Common use of Company Stock Options; ESPP Clause in Contracts

Company Stock Options; ESPP. (a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee thereof administering the Company Stock Plans) shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to effect the following: (i) each Company Stock Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and converted into an option to acquire, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Company Stock Option, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to the sum of (x) the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (B) the Exchange Ratio and (y) the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (B) the Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple, at an exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the aggregate exercise price for the shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option by (2) the aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be subject to such Company Stock Option after giving effect to the adjustments in this clause (i) (each, as so adjusted, an “Adjusted Option”); and (ii) make such other changes to the Company Stock Plans as Parent and the Company may agree are appropriate to give effect to the Merger. (b) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee of the Board of Directors of the Company administering the ESPP), shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to provide that with respect to the ESPP (i) participants may not increase their payroll deductions or purchase elections from those in effect on the date of this Agreement, (ii) each participant’s outstanding right to purchase shares of Company Common Stock under the ESPP shall terminate on the day immediately prior to the day on which the Effective Time occurs, provided that all amounts allocated to each participant’s account under the ESPP as of such date shall thereupon be used to purchase from the Company whole shares of Company Common Stock at the applicable price determined under the terms of the ESPP for the then outstanding offering periods using such date as the final purchase date for each such offering period, and (iii) the ESPP shall terminate immediately following such purchases of Company Common Stock. (c) The Company shall ensure that following the Effective Time, no holder of a Company Stock Option (or former holder of a Company Stock Option) or any participant in any Company Stock Plan, Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement shall have any right thereunder to acquire any capital stock of the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any other equity interest therein (including “phantom” stock or stock appreciation rights). (d) The adjustments provided in Section 5.04(a) with respect to any Company Stock Option to which Section 421(a) of the Code applies shall be and are intended to be effected in a manner which is consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code. As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to the holders of Adjusted Options appropriate notices setting forth such holders’ rights pursuant to the respective Company Stock Plans and the Contracts evidencing the grants of such Adjusted Options, which shall provide, among other things, that such Adjusted Options and Contracts have been assumed by Parent and shall continue in effect on the same terms and conditions (subject to the adjustments required by this Section 5.04 after giving effect to the Merger). (e) Except as otherwise contemplated by this Section 5.04 and except to the extent required under the respective terms of the Adjusted Options, all restrictions or limitations on transfer and vesting with respect to Adjusted Options, to the extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have already lapsed, and all other terms thereof, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to such Adjusted Options after giving effect to the Merger and the assumption by Parent as set forth above. (f) As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering shares of Parent Common Stock subject to issuance upon the exercise of the Adjusted Options. The Company shall cooperate with, and assist Parent in the preparation of, such registration statement. Parent shall keep such registration statement effective (and to maintain the current status of the prospectus required thereby) for so long as any Adjusted Options remain outstanding. (g) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple” means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Cash Portion by (y) the Average Parent Stock Price.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Johnson & Johnson), Merger Agreement (Boston Scientific Corp), Merger Agreement (Boston Scientific Corp)

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Company Stock Options; ESPP. (a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee thereof administering the Company Stock Plans) shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to effect the following: (i) each Company Stock Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and converted into an option to acquire, on the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Company Stock Option, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to the sum of (x) the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (B) the Exchange Ratio and (y) the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (B) the Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple, at an exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the aggregate exercise price for the shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option by (2) the aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be subject to such Company Stock Option after giving effect to the adjustments in this clause (i) (each, as so adjusted, an "Adjusted Option"); and (ii) make such other changes to the Company Stock Plans as Parent and the Company may agree are appropriate to give effect to the Merger. (b) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee of the Board of Directors of the Company administering the ESPP), shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to provide that with respect to the ESPP (i) participants may not increase their payroll deductions or purchase elections from those in effect on the date of this Agreement, (ii) each participant’s 's outstanding right to purchase shares of Company Common Stock under the ESPP shall terminate on the day immediately prior to the day on which the Effective Time occurs, provided that all amounts allocated to each participant’s 's account under the ESPP as of such date shall thereupon be used to purchase from the Company whole shares of Company Common Stock at the applicable price determined under the terms of the ESPP for the then outstanding offering periods using such date as the final purchase date for each such offering period, and (iii) the ESPP shall terminate immediately following such purchases of Company Common Stock. (c) The Company shall ensure that following the Effective Time, no holder of a Company Stock Option (or former holder of a Company Stock Option) or any participant in any Company Stock Plan, Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement shall have any right thereunder to acquire any capital stock of the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any other equity interest therein (including "phantom" stock or stock appreciation rights). (d) The adjustments provided in Section 5.04(a) with respect to any Company Stock Option to which Section 421(a) of the Code applies shall be and are intended to be effected in a manner which is consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code. As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to the holders of Adjusted Options appropriate notices setting forth such holders' rights pursuant to the respective Company Stock Plans and the Contracts evidencing the grants of such Adjusted Options, which shall provide, among other things, that such Adjusted Options and Contracts have been assumed by Parent and shall continue in effect on the same terms and conditions (subject to the adjustments required by this Section 5.04 after giving effect to the Merger). (e) Except as otherwise contemplated by this Section 5.04 and except to the extent required under the respective terms of the Adjusted Options, all restrictions or limitations on transfer and vesting with respect to Adjusted Options, to the extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have already lapsed, and all other terms thereof, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to such Adjusted Options after giving effect to the Merger and the assumption by Parent as set forth above. (f) As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering shares of Parent Common Stock subject to issuance upon the exercise of the Adjusted Options. The Company shall cooperate with, and assist Parent in the preparation of, such registration statement. Parent shall keep such registration statement effective (and to maintain the current status of the prospectus required thereby) for so long as any Adjusted Options remain outstanding. (g) For purposes of this Agreement, "Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple" means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Cash Portion by (y) the Average Parent Stock Price.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Guidant Corp), Merger Agreement (Johnson & Johnson), Merger Agreement (Guidant Corp)

Company Stock Options; ESPP. (a) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee thereof administering the Company Stock Plans) shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to effect the following: (i) adjust the terms of all outstanding Company Stock Options, whether vested or unvested, as necessary to provide that the Company Stock Options will become fully exercisable and may be exercised before the Effective Time, and, at the Effective Time, each Company Stock Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended canceled and converted into an option the holder thereof shall then become entitled to acquirereceive, on as soon as practicable following the same terms and conditions as were applicable under such Company Stock OptionEffective Time, the number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) a single lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of (x) the product of (A1) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to for which such Company Stock Option shall not theretofore have been exercised and (B2) the Exchange Ratio and (y) excess, if any, of the product of (A) Merger Consideration over the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (B) the Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple, at an exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the aggregate exercise price for the shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option by (2) the aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be subject to such Company Stock Option after giving effect to the adjustments in this clause (i) (each, as so adjusted, an “Adjusted Option”); and (ii) make such other changes to the Company Stock Plans as Parent and the Company and Parent may agree are appropriate to give effect to the Merger. (b) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee of the Board of Directors of the Company administering the ESPP), shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to provide that with respect to the ESPP (i) participants may not increase their payroll deductions or purchase elections from those in effect on the date of this Agreement, (ii) no offering period shall be commenced after the date of this Agreement, (iii) each participant’s outstanding right to purchase shares of Company Common Stock under the ESPP shall terminate on the day immediately prior to the day on which the Effective Time occurs, provided that all amounts allocated to each participant’s account under the ESPP as of such date shall thereupon be used to purchase from the Company whole shares of Company Common Stock at the applicable price determined under the terms of the ESPP for the then outstanding offering periods using such date as the final purchase date for each such offering period, and (iiiiv) the ESPP shall terminate immediately following such purchases of Company Common Stock. (c) All amounts payable to holders of the Company Stock Options pursuant to Section 5.04(a) shall be subject to any required withholding of Taxes and shall be paid without interest as soon as practicable following the Effective Time. (d) The Company shall ensure that following the Effective Time, no holder of a Company Stock Option (or former holder of a Company Stock Option) or any participant in any Company Stock Plan, Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement shall have any right thereunder to acquire any capital stock of the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any other equity interest therein (including “phantom” stock or stock appreciation rights). (d) The adjustments provided in Section 5.04(a) with respect to any Company Stock Option to which Section 421(a) of the Code applies shall be and are intended to be effected in a manner which is consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code. As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to the holders of Adjusted Options appropriate notices setting forth such holders’ rights pursuant to the respective Company Stock Plans and the Contracts evidencing the grants of such Adjusted Options, which shall provide, among other things, that such Adjusted Options and Contracts have been assumed by Parent and shall continue in effect on the same terms and conditions (subject to the adjustments required by this Section 5.04 after giving effect to the Merger). (e) Except as otherwise contemplated by this Section 5.04 and except to the extent required under the respective terms of the Adjusted Options, all restrictions or limitations on transfer and vesting with respect to Adjusted Options, to the extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have already lapsed, and all other terms thereof, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to such Adjusted Options after giving effect to the Merger and the assumption by Parent as set forth above. (f) As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering shares of Parent Common Stock subject to issuance upon the exercise of the Adjusted Options. The Company shall cooperate with, and assist Parent in the preparation of, such registration statement. Parent shall keep such registration statement effective (and to maintain the current status of the prospectus required thereby) for so long as any Adjusted Options remain outstanding. (g) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple” means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Cash Portion by (y) the Average Parent Stock Price.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Closure Medical Corp), Merger Agreement (Closure Medical Corp)

Company Stock Options; ESPP. (a) As soon as practicable following At the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors Effective Time by virtue of the Company (orMerger and without any action on the part of the holders thereof, if appropriate, any committee thereof administering the Company Stock Plans) shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to effect the following: (i) each Company Stock Option Option, Company RSU, and other equity-based award denominated in shares of Company Common Stock (each such award, a “Company Compensatory Award”) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall be amended assumed by Parent and converted automatically at the Effective Time into an option to acquireoption, on restricted stock unit award or other equity-based award, as the same case may be, denominated in shares of Parent Stock and which has other terms and conditions as were applicable under such substantially identical to those of the related Company Stock Option, Compensatory Award (including any accelerated vesting provisions therein) except that (i) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded down subject to the nearest whole share) equal to the sum of (x) the product of (A) each such award shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Compensatory Award immediately prior to the Effective Time by a fraction (the “Award Exchange Ratio”), the numerator of which is the per share Merger Consideration and the denominator of which is the average closing price of Parent Stock Option on Nasdaq over the five (5) trading days immediately preceding (but not including) the date on which the Effective Time occurs (rounded down to the nearest whole share) and (Bii) if applicable, the Exchange Ratio and (y) the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (B) the Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple, at an exercise or purchase price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded up upwards to the nearest whole cent) shall equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1x) the aggregate per share exercise or purchase price for the shares of Company Common Stock subject otherwise purchasable pursuant to such Company Compensatory Award immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (y) the Award Exchange Ratio; provided, however, that in no case shall the exchange of a Company Stock Option be performed in a manner that is not in compliance with the adjustment requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless determined otherwise by Parent, each Company Compensatory Award that is held by a person who is not an employee of, or a consultant to, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time (2the “Cashed Out Compensatory Awards”) shall not be assumed by Parent pursuant to this Section 2.06 and shall, immediately prior to the Effective Time, be cancelled and extinguished and the vested portion thereof shall automatically be converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate number of shares of Parent Company Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise or settlement of such Cashed Out Compensatory Award immediately prior to the Effective Time and (y) the Merger Consideration, less any per share exercise price of such Cashed Out Compensatory Award. Company RSUs that are not Cashed Out Compensatory Awards and that vest by their terms on the Closing Date by reason of the change of control effected by the Merger will be subject settled at or immediately prior to the Effective Time by payment made through the Company’s (or the Surviving Corporation’s) payroll promptly following the Effective Time of an amount equal to (x) the product obtained by multiplying (A) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issued by reason of such vesting and (B) the Merger Consideration, less (y) such amount as the Company is required to deduct and withhold pursuant to Section 2.08. No less than five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall deliver a schedule to Parent setting forth each such Company Stock Option after giving effect to RSU that will become vested on the adjustments in this clause (i) (each, as so adjusted, an “Adjusted Option”); and (ii) make such other changes to the Company Stock Plans as Parent and the Company may agree are appropriate to give effect to the MergerClosing Date. (b) As soon Parent shall take such actions as practicable following are necessary for the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors assumption and conversion of the Company (orCompensatory Awards pursuant to this Section 2.06, if appropriateincluding the reservation, any committee issuance and listing of Parent Stock as is necessary to effectuate the Board of Directors of the Company administering the ESPP), shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to provide that with respect to the ESPP (i) participants may not increase their payroll deductions or purchase elections from those in effect on the date of transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) each participant’s outstanding right to purchase shares of Company Common Stock under the ESPP shall terminate on the day immediately prior to the day on which the Effective Time occurs, provided that all amounts allocated to each participant’s account under the ESPP as of such date shall thereupon be used to purchase from the Company whole shares of Company Common Stock at the applicable price determined under the terms of the ESPP for the then outstanding offering periods using such date as the final purchase date for each such offering period, and (iii) the ESPP shall terminate immediately following such purchases of Company Common Stock. (c) The Company shall ensure that following the Effective Time, no holder of a Company Stock Option (or former holder of a Company Stock Option) or any participant in any Company Stock Plan, Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement shall have any right thereunder to acquire any capital stock of the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any other equity interest therein (including “phantom” stock or stock appreciation rights). (d) The adjustments provided in Section 5.04(a) with respect to any Company Stock Option to which Section 421(a) of the Code applies shall be and are intended to be effected in a manner which is consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code2.06. As soon as reasonably practicable following after the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to the holders each holder of Adjusted Options any Company Compensatory Award an appropriate notices notice setting forth such holders’ holder’s rights pursuant to the respective such Company Stock Plans and the Contracts evidencing the grants of such Adjusted Options, which shall provide, among other things, that such Adjusted Options and Contracts have been assumed by Parent and shall continue in effect on the same terms and conditions (subject to the adjustments required by this Section 5.04 after giving effect to the Merger). (e) Except as otherwise contemplated by this Section 5.04 and except to the extent required under the respective terms of the Adjusted Options, all restrictions or limitations on transfer and vesting with respect to Adjusted Options, to the extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have already lapsed, and all other terms thereof, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to such Adjusted Options after giving effect to the Merger and the assumption by Parent as set forth above. (f) As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Compensatory Award. Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock subject to issuance issuable upon the exercise of the Adjusted Optionsassumed Company Compensatory Awards promptly following the Effective Time (and in no event later than 20 Business Days after the Effective Time) and Parent shall exercise commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for so long as such assumed Company Compensatory Awards remain outstanding. The Company and its counsel shall reasonably cooperate with, with and assist Parent in the preparation of, of such registration statement. Parent shall keep such For the avoidance of doubt, the Form S-8 registration statement effective (and to maintain the current status of the prospectus required thereby) for so long as shall not cover any Adjusted Options remain outstandingCashed Out Compensatory Awards. (gc) For purposes The Company shall take such action as may be necessary under the Company’s 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended through the date hereof, the “ESPP”) to (i) terminate all offerings under the ESPP as of the last day of the Company’s last payroll period ending at least ten (10) days prior to the Effective Time (the “Final Exercise Date”); (ii) provide that no further offerings shall commence under the ESPP on or following the Final Exercise Date; and (iii) terminate the ESPP as of the Final Exercise Date. Each outstanding option under the ESPP on the Final Exercise Date shall be exercised on such date for the purchase of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the ESPP. The Company shall provide timely notice of the setting of the Final Exercise Date and termination of the ESPP in accordance with Section 16 of the ESPP. (d) Subject to Parent’s compliance with the preceding provisions of this AgreementSection 2.06, the parties agree that, following the Effective Time, no holder of a Company Compensatory Award or any participant in any Company Stock Plan, or other Company Employee Plan or employee benefit arrangement of the Company or under any employment agreement shall have any right hereunder to acquire any Equity Interest (including any Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiplephantommeans stock or stock appreciation rights) in the quotient obtained by dividing Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation. (xe) As soon as reasonably practicable following the Cash Portion by date of this Agreement and in any event prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board (yor, if appropriate, any committee administering the Company Stock Plans) shall adopt such resolutions that are necessary for the Average Parent Stock Priceassumption and conversion of the Company Compensatory Awards pursuant to this Section 2.06.