free and clear of any liens, claims, pledges, grants, hypothecations, obligations, options, charges or other encumbrances or restrictions of any kind whatsoever (“Liens”), other than any Permitted Liens, and has sole or shared, and otherwise unrestricted, voting power with respect to such Shares, and none of the Shares is subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement, or restriction with respect to the voting of the Shares, except as contemplated by this Agreement;
(b) such Holder does not own of record or beneficially, or otherwise have any right to acquire, any securities of the Company except as set forth onSchedule 1;
(c) such Holder is duly organized and validly existing in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or constituted and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within such Holder’s entity power and have been duly authorized by all necessary entity actions on the part of such Holder, and such Holder has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Holder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such Holder, enforceable against such Holder in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity (whether applied in a court of law or a court of equity) and by bankruptcy, insolvency, and similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally;
(e) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Holder does not, and the performance by such Holder of its obligations hereunder and the compliance by such Holder with any provisions hereof will not, violate or conflict with, result in a material breach of, constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a material default) under, give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration, or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any Shares pursuant to (A) any agreement, instrument, note, bond, mortgage, contract, lease, license, permit, or other obligation or arrangement, (B) any order, arbitration award, judgment, or decree to which such Holder is a party or by which such Holder or any Shares is bound, (C) any Law to which such Holder or any Shares is subject, or (D) any charter, bylaw or other organizational document of such Holder;
(f) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Holder does not, and the performance of this Agreement by such Holder does not and will not, require any consent, approval, authorization, or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Person, including any Governmental Authority by such Holder except for applicable requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, and except where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations, or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not (and would not reasonably be expected to) prevent, delay or impair the performance by such Holder of its obligations under this Agreement; and
(h) there is no action pending against, or, to the knowledge (after reasonable inquiry) of such Holder, threatened in writing against such Holder or any Shares before or by any Person, including any Governmental Authority, that would (or that would reasonably be expected to) prevent, delay or impair the consummation by such Holder of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or otherwise impair such Holder’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
4.Irrevocable Proxy. By executing this Agreement, each Holder does hereby appoint each of Parent and Merger Sub, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as such Holder’s true and lawful attorney and irrevocable proxy, to the fullest extent of such Holder’s rights with respect to the
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