ARTICLE I
COMPANY HOLDERS SUPPORT; COVENANTS
1.01 Support of Company Holders.
(a) Each Holder, solely in his, her or its capacity as a holder of Securities or proxy holder of Securities, agrees irrevocably and unconditionally, that at any Company Meeting, however called, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the Holders of Securities is sought, such Holder shall (i) appear at each such meeting in person or by proxy or otherwise cause all of its Covered Securities to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (ii) vote or provide consent (or cause to be voted or consented), in person or by proxy, or execute and deliver a written consent (or cause a written consent to be executed and delivered) covering, all of its Covered Securities owned as of the record date for such meeting (or the date that any written consent is executed by such Holder):
(i) in favor of each Company Proposal that such Holder is entitled to vote on as the holder of any class, series or type of Covered Securities;
(ii) against any merger agreement, merger, exchange, consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by the Company or any other business combination proposal (other than the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby); and
(iii) against any proposal, action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to (A) impede, nullify, frustrate, prevent, interfere with, materially delay the consummation of, or otherwise adversely affect, any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, the Merger or any provision of this Agreement, (B) result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, or (C) result in any of the conditions set forth in Article VII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled.
(b) Each Holder hereby covenants and agrees that such Holder shall not (i) enter into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to any of such Holder’s Covered Securities that is inconsistent with such Holder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) grant a proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of such Holder’s Covered Securities that is inconsistent with such Holder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, or (iii) enter into any agreement or undertaking that is otherwise inconsistent with, or would restrict, limit or interfere with, or prohibit or prevent it from satisfying, its obligations pursuant to this Agreement.
1.02 No Transfer. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (a) the Effective Time and (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be terminated in accordance with Section 8.1 (Termination) thereof, each Holder shall not, except in each case pursuant to or as contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (i) directly or indirectly, sell (including short sells), offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, grant any Lien or option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or enter into an agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated