Release of Escrow Subject to the provisions of Section 4.2, the Escrow Agent shall release the Company Documents and Subscriber Documents as follows:
Investment of Escrow Funds The Escrow Agent shall deposit the Escrow Funds in a non-interest bearing money market account. If Escrow Agent has not received a Joint Written Direction at any time that an investment decision must be made, Escrow Agent may retain the Escrow Fund, or such portion thereof, as to which no Joint Written Direction has been received, in a non-interest bearing money market account.
Terms of Escrow (a) The parties hereby appoint the Administrative Agent as escrow agent in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment as escrow agent.
Fees of Escrow Agent All fees, if any, of the Escrow Agent for service as escrow agent hereunder shall be paid by the Purchaser.
Investment of Escrow Fund During the term of this Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Fund shall be invested and reinvested by the Escrow Agent in the investment indicated on Schedule 1 or such other investments as shall be directed in writing by the Issuer and the Depositor and as shall be acceptable to the Escrow Agent. All investment orders involving U.S. Treasury obligations, commercial paper and other direct investments may be executed through broker-dealers selected by the Escrow Agent. Periodic statements will be provided to the Issuer and the Depositor reflecting transactions executed on behalf of the Escrow Fund. The Issuer and the Depositor, upon written request, will receive a statement of transaction details upon completion of any securities transaction in the Escrow Fund without any additional cost. The Escrow Agent shall have the right to liquidate any investments held in order to provide funds necessary to make required payments under this Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall have no liability for any loss sustained as a result of any investment in an investment indicated on Schedule 1 or any investment made pursuant to the instructions of the parties hereto or as a result of any liquidation of any investment prior to its maturity or for the failure of the parties to give the Escrow Agent instructions to invest or reinvest the Escrow Fund. The Escrow Agent may earn compensation in the form of short-term interest (“float”) on items like uncashed distribution checks (from the date issued until the date cashed), funds that the Escrow Agent is directed not to invest, deposits awaiting investment direction or received too late to be invested overnight in previously directed investments.
Termination of Escrow Agreement The Escrow Agent's responsibilities thereunder shall terminate at such time as the Escrow Fund shall have been fully disbursed pursuant to the terms hereof, or upon earlier termination of this escrow arrangement pursuant to written instructions executed by the non-bank Party. Such written notice of earlier termination shall include instruction to the Escrow Agent for the distribution of the Escrow Fund.
Disbursement of Escrow Funds (a) Subject to Section 3(b) and Section 10, NCPS shall promptly disburse in accordance with the Instruction Letter the liquidated value of the Escrow Funds from the Escrow Account to Issuer by wire transfer no later than one Business Day following receipt of the following documents:
Investment of Escrow Amount Escrow Agent may, at its’ discretion, invest any or all of the Escrow Account balance as permitted by banking or trust company regulations. No interest shall be paid to Issuer or Subscribers on balances in the Escrow Account or in Issuers custodial account.
Release of Escrow Shares The Escrow Shares shall be released by ------------------------ the Escrow Agent and Parent as soon as practicable, taking into account the notices to be delivered under this Section 3.1, on the date that is one (1) year after the Effective Time (the "Release Date"). The amount of Escrow Shares to ------------ be released on the Release Date to the Holders (the "Released Escrow") shall --------------- equal all of the Escrow Shares held by the Escrow Agent at such time, less: (a) ---- any Escrow Shares delivered to or deliverable to Parent in satisfaction of Uncontested Claims or Contested Claims which have been settled by the parties hereto, and (b) the number of the Escrow Shares subject to Notices of Claims delivered by Parent in accordance with Section 2.3(b) which number shall be equal to the Damages requested in such Notice of Claim divided by the Topaz Average Current Price for the five (5) trading day period ending on the Release Date with respect to any then pending Contested Claims. Within twenty (20) of the Escrow Agent's business days ("Business Days") after the Final Notice Date, ------------- Parent and the Indemnification Representative shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice (a "Release Notice") setting forth the number of Escrow Shares -------------- to be released by the Escrow Agent (the "Released Escrow"), including the number --------------- of Escrow Shares to be released to the Indemnification Representative for each Holder and the number of Escrow Shares to be retained as provided in this Section 3.1 (the "Retained Escrow"). Parent and the Indemnification --------------- Representative shall make a good faith effort to agree on a reasonable portion of the Escrow Shares to retain for pending Contested Claims and Prevailing Party Awards and related expenses. Until such agreement is reached, or a determination is made in accordance with Section 2.3(c), the remaining Escrow Shares shall be the Retained Escrow. The Escrow Agent is authorized to act in accordance with any Release Notice, and shall have no duty or obligation to determine whether the Retained Escrow, if any, is sufficient to pay any outstanding Contested Claims and/or Prevailing Party Awards, to the extent applicable. The Released Escrow shall be released to the Indemnification Representative for the Holders in accordance with the percentage interests set out in Exhibit A hereto and as certified in writing to the Escrow Agent. In lieu of releasing any fractional Escrow Shares, any fraction of a released Escrow Share that would otherwise be released shall be rounded to the nearest whole Escrow Share. Within twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of the Release Notice, the Escrow Agent shall deliver (by its usual and customary means) to the Indemnification Representative for each Holder evidence of ownership of the number of Escrow Shares in the names of the appropriate Holders as certified in writing to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall not be required to take such action until the Escrow Agent has received the Release Notice executed by Parent and the Indemnification Representative or, in the event Parent and the Indemnification Representative fail to execute and deliver a jointly approved Release Notice, a final award or decision which specifies the distribution of the Escrow Shares.
Release of Escrow Funds The Escrow Funds shall be paid by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the following: