Transfer of the Shares; Other Actions Prior to the termination of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided herein (including pursuant to Section 4 hereof), the Stockholder shall not: (i) tender into any tender or exchange offer or otherwise directly or indirectly transfer, assign, sell, gift-over, pledge or otherwise dispose (whether by sale, distribution or otherwise) of, or consent to any of the foregoing (“Transfer”), any Shares or any right or interest therein; (ii) enter into any Contract, option or other arrangement or undertaking with respect to any Transfer of Shares or any other securities of the Company (other than an agreement with the Company whereby all Company Stock Options shall be terminated at the Effective Time or other agreements pursuant to Section 3.07 of the Merger Agreement), or offer to do or consent to any of the foregoing; (iii) grant any proxy or power-of-attorney with respect to any of the Shares in contravention of the obligations of the Stockholder hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby; (iv) deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust, or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to any of the Shares in contravention of the obligations of the Stockholder hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby; or (v) take any other action that would restrict, limit or interfere in any material respect with the performance of the Stockholder’s obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the preceding sentence shall not prohibit a Transfer of Shares by the Stockholder: (1) to any member of Stockholder’s immediate family, (2) to a trust established for the benefit of Stockholder and/or for the benefit of one or more members of Stockholder’s immediate family, or (3) upon the death of the Stockholder, provided that any Transfer permitted pursuant to (1) to (3) above shall be permitted only if, as a precondition to such transfer, the transferee of such Shares agrees in writing with Parent to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement (a “Permitted Transfer”). Any attempted Transfer of any Shares or any interest therein in violation of this Section 5 shall be null and void ab initio.
With Consent of the Holders (a) The Issuer and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes). However, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, an amendment may not:
Without Consent of the Holders The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may amend this Indenture, the Notes or the Security Documents without notice to or consent of any Holder:
Agreement to Vote the Subject Shares Stockholder, in his capacity as such, hereby agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing until the termination of this Agreement (such period, the "Voting Period"), at any meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) of the holders of any class or classes of the capital stock of Cima, however called, or in connection with any written consent of the holders of any class or classes of the capital stock of Cima, Stockholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Shares (x) in favor of adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Cima Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (and any actions required in furtherance thereof), (y) 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 Cima or any of its subsidiaries under the Merger Agreement or of Stockholder under this Agreement, and (z) except as otherwise agreed to in writing in advance by AAI, against (i) any Acquisition Proposal; (ii) any change in the Persons who constitute the board of directors of Cima that is not approved in advance by at least a majority of the Persons who were directors of Cima as of the date of this Agreement (or their successors who were so approved); and (iii) any other action or proposal involving Cima or any of its subsidiaries that is intended, or could reasonably be expected, to prevent, materially impede, or materially impair or delay consummation of the Cima Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Any such vote shall be cast or consent shall be given in accordance with such procedures relating thereto as shall ensure that it is duly counted for purposes of determining that a quorum is present and for purposes of recording the results of such vote or consent. Stockholder agrees not to enter into any agreement, letter of intent, agreement in principle or understanding with any Person that violates or conflicts with or could reasonably be expected to violate or conflict with the provisions and agreements contained in this Agreement or the Merger Agreement.
Written Consents Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by at least two (2) Directors. Such consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.
Shareholder Action by Written Consent without a Meeting Any action which may be taken at any meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice if a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the holders of Shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all Shares entitled to vote on that action were present and voted. All such consents shall be filed with the secretary of the Trust and shall be maintained in the Trust’s records. Any Shareholder giving a written consent or the Shareholder’s proxy holders or a transferee of the Shares or a personal representative of the Shareholder or its respective proxy-holder may revoke the consent by a writing received by the secretary of the Trust before written consents of the number of Shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the secretary. If the consents of all Shareholders entitled to vote have not been solicited in writing and if the unanimous written consent of all such Shareholders shall not have been received, the secretary shall give prompt notice of the action taken without a meeting to such Shareholders. This notice shall be given in the manner specified in the By-Laws.
Trustee Action by Written Consent Without a Meeting To the extent not inconsistent with the provisions of the 1940 Act, any action that may be taken at any meeting of the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting and without prior written notice if a consent or consents in writing setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Trustees having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take that action at a meeting at which all Trustees on the Board of Trustees or any committee thereof, as the case may be, were present and voted. Written consents of the Trustees may be executed in one or more counterparts. A consent transmitted by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 3806 of the DSTA) by a Trustee shall be deemed to be written and signed for purposes of this Section. All such consents shall be filed with the secretary of the Trust and shall be maintained in the Trust’s records.
Powers Other Business Interests Quorum and Required Vote 13 (a) Powers 13 (b) Other Business Interests 14 (c) Quorum and Required Vote 14 Section 4. Payment of Expenses by the Trust 14 Section 5.
Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any action required by law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified mail or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Every written consent shall bear the date of signature of each stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to therein unless, within sixty days of the earliest dated consent delivered in the manner required by these bylaws, written consents signed by a sufficient number of holders to take action are delivered to the Corporation by delivery to (i) its registered office in the State of Delaware by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, (ii) its principal place of business, or (iii) an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Any copy, facsimile or other reliable reproduction of a consent in writing may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing for any and all purposes for which the original writing could be used, provided that such copy, facsimile or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing and who, if the action had been taken at a meeting, would have been entitled to notice of the meeting if the record date for such meeting had been the date that written consents signed by a sufficient number of stockholders to take the action were delivered to the Corporation as provided in this Section 1.10.
