Stockholders’ Agent (a) At the Closing, CombineNet Holdings, LLC shall be constituted and appointed as the Stockholders’ Agent. CombineNet Holdings, LLC hereby accepts its appointment as the Stockholders’ Agent. The Stockholders’ Agent shall have the following authority and responsibilities: (i) give and receive notices and communications to or from Acquiror (on behalf of itself or any other Acquiror Indemnified Person) relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions and other matters contemplated hereby or thereby (except to the extent that this Agreement expressly contemplates that any such notice or communication shall be given or received by such Company Securityholders individually); (ii) execute the Escrow Agreement on behalf of the Effective Time Holders; (iii) authorize deliveries to Acquiror of cash and shares of Acquiror Stock from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of claims asserted by Acquiror (on behalf of itself or any other Acquiror Indemnified Person, including by not objecting to such claims), receive distributions from the Escrow Fund on behalf of Effective Time Holders and pay any Transaction Expenses that may be due as a result of its receipt of such escrow proceeds; (iv) object to such claims pursuant to the Escrow Agreement; (v) consent or agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and comply with orders of courts with respect to, such claims; (vi) consent or agree to any amendment to this Agreement, (vii) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders’ Agent for the accomplishment of the foregoing; and (viii) determine whether or not to purchase indemnification insurance on behalf of, and for the benefit of, the Effective Time Holders, including the amount of any such insurance, and payment of any costs, expenses or premiums related to obtaining such insurance out of the Representation Escrow Fund, in each case without having to seek or obtain the consent of any Person under any circumstance. All such actions shall be deemed to be facts ascertainable outside this Agreement and shall be binding on the Effective Time Holders as a matter of contract law. The Person serving as the Stockholders’ Agent may be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrow Fund upon not less than ten days’ prior written notice to Acquiror. No bond shall be required of the Stockholders’ Agent, and the Stockholders’ Agent shall receive no compensation for his services. No provision of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement shall require the Stockholders’ Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the exercise or performance of any its powers, rights, duties or privileges under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement.
Stockholders’ Representative Subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 4.1, the Stockholders’ Representative shall serve as the exclusive agent of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants for all purposes of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Stockholders’ Representative shall be authorized (a) to execute all certificates, documents and agreements on behalf of and in the name of any of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants necessary to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) to negotiate, execute and deliver all amendments, modifications and waivers to this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument contemplated by this Agreement. The Stockholders’ Representative also shall be exclusively authorized to take all actions on behalf of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants in connection with any claims made under this Agreement or in respect of the Transactions contemplated hereby, to bring, prosecute, defend or settle such claims, and to make and receive payments in respect of such claims on behalf of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants, and no holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants shall take any such action without the Stockholders’ Representative’s prior written approval. The Stockholders’ Representative is serving in the capacity as exclusive agent of the holders of T2 Warrants and T3 Warrants hereunder solely for purposes of administrative convenience. The Stockholders’ Representative shall not be liable to any Person for any act done or omitted hereunder as the Stockholders’ Representative while acting in good faith, and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The holders of shares of Company Stock outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall indemnify the Stockholders’ Representative and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholders’ Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties hereunder. The person serving as Stockholders’ Representative may resign or be replaced from time to time by the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrowed Stock held in the Escrow Account upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice to Parent and with Parent’s written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Shareholders' Agent (a) The Shareholders will be represented under the Merger Agreements by the Shareholders' Agent. By voting for the Merger and/or accepting any of the Merger Consideration, each of the Shareholders, and by execution and delivery of this Agreement, CMB, irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Shareholder's Agent as the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the Shareholders to act on their behalf as provided in this Agreement, including, without limitation, to take any action deemed by it necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of, and to determine the rights of the Shareholders under, any of the Merger Agreements. The Shareholders' Agent is so designated as the sole and exclusive agent of the Shareholders for all purposes related to any of the Merger Agreements or any of the Transactions, including, without limitation, (i) service of process upon any of the Shareholders, (ii) receipt of all notices on behalf of any of the Shareholders and (iii) representation of any of the Shareholders with respect to the Merger or any litigation, arbitration or other transaction contemplated by any of the Merger Agreements, including, without limitation, the defense, settlement or compromise of any claim, action or proceeding for which any Shareholder may be obligated to indemnify any Indemnitee pursuant to Section 6 of this Agreement or which may be brought against any Shareholder to enforce such indemnity, and the Shareholders may act, and by voting for the Merger and/or accepting any of the Merger Consideration, each of the Shareholders agrees that it will act, only through the Shareholder's Agent.
Directors, Trustees and Shareholders and Massachusetts Business Trust It is understood and is expressly stipulated that neither the holders of shares in the Fund nor any Directors or Trustees of the Fund shall be personally liable hereunder. With respect to any Fund which is a party to this Agreement and which is organized as a Massachusetts business trust (“Trust”), the term “Fund” means and refers to the trust established by its applicable trust agreement (Declaration of Trust) as the same may be amended from time to time. It is expressly agreed that the obligations of any such Trust hereunder shall not be binding upon any of the trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents or employees of the Trust, personally, but bind only the trust property of the Trust, as provided in the Declaration of Trust of the Trust. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been authorized by the trustees and signed by an authorized officer of the Trust, acting as such, and neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them, but shall bind only the trust property of the Trust as provided in its Declaration of Trust.
Shareholders’ Representative (a) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx (such person and any successor or successors being the “Selling Shareholders Representative”) shall act as the representative of the Selling Shareholders, and shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Selling Shareholders to take any and all actions required or permitted to be taken by the Selling Shareholders Representative under this Agreement and with respect to any claims (including the settlement thereof) made by a Investor Indemnified Party for indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII, including (i) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and comply with orders of courts with respect to any claims for indemnification and (ii) take all actions necessary in the judgment of the Selling Shareholders Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. In all matters relating to this Article VIII, the Selling Shareholders Representative shall be the only party entitled to assert the rights of the Selling Shareholders, and the Selling Shareholders Representative shall perform all of the obligations of the Selling Shareholders under this Article VIII. The Investor Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to rely on all statements, representations and decisions of the Selling Shareholders Representative. The Selling Shareholders Representative may resign upon not less than twenty (20) business days’ prior written notice to Investors and the Selling Shareholders. The Selling Shareholders by the vote of a majority-in-interest of their respective Pro Rata Portions may remove the Selling Shareholders Representative from time to time upon not less than twenty (20) business days’ prior written notice to Investors. Any vacancy in the position of the Selling Shareholders Representative may be filled by a majority-in-interest of the Selling Shareholders (based on their respective Pro Rata Portions), subject to the consent of the Investors (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Any successor Selling Shareholders Representative shall acknowledge in writing to the Investors his or her acceptance of his or her appointment as Selling Shareholders Representative.
Selling Stockholders’ Documents On the date hereof, the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall have furnished for review by the Representatives copies of the Powers of Attorney and Custody Agreements executed by each of the Selling Stockholders and such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
Registered Stockholders The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.
Parent Stockholders’ Meeting (i) Parent will, in accordance with applicable Law and its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of, and use its reasonable best efforts to convene and hold a meeting of holders of capital stock of Parent to consider and vote upon the issuance of Series C Common Stock in connection with the Merger (the “Parent Stockholders Meeting”) as promptly as practicable. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.3, the Parent board of directors shall include the Parent Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement/ Prospectus and recommend at the Parent Stockholders Meeting that the holders of capital stock of Parent approve the issuance of the Series C Common Stock in connection with the Merger and shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and solicit such approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on a date preceding the date on which or the date on which the Parent Stockholders Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably believes that (i) it will not receive proxies representing the Parent Requisite Vote, whether or not a quorum is present, or (ii) it will not have enough shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock represented to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Parent Stockholders Meeting, Parent may postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the Parent Stockholders Meeting as long as the date of the Parent Stockholders Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of fifteen (15) calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence. In addition, notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 6.5(c), Parent may postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholders Meeting to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that Parent has determined, after consultation with outside legal counsel, is reasonably likely to be required under applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of Parent prior to the Parent Stockholders Meeting.
RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER, DIRECTOR, EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT The Participant shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any shares covered by the Option until the date of the issuance of the shares for which the Option has been exercised (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company). No adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date the shares are issued, except as provided in Section 9. If the Participant is an Employee, the Participant understands and acknowledges that, except as otherwise provided in a separate, written employment agreement between a Participating Company and the Participant, the Participant’s employment is “at will” and is for no specified term. Nothing in this Option Agreement shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue in the Service of a Participating Company or interfere in any way with any right of the Participating Company Group to terminate the Participant’s Service as a Director, an Employee or Consultant, as the case may be, at any time.
Stockholders The Stockholders recognize and acknowledge that they had in the past, currently have, and in the future may possibly have, access to certain confidential information of the Company, the Other Founding Companies, and/or TCI, such as operational policies, and pricing and cost policies that are valuable, special and unique assets of the Company's, the Other Founding Companies' and/or TCI's respective businesses ("Confidential Information"). The Stockholders agree that they will not disclose such Confidential Information to any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity for any purpose or reason whatsoever, except (a) to authorized representatives of TCI, (b) following the Closing, such Confidential Information may be disclosed by the Stockholders as is required in the course of performing their duties for TCI or the Surviving Corporation and (c) to counsel and other advisers, provided that such advisers (other than counsel) agree to the confidentiality provisions of this Section 14.1, unless (i) such Confidential Information becomes known to the public generally through no fault of the Stockholders, (ii) disclosure is required by law or the order of any governmental authority under color of law, provided, that prior to disclosing any Confidential Information pursuant to this clause (ii), the Stockholders shall, if possible, give prior written notice thereof to TCI and provide TCI with the opportunity to contest such disclosure, or (iii) the disclosing party reasonably believes that such disclosure is required in connection with the defense of a lawsuit against the disclosing party. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by any of the Stockholders of the provisions of this Section 14.1, TCI shall be entitled to an injunction restraining such Stockholders from disclosing, in whole or in part, such confidential information. Nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting TCI from pursuing any other available remedy for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages. In the event the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated, Stockholders shall have none of the above-mentioned restrictions on their ability to disseminate Confidential Information with respect to the Company. Each Stockholder further agrees that in the event the transactions contemplated herein are not consummated (i) neither the Company nor any Stockholder can thereafter use any Confidential Information of the Other Founding Companies for any purpose and (ii) upon written request of any Other Founding Company to the Company, the Company and Stockholders will return all Confidential Information pertaining to such Other Founding Company to such Other Founding Company.
