Company Incentive Plans. (a) As of the Effective Time, each Company Option granted by the Company that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then vested, will be cancelled and will immediately cease to be outstanding, without any payment with respect to such Company Option or cancellation thereof except as provided in the following sentence. In full satisfaction of the cancellation of each Company Option described in the immediately preceding sentence, Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time (and no later than the second payroll date after the Effective Time), to pay, to the holder of such Company Option (which, for employees of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, shall be in accordance with the general payroll practices of the Surviving Corporation), an amount in cash in respect thereof equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the per-share exercise price of such Company Option, multiplied by (ii) the number of Common Shares then subject to such Company Option (which number, in the case of Company Options subject to performance goals based on stock price hurdles, shall be determined based on actual performance in accordance with the terms of such Company Options, with any Company Options that do not vest being forfeited for no consideration) (such payment, if any, to be net of applicable Taxes withheld in accordance with Section 2.5 and without interest). For the avoidance of doubt, no consideration will be paid with respect to any Company Option that has a per-share exercise price that is greater than, or equal to, the Merger Consideration. As of the Effective Time, no Person will retain any rights with respect to any previously outstanding Company Options other than the rights of a holder to receive the payment contemplated by this Section 2.4(a).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger, Agreement and Plan of Merger (Seagen Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Pfizer Inc)
Company Incentive Plans. (a) As of the Effective Time, each option to purchase Common Shares (each, a “Company Option Option”) granted by the Company under each of the Company’s 2017 Incentive Plan and Prior Share Plans (collectively, the “Company Share Plans”) that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective TimeTime (after giving effect to the Spin-Off and the provisions of the Separation and Distribution Agreement), whether or not then vested, will be cancelled and will immediately cease to be outstanding, without any payment with respect to such Company Option or cancellation thereof except as provided in the following sentence. In full satisfaction of the cancellation of each Company Option described in the immediately preceding sentence, Parent will cause the Surviving CorporationCompany, as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time (and no later than the second payroll date after the Effective Time), to pay, to the holder of such Company Option (which, for employees of the Company or any of the Company its Subsidiaries, shall be in accordance with the general payroll practices of the Surviving CorporationCompany), an amount in cash in respect thereof equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the per-share exercise price of such Company Option, multiplied by (ii) the number of Common Shares then subject to such Company Option (which number, in the case of Company Options subject to performance goals based on stock price hurdles, shall be determined based on actual performance in accordance with the terms of such Company Options, with any Company Options that do not vest being forfeited for no consideration) (such payment, if any, to be net of applicable Taxes withheld in accordance with Section 2.5 and without interest). For the avoidance of doubt, no consideration will be paid with respect to any Company Option that has a per-share exercise price that is greater than, or equal to, the Merger Consideration. As of the Effective Time, after giving effect to the Spin-Off, no Person will retain any rights with respect to any previously outstanding Company Options other than the rights of a holder to receive the payment contemplated by this Section 2.4(a)) or under the Separation and Distribution Agreement, as applicable.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Biohaven Research Ltd.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Biohaven Research Ltd.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co Ltd.)
