Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Signature Office Reit Inc), Merger Agreement (Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which which, to the extent it is Stock Consideration, shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust Inc), Merger Agreement (Ventas Inc), Merger Agreement (American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to notice advising such holders of the Effective Time a form effectiveness of letter of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for to the Merger Consideration, in Exchange Agent (such form as the Company materials and Parent may reasonably agreeinstructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares which shall be in non-certificated book-entry formsuch Holder has a right to receive pursuant to Section 2.6 and any dividends or distributions which such Holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.1(d) in with respect of to the shares of Company Southwest Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders Holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Stock Consideration delivered to each Holder shall be in non-certificated book-entry form.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Simmons First National Corp), Merger Agreement (Southwest Bancorp Inc), Merger Agreement (Simmons First National Corp)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (i) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) third Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of Shares whose Shares were converted into the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1, (i) a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented Shares (“Certificates”) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such customary form and have such other customary provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent and Parent (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates surrendering Certificate(s) or non-certificated Shares represented by book-entry (“Book-Entry Shares Shares”) in exchange for the Merger Consideration.
(ii) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of its Certificate or Certificates (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or delivery of an “agent’s message” to the Exchange Agent (or such other evidence, in such form if any, of transfer as the Company and Parent Exchange Agent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender request) in respect of Book-Entry Shares, accompanied by a properly completed Letter of Transmittal, a holder of Company Common Stock will be entitled to receive promptly after the Effective Time the Merger Consideration to be paid in consideration therefor in respect of the Shares represented by its Certificate or Certificates or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange AgentShares. No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable upon due surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. Until so surrendered, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of each such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive the Merger Consideration.
(iii) Each of Parent, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to receive deduct and withhold from the Offer Price and the Merger Consideration, as the case may be, otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement, including amounts payable to holders of Shares, such amounts as are required to be withheld or deducted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any provision of U.S. state, local or foreign Law with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that amounts are so withheld or deducted, such withheld or deducted amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding were made.
(iv) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate or Book-Entry Shares representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, the proper amount of cash shall be paid in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Merger Consideration (which shall be Person in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by whose name such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and Shares so surrendered is registered, if such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith otherwise be cancelled. No interest will be paid in proper form for transfer or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or if such Book-Entry Shares on shall be properly transferred, as applicable, and the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the Certificates payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or such Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that such Tax has been paid or is not applicable.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Span America Medical Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Dionex Corp /De)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder Holder of record of an Old Certificate that is not a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to (but including an Old Certificate that is a Book-Entry Share, as well as a Seller Restricted Stock Unit, if required by the Effective Time Exchange Agent or at the request of Buyer) a form notice advising such Holders of the effectiveness of the Merger, including a customary letter of transmittal (which shall specify specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Old Certificates or (including Book-Entry Shares Shares, if applicable) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Old Certificates or (including Book-Entry Shares Shares, if applicable), and instructions for surrendering the Old Certificates (including Book-Entry Shares, if applicable), to the Exchange Agent) Agent (such materials and instructions for use in effecting the surrender to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of the Certificates or an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agreeShares). Upon proper surrender of a an Old Certificate or (including Book-Entry Share Shares, if applicable), for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Old Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Old Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Holders on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or BookOld Certificates. The Per Share Stock Consideration delivered to each Holder shall be in non-Entry Sharescertificated book-entry form.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Simmons First National Corp), Merger Agreement (Spirit of Texas Bancshares, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to notice advising such holders of the Effective Time a form effectiveness of letter of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for to the Merger Consideration, in Exchange Agent (such form as the Company materials and Parent may reasonably agreeinstructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Malvern Shareholder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration payable to such Malvern Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.1(c), plus the sum of (A) any cash in lieu of fractional shares which shall be in non-certificated book-entry formsuch Malvern Shareholder has a right to receive pursuant to Section 2.5, and (B) in any dividends or distributions which such Malvern Shareholder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.1(d) with respect of to the shares of Company Malvern Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders the Malvern Shareholders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Stock Consideration delivered to each Malvern Shareholder shall be in non-certificated book-entry form.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Malvern Bancorp, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Malvern Bancorp, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Malvern Bancorp, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time Time, and in any event not later than the fifth within three (5th3) Business Day following the Effective Timebusiness days, Parent shall, or shall cause the Exchange Agent shall mail to, send to each record holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to Shares at the Effective Time whose shares were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(c), (i) a form of letter of transmittal reasonably acceptable to the Company (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of Certificate(s) (or affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s))) (the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares “Letter of Transmittal”) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement and (ii) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration upon surrender of such Certificate.
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of its Certificate(s), in accompanied by a properly completed Letter of Transmittal (or receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Exchange Agent (or such form other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Company and Parent Exchange Agent may reasonably agreerequest) in the case of a book-entry transfer of Shares), a holder of Shares will be entitled to receive, promptly after the Effective Time (and in any event within two (2) business days of the later of such surrender or the Effective Time), the Merger Consideration in respect of the Shares represented by its Certificate(s). Upon proper Until so surrendered and except with respect to Dissenting Shares (if any), each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration to be paid in consideration therefor upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II.
(c) If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition to such payment that (i) either such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer and (ii) the Person requesting such payment shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other Tax required as a result of such payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable.
(d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of any Shares that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Shares that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for exchange and cancellation transfer to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed they shall be cancelled and validly executed exchanged for the Merger Consideration to be paid in consideration therefor in accordance with the instructions theretoprocedures set forth in this Article II.
(e) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the holders of Shares twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Company, upon demand, and any such other documents as may holder who has not exchanged Shares for the Merger Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.3 prior to that time shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of the Merger Consideration. None of Parent, Purchaser, the Company, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent shall be required liable to any Person in respect of any cash delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to such instructionsand in accordance with any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Law.
(f) After consultation with and providing adequate notice to the Company (except with respect to withholding for compensatory payments), each of Parent, Purchaser, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Surviving Company and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to receive deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under any provision of any applicable Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld and are paid to the applicable Taxing authority by Parent, Purchaser, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which Parent, Purchaser, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be, made such deduction and withholding.
