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.
Representations and Warranties of the Stockholder The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
(a) The Stockholder has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform the Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Stockholder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Law affecting creditors’ rights generally, or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies. The failure of the spouse, if any, of any Stockholder that is an individual, to be a party or signatory to this Agreement shall not (A) prevent the Stockholder from performing the Stockholder’s obligations contemplated hereunder or (B) prevent this Agreement from constituting the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder in accordance with its terms.
(c) The Shares and the certificates (or any book-entry notations used to represent any uncertificated shares of Company Common Stock) representing the Shares are now, and at all times during the term hereof will be, held by the Stockholder, or by a nominee or custodian for the benefit of the Stockholder, and the Stockholder has valid title to the Shares, free and clear of any Liens (including voting trusts and voting commitments). As of the date of this Agreement, the Stockholder does not own of record or beneficially any Shares of the Company, or any options, warrants or rights exercisable for Shares of the Company, other than the Shares set forth on Exhibit A hereto. The Stockholder has full power to vote the Shares as provided herein. Neither the Stockholder nor any of the Shares is subject to any voting trust, proxy or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the voting or disposition of the Shares, except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement or the Merger Agreement.
(d) (i) Other than filings required by the SEC or the New York Stock Exchange, no filing with, and no permit, authorization, consent or approval of any state, federal or foreign governmental authority is necessary on the part of the Stockholder for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholder and the performance by the Stockholder of the Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement and (ii) neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholder nor the performance by the Stockholder of the Stockholder’s obligations under this Agreement nor compliance by the Stockholder with any of the provisions hereof shall (A) result in the creation of an encumbrance on any of the Shares or (B) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation applicable to the Stockholder or any of the Shares, except in the case of (A) or (B) for restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or violations, breaches or defaults that would not in the aggregate materially impair the ability of the Stockholder to perform its obligations hereunder.
(e) As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, threatened against or affecting the Stockholder and/or any of its Affiliates before or by any Governmental Authority that would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Stockholder to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby in a timely manner.
(f) The Stockholder understands and acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Stockholder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement.