“Agreement” means this Lockup Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any capital stock of, or other ownership, membership, partnership, voting, joint venture, equity interest, preemptive right, stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights in, such Person or any indebtedness, securities, options, warrants, call, subscription or other rights or entitlements of, or granted by, such Person that are convertible into, or are exercisable or exchangeable for, or give any person any right or entitlement to acquire any such capital stock or other ownership, partnership, voting, joint venture, equity interest, preemptive right, stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights, in all cases, whether vested or unvested, of such Person or any similar security or right that is derivative or provides any economic benefit based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of any such capital stock or other ownership, partnership, voting, joint venture, equity interest, preemptive right, stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights, in all cases, whether vested or unvested.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Lock-Up Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Non-Recourse Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.15.
“Public Shareholders” means the holders of securities issued in the initial public offering of the Acquiror Common Shares.
“Stockholder Parties” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Section 1.2 Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party. Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “or” is disjunctive but not exclusive, (b) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular, and (c) the words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references are to sections of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II
LOCKUP
Section 2.1 Lockup. (a) Each Stockholder Party agrees that such Stockholder Party shall not Transfer any Acquiror Equity Interest or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable (directly or indirectly) for any Acquiror Equity Interest (whether such Acquiror Equity Interest or any such securities are held by such Stockholder Party as of the date hereof or are thereafter acquired) from the date hereof and until the earlier of (i) six (6) months after the Closing Date and (ii) subsequent to the Closing, the date on which (A) the closing price of the Acquiror Common Shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period or (y) Acquiror completes a liquidation, merger, amalgamation, capital stock exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in Public Shareholders having the right to exchange their Acquiror Common Shares for cash, securities or other property (the “Lock-Up Period”). The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude each Stockholder Party during the Lock-up Period from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of such
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