(g) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by the Surviving Company, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such customary amount as the Surviving Company may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue, in exchange therefor for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration (which shall to be in non-certificated book-entry form) paid in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock Shares formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry SharesCertificate, as contemplated under this Article II.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (CalAmp Corp.), Merger Agreement (Lojack Corp)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth second (5th2nd) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time Holder a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which which, to the extent of any Stock Consideration, shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Merger Agreement (RCS Capital Corp), Merger Agreement (Investors Capital Holdings LTD)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent and PHH shall deposit or cause to be deposited in trust (the "Payment Fund") with an agent designated by Parent and reasonably satisfactory to the Independent Committee (the "Payment Agent") for the benefit of the holders of certificates representing the Shares issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time (collectively, "Certificates"), the aggregate Merger Consideration to be paid in respect of the Shares. The Payment Fund shall not be used for any other purpose. The Payment Fund shall be invested by the Payment Agent, as directed by the Surviving Corporation, in (i) obligations of or guaranteed by the United States, and (ii) certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements and bankers' acceptances of any bank or trust company organized under federal law or under the law of any state of the United States or of the District of Columbia that has capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $1 billion or in money market funds which are invested substantially in such investments. Any net earnings with respect thereto shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation as and when requested by the Surviving Corporation.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, Parent shall instruct the Exchange Payment Agent shall to mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any Shares cancelled pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof):
(i) a form of letter of transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange AgentPayment Agent and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as Parent reasonably specifies), and
(ii) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares each Certificate in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as Consideration with respect to each of the Company Shares formerly represented thereby.
(c) Parent and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Payment Agent to pay to the holders of a Certificate, as soon as practicable after receipt of any Certificate (or Book-Entry Share for exchange in lieu of any such Certificate which has been lost, stolen or destroyed, an affidavit of lost, stolen or destroyed share certificates (including customary indemnity or bond against loss) in form and cancellation substance reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent, Parent) together with a letter the Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions theretoexecuted, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructionsParent or the Payment Agent reasonably request, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a check in the amount equal to the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect multiplied by the number of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly Shares represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledCertificate. No interest will shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration any cash payable upon the surrender of any Certificate. Each Certificate surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.2(c) shall be cancelled forthwith.
(d) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Shares which is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, the Merger Consideration may be paid to the transferee only if (i) the Certificate representing such Shares surrendered to the Payment Agent in accordance with Section 2.2(c) hereof is properly endorsed for transfer or is accompanied by appropriate and properly endorsed stock powers and is otherwise in proper form to effect such transfer, (ii) the Person requesting such transfer pays to the Payment Agent any transfer or other taxes payable by reason of such transfer or establishes to the satisfaction of the Payment Agent that such taxes have been paid or are not required to be paid, and (iii) such Person establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of Parent that such transfer would not violate any applicable federal or state securities laws.
(e) Subject to Section 2.3, at and after the Effective Time, each holder of a Certificate that represented issued and outstanding Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights as a stockholder of the Company, except for the right to surrender his or her Certificate in exchange for the Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares represented by such Certificate. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, and no transfer of Shares shall be made on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or Book-Entry Sharesthe Payment Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article II, except as otherwise provided by applicable law.
(f) The Merger Consideration paid in the Merger shall be net to the holder of Shares in cash, and without interest thereon, subject to reduction only for any applicable withholding Taxes (as defined below).
(g) Promptly following the date which is 180 days after the Effective Date, the Payment Agent shall deliver to the Surviving Corporation all cash (including any interest received with respect thereto), Certificates and other documents in its possession relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Payment Agent's duties shall terminate. Thereafter, each holder of a Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares (as defined below)) may surrender such Certificate to the Surviving Corporation and (subject to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law) receive in consideration therefor (and only as general creditors thereof) the aggregate Merger Consideration relating thereto, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no member of the Acquisition Group, nor the Surviving Corporation, the Company or the Payment Agent shall be liable to a holder of a Certificate for any Merger Consideration properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(h) Any portion of the Merger Consideration made available to the Payment Agent pursuant to Section 2.2(a) to pay for Shares for which appraisal rights have been perfected shall be returned to Parent or PHH upon demand.
Appears in 2 contracts
Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Cendant Corp), Merger Agreement (Avis Group Holdings Inc)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) second Business Day following the Effective Time, the Surviving Company or Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each holder of record of a Certificate certificate or Book-Entry Share certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Certificates”) or Book-Entry Shares which were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1(d), (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Shares, as applicable, shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Shares, as applicable, to the Exchange Agent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Shares, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form Consideration as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. well as any dividends or distributions to be paid pursuant to Section 3.3(c).
(b) Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares, as applicable, for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Share, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, and such Company Common Stock so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.3, each Certificate and Book-Entry Share and shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest, into which the shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledShare, as applicable, have been converted pursuant to Section 3.1. No interest will be paid or accrued for on any cash in lieu of fractional shares payable to the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
(c) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Shares shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, in accordance with this Article III. After the surrender of any such Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, in accordance with this Article III, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, the amount of dividends or other distributions which theretofore had become payable with respect to the whole Parent Common Shares which the shares of Company Common Stock represented by such Certificate have been converted into the right to receive.
(d) The Merger Consideration paid in accordance with the terms of this Article III as a result of the conversion of any shares of Company Common Stock shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock. At and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Article III, except as otherwise provided by Law.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, neither certificates nor scrip for fractional Parent Common Shares shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable. No such holder shall be entitled to dividends, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional share. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Parent shall pay to each holder of Company Common Stock who otherwise would have been entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (without interest) determined by multiplying (i) the fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled (after taking into account all shares of Company Common Stock owned by such holder at the Effective Time to be converted into Parent Common Shares) to receive pursuant to Section 3.1 by (ii) the volume weighted average price per share (calculated to the nearest one-thousandth of one cent) for the Parent Common Shares on the NASDAQ for the consecutive period of five trading days concluding at the close of trading on the second trading day immediately preceding the date of the Effective Time, as calculated by Bloomberg Financial LP under the function “VWAP” (the “Parent Share Price”).
(f) Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Parent. Any holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares who have not theretofore complied with this Article III with respect to such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall thereafter look only to the Parent for payment of Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends and other distributions on the Parent Common Shares deliverable in respect of each former shares of Company Common Stock such stockholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Exchange Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to any Person for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall not have been surrendered prior to the date on which any Merger Consideration in respect thereof would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity, any such Merger Consideration in respect of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Parent, and any holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share who has not theretofore complied with this Article III with respect thereto shall thereafter look only to the Parent for payment of its claim for Merger Consideration in respect thereof.
