Voting Agreement Stockholder hereby agrees with Parent that, at any meeting of Company's stockholders, however called, and any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in connection with any written consent of Company's stockholders, Stockholder shall vote any Shares with respect to which Stockholder has voting power (i) in favor of approval of the Merger and the Merger Agreement and any actions recommended by the Board of Directors of Company that are required in furtherance of the transactions contemplated thereby; provided that Stockholder shall not be required to vote for any action that would decrease the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by the stockholders of Company in respect of their shares of Company capital stock in the Merger; (ii) against any proposal to authorize any action or agreement that would result in a breach in any respect of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or obligation of Company under the Merger Agreement or that would prevent the consummation of the Merger; (iii) against: (A) any proposal by Company to enter into or consent to any Third Party Acquisition (as defined below); (B) any change in the individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of Company (except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement); (C) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving Company and any Third Party (as defined below), other than the Merger; (D) a sale, lease, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Company's business outside the ordinary course of business, or of any assets that are material to its business whether or not in the ordinary course of business, or a reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of Company; (E) any amendment of Company's Certificate of Incorporation or bylaws, except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (F) any other action that is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iv) in favor of any proposal to grant Company's management discretionary authority to adjourn any meeting of Company's stockholders for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in the event that, at any meeting held for the purpose of considering the Merger Agreement, the number of shares of Company Common Stock present or represented and voting in favor of the Merger is insufficient to approve the Merger.
Voting Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy Section 2.1 Agreement to Vote the Subject Shares. Subject to Section 2.3, Section 2.4 and Section 2.5, Shareholder hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that, during the Voting Period, at any duly called meeting of the stockholders of the Company (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), and in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company, Shareholder shall, if a meeting is held, appear at the meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause its Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum, and it shall vote or consent (or cause to be voted or consented), in person or by proxy, all of its Subject Shares (a) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (and any actions required in furtherance thereof), (b) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company contained in the Merger Agreement or of Shareholder contained in this Agreement, and (c) against the following actions or proposals (other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement): (i) any Company Takeover Proposal or any proposal in opposition to approval of the Merger Agreement or in competition with or materially inconsistent with the Merger Agreement; and (ii) (A) any change in the persons who constitute the Board); (B) any material change in the present capitalization of the Company or any amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; (C) any change in the Company's corporate structure or business; or (D) any other action or proposal involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary that is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to prevent, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or could reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company's obligations under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled. Subject to Section 2.5, Shareholder agrees not to, and shall cause its Representatives not to, enter into any agreement, commitment or arrangement with any Person the effect of which would be inconsistent with or violative of the provisions and agreements contained in this Article II.
Voting Agreements (i) With respect to each election of directors of the Board, each holder of voting securities of the Company shall vote at each meeting of shareholders of the Company, or in lieu of any such meeting shall give such holder’s written consent with respect to, as the case may be, all of such holder’s voting securities of the Company as may be necessary (i) to keep the authorized size of the Board at four (4) directors, (ii) to cause the election or re-election as members of the Board, and during such period to continue in office, each of the individuals designated pursuant to Section 12.1, and (iii) against any nominees not designated pursuant to Section 12.1.
Termination Agreement (1) If the Franchise Agreement shall be terminated due to the expiration, both parties shall sign a Termination Agreement through negotiation completed 180 days prior to the expiration date.
