Payment for Securities Surrender of Certificates (a) Paying Agent Prior to the Effective Time, Parent or Purchaser shall designate a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as the paying agent for purposes of effecting the payment of the Merger Consideration in connection with the Merger (the Paying Agent). At or promptly after the Effective Time, Parent or the Purchaser shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration to which holders of Shares shall be entitled at the Effective Time pursuant to this Agreement upon surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares as the case may be; provided, however, in the event that such funds on deposit with the Paying Agent are insufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration, Parent or Purchaser shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Paying Agent such additional funds as are necessary to ensure that the Paying Agent has funds sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration. Such funds shall be invested or otherwise held by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or Purchaser, in their sole discretion, pending payment thereof by the Paying Agent to the holders of the Shares. Earnings from such investments, if any, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Parent or Purchaser, and no part of any such earnings shall accrue to the benefit of holders of Shares.