REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS The Shareholders, individually and separately, represent and warrant as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholders Each of the Selling Shareholders, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that: (a) Such Selling Shareholder, at the First Closing Date, will have good and marketable title to the Shares set forth in Schedule II to be sold by such Selling Shareholder, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims (other than as imposed by the Securities Act or this Agreement), and full right, power and authority to effect the sale and delivery of such Shares; and upon the delivery of and payment for the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, equities and claims, of any kind, will be transferred to the Underwriters. (b) Such Selling Shareholder has duly executed and delivered the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney in the form previously delivered to the Representatives, appointing the persons named therein, and each of them as such Selling Shareholder's attorney-in-fact (the "Attorney-in-Fact") and as custodian (the "Custodian"). The Attorney-in-Fact is authorized to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement on behalf of such Selling Shareholder, to deliver the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder, to accept payment therefor, and otherwise to act on behalf of such Selling Shareholder in connection with this Agreement, including payment from the Offering proceeds of expenses incurred on behalf of such Selling Shareholder. Certificates, in suitable form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, representing the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder have been deposited with the Custodian pursuant to the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney for the purpose of delivery pursuant to this Agreement. Such Selling Shareholder agrees that the shares of Common Stock represented by the certificates on deposit with the Custodian are subject to the interest of the Underwriters hereunder, that the arrangements made for such custody and the appointment of the Attorney-in-Fact are to that extent irrevocable, and that the obligations of such Selling Shareholder hereunder shall not be terminated except as provided in this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney. If such Selling Shareholder should die or become incapacitated, or if any other event should occur, before the delivery of the Shares of such Selling Shareholder hereunder, the certificates for such Shares deposited with the Custodian shall be delivered by the Custodian in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement as if such death, incapacity or other event had not occurred, regardless of whether the Custodian or the Attorney-in-Fact shall have received notice thereof. (c) Such Selling Shareholder, acting through his duly authorized Attorney-in-Fact, has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney; this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Selling Shareholder, all authorizations and consents necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney on behalf of such Selling Shareholder and for the sale and delivery of the Shares to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder have been given, except as may be required by the Securities Act or state securities laws; and such Selling Shareholder has the legal capacity and full right, power and authority to execute this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney. (d) The performance of this Agreement and the Custody Agreement and Power of Attorney and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby by such Selling Shareholder will not result in a breach or violation of, or conflict with, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default by such Selling Shareholder under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, trust (constructive or other), loan agreement, lease, franchise, license or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder or any of his or its properties is bound, or any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body applicable to such Selling Shareholder or any of his, her or its properties. (e) Such Selling Shareholder has not distributed nor, other than as permitted by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, will distribute any prospectus or other offering material in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares other than any Preliminary Prospectus filed with the Commission or the Final Prospectus or other material permitted by the Securities Act. (f) Such Selling Shareholder has reviewed and is familiar with the Registration Statement and the Preliminary Prospectus. To the knowledge of such Selling Shareholder, the Preliminary Prospectus does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders Each Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent as follows:
Representations and Warranties of the Shareholder 5.1 The Shareholder represents and warrants to the Offeror as follows and acknowledges that the Offeror is relying upon these representations and warranties in connection with the entering into of this Agreement and the Acquisition Agreement and the purchase by the Offeror of the Deposited Shares under the Offer: (a) in the case that the Shareholder is not an individual, the Shareholder is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and has the requisite power and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted and to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (b) in the case that the Shareholder is not an individual, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by its board of directors (or equivalent body) and no other proceedings on its part are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder; (c) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Offeror, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable by the Offeror against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject, however, to limitations imposed by law in connection with bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings and to the extent that the award of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunction is within the discretion of the court from which they are sought; (i) the Shareholder is the sole registered and/or direct or indirect beneficial owner of the number of Company Shares listed opposite the Shareholder's name on Schedule "A" and is the sole legal and beneficial owner of the number of Options listed opposite the Shareholder's name on Schedule "B"; (ii) the only Company Shares or other securities of the Company directly or indirectly beneficially owned, or over which control or direction is directly or indirectly exercised, by the Shareholder are those listed opposite the Shareholder's name on Schedule "A" and Schedule "B"; and (iii) except as listed on Schedule "B", the Shareholder has no agreement or option, or right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase or acquisition by the Shareholder of any additional Company Shares or other securities of the Company; (e) the Shareholder has the sole right to sell and vote all the Deposited Shares and all the Deposited Shares will, at the time at which the Offeror takes up and pays for the Deposited Shares, be beneficially owned solely by the Shareholder with good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of any and all mortgages, liens, charges, restrictions, security interests, adverse claims, pledges, encumbrances and demands or rights of others of any nature or kind whatsoever; (f) no individual, firm or entity has any agreement or option, or any right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, acquisition or transfer from the Shareholder of any of the Deposited Shares or any interest therein or right thereto, except the Offeror pursuant to this Agreement; (g) none of the execution and delivery by the Shareholder of this Agreement, the completion or performance of the transactions contemplated hereby or the compliance by the Shareholder with the Shareholder's obligations hereunder will result in a breach of (i) any agreement or instrument to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder or any of the Shareholder's property or assets are bound; (ii) to the knowledge of the Shareholder, any judgment, decree, order or award of any Regulatory Authority; or (iii) to the knowledge of the Shareholder, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or rule relevant in the context of the Offer or this Agreement; and (h) there are no legal proceedings in progress or pending before any Regulatory Authority or, to the knowledge of the Shareholder, threatened against the Shareholder or its affiliates that would adversely affect in any manner the ability of the Shareholder to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder or the title of the Shareholder to any of the Deposited Shares. The representations and warranties of the Shareholder set forth in this Article 5 shall survive the completion of the purchase by the Offeror of the Deposited Shares under the Offer and, despite such completion, shall continue in full force and effect for the benefit of the Offeror for a period of one year thereafter, except for the representation and warranty set forth in clause (e) above, which shall survive indefinitely.
