Standstill Clause Samples
A Standstill clause temporarily restricts one or both parties from taking certain actions, such as pursuing alternative transactions or making public offers, during a specified period. Typically, this clause is used in mergers and acquisitions or investment negotiations to prevent parties from soliciting or negotiating with other potential partners while discussions are ongoing. Its core function is to create a stable environment for negotiations by reducing the risk of interference or competitive bidding, thereby protecting the interests of the parties involved.
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Standstill. Effective from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the later of the certification of votes for the Company 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or the certification of votes for the FSFR (as defined below) 2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Standstill Period”), except to the extent expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, none of the Sellers shall, and Sellers shall cause their respective controlled Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly, in any manner, alone or in concert with others:
(a) solicit, or knowingly encourage or in any way engage in any solicitation of, any proxies or consents or become a “participant” in a “solicitation,” directly or indirectly, as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) of proxies or consents (including, without limitation, any solicitation of consents that seeks to call a special meeting of stockholders or by encouraging or participating in any “withhold” or similar campaign), in each case, with respect to securities of the Company or Fifth Street Senior Floating Rate Corp. (“FSFR”) or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such securities (collectively, “securities of the Companies”);
(b) make any proposal for consideration by stockholders at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company or FSFR, whether pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, either such company’s constituent documents or otherwise;
(c) knowingly advise, encourage, support, instruct or influence any person with respect to any of the matters covered by this Section 3.1 or with respect to the voting or disposition of any securities of the Companies at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company or FSFR, except in accordance with Section 3.4, or seek to do so;
(d) agree, attempt, seek or propose to deposit any securities of the Companies in any voting trust or similar arrangement, or subject any securities of the Companies to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof, except in accordance with Section 3.4;
(e) knowingly seek or encourage any person to submit nominations in furtherance of a “contested solicitation” or take other action for the election or removal of directors with respect to the Company or FSFR, including any action that is intended to, or is reasonably likely to result in, the replacement of the investment advisor of the Company or FSFR, or ...
Standstill. (a) The Investor covenants and agrees that, during the Standstill Period, it shall not, and it shall cause its Affiliates not to, in any manner, directly or indirectly, or in concert with any other Person:
(i) propose or seek to effect any Change of Control Transaction, including by entering into a support agreement or lock-up agreement in respect of such a transaction, provided that for greater certainty, the Investor and its Affiliates shall be permitted to tender to, vote in favour of, and/or enter into a support agreement or lock-up agreement in respect of a Change of Control Transaction supported by a majority of the Board;
(ii) solicit proxies from Shareholders or form, join, support or participate in a group to solicit proxies from Shareholders with a view to replacing the members of the Board;
(iii) purchase, offer or agree to purchase or negotiate to purchase any Securities or assets of the Company, other than as contemplated in the Purchase Agreement or any Closing Document (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), without the advance written authorization of the Board;
(iv) advise or encourage any Person proposing any of the foregoing (including forming a "group" with any such Person); or
(v) make any public announcement or take any action in furtherance of the foregoing.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 3.1(a), the Investor and its Affiliates shall not be restricted from:
(i) acquiring Securities with the prior written consent of the Company;
(ii) making a confidential proposal to the Board regarding any of the transactions or activities contemplated in Section 3.1(a), entering into discussions or negotiations with the Board or the Company with respect to the terms of any such proposal, and entering into any agreement with the Company providing for the consummation of such proposal; provided that the Investor shall not make any public disclosure of the making of or terms of such proposal except with the prior written consent of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;
(iii) acquiring Securities upon exercise, exchange or conversion of any Subject Securities in accordance with their respective terms;
(iv) exercising any rights of the Investor under the Purchase Agreement or the Closing Documents;
(v) acquiring Securities in accordance with the terms of the Participation Rights set forth in Section 4.1;
(vi) acquiring Securities in accordance with the terms of the Top-Up Rights set forth in Section 4.2;
(vii) participating in rights of...