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Art Technology Group Inc)

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Company Stock Options; ESPP. (a) As soon Effective as practicable following of the date Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of this AgreementCompany Common Stock (each, a “Company Stock Option”) outstanding under the Company’s 2000 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, as amended, the Board of Directors of Company’s Amended and Restated 1995 Stock Option Plan or any other stock option or equity compensation plan, program, agreement or arrangement (the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee thereof administering the Company Stock Plans) shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required to effect than the following: Cashed Out Stock Options (ithe “Assumed Stock Options”) each Company Stock Option that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall be amended assumed and converted automatically at the Effective Time into an option to acquireacquire shares of Parent Stock, on substantially the same terms and conditions as were applicable under to such Company Assumed Stock OptionOption (including vesting schedule) and any repurchase rights with respect to unvested shares subject to such Assumed Stock Option shall be assigned to any successor thereto, including without limitation, Parent, except that (i) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded down subject to the nearest whole share) equal to the sum of (x) the product of (A) each such option shall be determined by multiplying the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Assumed Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by a fraction (the “Option Exchange Ratio”), the numerator of which is the Merger Consideration and the denominator of which is the average closing price of Parent Stock on the Nasdaq over the five (5) trading days immediately preceding (but not including) the Closing Date (rounded down to the nearest whole share) and (Bii) the Exchange Ratio and (y) the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option and (B) the Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple, at an exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) shall equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (1x) the aggregate per share exercise price for the shares of Company Common Stock subject otherwise purchasable pursuant to such Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (2y) the Option Exchange Ratio. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Company Stock Option that (i) is held by a person who is not an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary immediately prior to the Effective Time or, as reasonably determined by Parent in its sole discretion, is held by a person who will not be a service provider of the Company, Parent or any Subsidiary of the foregoing immediately following the Effective Time and (ii) Parent determines shall not be treated as an Assumed Stock Option (the “Cashed Out Stock Options”) shall, immediately prior to the Effective Time, be accelerated in full so that each such option is fully vested and exercisable and shall be cancelled, extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the aggregate number of shares of Parent Company Common Stock to be subject to that were issuable upon exercise of such Company Cashed Out Stock Option after giving effect immediately prior to the adjustments in this clause Effective Time and (iy) (eachthe Merger Consideration, as so adjusted, an “Adjusted Option”); and (ii) make less the per share exercise price of such other changes to the Company Stock Plans as Parent and the Company may agree are appropriate to give effect to the Mergeroption. (b) As soon as practicable following At the date of this AgreementEffective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company (or, if appropriate, any committee of the Board of Directors of the Company administering the ESPP), shall adopt such resolutions or take such other actions as may be required Merger Consideration payable pursuant to provide that Section 2.03(a) with respect to outstanding Company Restricted Shares shall be retained by Parent for the ESPP (i) participants may not increase their payroll deductions or purchase elections from those in effect on benefit of the date holder of this Agreementsuch Company Restricted Shares, (ii) each participant’s outstanding right subject to purchase shares of the same restrictions and vesting arrangements that were applicable to such Company Common Stock under the ESPP shall terminate on the day Restricted Shares immediately prior to the day Effective Time. Such Merger Consideration shall be paid to such holder on which the date or dates that such Company Restricted Shares would have become vested under the vesting schedule in place for such Company Restricted Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time occurs, provided that all amounts allocated (subject to each participant’s account under the ESPP as satisfaction of restrictions and other terms of such date shall thereupon be used vesting schedule). All outstanding rights to purchase from repurchase Company Restricted Shares that the Company whole shares of may hold (or similar restrictions in the Company’s favor, including, but not limited to, the forfeiture restrictions applicable to the Company Common Stock at Restricted Shares) immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be assigned by the Surviving Corporation to Parent in the Merger and shall thereafter be exercisable by Parent upon the same terms and subject to the same conditions as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that such rights may be exercised by Parent’s retaining the cash into which such Company Restricted Shares have been converted and paying to the former holder thereof the repurchase price (if any) applicable price determined under the terms of the ESPP for the then outstanding offering periods using such date as the final purchase date for each share subject to such offering period, and (iii) right immediately prior to the ESPP shall terminate immediately following such purchases of Company Common StockEffective Time. (c) The Company shall ensure that following Prior to the Effective Time, no holder of a the Company Stock Option shall (or former i) use its reasonable best efforts (which shall not include making any payment to any holder of a Company Stock Option) to obtain any consents from holders of Company Stock Options, and (ii) have any resolutions passed by the Company Board or make any participant amendments to the terms of such Company Stock Options or Company Stock Plans, in each case, that are necessary to give effect to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.06. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Company Board shall take such actions as are necessary to cause any Company Stock Plan, Company Benefit Plan or Company Benefit Agreement shall have any right thereunder to acquire any capital stock Options which would become vested solely as a result of the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with their terms unless otherwise determined by the Company or Board, not to become vested solely as a result of the Surviving Corporation or any other equity interest therein (including “phantom” stock or stock appreciation rights)transactions contemplated hereby. (d) The adjustments provided in Parent shall take such actions as are necessary for the assumption of the Assumed Stock Options and the cancellation and cashout of the Cashed Out Stock Options pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) 2.06, including with respect to any Company the Assumed Stock Option to which Section 421(a) of the Code applies shall be and are intended to be effected in a manner which is consistent with Section 424(a) of the Code. As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to the holders of Adjusted Options appropriate notices setting forth such holders’ rights pursuant to the respective Company Stock Plans and the Contracts evidencing the grants of such Adjusted Options, which shall providethe reservation, among other things, that such Adjusted Options issuance and Contracts have been assumed by listing of Parent and shall continue in effect on Stock as is necessary to effectuate the same terms and conditions (subject to the adjustments required by this Section 5.04 after giving effect to the Merger). (e) Except as otherwise transactions contemplated by this Section 5.04 and except to the extent required under the respective terms of the Adjusted Options, all restrictions or limitations on transfer and vesting with respect to Adjusted Options, to the extent that such restrictions or limitations shall not have already lapsed, and all other terms thereof, shall remain in full force and effect with respect to such Adjusted Options after giving effect to the Merger and the assumption by Parent as set forth above. (f) As soon as practicable following the Effective Time, 2.06. Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or another appropriate form) registering with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock subject to issuance the Assumed Stock Options as soon as practicable (and in any event within fifteen (15) Business Days) following the Effective Time and use reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement covering such Company Stock Options for so long as such Assumed Stock Options remain outstanding. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of Parent Stock, when issued upon the exercise of such Assumed Stock Options, to be approved for quotation on the Adjusted OptionsNasdaq. (e) The Company shall cause the administrator of the ESPP to promptly take all action necessary in accordance with the ESPP to accelerate the Purchase Date (as defined in the ESPP) with respect to the current offering period under the ESPP such that each outstanding purchase right with respect to the current offering period under the ESPP (each, a “Purchase Right”) shall be exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time. The Company shall cooperate withtake all actions necessary pursuant to the terms of the ESPP in order to (i) ensure that no offering periods under the ESPP commence after the date hereof, and assist Parent (ii) permit participants in the preparation ofESPP to exercise, such registration statement. Parent shall keep such registration statement effective (and as of immediately prior to maintain the Effective Time, the Purchase Rights existing immediately prior to the Effective Time to acquire shares of Company Common Stock at the purchase price applicable to the current status of offering period and (iii) refund to participants in the prospectus required thereby) for so long as any Adjusted Options ESPP the funds that remain outstandingin the participants’ accounts after such purchase. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall terminate the ESPP. (g) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cash Portion Option Exchange Multiple” means the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Cash Portion by (y) the Average Parent Stock Price.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Merger Agreement (Agile Software Corp)

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