VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This VOTING AND SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 16, 2019 by and among the persons identified on Schedule I hereto (each, a “Stockholder” and collectively the “Stockholders”), BidFair USA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and BidFair MergeRight, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of the date of this Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Parent, Merger Sub and Sotheby’s, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
WHEREAS, each Stockholder owns the number of shares of Company Common Stock set forth next to the name of such Stockholder onSchedule I (collectively, together with all shares of capital stock of the Company or other securities of the Company that such Stockholder purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial or record ownership of or becomes entitled to vote during the Restricted Period (as defined below), including by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, distribution, reclassification, recapitalization, conversion or other transaction, or pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units or the exercise of options or warrants to purchase such shares or rights, the “Stockholder Shares”);
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved this Agreement and the execution, delivery and performance thereof by the parties hereto;
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company are entering into the Merger Agreement, which provides for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (with the Company surviving such merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval is a condition precedent to the consummation of the Merger; and
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to Parent’s willingness to enter into the Merger Agreement, Parent has required each Stockholder to enter into this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1Covenants of the Stockholders.
(a) During the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and ending on the earliest of (x) the Effective Time, (y) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms and (z) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Restricted Period”), each Stockholder hereby agrees:
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