(h) The Exchange Fund shall be invested by the Exchange Agent as directed by Parent or the Surviving Company; provided, however, that any such investments shall be in securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof and having maturities of not more than one month from the date of investment. Earnings on the Exchange Fund shall be the sole and exclusive property of Parent and the Surviving Company and shall be paid to Parent or the Surviving Company, as Parent directs. No investment of the Exchange Fund shall relieve Parent, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent from making the payments required by this Article III, and following any losses from any such investment, Parent shall promptly provide additional funds to the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock at the Effective Time in the amount of such losses, which additional funds will be deemed to be part of the Exchange Fund.
(i) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact (such affidavit shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and the Exchange Agent) by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and, if required by the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration to which such Person is entitled in respect of such Certificate pursuant to this Article III.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (PennantPark Floating Rate Capital Ltd.), Merger Agreement (MCG Capital Corp)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth second (5th2nd) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which which, to the extent Stock Consideration, shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.), Merger Agreement (American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify specify, among other things, that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or transfer of any Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or the transfer of Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or transfer of any Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which which, to the extent it is Share Consideration, shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or transfer of Book-Entry Shares.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Cole Corporate Income Trust, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Select Income REIT)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificate(s) which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of MCC Common Stock (other than Excluded MCC Shares) (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares such Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates such Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering such Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration and any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Article II and this Article III; provided, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender however, any holder of Book-Entry Shares shall not be required to deliver a Certificate or an executed letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent to receive the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive as a result of the Merger. In lieu thereof, each holder of record of one or more Book- Entry Shares (other than Excluded MCC Shares) shall upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of an “agent’s message” in customary form (it being understood that the holders of Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation Shares shall be deemed to have surrendered such shares upon receipt by the Exchange AgentAgent of such “agent’s message” or such other evidence, together with a letter of transmittalif any, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with as the instructions theretoExchange Agent may reasonably request), be entitled to receive, and such other documents SIC shall cause the Exchange Agent to pay and deliver as may be required pursuant to such instructionspromptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration such holder is entitled to receive as a result of such Certificate or the Merger, and the Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable upon due surrender of the Book-Entry Shares. Prior to the Effective Time, the parties shall reasonably cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent and The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) designed to provide that the Exchange Agent will transmit to DTC or its nominee, on the Closing Date, upon surrender of Book-Entry Shares held of record by DTC or its nominee in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures and such other procedures as agreed to by SIC, MCC, the Exchange Agent and DTC, the Merger Consideration to which the beneficial owners thereof are entitled to receive as a result of the Merger.
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of its Certificate or Certificates, accompanied by a properly completed Letter of Transmittal, a holder of shares of MCC Common Stock (other than Excluded MCC Shares) will be entitled to receive promptly after the Effective Time the Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of MCC Common Stock represented by its Certificate or Certificates, as well as any dividends payable with respect to such shares of MCC Common Stock at the time of surrender, and any dividends with respect to shares of SIC Common Stock to which such holder is entitled. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the benefit right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, together with any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to, Article II or this Article III.
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, in the event that MCC has undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) or net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for MCC's short taxable year ending on the Closing Date, MCC shall declare a dividend, payable in cash or MCC Common Stock or a combination thereof (the “Final MCC Dividend”), to holders of shares of MCC Common Stock. The Final MCC Dividend, together with all previous MCC dividends with respect to MCC's taxable year ending on the Closing Date, shall result in MCC distributing to MCC's stockholders all of MCC's undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) and all of MCC's net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for MCC's taxable year ending on the Closing Date. If MCC determines it necessary to declare a Final MCC Dividend, it shall notify SIC at least ten (10) days prior to MCC Stockholder Meeting.
(d) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to SIC Common Stock to stockholders of record on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of SIC Common Stock to which the holder of such Certificate is entitled upon exchange thereof in accordance with Article II and this Article III, in each case unless and until the holder thereof shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this Article III. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article III, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid prior to the date of surrender, and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate with a record date after the Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the surrender date.
(e) If any Merger Consideration is to be issued or paid in a name other than that in which a Certificate formerly representing MCC Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance or payment of such Merger Consideration that such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer, and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of SIC that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable.
(f) The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the earlier of (x) the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time and (y) the expiration or termination of the Exchange Agent Agreement, SIC) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any cash in lieu of fractional shares of SIC Common Stock otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of MCC Common Stock such amounts as the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of shares of MCC Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be.
(g) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of MCC of the shares of MCC Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of MCC Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on representing such shares of MCC Common Stock are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration payable and issuable in respect of such Certificates, together with any dividends and distributions to which such holder is entitled in accordance with this Article III.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no fractional shares of SIC Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of the Certificates for exchange or presentation of Book-Entry SharesShares for transfer, no dividend or distribution with respect to SIC Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of SIC. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, SIC shall pay to each former stockholder of MCC who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) the most recently determined net asset value per share by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of MCC Common Stock held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of SIC Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.4.
(i) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of MCC as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be paid to SIC. In such event, any former stockholders of MCC who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to SIC with respect to the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of any fractional shares and any unpaid dividends and distributions in respect of each share of SIC Common Stock such stockholder is entitled to, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of SIC, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of MCC Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(j) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by SIC or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as SIC may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends or distributions deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Medley Capital Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Sierra Income Corp)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificate(s) which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of MCC Common Stock (other than Excluded MCC Shares) (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares such Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates such Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering such Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration and any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Article II and this Article III; provided, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender however, any holder of Book-Entry Shares shall not be required to deliver a Certificate or an executed letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent to receive the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive as a result of the Merger. In lieu thereof, each holder of record of one or more Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to Shares (other than Excluded MCC Shares) shall upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, together with a letter Agent of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed an “agent’s message” in accordance with customary form (it being understood that the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder holders of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares shall be deemed to have surrendered such shares upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of such “agent’s message” or such other evidence, if any, as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request), be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, and SIC shall cause the Exchange Agent to pay and deliver as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect such holder is entitled to receive as a result of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Merger, and the Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued on any amount payable upon due surrender of the Book-Entry Shares. Prior to the Effective Time, the parties shall reasonably cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent and The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) designed to provide that the Exchange Agent will transmit to DTC or its nominee, on the Closing Date, upon surrender of Book-Entry Shares held of record by DTC or its nominee in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures and such other procedures as agreed to by SIC, MCC, the Exchange Agent and DTC, the Merger Consideration to which the beneficial owners thereof are entitled to receive as a result of the Merger.
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of its Certificate or Certificates, accompanied by a properly completed Letter of Transmittal, a holder of shares of MCC Common Stock (other than Excluded MCC Shares) will be entitled to receive promptly after the Effective Time the Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of MCC Common Stock represented by its Certificate or Certificates, as well as any dividends payable with respect to such shares of MCC Common Stock at the time of surrender, and any dividends with respect to shares of SIC Common Stock to which such holder is entitled. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the benefit right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, together with any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to, Article II or this Article III.
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, in the event that MCC has undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) or net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for MCC's short taxable year ending on the Closing Date, MCC shall declare a dividend, payable in cash or MCC Common Stock or a combination thereof (the “Final MCC Dividend”), to holders of shares of MCC Common Stock. The Final MCC Dividend, together with all previous MCC dividends with respect to MCC's taxable year ending on the Closing Date, shall result in MCC distributing to MCC's stockholders all of MCC's undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) and all of MCC's net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for MCC's taxable year ending on the Closing Date. If MCC determines it necessary to declare a Final MCC Dividend, it shall notify SIC at least ten (10) days prior to MCC Stockholder Meeting.
(d) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to SIC Common Stock to stockholders of record on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of SIC Common Stock to which the holder of such Certificate is entitled upon exchange thereof in accordance with Article II and this Article III, in each case unless and until the holder thereof shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this Article III. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article III, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid prior to the date of surrender, and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate with a record date after the Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the surrender date.
(e) If any Merger Consideration is to be issued or paid in a name other than that in which a Certificate formerly representing MCC Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance or payment of such Merger Consideration that such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer, and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of SIC that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable.
(f) The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the earlier of (x) the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time and (y) the expiration or termination of the Exchange Agent Agreement, SIC) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any cash in lieu of fractional shares of SIC Common Stock otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of MCC Common Stock such amounts as the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of shares of MCC Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be.
(g) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of MCC of the shares of MCC Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of MCC Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on representing such shares of MCC Common Stock are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration payable and issuable in respect of such Certificates, together with any dividends and distributions to which such holder is entitled in accordance with this Article III.
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no fractional shares of SIC Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of the Certificates for exchange or presentation of Book-Entry SharesShares for transfer, no dividend or distribution with respect to SIC Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of SIC. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, SIC shall pay to each former stockholder of MCC who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) the most recently determined net asset value per share by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of MCC Common Stock held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of SIC Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.4.
(i) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of MCC as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be paid to SIC. In such event, any former stockholders of MCC who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to SIC with respect to the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of any fractional shares and any unpaid dividends and distributions in respect of each share of SIC Common Stock such stockholder is entitled to, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of SIC, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of MCC Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(j) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by SIC or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as SIC may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends or distributions deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Medley Capital Corp), Merger Agreement (Sierra Income Corp)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which which, to the extent Stock Consideration, shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificate(s) which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (other than Excluded MDLY Shares) (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares such Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates such Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering such Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration and any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Article II and this Article III; provided, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender however, any holder of Book-Entry Shares shall not be required to deliver a Certificate or an executed letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent to receive the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive as a result of the Merger. In lieu thereof, each holder of record of one or more Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to Shares (other than Excluded MDLY Shares) shall upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, together with a letter Agent of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed an “agent’s message” in accordance with customary form (it being understood that the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder holders of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares shall be deemed to have surrendered such shares upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of such “agent’s message” or such other evidence, if any, as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request), be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, and SIC shall cause the Exchange Agent to pay and deliver as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect such holder is entitled to receive as a result of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Merger, and the Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders on any amount payable upon due surrender of the Book-Entry Shares. Prior to the Effective Time, the parties shall reasonably cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent and The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) designed to provide that the Exchange Agent will transmit to DTC or its nominee, on the Closing Date, upon surrender of Book-Entry Shares held of record by DTC or its nominee in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures and such other procedures as agreed to by SIC, MDLY, the Exchange Agent and DTC, the Merger Consideration to which the beneficial owners thereof are entitled to receive as a result of the Merger.
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of its Certificate or Certificates, accompanied by a properly completed Letter of Transmittal, a holder of shares of Class A Common Stock (other than Excluded MDLY Shares) will be entitled to receive promptly after the Effective Time the Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of Class A Common Stock represented by its Certificate or Certificates, as well as any dividends payable with respect to such Class A Common Stock at the time of surrender, and any dividends with respect to shares of SIC Common Stock to which such holder is entitled. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, together with any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to, Article II or this Article III.
(c) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to SIC Common Stock to stockholders of record on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of SIC Common Stock to which the holder of such Certificate is entitled upon exchange thereof in accordance with Article II and this Article III, in each case unless and until the holder thereof shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this Article III. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article III, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid prior to the date of surrender, and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate with a record date after the Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the surrender date.
(d) If any Merger Consideration is to be issued or paid in a name other than that in which a Certificate formerly representing Class A Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance or payment of such Merger Consideration that such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer, and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of SIC that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable.
(e) The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the earlier of (x) the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time and (y) the expiration or termination of the Exchange Agent Agreement, SIC) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any Merger Consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of Class A Common Stock such amounts as the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of shares of Class A Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be.
(f) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of MDLY of the shares of MDLY Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of shares of MDLY Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on representing such shares of Class A Common Stock are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender and issuable in respect of the such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, together with any dividends and distributions to which such holder is entitled in accordance with this Article III.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no fractional shares of SIC Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, or presentation of Book-Entry Shares for transfer, no dividend or distribution with respect to SIC Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of SIC. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, SIC shall pay to each former stockholder of MDLY who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) $7.27 by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of Class A Common Stock held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of SIC Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.4.
