Employee Stock Purchase Plan The Company shall take all requisite action with respect to the Company’s 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Company ESPP”), to ensure that (i) all outstanding Company Purchase Rights (as defined in Section 4.02) will be exercised no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Expiration Date, (ii) no Company Purchase Rights will be issued and outstanding as of the Expiration Date, (iii) conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, the Company ESPP will be terminated no later than the Effective Time, and (iv) no additional offering periods shall commence on or after the Expiration Date. The Company shall deliver to Parent prior to the Expiration Date sufficient evidence that the Company ESPP will be terminated as of the Effective Time, conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing. In addition, prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions (including, if appropriate, amending the terms of the Company ESPP and the terms of any offering period(s) commencing prior to the Expiration Date) that are necessary to provide that, as of the Effective Time, participants and former participants in the Company ESPP shall cease to have any right or interest thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all actions taken and all amendments made pursuant to this Section 3.06 shall be taken or made in compliance with Sections 423 and 424 of the Code and so as not to result in a “modification” under such Sections. All Shares issued in connection with the exercise of the Company Purchase Rights shall be, at the Effective Time, converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with, and pursuant to, the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
REGISTERED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN 1. In this Article:
Retirement Savings Plan Within fifteen (15) days after the date of Termination of Employment, the Company shall pay to Employee a cash payment in an amount, if any, necessary to compensate Employee for the Employee’s unvested interests under the Company’s retirement savings plan which are forfeited by Employee in connection with the Termination of Employment.
Share Option Plans Each share option granted by the Company under the Company’s share option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s share option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Ordinary Shares on the date such share option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No share option granted under the Company’s share option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, share options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of share options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
Stock Option Plan The Executive shall be eligible to participate in the Company's Stock Option Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
ESPP As soon as administratively practicable following the date of this Agreement, but not later than the day immediately prior to the date on which the first (1st) offering period that is regularly scheduled to commence under the ESPP after the date of this Agreement is scheduled to commence, the Company (or, if appropriate, the applicable committee administering the ESPP) shall take all actions necessary or required under the ESPP (including, if appropriate, amending the terms of the ESPP) and applicable Law to (i) suspend the ESPP so that (x) no further offering periods shall commence after the date of this Agreement, (y) no individual participating in any offering period in progress as of the date of this Agreement shall be permitted to increase the amount of his or her rate of payroll contributions thereunder from the rate in effect when the last offering period commenced, or to make separate non-payroll contributions to the ESPP on or following the date of this Agreement; and (z) no individual who is not participating in the ESPP as of the date of this Agreement may commence participation in the ESPP following the date of this Agreement, (ii) end the last offering period that commenced prior to the date of this Agreement on the earlier to occur of its regularly scheduled end date under the terms of the ESPP or three (3) calendar days prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) cause the ESPP to terminate as of the Effective Time such that no further rights shall be granted or exercised under the ESPP thereafter. With respect to the offering period that is in effect on the date of this Agreement, each ESPP participant may apply his or her accumulated payroll deductions to purchase shares of the Company Common Stock under the ESPP in accordance with its terms on the regularly scheduled purchase date for such offering period; provided, that, if the Closing Date occurs prior to the purchase date for the offering period, then each ESPP participant’s accumulated payroll deductions under the ESPP shall be used to purchase Shares in accordance with the terms of the ESPP no later than three (3) business days prior to the Effective Time; provided, further, that the applicable purchase price per Share as set forth in the ESPP shall not be decreased below levels set forth in the ESPP as of the date hereof. All Shares of Company Common Stock purchased under the ESPP shall be considered outstanding Shares for all purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, for purposes of the right to receive the Forms of Election and to make elections and receive the Merger Consideration with respect thereto.
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan The Executive shall participate in the Company's Unfunded Pension Plan for Selected Executives (the "SERP").
Company ESPP (i) Prior to the Appointment Time, the Company shall take all actions necessary such that the current offering period in progress as of the date of this Agreement shall be the final offering period under the Company ESPP. If such offering period has not ended prior to the Appointment Time, then, prior to the Appointment Time, the Company (x) shall take all actions necessary such that a date to be determined by the Company (but in no event later than the Appointment Time) shall be the last day of such offering period and (y) shall make such other pro-rata adjustments as may be necessary to reflect the shortened and final offering period but otherwise treating such shortened and final offering period as a fully effective and completed offering period for all purposes under the Company ESPP. In addition, effective as of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have taken all actions necessary such that (x) no new participant shall be permitted to join the current offering period in progress under the Company ESPP and (y) no participant in the Company ESPP with respect to the current offering period shall be permitted to increase his or her elections with respect to the current offering period.
(ii) Unless it has earlier terminated, the Company shall take all actions necessary so that the Company ESPP shall terminate immediately prior to and effective as of the Appointment Time. All amounts withheld by the Company on behalf of the participants in the Company ESPP that have not been used to purchase Company Common Stock at or prior to the Appointment Time will be returned to the participants without interest pursuant to the terms of the Company ESPP.
(iii) The Company agrees to take any and all actions necessary to approve and effectuate the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.7(f) including making any determinations and/or resolutions of the Company Board or a committee thereof.
Stock Option Plans Each stock option granted by the Company under the Company’s stock option plan was granted (i) in accordance with the terms of the Company’s stock option plan and (ii) with an exercise price at least equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date such stock option would be considered granted under GAAP and applicable law. No stock option granted under the Company’s stock option plan has been backdated. The Company has not knowingly granted, and there is no and has been no Company policy or practice to knowingly grant, stock options prior to, or otherwise knowingly coordinate the grant of stock options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries or their financial results or prospects.
Automatic Renewal Clauses Incorporated in Awarded Vendor Agreements with TIPS Members Resulting from the Solicitation and with the Vendor Named in this Agreement.