Representations and Warranties of the Selling Shareholder The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants to and agrees with the Underwriter that: (a) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholder. (b) The execution and delivery by the Selling Shareholder of, and the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under, this Agreement will not contravene (i) any provision of applicable law, (ii) the organizational documents of the Selling Shareholder, (iii) any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Selling Shareholder or (iv) any judgment, order or decree of any governmental body, agency or court having jurisdiction over the Selling Shareholder, except in the case of (i), (iii) and (iv) as would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Selling Shareholder’s ability to perform of its obligations under this Agreement. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or qualification with, any governmental body, agency or court is required for the performance by the Selling Shareholder of its obligations under this Agreement, except (i) such as may have already been obtained, (ii) such as may be required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various states in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares or (iii) such that would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Selling Shareholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. (c) The Selling Shareholder has, and on the Closing Date will have, valid title to, or a valid “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code in respect of, the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder or a security entitlement in respect of such Shares. (d) Upon payment for the Shares to be sold by the Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement, delivery of such Shares, as directed by the Underwriter, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), registration of such Shares in the name of Cede or such other nominee and the crediting of such Shares on the books of DTC to securities accounts of the Underwriter (assuming that neither DTC nor the Underwriter has notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”)) to such Shares), (A) DTC shall be a “protected purchaser” of such Shares within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC, (B) under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriter will acquire a valid security entitlement in respect of such Shares and (C) no action based on any “adverse claim”, within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Shares may be successfully asserted against the Underwriter with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, the Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery and crediting occur, (x) such Shares will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (y) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC and (z) appropriate entries to the account of the Underwriter on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC. (e) The Selling Shareholder has delivered to the Underwriter an executed lock-up agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Lock-up Agreement”). (f) The Selling Shareholder has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares in violation of Regulation M under the Exchange Act. (g) The Selling Shareholder is not prompted by any information concerning the Company or its subsidiaries which is not set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus or the Prospectus to sell its Shares pursuant to this Agreement. (i) the Registration Statement, when it became effective, did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Time of Sale Prospectus does not, and at the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers and at the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5), the Time of Sale Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented by the Company, if applicable, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (iii) the Prospectus does not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph 2(g) are limited in all respects to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Selling Shareholder furnished to the Company in writing by the Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Agreement, the only information furnished by the Selling Shareholder consists of the name of the Selling Shareholder, the number of offered shares and the address and other information with respect to the Selling Shareholder (excluding percentages) which appear in the Registration Statement or any Prospectus in the table (and corresponding footnotes) under the caption “The Selling Shareholder” (with respect to the Selling Shareholder, the “Selling Shareholder Information”). (i) None of the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, any director, officer, employee, agent, representative, or affiliate thereof, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are: (A) the subject of any Sanctions, or (B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (currently Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria). (ii) Except as permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, the Selling Shareholder will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person: (A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or (B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise). (iii) Except as permitted for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, for the past five years, the Selling Shareholder has not knowingly engaged in, is not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions. (a) None of the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, any director, officer, employee, agent, representative, or affiliate thereof has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official in order to influence official action, or to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws; (b) the Selling Shareholder and each of its subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; and (c) neither the Selling Shareholder nor any of its subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws. (v) The operations of the Selling Shareholder and each of its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Selling Shareholder or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Selling Shareholder, threatened. (j) The Selling Shareholder represents and warrants that it is not (i) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (ii) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (iii) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise. (k) The Selling Shareholder represents that no stamp, documentary, issuance, registration, transfer, withholding, capital gains, income or other taxes or duties are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriter, the Company or any of its subsidiaries in the Netherlands or to any taxing authority thereof or therein in connection with (i) the execution, delivery or consummation of this Agreement by the Selling Shareholder, (ii) the sale and delivery of the Shares by the Selling Shareholder to the Underwriter or purchasers procured by the Underwriter, or (iii) the resale and delivery of such Shares by the Underwriter in the manner contemplated herein. (l) The Selling Shareholder has the power to submit, and pursuant to Section 20(a) has, to the extent permitted by law, legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably submitted, to the jurisdiction of the Specified Courts (as defined in Section 20(a)), and has the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to Section 20(b), has legally, validly and effectively designated, appointed and empowered an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement in any of the Specified Courts.