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• 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.

• 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:

• 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.

• Voting of Subject Shares Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that, during the time this Agreement is in effect, at any annual or extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, and in connection with any action proposed to be taken by written consent of the shareholders of the Company, such Shareholder shall, in each case to the fullest extent that its Subject Shares are entitled to vote thereon: (a) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all such Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of determining a quorum, and (b) be present (in person or by proxy) and vote (or cause to be voted), or deliver (or cause to be delivered) a written consent with respect to, all of its Subject Shares (i) in favor of any proposal recommended by the Company Board that is intended to facilitate the consummation of the Transactions, (ii) against any action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to (A) result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company contained in the Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Agreement Amendment, or of such Shareholder contained in this Agreement, or (B) result in any of the conditions set forth in Annex I of the Purchase Agreement not being satisfied on or before the End Date, and (iii) against any Alternative Acquisition Proposal (or any proposal relating to an Alternative Acquisition Proposal) and against any other proposed action, agreement or transaction involving the Company that would reasonably be expected, to impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, adversely affect or prevent the consummation of the Offer or the other Transactions, including (x) any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Company (other than the Offer or the other Transactions), (y) a sale, lease, license or transfer of a material amount of assets (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Company Intellectual Property Rights and capital stock of Subsidiaries of the Company) of the Company or any reorganization, recapitalization or liquidation of the Company or (z) any change in the present authorized capitalization of the Company or any amendment or other change to the Company Organizational Documents. Each Shareholder shall retain at all times the right to vote the Subject Shares in such Shareholder’s sole discretion, and without any other limitation, on any matters that are at any time or from time to time presented for consideration to the Company’s shareholder generally.

• Transfer of Subject Shares Except as expressly contemplated by the Merger Agreement or with the prior written consent of the Parent (such consent to be given or withheld in its sole discretion), from and after the date hereof, Stockholder agrees not to (a) Transfer any of the Subject Shares, (b) enter into (i) any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contract that would (either alone or in connection with one or more events or developments (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require such Stockholder to Transfer the Subject Shares or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contract with respect to the voting or Transfer of the Subject Shares, or (c) take any actions (i) having the effect of preventing or disabling such Stockholder from performing its obligations under this Agreement or (ii) in furtherance of any of the matters described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b). For purposes of this Agreement, “Transfer” means any, direct or indirect, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, mortgage, exchange, hypothecation, grant of a security interest in or disposition or encumbrance of an interest (whether with or without consideration, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by operation of law or otherwise).

• 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.

• Subject Shares (a) The Stockholder agrees that (i) from the date hereof until the Closing Date, it shall not, and shall not commit or agree to, without Parent’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, offer for sale, sell (including short sales), transfer, tender, pledge, encumber, assign or otherwise dispose of (including by gift) (collectively, a “Transfer”), or enter into any contract, option, derivative, hedging or other agreement or arrangement or understanding (including any profit-sharing arrangement) with respect to, or consent to or permit, a Transfer of, any or all of the Subject Shares or any interest therein; and (ii) during the Voting Period it shall not, and shall not commit or agree to, without Parent’s prior written consent, (A) grant any proxies or powers of attorney with respect to any or all of the Subject Shares or agree to vote the Subject Shares on any matter or divest itself of any voting rights in the Subject Shares, or (B) take any action that would have the effect of preventing or disabling the Stockholder from performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Stockholder agrees that any Transfer of Subject Shares not permitted hereby shall be null and void and that any such prohibited Transfer may and should be enjoined. If any involuntary transfer of any Subject Shares covered hereby shall occur (including, but not limited to, a sale by the Stockholder’s trustee in bankruptcy, or a sale to a purchaser at any creditor’s or court sale), the transferee (which term, as used herein, shall include any and all transferees and subsequent transferees of the initial transferee) shall take and hold such Subject Shares subject to all of the restrictions, liabilities and rights under this Agreement, which shall continue in full force and effect.

• Amount of Subject Shares Notification On any and each date that the Purchaser sells or otherwise transfers any Subject Shares to another Beneficial Owner, the Purchaser shall promptly notify the Trustee of such occurrence and the number of VMTP Shares that the Purchaser then owns.

• Transfer of Subject Securities and Voting Rights 2.1 Restriction on Transfer of Subject Securities. Subject to Section 2.3 below, during the Support Period, Stockholder shall not cause or permit any Transfer of any of the Subject Securities to be effected. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Support Period, Stockholder shall not tender, agree to tender or permit to be tendered any of the Subject Securities in response to or otherwise in connection with any tender or exchange offer other than the Offer.

• Agreement to Vote and Approve From and after the date hereof until the Expiration Time, at every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called with respect to any of the following matters, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company with respect to any of the following matters, each Company Stockholder shall, and shall cause each holder of record of Subject Securities on any applicable record date to (including via proxy), vote the Subject Securities: (a) in favor of (i) the approval of the Merger and adoption of the Merger Agreement, and (ii) any proposal to adjourn or postpone such meeting of stockholders of the Company to a later date if there are not sufficient votes to approve the Merger and adopt the Merger Agreement and (b) against (i) any action or agreement that would result in any condition to the consummation of the Merger set forth in Article VII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled, (ii) any Company Competing Proposal, (iii) any action which would materially delay, materially postpone or materially adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, or dilute, in any material respect, the benefit of the transactions contemplated thereby to Parent or to Parent’s stockholders, and (iv) any action which would result in a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Merger Agreement; provided, that in the case of each of clause (a) and (b) above, the Merger Agreement shall not have been amended or modified without the Company Stockholders’ consent (1) to decrease the Merger Consideration, (2) to change the form of Merger Consideration, in each case, payable to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement or (3) otherwise affecting the Company Stockholders in a materially adverse manner, provided further, that in the event the Company has effected (and not withdrawn) a Company Change of Recommendation, the Company Stockholders shall be released from their obligations under this Section 3.