Holdback Amount Escrow Agent shall hold back in escrow from Seller’s net proceeds at Closing an amount equal to Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) (the “Holdback Amount”). The sole purpose for which the Holdback Amount may be applied is as to any amounts which Seller owes to Purchaser for post-Closing claims to the extent allowed and subject to any limitations set forth in this Agreement. For clarity, the Holdback Amount is intended as a source of payment, but not as a limitation of damages that may be claimed by Purchaser. Except as to any amounts claimed to be owed by Seller to Purchaser which amounts are specifically reflected in a lawsuit commenced against Seller within twelve (12) months after the Closing for damages based upon the post-Closing claim, Escrow Agent shall disburse the balance of the Holdback Amount to Seller immediately following the expiration of the twelve (12) month period. Prior to institution of any such lawsuit, Purchaser shall provide at least ten (10) days prior written notice to Seller, specifying the exact amount and nature of any such claim asserted by Purchaser against the Holdback Amount. Any lawsuit commenced against Seller must specifically set forth the exact amount which is claimed to be owed by Seller to Purchaser, and absent such specific amount being identified, Escrow Agent is authorized to release the entire Holdback Amount to Seller immediately following the expiration of the twelve month (12) month period post-Closing. Any portion of the Holdback Amount which Escrow Agent is entitled to retain pursuant to this Section 3.10 after the passage of the twelve (12) month period, shall continue to be held in escrow pending final and unappealable dismissal or judgment in the action or actions timely commenced by Purchaser or settled pursuant to a written agreement between Seller and Purchaser. If Purchaser obtains a final and unappealable judgment in any such action, Escrow Agent is directed to make a disbursement to Purchaser from the Holdback Amount retained in escrow in the amount of the judgment plus any interest, attorney’s fees, and costs to which it is entitled thereon upon presentation to Escrow Agent and Seller of the court order or other evidence of such final and unappealable judgment. Once all such actions are either finally or unappealably dismissed or a final and unappealable judgment is entered therein or settled pursuant to a written agreement between Seller and Purchaser, and any amount of damages due to Purchaser is paid, whether from the Holdback Amount or otherwise, Escrow Agent is directed to disburse to Seller any remaining balance of the Holdback Amount. The parties shall execute any additional escrow instructions not inconsistent with the foregoing reasonably required by Escrow Agent or either party relating to the Holdback Amount. Escrow Agent’s fees and costs for holding and disbursing the Holdback Amount shall be shared equally by Seller and Purchaser.
Holdback In consideration for the Company agreeing to its obligations under this Agreement, each Shareholder agrees in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities (whether or not such Shareholder is participating in such registration) upon the request of the Company and the underwriters managing any underwritten offering of the Company’s securities, not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration) any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities, including, but not limited to, any sale pursuant to Rule 144 or Rule 144A, or make any short sale of, loan, grant any option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any Registrable Securities, any other equity securities of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any equity securities of the Company without the prior written consent of the Company or such underwriters, as the case may be, during the Holdback Period, provided that nothing herein will prevent any Shareholder that is a partnership or corporation from making a distribution of Registrable Securities to the partners or shareholders thereof or a transfer to an Affiliate that is otherwise in compliance with applicable securities laws, so long as such distributees agree to be so bound. With respect to such underwritten offering of Registrable Securities covered by a registration pursuant to Sections 2.1 or 2.2, the Company further agrees not to effect (other than pursuant to such registration or pursuant to a Special Registration) any public sale or distribution, or to file any Registration Statement (other than such registration or a Special Registration) covering any, of its equity securities, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such securities, during the Holdback Period with respect to such underwritten offering, if required by the managing underwriter, provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company’s obligations under this Section 2.7 shall not apply during any twelve-month period for more than an aggregate of ninety days.
