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.
Company Stock Plans (a) Each option to purchase Company Common Stock (“Company Stock Options”) granted under any stock option plans or other equity-related plans of the Company (the “Company Stock Plans”), whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become fully vested and be cancelled as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (without regard to the exercise price of such Company Stock Option) in exchange for the right to receive at the Effective Time, in accordance with this Section 2.9, a lump sum cash payment in the amount of the Option Consideration (as defined below), if any, with respect to such Company Stock Option.
(b) Each holder of a Company Stock Option shall receive from the Purchaser or the Parent, in respect and in consideration of each Company Stock Option so cancelled, promptly following the Effective Time (but in any event not later than 10 Business Days), an amount (net of applicable taxes) equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of (A) the Merger Consideration per share of Company Common Stock over (B) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option, multiplied by (ii) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option (whether or not then vested or exercisable), without any interest thereon (the “Option Consideration”). In the event that the exercise price of any Company Stock Option is equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration, such Company Stock Option shall be cancelled, without any consideration being payable in respect thereof, and have no further force or effect.
(c) As soon as practicable following the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall mail to each Person who is a holder of Company Stock Options a letter describing the treatment of and payment for such Company Stock Options pursuant to this Section 2.9 and providing instructions for use in obtaining payment for such Company Stock Options, which letter shall be subject to the Parent’s prior review and comment. The Parent shall at all times from and after the Effective Time maintain sufficient liquid funds to satisfy its obligations to holders of Company Stock Options pursuant to this Section 2.9.
(d) Each Restricted Share granted pursuant to the Company Stock Plans outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become fully vested and free of any vesting or other lapse restrictions immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(e) If the Effective Time occurs on or before the “Exercise Date” relating to the applicable “Plan Period” in effect as of the date of this Agreement (as such terms are defined in the Company ESPP) and there are “Options” (as defined in the Company ESPP) then outstanding with respect to such Plan Period, the Company Board shall, prior to such Effective Time, take such actions as are necessary to provide that all outstanding Options shall be cancelled as of the Closing Date, provided that notice of such cancellation shall be given to each holder of an Option, and to the extent that such holder does not elect to withdraw his or her participation in the Company ESPP prior to the Effective Time, then such Option shall be deemed to have been exercised in full on the Closing Date based on payroll deductions then credited to his or her account as of a date determined by the Company Board, which date shall not be less than ten (10) days preceding the Closing Date. The Company Board shall terminate the Company ESPP prior to the Effective Time. No new “Plan Period” shall commence after the date of this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, “Company ESPP” means the Company’s Restated 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(f) As of the Effective Time, the Company Stock Plans shall terminate and all rights under any provision of any other plan, program or arrangement providing for the issuance or grant of any other interest in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall be cancelled.
ESOP (a) As of the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, the ESOP has been in compliance in all material respects with applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder, and the ESOT has been duly organized and is a validly existing trust. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.29(a), each of the ESOP Plan Documents is in full force and effect and no term or condition thereof has been amended, modified or waived from the terms and conditions contained in the ESOP Plan Documents delivered to Administrative Agent without the consent of the Requisite Lenders (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), except to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver could not reasonably be anticipated to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, the ESOT has performed and complied with all the material terms, provisions, agreements and conditions set forth therein and required to be performed or complied with by the ESOT, and no unmatured default, default or breach of any covenant by any such party exists thereunder.
(b) As of the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, the execution, delivery and performance of each of the ESOP Plan Documents to which the ESOT is a party do not (i) conflict with the ESOP Plan Documents, (ii) conflict with any requirement of law, or (iii) other than with respect to ordinary course ESOP operations, require a registration with, consent or approval of, or notices to, or other action to, with or by any Governmental Authority.
(c) As of the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, none of the assets of Borrower constitute, for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, assets of the ESOP or any other “plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) As of the Closing Date and at all times thereafter, no non-exempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code has occurred with respect to the ESOP, and no Loan hereunder constitutes or shall constitute or give rise to any such non-exempt prohibited transaction.
(e) The ESOP is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the ESOP includes two components, one of which is a stock bonus plan that constitutes an employee stock ownership plan as defined in Section 4975(e)(7) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the other is a profit sharing plan that includes a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(f) Borrower has provided Administrative Agent with a complete and true copy of each of the ESOP Plan Documents pursuant to which the ESOP and the ESOT are maintained by Borrower, or which concern Borrower’s obligations with respect to the ESOP and ESOT, as of the Closing Date and has not subsequently amended or in any other way modified or replaced such ESOP Plan Documents in any manner without the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders, except for any amendment, modification or waiver that could not reasonably be anticipated to have a Material Adverse Effect (and Borrower shall use its best efforts to deliver a copy of any such amendment, modification or replacement to Administrative Agent prior to the execution thereof).
(g) To Borrower’s knowledge, no Loan hereunder is (for any purpose of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code) a direct or indirect loan or other transaction between Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders and the ESOT which, if it is assumed that Administrative Agent and the Lenders are “parties in interest” and “disqualified persons” (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, respectively), is a non-exempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(h) Neither Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is or shall be subject to the tax imposed by Section 4978 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any “disposition” by the ESOT of any shares of Equity Interests of Borrower.
(i) To Borrower’s knowledge, there is no investigation or review by any Governmental Agency, or action, suit, proceeding or arbitration, pending or concluded, concerning any matter with respect to the ESOP or the ESOT relevant as to whether any representation set forth herein was, or has or will at any time become, inaccurate or breached or, if it were to be made at any time prior to the satisfaction of all Obligations, would be inaccurate when made (other than in respect of (i) periodic requests to the Internal Revenue Service to issue a favorable determination letter to the effect that the ESOP is and continues to be a qualified plan and an employee stock ownership plan, (ii) Annual Reports (IRS Form 5500 Series) for the ESOP and (iii) routine claims for ESOP benefits), and neither the ESOP Fiduciary nor the ESOT Trustee has made any assertion with respect to the ESOP or the ESOT contrary to or inconsistent with the accuracy of any such representation which assertion could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) As of the Closing Date, the ESOP has not incurred any Indebtedness (including any guarantee of Indebtedness of any other Person), other than its obligations under the ESOP Plan Documents to the extent constituting Indebtedness, including the outstanding PTE 80-26 loans set forth on Schedule 4.29(j).
Company Equity Awards (a) Each option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock that has been granted under the Company Stock Plans (each, a “Company Option”) and that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time will, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or the holders thereof, be treated as follows:
(i) as of the Effective Time, each Company Option (whether or not vested) that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time and that has a per share exercise price less than the Merger Consideration (an “In-the-Money Option”) will be canceled in exchange for payment to the holder of such In-the-Money Option of an amount in cash equal to (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock remaining subject to such In-the-Money Option immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (B) the amount by which (x) the Merger Consideration exceeds (y) the per share exercise price for such In-the-Money Option (the “Company Option Cash Out Amount”); and
(ii) each Company Option that is not an In-the-Money Option will be canceled at the Effective Time without payment of any consideration.
(b) As of the Effective Time, each restricted stock unit award subject to time-based or other vesting restrictions that is outstanding under any Company Stock Plan (each, a “Company RSU Award””) immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall, to the extent not vested, become fully vested and then (ii) each such Company RSU Award shall be canceled without any action of the part of any holder or beneficiary thereof in consideration for the right to receive a lump sum cash payment with respect thereto equal to the product of (x) the Merger Consideration and (y) the number of shares of Company Stock represented by such Company RSU Award (the “Company RSU Cash Out Amount”).
(c) All Company Options (whether or not vested) that are outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time, all Company RSU Awards that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, and rights under the Company Stock Plans, will terminate as of, and contingent upon the occurrence of, the Effective Time (after given effect to this Section 2.3), and, following the Effective Time, no holder of any Company Option, Company RSU Award, or any other rights under the Company Stock Plans will have any right to acquire any equity securities of the Company, its Subsidiaries, or the Surviving Corporation as a result of such holder’s Company Options, Company RSU Awards, or other rights under the Company Stock Plans and the Company shall have no further Liability under or with respect to any such Company Option, Company RSU Awards, or the Company Stock Plans (except as provided pursuant to Section 2.3(a)(i) in respect of In-The-Money Options), or as provided pursuant to Section 2.3(b) in respect of the Company RSU Awards.
