement (directly, by proxy or pursuant to a power of attorney), hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Xxxxx Xxxxx, a Principal and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company as of the date of this Agreement (the “Shareholders Representative”), to be such Selling Shareholder’s true and lawful representative, agent and attorney-in-fact to act on such Selling Shareholder’s behalf with respect to any actions permitted to be taken by such Selling Shareholder, or any of them, after the date of this Agreement in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Transaction Documents. In such representative capacity, the Shareholders Representative shall take or refrain from taking, and the Selling Shareholders each agree that the Shareholders Representatives may take or refrain from taking, any and all actions which the Shareholders Representative reasonably believes, acting in good faith, to be necessary or appropriate under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (except as provided above) for and on behalf of the Selling Shareholders, as fully and effectively as if the Selling Shareholders were acting on their own behalf. Each reference in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to an action to be taken by the Selling Shareholders shall, with respect to the Selling Shareholders, be taken by the Shareholders Representative on their behalf pursuant to this Section 7.18. Each Selling Shareholder hereby ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm in the future upon the request of the Shareholders Representative, any action taken by the Shareholders Representative in the exercise of the agency and power of attorney granted to the Shareholders Representative pursuant to this Section 7.18, which agency and power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable and a durable agency and power of attorney and shall survive the death, incapacity or incompetence of such Selling Shareholder. Each of Purchaser and the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the directions, instructions and notice of the Shareholders Representative, when it is acting in their capacity as such under this Section 7.18, without being required to undertake any independent investigation or verification, and any notice provided in accordance with this Agreement to or from the Shareholders Representative in its capacity as such shall be conclusively deemed to have been provided to or from each of the Selling Shareholders, as applicable. The Shareholders Representative shall not have any liability to any of the Selling Shareholders arising out of or relating to any action taken or omission made in good faith by the Shareholders Representative (in its capacity as such) pursuant to this Agreement, and each Selling Shareholder shall, severally but not jointly, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Shareholders Representative with respect to all actions so taken or omissions made on behalf of such Selling Shareholder up to the net proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder in connection with the Transactions.
VALIC (i) is registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and will continue to be so registered for so long as this Agreement remains in effect: (ii) is not prohibited by the 1940 Act or the Advisers Act from performing the services contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) has met, and will continue to meet for so long as this Agreement remains in effect, any applicable federal or state requirements, or the applicable requirements of any regulatory or industry self-regulatory agency, necessary to be met in order to perform the services contemplated by this Agreement, (iv) has the authority to enter into and perform the services contemplated by this Agreement, and (v) will immediately notify the SUB-ADVISER of the occurrence of any event that would disqualify VALIC from serving as an investment adviser of an investment company pursuant to Section 9(a) of the 1940 Act or otherwise.
Stockholders’ Representative (a) Pursuant to the Stockholders Approval dated on or about the date hereof and the Letters of Transmittal and Option Cancelation Acknowledgement Agreements, as applicable, the Equityholders have constituted, appointed and empowered effective from and after the date of such consent, Parthenon Investors III, L.P. as the Stockholders’ Representative, for the benefit of the Equityholders and the exclusive agent and attorney-in-fact to act on behalf of each Equityholder, in connection with and to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, which shall include the power and authority: (i) to negotiate, execute and deliver such waivers, consents and amendments under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby as the Stockholders’ Representative, in its sole discretion, may deem necessary or desirable; (ii) as the Stockholders’ Representative, to enforce and protect the rights and interests of the Equityholders and to enforce and protect the rights and interests of such Persons arising out of or under or in any manner relating to this Agreement and the transactions provided for herein, and to take any and all actions which the Stockholders’ Representative believes are necessary or appropriate under this Agreement for and on behalf of the Equityholders including, consenting to, compromising or settling any such claims, conducting negotiations with Parent, the Surviving Corporation and their respective Representatives regarding such claims, and, in connection therewith, to (A) assert any claim or institute any Action or investigation; (B) investigate, defend, contest or litigate any Action or investigation initiated by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any other Person, or by any Governmental Entity against the Stockholders’ Representative and/or any of the Equityholders, and receive process on behalf of any or all Equityholders in any such Action or investigation and compromise or settle on such terms as the Stockholders’ Representative shall determine to be appropriate, and give receipts, releases and discharges with respect to, any such Action or investigation; (C) file any proofs of debt, claims and petitions as the Stockholders’ Representative may deem advisable or necessary; (D) settle or compromise any claims asserted under this Agreement; and (E) file and prosecute appeals from any decision, judgment or award rendered in any such Action or investigation, it being understood that the Stockholders’ Representative shall not have any obligation to take any such actions, and shall not have any liability for any failure to take any such actions; (iii) to waive or refrain from enforcing any right of the Equityholders arising out of or under or in any manner relating to this Agreement; provided, however, that such waiver is in writing signed by the Stockholders’ Representative; (iv) to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such other agreements, guarantees, orders, receipts, endorsements, notices, requests, instructions, certificates, stock powers, letters and other writings, and, in general, to do any and all things and to take any and all action that the Stockholders’ Representative, in its sole and absolute discretion, may consider necessary or proper or convenient in connection with or to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (v) to engage outside counsel, accountants and other advisors and incur such other expenses on behalf of the Equityholders in connection with any matter arising under this Agreement; and (vi) to collect, hold and disburse the Escrow Amount and the Expense Holdback Amount in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Equityholders may not make any claim hereunder except through the Stockholders’ Representative.
Shareholder Representative (A) By virtue of the approving this Agreement and accepting Merger Consideration, the Participating Shareholders appoint Eric Garfield as "SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE". The Shareholder Represexxxxxxx xxxx be agent and attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of each of the Participating Shareholders and shall have full power and authority to represent all of the Participating Shareholders and their successors with respect to all matters arising under this Agreement. All actions taken by the Shareholder Representative hereunder shall be binding upon all Participating Shareholders and their successors as if expressly confirmed and ratified in writing by each of them, including, but not limited to, resolving all claims relating the Escrow and any indemnification claims and obligations. The Shareholder Representative shall take any and all actions which he believes are necessary or appropriate under this Agreement for and on behalf of the Participating Shareholders, as fully as if he were acting on his own behalf, including, without limitation, consenting to, compromising or settling issues with respect to the Escrow and all such indemnity claims with Parent under this Agreement, taking any and all other actions specified in or contemplated by this Agreement, and engaging counsel, or accountants in connection with the foregoing matters. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Shareholder Representative shall have full power and authority to interpret all the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to consent to any amendment hereof on behalf of all Participating Shareholders and such successors. The person designated to serve as the Shareholder Representative may be changed by the Participating Shareholders who are entitled to receive a majority of the Escrow when and if it becomes payable hereunder from time to time upon not less than ten days prior written notice to Parent. No bond shall be required of the Shareholder Representative, and the Shareholder Representative shall receive no compensation for services but shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Participating Shareholders for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of his duties hereunder, including expenses of legal counsel. All such expenses shall be payable from the Escrow, if sufficient.
Agent’s Management Time Any amount payable to the Agent under Clause 14.3 (Indemnity to the Agent), Clause 16 (Costs and expenses) and Clause 25.10 (Lenders’ indemnity to the Agent) shall include the cost of utilising the Agent’s management time or other resources and will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may notify to the Parent and the Lenders, and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the Agent under Clause 11 (Fees).
Exit Interview Upon termination of Employee’s employment for any reason, Employee agrees, if requested, to participate in an exit interview with the Company and reaffirm in writing Employee’s post-employment obligations as set forth in this Agreement.