Agreement to Vote Shares; Irrevocable Proxy (a) Stockholder agrees during the term of this Agreement to vote the Shares, and to cause any holder of record of Shares to vote or execute a written consent or consents if stockholders of the Company are requested to vote their shares through the execution of an action by written consent in lieu of any such annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company: (i) in favor of the Series A Amendments and Series B Amendments and the Transaction, at every meeting (or in connection with any action by written consent) of the stockholders of the Company at which such matters are considered and at every adjournment or postponement thereof; (ii) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that could reasonably be expected to impede, interfere with, delay, discourage, adversely affect or inhibit the timely consummation of the Series A Amendments and Series B Amendments and the Transaction; and (iii) in favor of any other matter necessary for the adoption of the Series A Amendments and Series B Amendments and consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (and each other document delivered thereunder), which is considered at every meeting (or in connection with any action by written consent) of the stockholders of the Company at which such matters are considered and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and in connection therewith to execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company or Purchaser that are necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the foregoing.
Agreement to Vote Shares The Stockholder agrees that, from and after the date hereof until the Expiration Date (as defined below), at any meeting of the stockholders of the Buyer (or adjournment or postponement thereof), or in connection with any written consent of the stockholders of the Buyer, with respect to the Merger, the Agreement and Plan of Merger or any Acquisition Proposal, Stockholder shall:
Irrevocable Proxy The Stockholder hereby irrevocably grants to, and appoints, Parent and any designee of Parent and each of Parent's officers, as Stockholder's attorney, agent and proxy with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to the full extent of the Stockholder's voting rights with respect to the Owned Common Shares, to vote all the Owned Common Shares or grant a consent or approval, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company and in any action by written consent of the stockholders of the Company, until the earlier of (a)(1) the Acceptance Date or (2) the Effective Time or (b) the date of termination of the Merger Agreement, on the matters described in Section 1.2 and in accordance therewith. THIS PROXY AND POWER OF ATTORNEY ARE IRREVOCABLE AND COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST SUFFICIENT IN LAW TO SUPPORT AN IRREVOCABLE PROXY AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, SHALL BE VALID AND BINDING ON ANY PERSON TO WHOM THE STOCKHOLDER MAY TRANSFER ANY OWNED COMMON SHARES. The Stockholder hereby revokes all other proxies and power of attorneys, with respect to all of the Owned Common Shares that may have heretofore been appointed or granted with respect to any matters covered by Section 1.2, and no subsequent proxy (whether revocable or irrevocable) or power of attorney shall be given by the Stockholder, except as required by any letter of transmittal in connection with the Offer. The Stockholder agrees to execute any further agreement or form reasonably necessary or appropriate to confirm and effectuate the grant of the proxy contained herein. Such proxy shall automatically terminate upon the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 5.1.
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.
Irrevocable Proxy and Power of Attorney Each party to this Agreement hereby constitutes and appoints as the proxies of the party and hereby grants a power of attorney to the President of the Company, and a designee of the Selling Investors, and each of them, with full power of substitution, with respect to the matters set forth herein, including, without limitation, election of persons as members of the Board in accordance with Section 1 hereto, votes to increase authorized shares pursuant to Section 2 hereof and votes regarding any Sale of the Company pursuant to Section 3 hereof, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and vote, if and only if the party (i) fails to vote, or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all of such party’s Shares in favor of the election of persons as members of the Board determined pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the increase of authorized shares or approval of any Sale of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement or to take any action necessary to effect Sections 2 and 3, respectively, of this Agreement. Each of the proxy and power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the agreements and covenants of the Company and the parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and, as such, each is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof. Each party hereto hereby revokes any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the Shares and shall not hereafter, unless and until this Agreement terminates or expires pursuant to Section 6 hereof, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares, deposit any of the Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of the Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth herein.