(d) Payment of the Company Option Cash Out Amount for each In-the-Money Option and the Company RSU Cash Out Amount for each Company RSU Award is subject to Section 2.7 and will be made as follows: No later than thirty (30) Business Days after the Closing Date, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, deliver (through the Surviving Corporation payroll or such other means of payment as Parent may provide) to the holder of any In-the-Money Option or Company RSU Award the applicable Company Option Cash Out Amount or Company RSU Cash Out Amount, net of Tax withholdings. To the extent that such Taxes are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority, the amounts thereof will be treated for all purposes hereunder as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(e) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take (or cause there to be taken, as the case may be) all such actions as are necessary to effect the treatment of Company Options and Company RSU Awards provided for under this Section 2.3, under all Contracts governing the terms of all Company Options and Company RSU Awards, and under any other applicable plan or arrangement to which the Company is a party or by which the Company may be bound with respect to such Company Options, Company RSU Awards or the Company Stock Plans, including (A) to accelerate the vesting of any unvested Company Options that are outstanding and unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time and (B) at the request of Parent or as otherwise may be required, sending to any holders of Company Options notices (if drafted and at the request of Parent, subject to reasonable review and approval by the Company, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) with respect to the treatment of such instruments under this Agreement. The Company shall not send or otherwise make available any notices to any holders of Company Options, or solicit any consents or other approvals from the holders of any Company Options unless and until Parent has reviewed and approved all such notices and related documentation (including any email messages and notifications) to be sent or made available to such holders (which approval may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), in each case, solely to the extent such notices, consents or approvals relate to the Merger Transaction.
(f) The Company shall promptly take (or cause there to be taken, as the case may be) all such actions as are necessary to ensure that no offering or purchase period commences under the Company ESPP and that no shares of Company Capital Stock are issued under the Company ESPP. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take (or cause there to be taken, as the case may be) all such actions as are necessary to terminate the Company ESPP such that, from and after the time of such termination, the Company shall have no Liability under or with respect to the Company ESPP.
Company Benefit Plans (a) Section 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete list, as of the date hereof, of each Company Benefit Plan. With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to OmniLit, to the extent applicable, true, complete and correct copies of (A) such Company Benefit Plan (or, if not written a written summary of its material terms) and all plan documents, trust agreements, insurance Contracts or other funding vehicles and all amendments thereto, (B) the most recent summary plan descriptions, including any summary of material modifications, (C) the most recent annual reports (Form 5500 series) filed with the IRS with respect to such Company Benefit Plan, (D) the most recent actuarial report or other financial statement relating to such Company Benefit Plan, (E) the most recent determination or opinion letter, if any, issued by the IRS with respect to any Company Benefit Plan and any pending request for such a determination letter, (F) the most recent non-discrimination testing results relating to such Company Benefit Plan, and (G) all non-routine written correspondence to or from any Governmental Authority relating to such Company Benefit Plan.
(b) (i) Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated, funded and administered in all material respects in compliance with its terms and all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code; (ii) all contributions required to be made with respect to any Company Benefit Plan have been made or, to the extent not yet due, accrued and reflected in the Company’s financial statements to the extent required by GAAP in accordance with the terms of the Company Benefit Plan and applicable Law; (iii) each Company Benefit Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination or opinion letter from the IRS as to its qualification or may rely upon an opinion letter for a prototype plan and, to the knowledge of the Company, no fact or event has occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such Company Benefit Plan.
(c) No Company Benefit Plan is, and none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has sponsored or contributed to, been required to contribute to, or has any liability (whether actual or contingent) with respect to, (i) a multiemployer pension plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), (ii) a defined benefit pension plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, (iii) a multiple employer plan (within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code), or (iv) a multiple employer welfare arrangement (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA). None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or would reasonably be expected to incur any liability under Title IV of ERISA.
(d) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, no Legal Proceedings (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, and to the knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances exist that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Legal Proceedings.
(e) No Company Benefit Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization, death, life insurance, welfare or similar benefits (whether or not insured) for employees, former employees, consultants, managers or directors of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof) for periods extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than coverage mandated by applicable Law or benefits the full cost of which is borne by the current or former employee, consultant, manager or director (or his or her beneficiary).
(f) Except as set forth on Section 4.13(f) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, either alone or in combination with another event (such as termination following the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (i) entitle any current or former employee, officer or other service provider of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company to any severance pay or any other compensation or benefits, (ii) accelerate the time of payment, funding or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation or benefits due any such employee, officer or other service provider, (iii) accelerate the vesting and/or settlement of any Company Award, or (iv) restrict the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s rights to amend or terminate any Company Benefit Plan.
(g) The consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, either alone or in combination with another event, result in any “excess parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code. No Company Benefit Plan provides for, and the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any obligation to make, a Tax gross-up, make whole or similar payment with respect to any Taxes, including any Taxes imposed under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code. Each Company Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code has been operated in all material respects in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. No payment or benefit under any Company Benefit Plan has been, is or is reasonably expected to be subject to the penalties imposed under or by operation of Section 409A of the Code.
