Sellers’ Representative By execution of this Agreement, the Sellers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally appoint Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation as the Sellers’ Representative of all Sellers, as the attorney-in-fact for and on behalf of each such Seller, and irrevocably agree that the taking by the Sellers’ Representative of any and all actions and the making of any decisions required or permitted to be taken by it or by a Seller under this Agreement or any Transaction Documents to which the Sellers are a party are hereby authorized and approved in all respects, including without limitation the exercise of the power to (i) receive from Buyer and disburse to Sellers any payments constituting any part of the Purchase Price and receive and disburse from and to any Party or any Third Party which may be contemplated to be made under the Transaction Documents, (ii) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of and comply with orders of courts with respect to any indemnification claims or disputes, (iii) resolve any indemnification claims or disputes, and (iv) take all actions necessary in the judgment of the Sellers’ Representative for the accomplishment of the other terms, conditions and limitations of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. The Sellers’ Representative has authority and power to act on behalf of the Sellers with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the disposition, settlement or other handling of all indemnification claims, rights or obligations arising from and taken pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. The Sellers irrevocably agree to be bound by all and any such actions taken by the Sellers’ Representative in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Sellers are a party, and Sellers and Buyer shall only be required to acknowledge or act upon written communication signed by the Sellers’ Representative. Each Seller agrees that he, she or it has not, and will not, threaten or commence or join any legal action, which term includes, without limitation, any demand for arbitration proceedings and any complaint to any foreign, federal, state or local agency, court or other tribunal, to assert any claim against the Sellers’ Representative or its advisors for acting in such capacity with respect to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents. If any Seller commences or joins any such prohibited legal action against the Sellers’ Representative, such Seller agrees to promptly indemnify Sellers’ Representative and advisers of Sellers’ Representative for all losses, liabilities, reasonable costs or expenses, including without limitation all reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of attorneys incurred by Sellers’ Representative and/or its advisers in defending such action as well as any monetary judgment obtained against the Sellers’ Representative in such action. The Sellers’ Representative may resign at any time upon 30 days written notice to the Sellers.
Seller Representative (a) By approving this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, each Seller shall have irrevocably authorized and appointed Dangroup ApS as the initial Seller Representative. The Seller Representative will act as such Person’s representative and attorney-in-fact to act on behalf of such Person with respect to this Agreement and the Promissory Notes and to take any and all actions and make any decisions required or permitted to be taken by Seller Representative pursuant to this Agreement or the Promissory Notes, including the exercise of the power to: (i) give and receive notices and communications; (ii) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and comply with orders or otherwise handle any other matters described in Section 2.5; (iii) agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and comply with orders of courts with respect to claims for indemnification made by Buyer pursuant to Article VII and Article IX; (iv) litigate, arbitrate, resolve, settle or compromise any claim for indemnification pursuant to Article VII and Article IX; (v) execute and deliver all documents necessary or desirable to carry out the intent of this Agreement and any Ancillary Document (including the Promissory Notes); (vi) make all elections or decisions contemplated by this Agreement and any Ancillary Document (including the Promissory Notes); (vii) engage, employ or appoint any agents or representatives (including attorneys, accountants and consultants) to assist Seller Representative in complying with its duties and obligations; and (viii) take all actions necessary or appropriate in the good faith judgment of Seller Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing. Holdings and Buyer shall be entitled to deal exclusively with Seller Representative on all matters relating to this Agreement (including Article IX) and shall be entitled to rely conclusively (without further evidence of any kind whatsoever) on any document executed or purported to be executed on behalf of any Seller by Seller Representative, and on any other action taken or purported to be taken on behalf of any Seller by Seller Representative, as being fully binding upon such Person. Notices or communications to or from Seller Representative shall constitute notice to or from each of the Sellers. Any decision or action by Seller Representative hereunder, including any agreement between Seller Representative and Buyer or Holdings relating to the defense, payment or settlement of any claims for indemnification hereunder, shall constitute a decision or action of all Sellers and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon each such Person. No Seller shall have the right to object to, dissent from, protest or otherwise contest the same. The provisions of this Section, including the power of attorney granted hereby, are independent and severable, are irrevocable and coupled with an interest and shall not be terminated by any act of any one or Sellers, or by operation of Law, whether by death or other event. (b) The Seller Representative may be removed, etc. as provided in this Section 11.1(b). (i) The Seller Representative may resign at any time. (ii) The Seller Representative may be removed for any reason or no reason by the vote or written consent of a majority in interest of the Sellers according to each Seller’s Pro Rata Share (the “Majority Holders”); provided, however, in no event shall Seller Representative resign or be removed without the Majority Holders having first appointed a new Seller Representative who shall assume such duties immediately upon the resignation or removal of Seller Representative. (iii) In the event of the death, incapacity, resignation or removal of Seller Representative, a new Seller Representative shall be appointed by the vote or written consent of the Majority Holders. (iv) Notice of such vote or a copy of the written consent appointing such new Seller Representative shall be sent to Buyer, such appointment to be effective upon the later of the date indicated in such consent or the date such notice is received by Buyer; provided, that until such notice is received, Buyer and the Target Company shall be entitled to rely on the decisions and actions of the prior Seller Representative as described in Section 10.1(a) above. (c) The Seller Representative shall act as a fiduciary with fiduciary duties to the Sellers. If the Seller Representative has a personal conflict of interest with respect to any action, decision or determination to be made by the Seller Representative, the Seller Representative must notify the Sellers. (d) The Seller Representative shall not be liable to the Sellers for actions taken pursuant to this Agreement or the Promissory Notes, except to the extent such actions shall have been determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have constituted gross negligence or involved fraud, intentional misconduct or bad faith (it being understood that any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel, accountants and other professionals and experts retained by Seller Representative shall be conclusive evidence of good faith). The Sellers shall severally and not jointly (in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares), indemnify and hold harmless Seller Representative from and against, compensate it for, reimburse it for and pay any and all losses, liabilities, claims, actions, damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, arising out of and in connection with its activities as Seller Representative under this Agreement and the Promissory Notes (the “Representative Losses”), in each case as such Representative Loss is suffered or incurred; provided, that in the event it is finally adjudicated that a Representative Loss or any portion thereof was primarily caused by the gross negligence, fraud, intentional misconduct or bad faith of Seller Representative, Seller Representative shall reimburse the Sellers the amount of such indemnified Representative Loss attributable to such gross negligence, fraud, intentional misconduct or bad faith. The Representative Losses shall be satisfied from the Sellers, severally and not jointly (in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares).
Shareholders’ Representative (a) The Selling Parties, by adopting this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, hereby irrevocably appoint and constitute K Laser as the Shareholders’ Representative for and on behalf of the Selling Parties, with the authority (i) to perform the obligations of the Shareholders’ Representative set forth in this Agreement and the Option Agreement, (ii) to give and receive notices and communications, (iii) to agree to, negotiate, enter into and provide amendments and supplements to and waivers in respect of this Agreement and the Option Agreement, (iv) to retain legal counsel, accountants, consultants and other experts, and incur any other reasonable expenses, in connection with, and to take all actions necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Shareholders’ Representative for the accomplishment of, any or all of the foregoing. K Laser hereby accepts its appointment as the Shareholders’ Representative. Such agency may be changed by the holders of a majority in interest of the shares of Everest of the Selling Parties from time to time upon not less than ten (10) days’ prior written notice to all of the Selling Parties and to Parent and Purchaser. No bond shall be required of the Shareholders’ Representative. Notices or communications to or from the Shareholders’ Representative to Parent shall constitute notice to or from each of the Selling Parties, except for notices related to any action for which the Selling Parties’ consent is required under the terms of this Agreement or applicable law. Each Selling Party agrees to receive correspondence from the Shareholders’ Representative, including in electronic form. (b) The Shareholders’ Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder as the Shareholders’ Representative while acting in good faith and without negligence and any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith and absence of negligence. The Selling Parties shall severally (and not jointly), according to each Selling Parties’ pro-rata interest in the shares of Everest, indemnify the Shareholders’ Representative and hold it harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Shareholders’ Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of his duties hereunder. No provision of this Agreement shall require the Shareholders’ Representative to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the exercise or performance of any of its powers, rights, duties or privileges under this Agreement on behalf of any Selling Parties. The Shareholders’ Representative may in good faith rely conclusively upon the information, reports, statements and opinions prepared or presented by counsel or other professionals retained by it, and any action taken by the Shareholders’ Representative based on such reliance shall be deemed conclusively to have been taken in good faith. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this ARTICLE VIII, or any provision to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or the Option Agreement, the Shareholders’ Representative shall only have the power or authority to act with respect to matters pertaining to the Selling Parties as a group and not matters pertaining to an individual Selling Party (for example but not by way of limitation, an action against an individual Selling Party for his, her or its individual breach of a covenant in this Agreement), and the powers conferred on the Shareholders’ Representative herein and in the Option Agreement shall not authorize or empower the Shareholders’ Representative to do or cause to be done any action (including by amending, modifying or waiving any provision of this Agreement or the Option Agreement) that (i) results in the amounts payable hereunder to any Selling Party being distributed in any manner other than as permitted pursuant to this Agreement and the Option Agreement, (ii) alters the consideration payable to any Selling Party pursuant to this Agreement or the Option Agreement, or (iii) adds to or results in an increase of any Selling Party’s indemnity or other obligations or liabilities under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any change to the nature of the indemnity obligations), in each case with respect to clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 8.1(c), without first obtaining the prior written approval of the Selling Parties.
Owner’s Representative Owner designates the individual listed below as its Owner’s Representative to provide direct interface with Construction Manager with respect to Owner’s responsibilities: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇, Owner’s Project Manager.
Stockholders’ Representative (a) In order to efficiently administer certain matters contemplated hereby following the Closing, including the defense or settlement of any claims for which Parent Indemnitees may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9, by the adoption of this Agreement, the Company Indemnitors shall be deemed to have designated ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ as the representative of the Company Indemnitors for the purposes of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement (the “Stockholders’ Representative”). (b) In the event the Stockholders’ Representative dies, becomes unable to perform his or her responsibilities hereunder or resigns from such position, the Company Indemnitors who hold a majority in interest of the Escrow Fund at such time shall be authorized to and shall select another representative to fill such vacancy and such substituted representative shall be deemed to be a Stockholders’ Representative for all purposes of this Agreement and the documents delivered pursuant hereto. (c) All decisions and actions by the Stockholders’ Representative pursuant to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, including any agreement between the Stockholders’ Representative and Parent relating to the defense or settlement of any claims for which Parent or the Surviving Company may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 9, shall be binding upon all of the Company Indemnitors, and no Company Indemnitors shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest any such decision or action. (d) As between the Company Indemnitors and the Stockholders’ Representative, the Stockholders’ Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder or under the Escrow Agreement as Stockholders’ Representative while acting in good faith, and any act done or omitted to be done pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith. The Stockholders’ Representative shall be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless by the Company Indemnitors against any loss, liability or expense incurred without bad faith on the part of the Stockholders’ Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of his/her duties hereunder or under the Escrow Agreement. The Stockholders’ Representative shall be entitled to recover any out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Stockholders’ Representative in connection with actions taken by the Stockholders’ Representative pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement (including the hiring of legal counsel and the incurring of legal fees and costs) directly from the Company Stockholders in accordance with their Pro Rata Share. (e) By their adoption of this Agreement, the Company Indemnitors shall be deemed to have agreed, in addition to the foregoing, that: (i) the Stockholders’ Representative is hereby appointed and constituted the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of each Company Indemnitor, with full power in his, her or its name and on his, her or its behalf to act according to the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. The Stockholders’ Representative hereby accepts such appointment. (ii) Parent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the instructions and decisions given or made by the Stockholders’ Representative as to any of the matters described in this Section 10.1(e), and no party shall have any cause of action against Parent for any action taken by Parent in reliance upon any such instructions or decisions; (iii) all actions, decisions and instructions of the Stockholders’ Representative shall be conclusive and binding upon all of the Company Indemnitors, and no Company Indemnitor shall have any cause of action against the Stockholders’ Representative for any action taken, decision made or instruction given by the Stockholders’ Representative under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, except for fraud or willful breach of this Agreement on the part of the Stockholders’ Representative; (iv) the Stockholders’ Representative may use the Expense Reserve to satisfy costs, expenses and liabilities of the Stockholders’ Representative (in his capacity as the Stockholders’ Representative) in connection with matters related to this Agreement and the Company Ancillary Agreements; (v) the provisions of this Section 10.1(e) are independent and severable, are irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall be enforceable notwithstanding any rights or remedies that any Company Indemnitor may have in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (vi) the provisions of this Section 10.1 shall be binding upon the executors, heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns of each Company Indemnitor, and any references in this Agreement to the Company Indemnitors shall mean and include the successors to the Company Indemnitor’s rights hereunder, whether pursuant to testamentary disposition, the laws of descent and distribution or otherwise. (f) From and after the Closing, Parent shall cause the Surviving Company to provide the Stockholders’ Representative, at his expense, with reasonable access to information about the Surviving Company and the reasonable assistance of the officers and employees of the Surviving Company for purposes of performing his duties and exercising his rights under this Agreement. (g) The Stockholders’ Representative shall not have by reason of this Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Company Stockholder. The Stockholders’ Representative shall not be liable to any Company Stockholder for any action taken or omitted by it hereunder or under any other document contemplated hereby, or in connection therewith, except that the Stockholders’ Representative shall not be relieved of any liability imposed by Legal Requirements for gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Stockholders’ Representative shall not be liable to any Company Stockholder for any apportionment or distribution of payments made by it in good faith, and if any such apportionment or distribution is subsequently determined to have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Company Stockholder to which payment was due, but not made, shall be to recover from the other Company Stockholders any payment in excess of the amount to which they are determined to have been entitled. Each Company Stockholder acknowledges and agrees that the Stockholders’ Representative shall not be obligated to take any actions and shall be entitled to take such actions as the Stockholders’ Representative deems appropriate in its sole discretion. Each Company Stockholder further agrees to indemnify and hold the Stockholders’ Representative harmless from and against any loss, liability or expense arising in connection with any act or omission as the Stockholders’ Representative, except for any liability imposed by Legal Requirements for gross negligence or willful misconduct.