Company Stock Based Plans. (a) At the First Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase Shares (a “Company Option”) under the Company Stock Plans, whether vested or unvested, shall be converted into an option to acquire a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of (i) the number of Shares subject to the Company Option immediately prior to the First Effective Time and (ii) the Option Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the result obtained by dividing (A) the exercise price per Share of such Company Option immediately prior to the First Effective Time by (B) the Option Exchange Ratio; provided that the exercise price and the number of shares of Parent Common Stock purchasable pursuant to the Company Options shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The “Option Exchange Ratio” shall mean a fraction (x) the numerator of which is the sum of the Cash Consideration and an amount equal to the product of (I) the Exchange Ratio and (II) the Average Parent Stock Price and (y) the denominator of which is the Average Parent Stock Price. Except as specifically provided above, following the First Effective Time, each Company Option shall continue to be governed by the terms and conditions applicable to such Company Option immediately prior to the First Effective Time, including all vesting conditions that are applicable following a “Change in Control” as defined in the award agreement applicable to the Company Option; provided that each Company Option granted to a non-employee director of the Company shall vest and become exercisable at the First Effective Time.
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Samples: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (At&t Inc.), Merger Agreement (Time Warner Inc.)
Company Stock Based Plans. (a) At the First Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase Shares (a “Company Option”) under the Company Stock Plans, whether vested or unvested, shall be converted into an option to acquire a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest whole number) of (i) the number of Shares subject to the Company Option immediately prior to the First Effective Time and (ii) the Option Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per share (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the result obtained by dividing (A) the exercise price per Share of such Company Option immediately prior to the First Effective Time by (B) the Option Exchange Ratio; provided that the exercise price and the number of shares of Parent Common Stock purchasable pursuant to the Company Options shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The “Option Exchange Ratio” shall mean a fraction (x) the numerator of which is the sum of the Cash Consideration and an amount equal to the product of (I) the Exchange Ratio and (II) the Average Parent Stock Price and (y) the denominator of which is the Average Parent Stock Price. Except as specifically provided above, following the First Effective Time, each Company Option shall continue to be governed by the terms and conditions applicable to such Company Option immediately prior to the First Effective Time, including all vesting conditions that are applicable following a “Change in Control” as defined in the award agreement applicable to the Company Option; provided that each Company Option granted to a non-employee director of the Company shall vest and become exercisable at the First Effective Timeconditions.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (At&t Inc.), Merger Agreement (Directv)