Voting Agreements Sample Clauses
A Voting Agreements clause establishes the obligation of certain parties, typically shareholders, to vote their shares in a specified manner on particular issues. This clause often applies in corporate settings where investors or founders agree to support specific board appointments, approve major transactions, or align on key company decisions. By formalizing how votes will be cast, the clause ensures predictability in governance outcomes and helps prevent disputes or deadlocks among stakeholders.
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Voting Agreements. The Shareholder agrees with, and covenants to, Buyer as follows:
(a) At any meeting of shareholders of Seller called to vote upon the Merger Agreement and/or the Transactions or at any adjournment or postponement thereof or in any other circumstances upon which a vote, consent or other approval with respect to the Merger Agreement and/or the Transactions is sought (collectively, the “Shareholders’ Meeting”), the Shareholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) all of the Shareholder’s Shares in favor of the execution and delivery by Seller of the Merger Agreement, and the approval of the terms thereof and each of the Transactions; provided however, that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require the Shareholder to vote any Shares over which he has or shares voting power solely in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of any Person other than the Seller if the Shareholder determines in good faith that such a vote would cause a breach of fiduciary duties to such other Person. The Shareholder shall not grant any proxies to any third party, except where such proxies are expressly directed to vote in favor of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions. The Shareholder hereby grants Buyer an irrevocable proxy, coupled with an interest, to vote all of the Shareholder’s Shares in favor of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, and against any competing proposals or other Acquisition Proposals or Acquisition Transactions; provided, however, that upon the payment of the termination fee by the Seller in accordance with Section 8.3(a) of the Merger Agreement, the Shareholder will automatically be released from the irrevocable proxy granted hereunder.
(b) At any meeting of Seller’s shareholders or at any adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which their vote, consent or other approval is sought, the Shareholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) such Shareholder’s Shares against (i) any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction, including, without limitation, any merger, consolidation or exchange agreement or merger or exchange (other than the Merger Agreement and the Transactions), consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by Seller, or (ii) any amendment of Seller’s articles of incorporation or bylaws or other proposal or transaction involving Seller, which amendment or other proposal or transaction would in any manner delay, impede, frustrate, preven...
Voting Agreements. Stockholder, solely in its capacity as a stockholder of Parent, agrees that, during the term of this Parent Support Agreement, at the Parent Stockholder Meeting, at any other meeting of the Parent Stockholders related to the Transactions (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) and/or in connection with any written consent of the Parent Stockholders related to the Transactions (the Parent Stockholder Meeting and all other meetings or consents related to the Merger Agreement and/or the Transactions collectively referred to herein as the “Meeting”), Stockholder shall:
(a) when the Meeting is held, appear at the Meeting or otherwise cause the Stockholder Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum;
(b) vote or cause to be voted at the Meeting (or validly execute and return an action by written consent or an action to cause such consent to be granted with respect to) all of the Stockholder Shares in favor of all Parent Proposals, including approval of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions; and
(c) vote or cause to be voted at the Meeting (or validly execute and return an action by written consent or an action to cause such consent to be granted with respect to) all of the Stockholder Shares against any other action that would reasonably be expected to (x) materially impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the Merger or any of the Transactions, (y) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of Parent under the Merger Agreement or (z) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Stockholder contained in this Parent Support Agreement.
Voting Agreements. (a) 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 seven (7) 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 17.1, and (iii) against any nominees not designated pursuant to Section 17.1.
(b) Any Director designated pursuant to Section 17.1 may be removed from the Board, either for or without cause, only upon the vote or written consent of the Person or group of Persons then entitled to designate such Director pursuant to Section 17.1, and the Parties agree not to seek, vote for or otherwise effect the removal of any such Director without such vote or written consent. Any Person or group of Persons then entitled to designate any individual to be elected as a Director on the Board shall have the exclusive right at any time or from time to time to remove any such Director occupying such position and to fill any vacancy caused by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of any Director occupying such position or any other vacancy therein, and each other Party agrees to cooperate with such Person or group of Persons in connection with the exercise of such right. Each holder of voting securities of the Company agrees to always vote such holder’s respective voting securities of the Company at a meeting of the members of the Company (or give written consents in lieu thereof) in support of the foregoing.
Voting Agreements. For so long as this Agreement is in effect, at ----------------- any meeting (whether annual, special or adjourned) of the stockholders of the Company, and in any action by consent of the stockholders of the Company, the Stockholder shall vote, or, if applicable, give consents with respect to, all of the Subject Shares that are held by the Stockholder on the record date applicable to the meeting or consent (i) in favor of adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the Merger; (ii) against any competing Acquisition Transaction (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or other proposal inconsistent with the Merger Agreement or that may delay or adversely affect the likelihood of the completion of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (iii) against any change in a majority of the persons who constitute the board of directors of the Company inconsistent with the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (iv) against any change in the capitalization of the Company or any amendment of the Company's certificate of incorporation or by-laws inconsistent with the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (v) in favor of any other matter necessary for consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement that is considered at any such meeting or in any such consent. The Stockholder shall not enter into any agreement or understanding with any person the effect of which would be inconsistent with or violate the provisions of agreements contained in this Section 1. The Stockholder shall cast the Stockholder's vote or give the Stockholder's consent in accordance with the procedures communicated to the Stockholder by the Company relating thereto so that the vote or consent shall be duly counted for purposes of determining that a quorum is present and for purposes of recording the results of that vote or consent. The Stockholder acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Merger Agreement.