(h) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of MDLY as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be paid to SIC. In such event, any former stockholders of MDLY who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to SIC with respect to the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of any fractional shares and any unpaid dividends and distributions in respect of each share of SIC Common Stock such stockholder is entitled to, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of SIC, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Class A Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(i) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by SIC or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as SIC may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends or distributions deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Sierra Income Corp), Merger Agreement (Medley Management Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record Holder of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to notice advising such Holders of the Effective Time a form effectiveness of letter of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for to the Merger Consideration, in Exchange Agent (such form as the Company materials and Parent may reasonably agreeinstructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares which shall be in non-certificated book-entry formsuch Holder has a right to receive pursuant to Section 2.5 and any dividends or distributions which such Holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.1(d) in with respect of to the shares of Company First Texas Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders Holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Stock Consideration Per Share delivered to each Holder shall be in non-certificated book-entry form.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Simmons First National Corp), Merger Agreement (Simmons First National Corp)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificate(s) which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (other than Excluded MDLY Shares) (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares such Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates such Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering such Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration and any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Article II and this Article III; provided, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender however, any holder of Book-Entry Shares shall not be required to deliver a Certificate or an executed letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent to receive the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive as a result of the Merger. In lieu thereof, each holder of record of one or more Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to Shares (other than Excluded MDLY Shares) shall upon receipt by the Exchange Agent, together with a letter Agent of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed an “agent’s message” in accordance with customary form (it being understood that the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder holders of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares shall be deemed to have surrendered such shares upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of such “agent’s message” or such other evidence, if any, as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request), be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, and SIC shall cause the Exchange Agent to pay and deliver as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect such holder is entitled to receive as a result of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Merger, and the Book- Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders on any amount payable upon due surrender of the Book-Entry Shares. Prior to the Effective Time, the parties shall reasonably cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent and The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) designed to provide that the Exchange Agent will transmit to DTC or its nominee, on the Closing Date, upon surrender of Book-Entry Shares held of record by DTC or its nominee in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures and such other procedures as agreed to by SIC, MDLY, the Exchange Agent and DTC, the Merger Consideration to which the beneficial owners thereof are entitled to receive as a result of the Merger.
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of its Certificate or Certificates, accompanied by a properly completed Letter of Transmittal, a holder of shares of Class A Common Stock (other than Excluded MDLY Shares) will be entitled to receive promptly after the Effective Time the Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of Class A Common Stock represented by its Certificate or Certificates, as well as any dividends payable with respect to such Class A Common Stock at the time of surrender, and any dividends with respect to shares of SIC Common Stock to which such holder is entitled. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, together with any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to, Article II or this Article III.
(c) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to SIC Common Stock to stockholders of record on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of SIC Common Stock to which the holder of such Certificate is entitled upon exchange thereof in accordance with Article II and this Article III, in each case unless and until the holder thereof shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this Article III. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article III, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid prior to the date of surrender, and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of SIC Common Stock represented by such Certificate with a record date after the Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the surrender date.
(d) If any Merger Consideration is to be issued or paid in a name other than that in which a Certificate formerly representing Class A Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance or payment of such Merger Consideration that such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer, and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of SIC that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable.
(e) The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the earlier of (x) the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time and (y) the expiration or termination of the Exchange Agent Agreement, SIC) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any Merger Consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of Class A Common Stock such amounts as the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be, and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of shares of Class A Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or SIC, as the case may be.
(f) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of MDLY of the shares of MDLY Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of shares of MDLY Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on representing such shares of Class A Common Stock are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender and issuable in respect of the such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, together with any dividends and distributions to which such holder is entitled in accordance with this Article III.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no fractional shares of SIC Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, or presentation of Book-Entry Shares for transfer, no dividend or distribution with respect to SIC Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of SIC. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, SIC shall pay to each former stockholder of MDLY who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) $6.71 by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of Class A Common Stock held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of SIC Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to the applicable provisions of Section 2.4.
(h) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of MDLY as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be paid to SIC. In such event, any former stockholders of MDLY who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to SIC with respect to the applicable Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of any fractional shares and any unpaid dividends and distributions in respect of each share of SIC Common Stock such stockholder is entitled to, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of SIC, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Class A Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(i) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by SIC or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as SIC may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends or distributions deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Medley Management Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Sierra Income Corp)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to notice advising such holders of the Effective Time a form effectiveness of letter of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for to the Merger Consideration, in Exchange Agent (such form as the Company materials and Parent may reasonably agreeinstructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Delanco Shareholder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (payable to such Delanco Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.1(c), any cash in lieu of fractional shares which shall be in non-certificated book-entry formsuch Delanco Shareholder has a right to receive pursuant to Section 2.5 and any dividends or distributions which such Delanco Shareholder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.1(d) in with respect of to the shares of Company Delanco Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders the Delanco Shareholders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Merger Consideration delivered to each Delanco Shareholder shall be in non-certificated book-entry form.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Delanco Bancorp, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) five Business Day Days following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Holder who was, immediately prior to the Effective Time Time, a form Holder of letter record of one or more Certificates (and Book-Entry Share, if required by the Exchange Agent or at the request of Xxxxx) representing Non-Election Shares, a notice advising such Holders of the effectiveness of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Shares, if applicable, shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) Shares, if applicable, and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Shares, if applicable, to the Exchange Agent in exchange for the Merger Consideration, consideration for which such person may be entitled pursuant to ARTICLE 2 and this ARTICLE 3 (such materials and instructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). After completion of the allocation procedure set forth in such form as the Company Section 2.2 and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares, if applicable, for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration, which the Holder shall receive (i) the Stock Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) form which such Holder has the right to receive in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share surrendered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and/or (ii) a check representing the amount of (A) the Cash Consideration which such Holder has the right to receive in respect of the Certificate or Book-Entry Share surrendered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, (B) any Fractional Share Payment (if any), and such (C) any dividends or distributions (if any) which the Holder thereof has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.2(d), and the Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Holders on the Merger Consideration or any Fractional Share Payment (if any) payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Evans Bancorp Inc)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder Holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to a notice advising such Holders of the Effective Time a form effectiveness of letter of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares and instructions for surrendering the Certificates to the Exchange Agent) Agent (such materials and instructions for use in effecting the surrender to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of the an “agent’s message” with respect to Certificates or Bookthat are book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agreeentry shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares which shall be in non-certificated book-entry formsuch Holder has a right to receive pursuant to Section 1.13 and any dividends or distributions which such Holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.1(d) in with respect of to the shares of Company First Mariner Common Stock and First Mariner Series A Preferred Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders Holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates. Unless otherwise agreed to by Xxxxxx, the portion of the Xxxxxx Certificates or Bookdelivered to each Holder shall be in book-Entry Sharesentry form.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Howard Bancorp Inc)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificate(s) which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (other than Excluded Company Stock) (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares such Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates such Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering such Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in Consideration and any dividends or distributions to which such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. holder is entitled pursuant to this Article II.
(b) Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent of its Certificate or Certificates, together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the a holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall Company Common Stock will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor promptly after the Effective Time the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by its Certificate or Certificates. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, together with any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II.
