Consideration Election. (a) Each Participating Former Securityholder will be entitled to make an election in the applicable Election Form(s), in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 and the applicable Election Form(s), to receive either (i) the Combination Consideration, (ii) the Cash Consideration or (iii) the Purchaser Share Consideration with respect to all, but not less than all, of their Company Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Shares issued to holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively). Any such election, in the case of Participating Former Securityholders electing to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration, shall be subject to the pro-ration limitations in Section 3.02(m) and Section 3.02(n), as applicable. A Participating Former Securityholder who fails to make a valid election in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 will be deemed to have made an election to receive the Combination Consideration with respect to all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares. (b) The deadline by which the election must be received by the Depositary (the “Election Deadline”) shall be 5:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on •, 2018 (the “Initial Election Deadline”), unless otherwise extended by the Purchaser and the Company in writing in accordance with this Section 3.03. (c) If, after the Election Forms have been mailed to Participating Former Securityholders, the Purchaser and the Company determine that the Effective Date is not reasonably likely to occur by the tenth Business Day after the Initial Election Deadline, then the Election Deadline shall be extended to a date which the Purchaser and the Company expect to be not more than ten Business Days before the Effective Date. (d) If the Election Deadline is extended, then the Company shall provide at least five days’ notice of the new Election Deadline (and shall provide such notice prior to the Initial Election Deadline if practicable) to Participating Former Securityholders by means of publication, at least once, in The Globe and Mail (national edition) or any other English language daily newspaper of general circulation in Canada. (e) Any duly completed Election Form deposited by the Initial Election Deadline shall not be required to be re-deposited if the Election Deadline is extended pursuant to this Section 3.03. (f) Not less than 21 days prior to the Initial Election Deadline, the Company shall send or cause to be sent (i) a Letter of Transmittal to each holder of record of Company Shares, and (ii) an Option/RSU Election Form to each Company Optionholder and Company RSU Holder.
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Consideration Election. (ai) Each Participating Former Securityholder will be entitled Subject to make an election in the applicable Election Form(s), in accordance with last sentence of this clause and the other provisions of this Section 3.03 4.3(b), each holder of Election Eligible Shares and each holder of Company Restricted Shares immediately prior to the Election Deadline (as defined below) shall be entitled to elect to receive the portion of the applicable Per Share Merger Consideration set out in Section 3.04 4.2(a) in the form of either (A) the Per Share Cash Consideration (such election, the “Cash Election”, and the applicable Election Form(sEligible Shares, Company Restricted Shares and the Class A Shares subject to Company RSUs in respect of which a Cash Election has been made, the “Cash Shares”) or (B) the Per Share Stock Consideration (such election, the “Stock Election”, and the Election Eligible Shares, Company Restricted Shares and the Class A Shares subject to Company RSUs in respect of which a Stock Election has been made, the “Stock Shares”, and the Stock Election together with the Cash Election, the “Consideration Election”) for each Election Eligible Share held by it and each Company Restricted Share held by it. Any Consideration Election shall be made on a form for that purpose prepared by the Company and reasonably satisfactory to Sponsor (a “Form of Election in Merger”), which shall be mailed to receive either (i) the Combination Consideration, (ii) the Cash Consideration or (iii) the Purchaser Share Consideration with respect to all, but not less than all, of their Company Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Shares issued to such holders of In-the-Money Options Election Eligible Shares and holders of Company RSUs Restricted Shares on a date that the Proxy Statement is mailed to stockholders pursuant to Section 3.02(b6.4(b) or such other date as Sponsor and the Company mutually agree or as may be required by applicable Law (the “Mailing Date”) and which shall include instructions for use in effecting the surrender of Certificates representing Election Eligible Shares (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.02(c4.3(h)) to the Paying Agent. The deadline for submitting an effective, respectively). Any such election, properly completed Form of Election in Merger to the case of Participating Former Securityholders electing to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration, Paying Agent shall be subject 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day that is two trading days prior to the pro-ration limitations in Section 3.02(mClosing Date (which date shall be publicly announced by the Company at least four (4) business days prior to the anticipated Closing Date) or such other time and Section 3.02(n), date as applicable. A Participating Former Securityholder who fails to make a valid election in accordance the Company may announce with the provisions consent of this Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 will be deemed to have made an election to receive the Combination Consideration with respect to all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares.
(b) The deadline by which the election must be received by the Depositary Sponsor (the “Election Deadline”), and such submission shall include the submission of any Certificates with respect to certificated Election Eligible Shares. The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to make a Form of Election in Merger available to all Persons who become holders of record of Election Eligible Shares between the Mailing Date and the Election Deadline. Holders of record of Class A Shares who hold such Class A Shares as nominees, trustees or in other representative capacities may submit multiple Forms of Election in Merger on behalf of their respective beneficial holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.3(b)(i), SunEdison shall be entitled to make Consideration Elections in respect of the Exchange Class A Shares and the Additional SunE Shares as if such Exchange Class A Shares and Additional SunE Shares were issued and outstanding prior to the Election Deadline.
(ii) Any election shall have been properly made only if the Paying Agent shall have actually received a properly completed Form of Election in Merger together with, in the case of an election in respect of any certificated Election Eligible Shares, the applicable Certificates by the Election Deadline. Each Election Eligible Share and Company Restricted Share for which an election shall not have been properly made by the Election Deadline (a “No Election Share”) shall be 5:00 p.m. deemed to have made (Vancouver timeA) on •if the aggregate number of Stock Shares exceeds the Maximum Stock Consideration Shares (as defined in Section 4.3(c)(i)), 2018 a Cash Election or (B) if the “Initial aggregate number of Cash Shares exceeds the Maximum Cash Consideration Shares (as defined in Section 4.3(d)(i)), a Stock Election. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and of the Form of Election in Merger, the Paying Agent shall have reasonable discretion to determine whether any election, revocation or change has been properly or timely made and to disregard immaterial defects in any Form of Election in Merger, and any good-faith decisions of the Paying Agent regarding such matters shall be binding and conclusive. None of Sponsor, Merger Sub, the Company or the Paying Agent, or any of their respective Representatives, shall be under any obligation to notify any Person of any defect in a Form of Election in Merger.
(iii) An election may be revoked in respect of any Election Eligible Shares, but only by written notice received by the Paying Agent prior to the Election Deadline”. Upon any such revocation, unless a duly completed Form of Election in Merger is thereafter submitted prior to the Election Deadline in accordance with Sections Section 4.3(b)(i) and Section 4.3(b)(ii), unless otherwise extended such Election Eligible Shares shall be deemed to be No Election Shares. After an election has been validly made, any subsequent transfer of the Election Eligible Shares as to which such election related shall automatically revoke such election. In addition, all Forms of Election in Merger shall automatically be revoked if the Paying Agent is notified in writing by the Purchaser Sponsor and the Company in writing in accordance with this Section 3.03.
(c) If, after the Election Forms have been mailed to Participating Former Securityholders, the Purchaser and the Company determine that the Effective Date is not reasonably likely to occur by the tenth Business Day after the Initial Election Deadline, then the Election Deadline shall be extended to a date which the Purchaser and the Company expect to be not more than ten Business Days before the Effective DateMerger has been abandoned.
(d) If the Election Deadline is extended, then the Company shall provide at least five days’ notice of the new Election Deadline (and shall provide such notice prior to the Initial Election Deadline if practicable) to Participating Former Securityholders by means of publication, at least once, in The Globe and Mail (national edition) or any other English language daily newspaper of general circulation in Canada.
(e) Any duly completed Election Form deposited by the Initial Election Deadline shall not be required to be re-deposited if the Election Deadline is extended pursuant to this Section 3.03.
(f) Not less than 21 days prior to the Initial Election Deadline, the Company shall send or cause to be sent (i) a Letter of Transmittal to each holder of record of Company Shares, and (ii) an Option/RSU Election Form to each Company Optionholder and Company RSU Holder.
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Consideration Election. (a) Each Participating Former Securityholder will be entitled to make an election in the applicable Election Form(s)Letter of Transmittal, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 and the applicable Election Form(s)Letter of Transmittal, to receive either (i) the Combination Consideration, (ii) the Cash Consideration or (iii) the Purchaser Share Consideration with respect to all, but not less than all, of their Company Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Shares issued to holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively)Shares. Any such election, in the case of Participating Former Securityholders electing to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration, shall be subject to the pro-ration limitations in Section 3.02(m) and Section 3.02(n), as applicable. A Participating Former Securityholder who fails to make a valid election in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 will be deemed to have made an election to receive the Combination Consideration with respect to all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares.
(b) The deadline by which the election must be received by the Depositary (the “Election Deadline”) shall be 5:00 p.m. [(Vancouver time) )] on •, 2018 (the “Initial Election Deadline”), unless otherwise extended by the Purchaser and the Company in writing in accordance with this Section 3.03.
(c) If, after the Election Forms have Letter of Transmittal has been mailed to Participating Former Securityholders, the Purchaser and the Company determine that the Effective Date is not reasonably likely to occur by the tenth Business Day after the Initial Election Deadline, then the Election Deadline shall be extended to a date which the Purchaser and the Company expect to be not more than ten Business Days before the Effective Date.
(d) If the Election Deadline is extended, then the Company shall provide at least five days’ notice of the new Election Deadline (and shall provide such notice prior to the Initial Election Deadline if practicable) to Participating Former Securityholders by means of publication, at least once, in The Globe and Mail (national edition) or any other English language daily newspaper of general circulation in Canada.
(e) Any duly completed Election Form Letter of Transmittal deposited by the Initial Election Deadline shall not be required to be re-deposited if the Election Deadline is extended pursuant to this Section 3.03.
(f) Not The Letter of Transmittal shall be sent not less than 21 days prior to the Initial Election Deadline, the Company shall send or cause Deadline to be sent (i) a Letter of Transmittal to each holder of record of Company Shares, and (ii) an Option/RSU Election Form to each Participating Former Securityholder other than a Company Optionholder and Company RSU HolderShareholder.
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Consideration Election. (a) Each Participating Former Securityholder will be entitled to make an election in the applicable Election Form(s)Letter of Transmittal, in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 and the applicable Election Form(s)Letter of Transmittal, to receive either (i) the Combination Consideration, (ii) the Cash Consideration or (iii) the Purchaser Share Consideration with respect to all, but not less than all, of their Company Shares (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Company Shares issued to holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.02(b) and Section 3.02(c), respectively)Shares. Any such election, in the case of Participating Former Securityholders electing to receive the Cash Consideration or the Purchaser Share Consideration, shall be subject to the pro-ration limitations in Section 3.02(m) and Section 3.02(n), as applicable. A Participating Former Securityholder who fails to make a valid election in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.03 and Section 3.04 will be deemed to have made an election to receive the Combination Consideration with respect to all of such Participating Former Securityholder’s Company Shares.
(b) The deadline by which the election must be received by the Depositary (the “Election Deadline”) shall be 5:00 p.m. [(Vancouver time) )] on •●, 2018 (the “Initial Election Deadline”), unless otherwise extended by the Purchaser and the Company in writing in accordance with this Section 3.03.
(c) If, after the Election Forms have Letter of Transmittal has been mailed to Participating Former Securityholders, the Purchaser and the Company determine that the Effective Date is not reasonably likely to occur by the tenth Business Day after the Initial Election Deadline, then the Election Deadline shall be extended to a date which the Purchaser and the Company expect to be not more than ten Business Days before the Effective Date.
(d) If the Election Deadline is extended, then the Company shall provide at least five days’ notice of the new Election Deadline (and shall provide such notice prior to the Initial Election Deadline if practicable) to Participating Former Securityholders by means of publication, at least once, in The Globe and Mail (national edition) or any other English language daily newspaper of general circulation in Canada.
(e) Any duly completed Election Form Letter of Transmittal deposited by the Initial Election Deadline shall not be required to be re-deposited if the Election Deadline is extended pursuant to this Section 3.03.
(f) Not The Letter of Transmittal shall be sent not less than 21 days prior to the Initial Election Deadline, the Company shall send or cause Deadline to be sent (i) a Letter of Transmittal to each holder of record of Company Shares, and (ii) an Option/RSU Election Form to each Participating Former Securityholder other than a Company Optionholder and Company RSU HolderShareholder.
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