Agreement to Vote During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier to occur of (a) the Effective Time, and (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with Section 9.1 thereof (the “Expiration Time”), each Shareholder, with respect to his, her or its Shares, hereby agrees (and agrees to execute such additional documents or certificates evidencing such agreement as the Company may reasonably request in connection therewith) to (1) appear at any meeting of the shareholders of Parent (a “Parent Shareholders’ Meeting”) in person or proxy or otherwise cause the Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum, and (2) vote, or cause to be voted or consented at a Parent Shareholders’ Meeting, or in any action by written consent of the shareholders, all of the Shares owned as of the record date for such meeting (a) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement, the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and this Agreement, (b) in favor of any other matter reasonably necessary to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and considered and voted upon by the shareholders of Parent, (c) in favor of the approval of the Parent Proposals (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (d) against the approval of any merger, purchase of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or other business combination transaction (other than the Merger Agreement and the Transactions) or an Alternative Proposal or against any proposal, action or agreement that would (i) impede, frustrate, prevent or nullify any provision of this Agreement, the Merger Agreement or the Merger, (ii) result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Parent or Merger Sub under the Merger Agreement or (iii) result in any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled. Each Shareholder acknowledges receipt and review of a copy of the Merger Agreement. The obligations of each Shareholder specified in this Section 2 shall apply whether or not the Merger or any action described above is recommended by Parent’s Board of Directors or Parent’s Board of Directors has effected a Modification in Recommendation (as defined in the Merger Agreement). Each Shareholder hereby agrees that it shall not commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing.
Grant of Proxy Voting Agreement (a) The Stockholder has revoked or terminated any proxies, voting agreements or similar arrangements previously given or entered into with respect to the Securities and hereby irrevocably appoints Parent as proxy for Stockholder to vote the Shares as to which Stockholder has voting power for Stockholder and in Stockholder’s name, place and stead, at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company, as applicable, or at any adjournment thereof, whether before or after the Acceptance Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement), solely for the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Merger. Parent hereby acknowledges that the proxy granted hereby shall not be effective for any other purpose. The parties acknowledge and agree that neither Parent, nor Parent’s successors, assigns, subsidiaries, divisions, employees, officers, directors, stockholders, agents and affiliates shall owe any duty to, whether in law or otherwise, or incur any liability of any kind whatsoever, including without limitation, with respect to any and all claims, losses, demands, causes of action, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) and compensation of any kind or nature whatsoever to the Stockholder in connection with or as a result of any voting by Parent of the Shares subject to the irrevocable proxy hereby granted to Parent at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Company for the purpose set forth herein.
Grant of Irrevocable Proxy; Appointment of Proxy (a) FROM AND AFTER THE DATE HEREOF UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE, THE UNITHOLDERS EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GRANTS TO, AND APPOINTS, XXX X’XXXXXX AND XXXXXXX X. XXXX, AND ANY OTHER PROXY DESIGNEE (AS DEFINED ABOVE), EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY, AS THE UNITHOLDERS’ PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION) TO VOTE (OR EXERCISE A WRITTEN CONSENT WITH RESPECT TO) THE COVERED UNITS SOLELY IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2. THIS PROXY IS IRREVOCABLE (UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE AND EXCEPT AS TO ANY PROXY DESIGNEE WHOSE DESIGNATION AS A PROXY DESIGNEE IS REVOKED BY THE TMLP CONFLICTS COMMITTEE OR THE WMLP CONFLICTS COMMITTEE, AS APPLICABLE) AND COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND EACH UNITHOLDER WILL TAKE SUCH FURTHER ACTION OR EXECUTE SUCH OTHER INSTRUMENTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS PROXY AND HEREBY REVOKES ANY OTHER PROXY PREVIOUSLY GRANTED BY THE UNITHOLDERS WITH RESPECT TO THE COVERED UNITS (AND EACH UNITHOLDER HEREBY REPRESENTS TO WMLP AND TMLP THAT ANY SUCH OTHER PROXY IS REVOCABLE).
Grant of Irrevocable Proxy Shareholder hereby appoints Parent and any designee of Parent, and each of them individually, as Shareholder's proxy and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote or act by written consent with respect the Subject Shares (x) in favor of the approval of the terms of the Merger Agreement, the 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 the Company contained in the Merger Agreement or of the Shareholder contained in this Agreement, and (z) except with the written consent of Parent, against the following actions or proposals (other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement): (i) any Acquisition Proposal; and (ii) (A) any change in the persons who constitute the board of directors of the Company as such board is constituted as of the date of this Agreement (or their successors who were so approved); (B) any material change in the present capitalization of the Company or any amendment of the Company's articles of incorporation or bylaws; (C) any other material change in the Company's corporate structure or business; or (D) any other action or proposal involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries 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; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall limit or affect Shareholder from acting in accordance with his fiduciary duties as an officer or director of the Company. Any such vote shall be cast or consent shall be given in accordance with such procedures relating thereto so as to 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. Shareholder agrees not to enter into any agreement or commitment with any Person the effect of which would be inconsistent with or violative of the provisions and agreements contained in this Article I. This proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of Shareholder under this Agreement. Shareholder shall promptly cause a copy of this Agreement to be deposited with the Company at its principal place of business. Shareholder shall take such further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this proxy.
