Common use of Authority Relative to this Agreement; Recommendation Clause in Contracts

Authority Relative to this Agreement; Recommendation. The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and, if required by law, subject to stockholder approval of the Merger, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the Board and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby except, if required by law, the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger by the holders of the outstanding Shares. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent, GP and Acquisition, constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, and except as the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such equitable principle is applied in a proceeding at law or in equity). The Board has duly and validly approved, and taken all corporate actions required to be taken by the Board for the consummation of, the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the acquisition of the Shares pursuant thereto and the Merger. The Board has taken all appropriate action so that none of Parent, GP or Acquisition will be an "interested stockholder" within the meaning of Section 203 of the DGCL by virtue of Parent, GP, Acquisition and the Company entering into this Agreement, or the Stockholders Agreement or any other agreement contemplated hereby or thereby and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.