Agreement to Vote. The Principal Stockholder hereby agrees that, from and after the date hereof and until the Termination Date (as defined in Section 18), at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, or in connection with any written consent of the stockholders of the Company, the Principal Stockholder shall appear at each such meeting, in person or by proxy, or otherwise cause the Voting Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum, and the Principal Stockholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) or act by written consent with respect to all of the Voting Shares that are beneficially owned by the Principal Stockholder or as to which the Principal Stockholder has, directly or indirectly, the right to vote or direct the voting, (a) in favor of adoption of the Merger Agreement and the Merger and the approval of the terms thereof and each of the other actions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (b) against any action that is intended to, or could reasonably be expected to, impede, delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (c) against any Acquisition Proposal made by any person other than Buyer or any of its Affiliates. The Principal Stockholder hereby agrees that it will not enter into any voting or other similar agreement or understanding with any person or entity or grant a proxy or power of attorney with respect to the Shares prior to the Termination Date (other than a proxy or power of attorney to an officer of the Company that may be exercised solely in accordance with this Section 2 and except as provided in Section 3 below) or vote or give instructions in any manner inconsistent with clause (a), (b) or (c) of the preceding sentence. The Principal Stockholder hereby agrees, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Termination Date, not to, and, if applicable, not to permit any of the Principal Stockholder's Affiliates to, vote or execute any written consent in lieu of a stockholders meeting or vote, if such consent or vote by the stockholders of the Company would be inconsistent with or frustrate the purposes of the other covenants of the Principal Stockholder pursuant to this paragraph. As used in this Agreement, "person" shall have the meaning specified in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
Agreement to Vote. At every meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and in connection with any written consent of the stockholders of the Company, the Stockholder irrevocably agrees to (a) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause the Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (b) unless Parent votes the Shares directly pursuant to the proxy granted by Section 1.3 below, vote (or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, the Shares (i) in favor of approval of the Merger Agreement and each of the other transactions contemplated thereby and any other matter that is required to facilitate the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (ii) against any action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company contained in the Merger Agreement or of the Stockholder contained in this Agreement, (iii) against any action, agreement or transaction that would reasonably be expected to materially impede, interfere or be inconsistent with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the timely consummation of the Offer or the Merger, and (iv) against any other action, agreement or transaction related to (A) a proposal or offer with respect to a merger, joint venture, partnership, consolidation, tender offer, recapitalization, reorganization, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (B) an inquiry, proposal or offer to acquire in any manner, directly or indirectly, any of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or those of any of its subsidiaries, or any of its assets (including, without limitation, equity securities of its subsidiaries), in each case other than the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement (collectively, the proposals described in clauses (A) and (B) are hereinafter referred to as an "Competing Proposal").
Agreement to Vote. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Shareholder irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that from and after the date hereof and until the earliest to occur of (x) the Effective Time, (y) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms and (z) any reduction in the amount, or any change in the form, of the consideration to be paid to the shareholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement without the written consent of the Shareholder ( such earlier time, the “Expiration Time”), (i) at any meeting (whether annual or special, and at each adjourned or postponed meeting) of the Company’s Shareholders, however called, or in connection with any written consent of the Company’s Shareholders (a “Shareholder Meeting”), Shareholder will vote, or cause to be voted (including by written consent, if applicable), all of such Shareholder’s Owned Securities and will use Shareholder’s reasonable best efforts to cause to be voted Shareholder’s Beneficially Owned Securities that are not Owned Securities (I) in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement (whether or not recommended by the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof) and the approval of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, (II) in favor of the approval of any other matter that is required by applicable Law or a Governmental Entity to be approved by the Shareholders of the Company to facilitate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, (III) against any proposal made in opposition to, or in competition or inconsistent with, the Merger or the Merger Agreement, including the approval thereof or the consummation thereof, (IV) against any action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in any condition to the consummation of the Merger set forth in Articles VI, VII or VIII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled, and (V) against any other action that would reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or attempt to discourage the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, or result in a breach of any of the covenants, representations, warranties or other obligations or agreements of the Company under the Merger Agreement, which would materially and adversely affect the Company or Parent or their respective abilities to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement prior to the Termination Date and (ii) at any Sha...
Agreement to Vote. Prior to the Termination Date, each Holder irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it shall, at any meeting of the stockholders of Parent (whether annual or special and whether or not an adjourned or postponed meeting), however called, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause the Shares to be counted as present at such meeting for purpose of establishing a quorum and vote, or cause to be voted at such meeting, all Shares it owns:
Agreement to Vote. The Stockholder hereby agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, or any adjournment or postponement of such meeting, the Stockholder shall be present (in person or by proxy) and vote (or cause to be voted) all of the Owned Common Shares (to the extent the Owned Common Shares are not purchased in the Offer):
Agreement to Vote. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Stockholders hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree that, during the time this Agreement is in effect, at every annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company held with respect to the matters specified in Section 1.1(b), however called, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, and in connection with any action proposed to be taken by written consent of the stockholders of the Company with respect to the matters specified in Section 1.1(b), the Stockholders shall, in each case to the fullest extent that the Subject Shares are entitled to vote thereon:
Agreement to Vote. Prior to the Expiration Date, at every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to any of the following, and at every adjournment thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company with respect to any of the following, the Securityholder agrees to vote the Securities, and, to the full extent legally permitted, cause holders of record of the Securities to vote (and to provide evidence thereof within ten (10) days prior to the meeting): (i) in favor of approval of the Transaction, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby and any matter that could reasonably be expected to facilitate the Transaction; (ii) in favor of any alternative structure as may be agreed upon by SNS and the Company to effect the Transaction; provided that such alternative structure is on terms in the aggregate no less favorable to the Securityholder than the terms of the Transaction set forth in the Merger Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to the consideration to be received by the Securityholder); and (iii) against the consummation of any Superior Proposal or any action, proposal, agreement or transaction (other than the Transaction, the Merger Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby) that in any such case would result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement, which could reasonably result in any of the conditions to the Company's obligations under the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled or which would be inconsistent with the Transaction or any other transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Prior to the Expiration Date, the Securityholder will not enter into any agreement or understanding with any Person to vote or give instructions in any manner inconsistent with this Section 2. In addition, prior to the Expiration Date, the Securityholder agrees not to enter into any agreement, discussions or negotiations with any Person other than SNS or any of its affiliates with respect to an Acquisition Proposal or a potential Acquisition Proposal. This Agreement is intended to bind the Securityholder as a stockholder of the Company only with respect to the specific matters set forth herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict the Securityholder from voting in his, her or its sole discretion on any matter other than those matters re...
Agreement to Vote. The Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that during the term of this Agreement, at the Company Shareholder Meeting and at any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which action is to be taken with respect to the Merger Agreement, however called, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, and in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company relating to the Merger Agreement, the Shareholder shall, in each case to the fullest extent that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent thereto:
Agreement to Vote. The Shareholder irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, from and after the date hereof and until the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 4.1, at the Company Meeting or any other meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, or in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of the Company, relating to any proposed action by the shareholders of the Company with respect to the matters set forth in Section 1.1(b) below, the Shareholder shall:
Agreement to Vote. The Stockholder hereby agrees that, until the Termination Date (as defined below), at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company, however called, or any adjournment or postponement thereof, such Stockholder shall be present (in person or by proxy) and vote (or cause to be voted) all of its Voting Shares (a) in favor of (1) adoption of the Merger Agreement and (2) approval of any other matter that is required by Applicable Law or a Governmental Authority to be approved by the stockholders of the Company to facilitate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (b) against (1) any Acquisition Proposal other than the Merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (2) any liquidation or winding up of the Company, (3) any extraordinary dividend by the Company, (4) any change in the capital structure of the Company (other than any change in capital structure resulting from the Merger) and (5) any other action that could reasonably be expected to (i) impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or attempt to discourage or have the effect of discouraging the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, (ii) result in a breach of any of the covenants, representations, warranties or other obligations or agreements of the Company under the Merger Agreement that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or (iii) materially delay or adversely affect the respective abilities of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the merger.
