“Associated Parties” shall mean (a) each Supporting Party’s predecessors, successors, executors, administrators, trusts, spouse, heirs and estate; (b) each Supporting Party’s past, present and future assigns; (c) each entity that each Supporting Party, as applicable, has the power to bind (by such Supporting Party’s acts or signature) or over which such Supporting Party directly or indirectly exercises control; and (d) each entity of which each Supporting Party owns, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the outstanding equity, beneficial, proprietary, ownership or voting interests.
“Claim” shall mean all past, present and future Legal Proceedings, disputes, controversies, demands, rights, obligations, damages, liabilities (whether direct or indirect, absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), contracts and causes of action of every kind and nature (whether matured or unmatured, absolute or contingent), including any unknown, inchoate, unsuspected or undisclosed claim.
“Consent” shall mean any consent, approval, authorization, permit or notice.
“Expiration Time” shall mean the earliest to occur of (a) the Effective Time, and (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall have been terminated validly in accordance with its terms.
“Immediate Family” shall mean any child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling,mother-in-law,father-in-law,son-in-law,daughter-in-law,brother-in-law, orsister-in-law, and shall include adoptive relationships.
“Permitted Transferee” shall mean: (a) with respect to any Person that is an individual, any member of such individual’s Immediate Family and/or any trust, partnership, limited liability company, or other similar estate planning vehicle that such individual controls and the beneficiaries of which are only such individual or such individual’s Immediate Family, and any other transferee who receives Subject Securities by will or the laws of descent and distribution; and (b) with respect to any other Person, any Affiliate or equityholder of such Person.
“Releasees” shall mean: (a) Parent; (b) the Group Companies; (c) Parent’s current and future Affiliates (including First Merger Sub, Second Merger Sub, following the First Merger, the Surviving Corporation, and, following the Second Merger, the Surviving Entity); (d) the respective Representatives of the Persons referred to in clauses “(a)” through “(c)” above; and (e) the respective successors and assigns of the Persons identified or otherwise referred to in the foregoing clauses “(a)” through “(d).”
“Voting Period” shall mean the period commencing on (and including) the date of this Agreement and ending on (and including) the Expiration Time.
2. Agreement to Retain the Subject Securities.
(a) No Transfer of Subject Securities. Each Supporting Party agrees not to, directly or indirectly, at any time during the Voting Period, other than as may be required by a court order or other Legal Requirement, (i) sell, assign, transfer (including by operation of law), pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber, or otherwise agree to do any of the foregoing in respect of (each, a “Transfer”) any of the Subject Securities, (ii) deposit any Subject Securities into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, (iii) enter into any Contract, option or other arrangement or undertaking with respect to the direct or indirect sale, assignment, transfer (including by operation of law) or other disposition by such Supporting Party of any Subject Securities, or (iv) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Supporting Party herein untrue or incorrect in any material respect or have the effect of preventing or disabling such Supporting Party from performing such Supporting Party’s obligations hereunder, except, in each case, pursuant to, or in furtherance of, the Transactions;provided, however, that any Supporting Party may transfer Subject Securities to Permitted Transferees;provided that prior to and as a condition to the effectiveness of such transfer, each Person to whom any Subject Securities or any interest in any of such Subject Securities is or may be transferred shall have executed and delivered to the Company a counterpart of this Agreement pursuant to which such Person shall be bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and shall have agreed in writing with the Company to hold such Subject Securities or interest in such Subject Securities subject to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
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