First Merger At the Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Acquisition Sub or the holders of any securities of the Company or Acquisition Sub:
The Merger Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time (as defined below), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company. As a result of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).
The Company Merger Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement at the Effective Time (as hereinafter defined), Company shall be merged with and into Sub and the separate existence and corporate organization of Company shall thereupon cease and Sub and Company shall thereupon be a single corporation. Sub shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger and the separate corporate existence of Sub shall continue unaffected and unimpaired by the Merger.
Second Merger At the Second Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any action on the part of the Surviving Corporation or Parent or the holders of any securities of the Surviving Corporation or Parent, each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist without any consideration being payable therefor.
Effective Time of Merger This Merger Agreement, or a Certificate of Ownership and Merger setting forth the information required by, and otherwise in compliance with, Section 253 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware with respect to the Merger, shall be delivered for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. This Merger Agreement, or Articles of Merger setting forth the information required by, and otherwise in compliance with, Article 5.16 of the Texas Business Corporation Act with respect to the Merger, shall be delivered for filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Texas. The Merger shall become effective upon the later of (i) the day and at the time the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware files such Certificate of Ownership and Merger, and (ii) the day and at the time the Secretary of State of the State of Texas files such Articles of Merger (the time of such effectiveness is herein called the "Effective Time"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, by action of its Board of Directors, either of NewSub2 or AssetCo may terminate this Merger Agreement at any time prior to the filing of the Certificate of Ownership and Merger with respect to the Merger with Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the Articles of Merger with respect to the Merger with Secretary of State of the State of Texas.
Merger of Merger Sub into the Company Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.3), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease. The Company will continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the "Surviving Corporation").
Bank Merger Concurrently with the Merger, Beneficial Bank, will merge with and into WSFS Bank, with WSFS Bank as the Surviving Bank. Following the Bank Merger, the separate existence of Beneficial Bank shall terminate. The Parties agree that the Bank Merger shall become effective concurrently with the Merger. The Bank Merger shall be implemented pursuant to a subsidiary plan of merger, in the form of Exhibit D (the “Subsidiary Plan of Merger”). In order to obtain the necessary regulatory approvals for the Bank Merger, the Parties shall cause the following to be accomplished prior to the filing of applications for regulatory approval of the Bank Merger: (i) Beneficial shall cause the board of directors of Beneficial Bank to approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger, Beneficial, as the sole stockholder of Beneficial Bank, shall approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger and Beneficial shall cause the Subsidiary Plan of Merger to be duly executed by Beneficial Bank and delivered to WSFS and (ii) WSFS shall cause the board of directors of WSFS Bank to approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger, WSFS, as the sole stockholder of WSFS Bank, shall approve the Subsidiary Plan of Merger and WSFS shall cause the Subsidiary Plan of Merger to be duly executed by WSFS Bank and delivered to Beneficial. Prior to the Effective Time, Beneficial shall cause Beneficial Bank, and WSFS shall cause WSFS Bank, to execute and file applicable articles or certificates of merger, and such other documents and certificates as are necessary to make the Bank Merger effective concurrently with the Merger.
Consummation of Merger The parties hereto expressly acknowledge that the consummation of the transactions hereunder is subject to consummation of the Merger. Nothing herein shall be construed to require Seller to consummate the Merger or take steps in furtherance thereof.
Effective Time of the Merger Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a certificate of merger (the "Certificate of Merger") with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as provided in the DGCL, as soon as practicable on or after the Closing Date. The Merger shall become effective upon such filing or at such time thereafter as is provided in the Certificate of Merger as the Company and Sub shall agree (the "Effective Time").
Short-Form Merger If, after the consummation of the Offer and any exercise of the Top-Up Option, the number of Shares beneficially owned by Parent, Merger Sub and Parent’s other Subsidiaries collectively represent at least 90% of the then outstanding Shares, Parent shall cause Merger Sub to, and the Company shall execute and deliver such documents and instruments and take such other actions as Parent or Merger Sub may request, in order to cause the Merger to be completed as promptly as reasonably practicable as provided in Section 253 of the DGCL, and otherwise as provided in Article II below.