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, in the event that the Company has undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) or net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for the Company’s short taxable year ending on the Closing Date, the Company shall declare a dividend, payable in cash or Company Common Stock or a combination thereof (the “Final Company Dividend”), to holders of Company Common Stock. The Final Company Dividend, together with all previous Company dividends with respect to the Company’s taxable year ending on the Closing Date, shall result in the Company distributing to the Company’s stockholders all of the Company’s undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) and all of the Company’s net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for the Company’s taxable year ending on the Closing Date. If the Company determines it necessary to declare a Final Company Dividend, it shall notify Buyer at least ten (10) days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting. In calculating its investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) for its taxable year ending on the Closing Date, the Company shall not deduct any loss with respect to its investment in the debt of any portfolio company as an ordinary loss, unless the Company has received an opinion of its counsel, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, the form and substance of which opinion shall be subject to the reasonable approval of the Buyer, substantially to the effect that, on the basis of the law in effect at the time the opinion is provided, and facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion that are consistent with the state of facts existing at the time the opinion is provided, in the case of a loan originated by the Company, such loss should constitute an ordinary loss deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes or in the case of a loan that is not originated by the Company, such loss will constitute an ordinary loss deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(d) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to Buyer Common Stock to stockholders of record on or after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Buyer Common Stock represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of Buyer Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or Book-Entry Share and other distributions payable with respect to shares of Buyer Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for with a record date after the benefit Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the Buyer Common Stock issuable with respect to such Certificate; provided, however, that all dividends payable to record holders of Certificates in accordance with this Section 2.3(d) shall be payable in the Certificates form of shares of Buyer Common Stock in accordance with Buyer’s dividend reinvestment plan (the “Buyer DRIP”), which form of payment the holder shall be deemed to have elected. From and after the Effective Time, all dividends payable with respect to Merger Shares or Book-Entry Shares on Buyer Common Stock issued in lieu of a cash dividend in accordance with this Section 2.3(d) shall be issued in the form of Buyer Common Stock under the Buyer DRIP until such time, if any, as the relevant holder elects to “opt out” of the Buyer DRIP.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, the shares of Buyer Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock comprising the Merger Consideration shall be issued or paid in exchange therefor to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Buyer that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable. The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the earlier of (x) the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time and (y) the expiration or termination of the Exchange Agent Agreement, Buyer) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Company Common Stock such amounts as the Exchange Agent or Buyer, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or Buyer, as the case may be, and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or Buyer, as the case may be.
(f) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration, together with any distributions to which such holder is entitled in accordance with this Article II.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or distribution with respect to Buyer Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the Certificates owner thereof to vote or Book-Entry Sharesto any other rights of a stockholder of Buyer. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Buyer shall pay to each former stockholder of the Company who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) the average, rounded to the nearest one ten thousandth, of the closing sale prices of Buyer Common Stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market as reported by The Wall Street Journal for the five trading days immediately preceding the date of the Effective Time by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of Company Common Stock held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Buyer Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.4.
(h) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of the Company as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be paid to Buyer. In such event, any former stockholders of the Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Buyer with respect to the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of any fractional shares and any unpaid dividends and distributions in respect of each share of Buyer Common Stock such stockholder is entitled to, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Buyer, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(i) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by Buyer or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Buyer may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends or distributions deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Holders”) of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock (“Certificates”) that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.7 (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be reasonably prescribed by the Exchange Agent and Parent) (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper Consideration upon surrender of a Certificate such Certificate(s) and any dividends or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.2(c).
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange AgentAgent of its Certificate(s), together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder a Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Company Common Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, promptly after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by its Certificate(s). Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, and any dividends or distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II.
(c) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be paid to the Holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or Book-Entry Share and other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for with a record date after the benefit of holders Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on Parent Common Stock issuable with respect to such Certificate.
(d) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of Company, the Merger Consideration payable shall be delivered in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered Holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable. The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the first anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any portion of the Merger Consideration such amounts as the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be.
(e) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Company of any shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.7 and the procedures set forth in this Article II.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or distribution with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the Certificates owner thereof to vote or Book-Entry Shares.to any other rights of a shareholder of Parent. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Parent shall pay to each former share-
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to notice advising such holders of the Effective Time a form effectiveness of letter of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for to the Merger Consideration, in Exchange Agent (such form as the Company materials and Parent may reasonably agreeinstructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares which shall be in non-certificated book-entry formsuch Holder has a right to receive pursuant to Section 2.5 and any dividends or distributions which such Holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.1(d) in with respect of to the shares of Company Target Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders Holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Stock Consideration delivered to each Holder shall be in non-certificated book-entry form.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificate(s) which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (other than Excluded Company Stock) (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares such Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates such Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificates)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent Agreement (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering such Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in Consideration and any dividends or distributions to which such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. holder is entitled pursuant to this Article II.
(b) Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent of its Certificate or Certificates, together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the a holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall Company Common Stock will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor promptly after the Effective Time the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by its Certificate or Certificates. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, together with any dividends or distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II.
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, in the event that the Company has undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) or net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for the Company's short taxable year ending on the Closing Date, the Company shall declare a dividend, payable in cash or Company Common Stock or a combination thereof (the “Final Company Dividend”), to holders of Company Common Stock. The Final Company Dividend, together with all previous Company dividends with respect to the Company's taxable year ending on the Closing Date, shall result in the Company distributing to the Company's stockholders all of the Company's undistributed investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) and all of the Company's net capital gain (as defined in Section 1221(11) of the Code) for the Company's taxable year ending on the Closing Date. If the Company determines it necessary to declare a Final Company Dividend, it shall notify Buyer at least ten (10) days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting. In calculating its investment company taxable income (as defined in Section 852(b)(2) of the Code) for its taxable year ending on the Closing Date, the Company shall not deduct any loss with respect to its investment in the debt of any portfolio company as an ordinary loss, unless the Company has received an opinion of its counsel, Sutxxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Brexxxx XXP, the form and substance of which opinion shall be subject to the reasonable approval of the Buyer, substantially to the effect that, on the basis of the law in effect at the time the opinion is provided, and facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion that are consistent with the state of facts existing at the time the opinion is provided, in the case of a loan originated by the Company, such loss should constitute an ordinary loss deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes or in the case of a loan that is not originated by the Company, such loss will constitute an ordinary loss deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
(d) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to Buyer Common Stock to stockholders of record on or after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Buyer Common Stock represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of Buyer Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or Book-Entry Share and other distributions payable with respect to shares of Buyer Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for with a record date after the benefit Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the Buyer Common Stock issuable with respect to such Certificate; provided, however, that all dividends payable to record holders of Certificates in accordance with this Section 2.3(d) shall be payable in the Certificates form of shares of Buyer Common Stock in accordance with Buyer’s dividend reinvestment plan (the “Buyer DRIP”), which form of payment the holder shall be deemed to have elected. From and after the Effective Time, all dividends payable with respect to Merger Shares or Book-Entry Shares on Buyer Common Stock issued in lieu of a cash dividend in accordance with this Section 2.3(d) shall be issued in the form of Buyer Common Stock under the Buyer DRIP until such time, if any, as the relevant holder elects to “opt out” of the Buyer DRIP.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, the shares of Buyer Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock comprising the Merger Consideration shall be issued or paid in exchange therefor to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Buyer that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable. The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the earlier of (x) the one-year anniversary of the Effective Time and (y) the expiration or termination of the Exchange Agent Agreement, Buyer) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Company Common Stock such amounts as the Exchange Agent or Buyer, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or Buyer, as the case may be, and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or Buyer, as the case may be.
(f) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration, together with any distributions to which such holder is entitled in accordance with this Article II.
(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or distribution with respect to Buyer Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the Certificates owner thereof to vote or Book-Entry Sharesto any other rights of a stockholder of Buyer. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Buyer shall pay to each former stockholder of the Company who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) determined by multiplying (i) the average, rounded to the nearest one ten thousandth, of the closing sale prices of Buyer Common Stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market as reported by The Wall Street Journal for the five trading days immediately preceding the date of the Effective Time by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of Company Common Stock held by such holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Buyer Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.4.
(h) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of the Company as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time may be paid to Buyer. In such event, any former stockholders of the Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Buyer with respect to the Merger Consideration, any cash in lieu of any fractional shares and any unpaid dividends and distributions in respect of each share of Buyer Common Stock such stockholder is entitled to, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Buyer, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(i) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by Buyer or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Buyer may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends or distributions deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. 3.5.1 As of the Effective Time, FIBK shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent (and such deposit (the “Exchange Fund”) shall be solely for the benefit of the holders of the Outstanding MTWF Shares (other than holders of Dissenting Shares), for exchange in accordance with this Agreement through the Exchange Agent) cash in an amount estimated to be equal to the Cash Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares payable pursuant to this Agreement for Outstanding MTWF Shares.
3.5.2 As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Holders”) of shares of MTWF Common Stock represented by certificates (“Certificates”) as well as those not represented by a form of Certificate (a “Book-Entry Share”), that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1 (a) a letter of transmittal (transmittal, which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) to the Exchange Agent, which shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be reasonably prescribed by the Exchange Agent and FIBK (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (b) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration upon surrender of such Certificate (or issuance of affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)), or, in the case of shares of MTWF Common Stock held as Book-Entry Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in the Letter of Transmittal (which shall include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares and to be in such form and have such provisions as FIBK and the Company and Parent Exchange Agent may reasonably agree. require), and, if applicable, after the Effective Time, any dividends or distributions with respect to FIBK Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.5.4.
3.5.3 Upon proper surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate Holder’s Certificate(s) (or issuance of affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation Shares, accompanied by a properly completed Letter of Transmittal, such Holder of MTWF Common Stock will be entitled to receive, promptly after the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructionsEffective Time, the holder Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of MTWF Common Stock represented by such Holder’s Certificate(s) or Book-Entry Shares. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate(s) (or issuance of affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) or Book Entry Shares in accordance with, and, if applicable, after the Effective Time, any dividends or distributions to which such Holder is entitled.
3.5.4 No dividends or other distributions with respect to FIBK Common Stock shall be paid to the Holder of any un-surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Shares with respect to the FIBK Common Stock portion (if any) of the Merger Consideration represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate (or issuance of affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) or Book-Entry Shares in accordance with this Section 3. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares in accordance with this Section 3, the Holder of such shares of MTWF Common Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, without interest, (a) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time payable with respect to the whole shares of the FIBK Common Stock portion of the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly Consideration, if any, represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares and not paid and/or (b) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions payable with respect to the whole shares of the FIBK Common Stock portion of the Merger Consideration, if any, represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares with a record date after the Effective Time and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the FIBK Common Stock portion of the Merger Consideration, if any, issuable with respect to such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares.
3.5.5 In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing MTWF Common Stock prior to the Effective Time that is not registered in the stock transfer records of MTWF, the Merger Consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such MTWF Common Stock shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a person other than the registered Holder of the Certificate or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of FIBK that the Tax has been paid or accrued is not applicable. The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the first anniversary of the Effective Time, FIBK) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any cash portion of the Merger Consideration, and, if applicable, after the Effective Time, cash dividends or distributions payable pursuant to this Section 3 and any other cash amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Holder of MTWF Common Stock (including with respect to any Dissenting Shares) such amounts as the Exchange Agent or FIBK, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or FIBK, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder of shares of MTWF Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or FIBK, as the case may be. After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of MTWF of any shares of MTWF Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of MTWF Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the benefit Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 3.1 and the procedures set forth in this Section 3.
3.5.6 FIBK and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the stock transfer books of holders MTWF to establish the identity of those Persons entitled to receive the Merger Consideration specified in this Agreement, which books shall be conclusive with respect thereto. In the event of a dispute with respect to ownership of any MTWF Common Stock, FIBK and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deposit any Merger Consideration represented thereby in escrow with an independent third party and thereafter be relieved with respect to any claims thereto.
3.5.7 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of FIBK Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares for exchange, and, if applicable, after the Effective Time, no dividend or distribution with respect to FIBK Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a shareholder of FIBK. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, FIBK shall pay to each former shareholder of MTWF who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share, an amount in cash (rounded down to the nearest whole cent) determined by multiplying (a) the Average Closing Price by (b) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of MTWF Common Stock held by such Holder at the Effective Time and rounded down to the nearest one ten-thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of FIBK Common Stock to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 3.1. The parties acknowledge and agree that payment of the cash consideration in lieu of issuing fractional shares was not separately bargained-for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding off for purposes of avoiding the expense and inconvenience that would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares.