Standstill Agreement In consideration of the Confidential Information being furnished to the Receiving Party pursuant to this Agreement, the Receiving Party agrees that, for a period of one year from the date of this Agreement (or, such shorter period agreed to by the Company with a third party who is provided access to the Confidential Information for the purpose of evaluating a possible Transaction, the “Standstill Period”), unless expressly requested by the Company or its Board of Directors (or any committee thereof) in writing, the Receiving Party shall not (and shall cause its affiliates not to and shall cause its and their respective Representatives acting at its and their respective behalf not to): (a) in any manner acting alone or in concert with others, acquire, agree to acquire or make any proposal to acquire, directly or indirectly, by means of purchase, merger, business combination or in any other manner, beneficial ownership of any securities of the Company, direct or indirect rights to acquire any securities of the Company (including any derivative securities with economic equivalents of ownership of any of such securities), any right to vote or to direct the voting of any securities of the Company or any assets of the Company, (b) make, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission) or consents to vote, or seek to advise or influence any person with respect to the voting of, any voting securities of the Company, (c) form, join or in any way participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to any voting securities of the Company, other than any group comprised solely of the Receiving Party and its affiliates, (d) otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek to control, advise, change or influence the management, board of directors, governing instruments, policies or affairs of the Company, (e) make any public disclosure, or take any action that could require the Company to make any public disclosure, with respect to any of the matters set forth in this Agreement, other than the required amendment to the Receiving Party’s Schedule 13D filing as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (f) disclose any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing or (g) have any discussions or enter into any arrangements (whether written or oral) with, or advise, assist or encourage any other persons in connection with any of the foregoing. The Receiving Party also agrees during such period not to request the Company or any of the Company Representatives, directly or indirectly, to amend or waive any provision of this Section 6 (including this sentence). Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the Standstill Period shall terminate immediately if, after the date of this Agreement, (A) the Company enters into a definitive agreement with a third party to effectuate a sale of 50% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company or 50% or more of the Company’s outstanding equity securities, (B) the Company publicly announces the conclusion of its previously announced strategic review process without a definitive agreement to sell the Company, (C) the Company makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commences any proceeding under any bankruptcy reorganization, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation law of any jurisdiction or (D) any bankruptcy petition is filed or any such proceeding is commenced against the Company and either (1) the Company indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or (2) such petition application or proceeding is not dismissed within 30 days and (ii) the Standstill Period solely with respect to clause (b) of this Section 6 shall terminate ten days prior to the expiration of the applicable time period for stockholders to nominate directors for election at the Company’s 2012 annual stockholders meeting to be scheduled in accordance with Section 8 hereof (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions in clauses (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of this Section 6 shall not apply to the activities that were previously expressly prohibited by clause (b) of this Section 6 in the event the restrictions in clause (b) are terminated pursuant to this clause (ii)).
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of May 15, 1997, by and between XXXXX BANKCORP, INC. ("TARGET"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with its principal office located in Ocilla, Georgia, and ABC BANCORP ("PURCHASER"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia, with its principal office located in Moultrie, Georgia. PREAMBLE -------- Certain terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 10.1 hereof. The Boards of Directors of TARGET and PURCHASER are of the opinion that the transactions described herein are in the best interests of TARGET and PURCHASER and their respective shareholders. This Agreement provides for the combination of TARGET with PURCHASER pursuant to the merger of TARGET with and into PURCHASER, as a result of which the outstanding shares of the capital stock of TARGET shall be converted into the right to receive shares of common stock of PURCHASER (except as provided herein), and the shareholders of TARGET shall become shareholders of PURCHASER (except as provided herein). The transactions described in this Agreement are subject to the approvals of the shareholders of TARGET, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and the satisfaction of certain other conditions described in this Agreement. It is the intention of the parties to this Agreement that the Merger for federal income tax purposes shall qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. Simultaneous with the Closing of the Merger, The Bank of Ocilla, a wholly- owned Georgia state bank subsidiary of TARGET, will be merged with and into The Citizens Bank of Tifton ("Citizens Bank"), a wholly-owned Georgia state bank subsidiary of PURCHASER, and will thereafter be operated as a branch of Citizens Bank.
Confidentiality Agreement As an employee of the Company, you will continue to have access to certain confidential information of the Company and you may, during the course of your employment, develop certain information or inventions that will be the property of the Company. To protect the interests of the Company, your acceptance of this Agreement confirms that the terms of the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement you previously signed with the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) still apply.
Termination Waiver and Amendment 40 7.1 Termination....................................................................................40 7.2
Exclusive Agreement; Amendment This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements or understandings among the parties with respect to its subject matter with respect thereto and cannot be changed or terminated orally.
Termination of Management Agreement Evidence of the termination of any and all management agreements affecting the Property, effective as of the Closing Date, and duly executed by Seller and the property manager.