(h) There have been no non-exempt “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 or 407 of ERISA and no breaches of fiduciary duty (as determined under ERISA) with respect to any Company Benefit Plan. Each Company Benefit Plan may be amended, terminated or otherwise modified (including cessation of participation) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the greatest extent permitted by applicable Law. Except as required by applicable Law, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has announced its intention to modify or terminate any Company Benefit Plan or adopt any arrangement or program which, once established, would come within the definition of a Company Benefit Plan. No Company Benefit Plan is, or within the past six (6) years has been, the subject of an application or filing under a government sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance, or similar program, or been the subject of any self-correction under any such program. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has incurred (whether or not assessed) any material penalty or Tax under Section 4980H, 4980B, 4980D, 6721 or 6722 of the Code.
(i) There is no action currently contemplated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and for the past three years, no action has been taken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in respect of any current or former employee or individual independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or such individuals’ compensation or benefits, in each case, in response to COVID-19.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company (or the appropriate committee thereof) shall take all necessary actions, including adopting any necessary resolutions and amendments, to (i) terminate the 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Stock Purchase Plan”) as of no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) ensure that no option period under the Stock Purchase Plan shall be commenced on or after the date of this Agreement, (iii) if the Effective Time shall occur prior to the end of the option periods in existence under the Stock Purchase Plan on the date of this Agreement, cause a new exercise date to be set under the Stock Purchase Plan, which date shall be the end of the payroll period that is at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated Effective Time, (iv) prohibit participants in the Stock Purchase Plan from altering their payroll deductions from those in effect on the date of this Agreement (other than to discontinue their participation in the Stock Purchase Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Plan), (v) provide that the amount of the accumulated contributions of each participant under the Stock Purchase Plan as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, to the extent not used to purchase shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase Plan (as amended pursuant to this Section 2.11), be refunded to such participant as promptly as practicable following the Effective Time (without interest); and (vi) ensure that no current or former employees, officers, directors or other service providers of Company and its Subsidiaries or their beneficiaries have any right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock under the Stock Purchase Plan.
Executive Benefit Plans The Executive shall be entitled to participate in all plans or programs sponsored by the Company for employees in general, including without limitation, participation in any group health, medical reimbursement, or life insurance plans.
Employees; Benefit Plans (a) During the period commencing at the Effective Time and ending on the date which is FIVE (“5”) months from the Effective Time (or if earlier, the date of the employee's termination of employment with Parent and its Subsidiaries), Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to provide the employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who remain employed immediately after the Effective Time (collectively, the "Company Continuing Employees") with base salary, target bonus opportunities (excluding equity-based compensation), and employee benefits that are, in the aggregate, no less favorable than the base salary, target bonus opportunities (excluding equity-based compensation), and employee benefits provided by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement.
(b) With respect to any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding both any retiree healthcare plans or programs maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any equity compensation arrangements maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, "Parent Benefit Plans") in which any Company Continuing Employees will participate effective as of the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, recognize all service of the Company Continuing Employees with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be as if such service were with Parent, for vesting and eligibility purposes (but not for (i) purposes of early retirement subsidies under any Parent Benefit Plan that is a defined benefit pension plan or (ii) benefit accrual purposes, except for vacation, if applicable) in any Parent Benefit Plan in which such Company Continuing Employees may be eligible to participate after the Effective Time; (iii) Continuing Company shall honor all consulting or advisory agreement previously entered into, or employment pending equity awards stock options or warrants to purchase equity based upon performance. provided, that such service shall not be recognized to the extent that (A) such recognition would result in a duplication of benefits or (B) such service was not recognized under the corresponding Company Employee Plan.
(c) This Section 5.07 shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement, and nothing in this Section 5.07, express or implied, shall confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Section 5.07. Nothing contained herein, express or implied (i) shall be construed to establish, amend or modify any benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement or (ii) shall alter or limit the ability of the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates to amend, modify or terminate any benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement at any time assumed, established, sponsored or maintained by any of them. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the terms set forth in this Section 5.07 shall not create any right in any Company Employee or any other Person to any continued employment with the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or compensation or benefits of any nature or kind whatsoever.
(d) With respect to matters described in this Section 5.07, the Company will not send any written notices or other written communication materials to Company Employees without the prior written consent of Parent.
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.
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