Standstill. The Stockholder agrees that, for a period of three years following the date hereof (the "Standstill Period"), it will not (and it will ensure that its affiliates (and any person acting on behalf of or in concert with it or any affiliate) will not), without ACE's prior written approval, (a) purchase or otherwise acquire (or enter into any agreement or make any proposal, including any proposal which is made public, to purchase or otherwise acquire) any securities of ACE, any warrant or option to purchase such securities, any security convertible into any such securities, or any other right to acquire such securities if upon any such purchase or acquisition the Stockholder owns or has the right to acquire (whether or not presently) five percent or more of the outstanding voting shares of ACE, (b) solicit proxies from stockholders of ACE or otherwise seek to influence or control the management or policies of ACE or any of its affiliates, (c) form, join or in any way participate in a "group" (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any voting securities of ACE or any of its subsidiaries, (d) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence the management, Board of Directors or policies of ACE, (e) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing or (f) assist, advise or encourage any other person in doing any of the foregoing; provided, however, that this Section 8 shall not prohibit the purchase or other acquisition of securities of ACE by any person described in Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(i) and (ii) of the Exchange Act. The Stockholders also agree during such period not to request ACE (or its directors, officers, employees or agents), directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provisions of this Section 8 (including this sentence) or take any action which might require ACE to make a public announcement regarding the possibility of a business combination, merger or extraordinary transaction.
Standstill. The Buyer hereby agrees that, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the second annual anniversary thereof (the “Standstill Period”), unless specifically invited in writing by the Company, the Buyer will not, and will not permit any director, officer or Affiliate of the Buyer to, in any manner, directly or indirectly (including by directing or causing any other Person that is not the Buyer or a director, officer or Affiliate of the Buyer):
(i) effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect, or announce any intention to effect or cause or participate in or in any way assist, facilitate or encourage any other Person to effect or seek, offer or propose (whether publicly or otherwise) to effect or participate in, (A) any acquisition of any securities (or beneficial ownership thereof) or rights or options to acquire any securities (or beneficial ownership thereof) of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or Company Controlled Affiliates if, after giving effect to any such acquisition, the Buyer and/or any Buyer Controlled Entity and/or Control Group Member, either individually or in the aggregate, would beneficially own more than nine and ninety-nine one hundredths percent (9.99%) of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, (B) any tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination involving the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or Company Controlled Affiliates or any division or line of business of any thereof, (C) any recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction with respect to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or Company Controlled Affiliates or any division thereof, or (D) any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC) or consents to vote any voting securities of the Company;
(ii) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇) with respect to the securities of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or Company Controlled Affiliates;
(iii) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control or influence the management, the board of directors or the policies of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or Company Controlled Affiliates;
(iv) take any action which would or would reasonably be expected to force the Company to make a public announcement regarding any of the types of matters set forth in clause (i) above; or
(v) enter...
Standstill. Except as provided in Section 2.3 below, for a period beginning on date of this Agreement and ending on the Expiration Time, none of the Rollover Shareholder or any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly: (i) acquire, offer to acquire or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, by purchase or otherwise, any beneficial ownership in, or direct or indirect rights to acquire any beneficial ownership in, securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (ii) make any public announcement (other than any disclosure on Schedules 13D or 13G to the extent required by U.S. federal or state securities laws or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder for the purpose of pursuing the Merger) with respect to, or submit a proposal for or offer of (with or without conditions), any tender or exchange offer, merger, recapitalization, reorganization, business combination or other extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (iii) seek or propose to influence or control the management or policies of the Company, make or in any way participate, directly or indirectly, in any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States) to vote any voting securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof, or seek to advise or influence any person with respect to the voting of any voting securities of the Company or any subsidiary thereof; (iv) form, join, become a member of or in any way participate in, or otherwise encourage the formation of, a “group” (other than with the Other Rollover Shareholders (as defined below)) within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, in connection with any of the foregoing; or (v) publicly request the Other Rollover Shareholders to amend or waive any provision of, or take any action challenging the enforceability or validity of, this paragraph (including this sentence). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 2.2 or any other provision of this Agreement shall prohibit (a) the Rollover Shareholder from acquiring securities of the Company as a result of any share split, combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction in or of the securities of the Company if such share split, combination, recapitalization or other similar transaction has been duly approved by the Company, or (b) Parent and Merger Sub from entering into the Merger Agreement and consummating the Merger.
Standstill. The Investor hereby agrees that the Investor (together with all of its subsidiaries in which Investor owns beneficially or of record a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of such subsidiary ("Majority Owned Subsidiaries")) shall not acquire "beneficial ownership" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of any Voting Stock (as defined below), any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Voting Stock, or any other right to acquire Voting Stock (except, in any case, by way of stock dividends or other distributions or offerings made available to holders of any Voting Stock generally) without the prior written consent of the Company, if the effect of such acquisition would be to increase the Voting Power of all Voting Stock then beneficially owned by the Investor or which it has a right to acquire (together with all Majority Owned Subsidiaries) to a percentage greater than nineteen and ninety-nine one hundredths percent (19.99%) (the "Standstill Percentage") of the Total Voting Power (as defined below) of the Company at the time in effect; provided that:
(a) The Investor may acquire Voting Stock without regard to the foregoing limitation, and such limitation shall be suspended, but not terminated, if and for as long as (i) a tender or exchange offer is made and is not withdrawn or terminated by another person or group to purchase or exchange for cash or other consideration any Voting Stock that, if accepted or if otherwise successful, would result in such person or group beneficially owning or having the right to acquire shares of Voting Stock with aggregate Voting Power of more than nineteen and ninety-nine one hundredths percent (19.99%) of the Total Voting Power of the Company then in effect (not counting for these purposes any shares of Voting Stock of the Company originally acquired (where such Shares or shares exchanged with the Company in respect thereof, are still held) by such person or group from the Investor or any Majority Owned Subsidiary), and such offer is not withdrawn or terminated prior to the Investor making an offer to acquire Voting Stock or acquiring Voting Stock; provided, however, that the foregoing standstill limitation will be reinstated once any such tender or exchange offer is withdrawn or terminated, (ii) another person or group hereafter acquires Voting Stock with aggregate Voting Power of twenty percent (20%) or more of the Total Voting Power of the Company then in e...
Standstill. (a) The Investors shall not (and they shall cause their respective affiliates to not), in any manner, directly, indirectly or jointly or in concert with any other person, during the Restricted Period, without the prior consent of the Board, such consent being determined by a simple majority vote of the Board (excluding the vote of any Investor Nominee):
(i) (A) commence a take-over bid for any securities of the Corporation; (B) effect, seek, offer or propose any take-over bid, amalgamation, merger, arrangement, business combination, re-organization, restructuring or liquidation with respect to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or disposition of more than a majority of the assets of the Corporation, or (C) purchase any Common Shares or Convertible Securities, except in connection with the acquisition of a person that holds Common Shares or Convertible Securities by the Investor or an affiliate of the Investor, where the Common Shares of Convertible Securities held by such person do not comprise a material portion of the assets of such person;
(ii) enter into or propose, offer or agree to enter into or engage in any negotiations with respect to any:
(A) acquisition, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, merger, tender offer or take-over bid, exchange offer or other business combination transaction relating to the Corporation or any of its affiliates or any part of their respective assets or businesses; or
(B) any restructuring, recapitalization, liquidation or similar transaction involving the Corporation or any of its affiliates or any part of their respective assets or businesses;
(iii) engage in short sales of any of the Equity Securities held by the Investor;
(iv) solicit proxies from shareholders or form, join or participate in a group to so solicit, other than any solicitation of proxies voting in favour of the nominees of management of the Corporation for election to the Board;
(v) present or request to present at any meeting of the securityholders of the Corporation or any of its affiliates or through action by written consent any proposal for consideration for action by securityholders, requisition a meeting of the securityholders of the Corporation or any of its affiliates, propose or request to propose any nominee for election to the Board or the board of directors of any of the Corporation’s affiliates (other than pursuant to the nomination rights expressly set forth in this Agreement) or seek the removal of any member of the Board or the b...
Standstill. (a) Each of the PW Group/▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ Group Shareholders solely on behalf of itself and its respective Affiliates and Associates hereby severally and not jointly agrees that from the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5 (the “Covered Period”), except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Affiliates or Associates will, and it will cause each of its Affiliates and Associates not to, directly or indirectly in any manner, alone or in concert with others:
(i) make, engage in, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any “solicitation” of proxies (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC but without regard to the exclusion set forth in Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv) of the Exchange Act) or consents to vote, or seek to advise, encourage or influence any person with respect to the voting of any securities of the Company or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such securities (collectively, “securities of the Company”) for the election of individuals to the Board or to approve shareholder proposals, or become a “participant” in any contested “solicitation” for the election of directors with respect to the Company (as such terms are defined or used under the Exchange Act) (other than a “solicitation” or acting as a “participant” in support of all of the nominees of the Board at any shareholder meeting) or make or be the proponent of any shareholder proposal (pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise);
(ii) form, join, encourage, influence, advise or in any way participate in any “group” (as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act for purposes of this Agreement, any such group, a “Section 13(d) Group”) with any persons (other than a Section 13(d) Group that includes all or some of the persons identified on the Group 13Ds (as defined below) as of the date hereof and their Affiliates and Associates, but not including any other entities or persons not identified on the Group 13Ds as of the date hereof) with respect to any securities of the Company or otherwise in any manner agree, attempt, seek or propose to deposit any securities of the Company in any voting trust or similar arrangement, or subject any securities of the Company to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof, except as expressly set forth in this Agreement;
(iii) acquire, offer or propose to acquire, or agree to acquire, directly ...