Escrow Amount At the Closing, Seller and Buyer shall enter into an escrow agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which Seller shall deposit Three Hundred Forty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars ($347,299) (the “Escrow Amount”) with the Escrow Agent, which shall be held by the Escrow Agent in a segregated account as security for Seller’s indemnification obligations under Section 15 hereof. All interest accruing on the Escrow Amount shall be for the benefit of Seller. In the event Buyer makes a written claim or demand for indemnification under Section 15 hereof (an “Indemnification Claim”), and Seller does not dispute such Indemnification Claim, or is determined to be liable for and in respect of such Indemnification Claim by a court of competent jurisdiction, then the Escrow Agent promptly thereafter shall pay such Indemnification Claim in full to Buyer, all as more particularly provided in the Escrow Agreement. On the date which is six (6) months after the Closing Date (as defined in Section 1.06 hereof), fifty percent (50%) of the Escrow Amount then remaining in escrow under the Escrow Agreement and not then subject to an outstanding Indemnification Claim shall be paid by the Escrow Agent to Seller. The Escrow Agreement shall expire upon the termination of the Survival Period (as defined in Section 15.01 hereof), and immediately thereafter the Escrow Agent shall pay the portion, if any, of the then remaining Escrow Amount not in dispute to Seller; provided, however, that if prior to the expiration of the Survival Period, Buyer shall have made an Indemnification Claim or commenced litigation or any other proceeding on account of any such claim, the term of the Escrow Agreement shall be extended, and the Escrow Agent shall continue to hold in escrow the portion of the then Escrow Amount in dispute, in each case until the final resolution of such Indemnification Claim or litigation or proceeding relating thereto, all as more particularly provided in the Escrow Agreement.
Escrow Fund (a) At the Closing, Acquiror will deposit with the Escrow Agent an amount equal to the sum of (a) Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) (the “Stakeholders’ Agent Escrow Amount”), plus (b) Fifty Five Million Dollars ($55,000,000) (the “Indemnity Escrow Amount” and collectively with the Stakeholders’ Agent Escrow Amount, the “Escrow Fund”). The Escrow Fund will be governed by the terms set forth in the Escrow Agreement. The Indemnity Escrow Amount will be available (i) to indemnify Acquiror pursuant to the indemnification provisions set forth in this Section 9, and (ii) to make any payment on behalf of the Former Stakeholders to Acquiror pursuant to Section 2.13. The Stakeholders’ Agent Escrow Amount will be available, without the requirement of any consent or approval by Acquiror, to indemnify and hold the Stakeholders’ Agent harmless against any liability, loss, damage, penalty, fine, cost or expense incurred by the Stakeholders’ Agent without gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Stakeholders’ Agent and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, and in no event will any of such liabilities, losses, damages, penalties, fines, costs or expenses payable to the Stakeholders’ Agent be paid from the Indemnity Escrow Amount.
(b) On the first Business Day following the Initial Claim Termination Date, Acquiror and the Stakeholders’ Agent will be obligated to instruct the Escrow Agent to pay to each Former Stakeholder, in immediately available funds from the Indemnity Escrow Amount of the Escrow Fund, a dollar amount equal to each such Former Stakeholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the difference between (i) the aggregate amount then held in the Indemnity Escrow Amount of the Escrow Fund and (ii) the sum of (A) Twenty Three Million Dollars ($23,000,000) (the “Three Year Escrow Amount”) and (B) a reserve amount equal to the estimate of Damages set forth in the Claims Notices relating to all pending and unresolved Claims. On the first Business Day following the Final Claim Termination Date, Acquiror and the Stakeholders’ Agent will be obligated to instruct the Escrow Agent to pay to each Former Stakeholder, in immediately available funds from the Indemnity Escrow Amount of the Escrow Fund, a dollar amount equal to each such Former Stakeholders’ Pro Rata Portion of the difference between (i) the aggregate amount then held in the Indemnity Escrow Amount of the Escrow Fund and (ii) a reserve amount equal to the estimate of Damages set forth in the Claims Notices relating to all pending and unresolved Claims. Any reserve amounts held in the Indemnity Escrow Amount of the Escrow Fund following the Final Claim Termination Date that are not expended in resolving a Claim shall be disbursed to the Former Stakeholders upon final resolution of the Claim to which it relates or if a reasonable person familiar with such matters would determine that such claim has been fully and finally abandoned or waived by the Third Party asserting the claim. Following the resolution of all Claims, the Stakeholders’ Agent Amount shall be disbursed to the Former Stakeholders as set forth in the Escrow Agreement.
Escrow Funds To provide for the timely payment of any post-closing claims by Buyer against Seller hereunder, at Closing, Seller shall deposit an amount equal to One Hundred Fifty Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($150,000.00) (the “Escrow Funds”) which shall be withheld from the Purchase Price payable to Seller and shall be deposited for a period of one (1) year in an escrow account with the Title Company pursuant to an escrow agreement reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Buyer and Seller (the “Post-Closing Agreement”), which escrow and Post-Closing Agreement shall be established and entered into at Closing and shall be a condition to Buyer’s obligations under this Contract. All earnings accrue to Seller and Seller may direct investment thereof. If no claims have been asserted by Buyer against Seller, or all such claims have been satisfied, within such 1-year period, the Escrow Funds deposited by Seller shall be released to Seller.