Voting Agreements. The Shareholder agrees with, and covenants to, Liberty as follows:
(a) At any meeting of shareholders of Summit called to vote upon the Merger and the Merger Agreement or at any adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which a vote, consent or other approval with respect to the Merger and the Merger Agreement is sought (the "Shareholders' Meeting"), the Shareholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) the Shareholder's Shares in favor of the Merger, the execution and delivery by Summit of the Merger Agreement, and the approval of the terms thereof and each of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, provided that the terms of the Merger Agreement shall not have been amended to reduce the consideration payable in the Merger to less than $33.00 per share or otherwise to impair materially and adversely the Shareholder's rights or increase the Shareholder's obligations thereunder.
(b) At any meeting of shareholders of Summit or at any adjournment thereof or in any other circumstances upon which their vote, consent or other approval is sought, the Shareholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) such Shareholder's Shares against (i) any merger agreement or merger (other than the Merger Agreement and the Merger), consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by Summit or (ii) any amendment of Summit's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or other proposal or transaction involving Summit or any of its subsidiaries which amendment or other proposal or transaction would in any manner impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify the Merger, the Merger Agreement or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (each of the foregoing in clause (i) or (ii) above, a "Competing Transaction").
Voting Agreements. (a) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ shall, and shall cause any of its Affiliates, to vote or act by written consent all of the shares of BlackRock Capital Stock Beneficially Owned by it (i) in favor of each matter required to effectuate any provision of this Agreement and against any matter the approval of which would be inconsistent with any provision of this Agreement and (ii) to the extent consistent with clause (i) above, in accordance with the recommendation of the Board on all matters approved by the Board in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, including elections of Directors; provided, however, that if the Board shall either fail to nominate for election as a Director either or both of two individuals designated by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ who are reasonably acceptable to the Board, or shall unreasonably reject one or more ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ designees who is otherwise eligible to serve, then, so long as such individuals otherwise meet the requirements for serving as a Director of BlackRock, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and its Affiliates shall have the right to nominate such individuals at the applicable meeting of stockholders and to solicit proxies for the election of such individuals and, if such individuals are nominated at such meeting, may vote all of their shares of BlackRock Capital Stock entitled to vote on such matter in favor of the election of such individuals.
(b) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates who hold BlackRock Capital Stock entitled to vote on any matter, be present in person or represented by proxy at all meetings of securityholders of BlackRock to the extent necessary so that all Voting Securities Beneficially Owned by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and its Affiliates shall be counted as present for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum at such meeting and to vote such shares in accordance with this Section 4.6.
Voting Agreements. Each of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company has entered into separate voting agreements substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto whereby such member of the Board of Directors agrees to vote their shares of Common Stock in favor of the Stockholder Proposals.
Voting Agreements. (i) With respect to each election of Directors, each holder of voting securities of the Company shall vote at each meeting of Shareholders, 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 nine (9) Directors, (ii) to cause the appointment or re-appointment as members of the Board, and during such period to continue in office, each of the individuals designated pursuant to Section 14.1, and (iii) against any nominees not designated pursuant to Section 14.1.
(ii) Any Director designated pursuant to Section 14.1 may be removed from the Board, either for or without cause, only upon the vote or written consent of the Person or group of Persons then entitled to designate such Director pursuant to Section 14.1, and the Parties agree not to seek, vote for or otherwise effect the removal of any such Director without such vote or written consent. Any Person or group of Persons then entitled to designate any individual to be elected as a Director shall have the exclusive right at any time or from time to time to remove any such Director occupying such position and to fill any vacancy caused by the death, disability, retirement, resignation or removal of any Director occupying such position or any other vacancy therein, and each other Party agrees to cooperate with such Person or group of Persons in connection with the exercise of such right. Each holder of voting securities of the Company agrees to always vote such holder’s respective voting securities of the Company at a meeting of the Shareholders (and given written consents in lieu thereof) in support of the foregoing.
Voting Agreements. An agreement between two or more Members, if in writing and signed by the parties thereto, may provide that in exercising any voting rights, the Membership Interest held by them shall be voted as therein provided, or as they may agree, or as determined in accordance with a procedure agreed upon by them.
Voting Agreements. Contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, each of the Major Stockholders have entered into Voting Agreements with Buyer (in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto) with respect to the voting of their Company Common Stock and which Voting Agreements prohibit the Major Stockholders from selling or transferring their Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time.