Standstill. During the period (such period, the “Standstill Term”) commencing as of the First Closing Date and continuing until the later of (i) the second (2nd) anniversary of the Second Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the Investor ceases to have the right to designate a director to the Board pursuant to Section 5, and (iii) the date on which the Investor (including SK ecoplant and SPV) and its Subsidiaries beneficially own less than five percent (5.0%) of the shares of Common Stock then issued and outstanding, the Investor (including SK ecoplant and the SPV) and its Subsidiaries shall not do any of the following, except as approved, invited or waived by the Company or the Board, or as contemplated by this Agreement:
(a) other than Permitted Purchases and purchases of Preemptive Right Shares, directly or indirectly, acquire beneficial ownership of Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents and/or any instrument that gives the Investor the economic equivalent of ownership of an amount of securities of the Company (a “Derivative”), except, nothing in this Section 2.1(a) shall prevent or prohibit the Investor from investing in a fund with respect to which the Investor does not have or share decision-making authority over investment or divestment decisions;
(b) make a tender, exchange or other public offer to acquire Common Stock and/or Common Stock Equivalents;
(c) directly or indirectly, (i) seek to have called any meeting of the stockholders of the Company or propose any matter to be voted upon by the stockholders of the Company, or (ii) propose or nominate for election to the Board any person whose nomination has not been approved by a majority of the Board (excluding the Investor Designee, if any);
(d) directly or indirectly, encourage, accept or support a tender, exchange or other offer or proposal by any other Person or group (an “Offeror”) for securities of the Company (if such offer or proposal would, if consummated, result in a Change of Control of the Company, such offer or proposal is referred to as an “Acquisition Proposal”);
(e) directly or indirectly, solicit proxies or consents or propose or seek or become a participant in a solicitation (as such terms are defined in Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act), or seek to advise or influence any Person, with respect to voting of any securities of the Company;
(f) deposit any securities of the Company in a voting trust or subject any securities of the Company to any arrangement or agreement with respect ...
Standstill. (a) Until the earliest to occur of (A) the tenth anniversary of the purchase of the Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to the Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, (B) the date on which the Apollo/Blackstone Shareholders own, collectively, Voting Securities which would represent (i) less than 10% of the Total Voting Power, excluding voting securities beneficially owned by the Shareholders other than the Apollo/Blackstone Shareholders and (ii) less than 10% of the Actual Voting Power, excluding voting securities beneficially owned by the Shareholders other than the Apollo/Blackstone Shareholders; provided that the Shareholders at such time are entitled to designate not more than one director pursuant to Article 3 hereof, and (C) termination under Section 2.2 (such period, the "Standstill Period") (provided that the Standstill Period shall end (x) with respect to the DLJ Shareholders, on the date on which the DLJ Shareholders no longer own any Conversion Shares, and (y) with respect to the Greenwich Street Shareholders, on the date on which the Greenwich Street Shareholders no longer own any any Conversion Shares), each Shareholder will not, and will cause each of its Affiliates (other than Exempt Affiliates) not to, directly or indirectly:
(i) acquire, offer to acquire, or agree to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, any Voting Securities or voting rights or direct or indirect rights or options to acquire any Voting Securities of the Company or any of its Affiliates other than (A) an acquisition as a result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar recapitalization, (B) the acquisition of shares of Common Stock which are subject to the Exchange Agreement, (C) with the prior written consent of the chairman of the Board of Directors and the chief executive officer of the Company, acquisitions by the Apollo/Blackstone Shareholders of up to a collective aggregate amount of 3,000,000 shares (as such number may be appropriately adjusted to reflect stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends or any other recapitalization of the Company and as reduced to reflect any such acquisitions pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i)(C) of the Original Agreement) of Common Stock, (D) stock options or similar rights granted by the Company to an Affiliate of such Shareholder as compensation for performance as a director or officer of the Company or its subsidiaries (and any shares issuable upon exercise thereof), (E) transfers between such Shareholder and Related Transferees as permi...