3.5.8 Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the shareholders of MTWF as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be paid to FIBK. Any former shareholders of MTWF who have not theretofore complied with this Section 3 shall thereafter look only to FIBK with respect to the Merger Consideration payable and any unpaid dividends and distributions on the FIBK Common Stock deliverable in respect of each share of MTWF Common Stock such shareholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of FIBK, MTWF, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of MTWF Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed, upon the surrender making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed and, if required by the Exchange Agent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as the Exchange Agent may determine is necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against FIBK or the Exchange Agent with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Exchange Agent Agreement, FIBK, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, shall have the right to make all determinations, not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, governing (a) the validity of any Letter of Transmittal and compliance by any MTWF shareholder with the procedures and instructions set forth herein and therein, (b) the issuance and delivery of the whole number of shares of the FIBK Common Stock portion of the Merger Consideration into which shares of MTWF Common Stock are converted in the Merger, if any, and (c) the method of payment of the cash portion of the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of fractional shares of FIBK Common Stock.
3.5.9 The Exchange Agent shall not be entitled to vote or exercise any rights of ownership with respect to the shares of FIBK Common Stock held by it from time to time hereunder, except that it shall receive and hold all dividends or other distributions paid or distributed with respect to such shares of FIBK Common Stock for the account of the Persons entitled thereto. Former shareholders of record of MTWF who are to receive shares of FIBK Common Stock pursuant to the provisions hereof shall be entitled to vote after the Effective Time at any meeting of FIBK shareholders the number of whole shares of FIBK Common Stock into which their respective shares of MTWF Common Stock are converted, regardless of whether such holders have exchanged their Certificates or Book-Entry SharesShares for shares of FIBK Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to notice advising such holders of the Effective Time a form effectiveness of letter of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for to the Merger Consideration, in Exchange Agent (such form as the Company materials and Parent may reasonably agreeinstructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (Consideration, any cash in lieu of fractional shares which shall be in non-certificated book-entry formsuch Holder has a right to receive pursuant to Section 2.6 and any dividends or distributions which such Holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 3.1(d) in with respect of to the shares of Company Reliance Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders Holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Per Share Stock Consideration delivered to each Holder shall be in non-certificated book-entry form.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record (collectively, the “Holders”) of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock (“Certificates”) that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.7 (i) a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent and Parent) (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper Consideration upon surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation such Certificate.
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange AgentAgent of its Certificate(s), together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder a Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall Company Common Stock will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, promptly after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by its Certificate(s). Until so surrendered, each such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, and any dividends or distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II.
(c) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of Company, the Merger Consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a person other than the registered Holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable. The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the first anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Merger Consideration and any other cash amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Holder of Company Common Stock (including with respect to any Dissenting Shares) such amounts as the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, with respect to the making of such payment; provided that any transfer or other similar Taxes payable in connection with the Merger (other than such Taxes required to be paid by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered Holder of the Company Common Stock with respect to which such payment is made) shall be borne and paid by Parent and Merger Sub. To the extent the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be, and paid over to the applicable Tax authorities, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be.
(d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Company of any shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.7 and the procedures set forth in this Article II.
(e) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the shareholders of Company as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be paid to Parent; provided that to the extent at any time prior to such first anniversary any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed would have to be delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, the Exchange Agent shall first notify Parent and, at Parent’s option, such portion shall instead be paid to Parent. Any former shareholders of Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent with respect to the Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon. None of Parent, Company, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws.
(f) In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the surrender making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by Parent or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
(g) Subject to the terms of the Certificates Exchange Agent Agreement, Parent, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, shall have the right to make all determinations, not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, governing (i) the validity of any Letter of Transmittal and compliance by any Company shareholder with the procedures and instructions set forth herein and therein and (ii) the method of payment of the Merger Consideration.
(h) In the case of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that are not represented by Certificates, the parties shall make such adjustments to Article I and Article II as are necessary or Book-Entry Sharesappropriate to implement the same purpose and effect that Article I and Article II have with respect to shares of Company Common Stock that are represented by Certificates.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and practicable, but in any no event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following five business days, after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of one or more Certificates a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal in customary form as reasonably agreed by the parties (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon proper surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate or Certificates for exchange and cancellation, together with such properly 4 completed and duly executed letter of transmittal in such form as the Company and Parent Exchange Agent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructionsrequire, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor therefor, as applicable, (i) the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect that such holder of the shares of Company Target Common Stock formerly represented by shall have become entitled pursuant to the provisions of Article I; and (ii) a check representing the amount of any dividends or distributions that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.2(b), and the Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued on any cash or on any unpaid dividends and distributions payable to holders of Certificates.
(b) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to Acquiror Common Stock shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Acquiror Common Stock represented thereby until the holder thereof shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. After the surrender of a Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive any such dividends or other distributions, without any interest thereon, which theretofore had become payable with respect to shares of Acquiror Common Stock represented by such Certificate.
(c) If any certificate representing shares of Acquiror Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Certificate or Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor is or are registered, it shall be a condition of the issuance thereof that the Certificate or Certificates so surrendered shall be properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and that the person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent in advance any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate representing shares of Acquiror Common Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificate or Certificates surrendered, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
(d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Target of the shares of Target Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the benefit Merger Consideration.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of holders Acquiror Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates, no dividend or distribution with respect to Acquiror Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a shareholder of Acquiror. In lieu of the Certificates issuance of any such fractional share, Acquiror shall pay to each former shareholder of Target who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash determined by multiplying (i) the average of the closing-sale prices of Acquiror Common Stock on the securities market or Book-Entry Shares on stock exchange in which the Acquiror Common Stock principally trades, as reported by The Wall Street Journal for the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the date of the Effective Time by (ii) the fraction of a share (rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Acquiror Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.4.
(f) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the shareholders of Target as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be paid to Acquiror. Any former shareholders of Target who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Acquiror for payment of the Merger Consideration payable and any unpaid dividends and distributions on the Acquiror Common Stock deliverable in respect of each share of Target Common Stock such shareholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Target, Acquiror, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Target Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(g) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the surrender making of an affidavit of that fact by the Certificates person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or Book-Entry Shares.destroyed and, if reasonably required by Acquiror, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Acquiror may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue the Merger Consideration in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate. 5
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record Holder of a Certificate or (and Book-Entry Share immediately prior to Share, if required by the Effective Time a form Exchange Agent or at the request of letter Xxxxxxx) notice advising such Holders of the effectiveness of the Merger, including appropriate transmittal (which shall specify materials specifying that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Shares, if applicable, shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) Shares, if applicable, and instructions for use in effecting surrendering the surrender of the Certificates Certificates, or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for Shares, if applicable, to the Merger Consideration, in Exchange Agent (such form as the Company materials and Parent may reasonably agreeinstructions to include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares). Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittalthe appropriate transmittal materials, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in with respect of to the shares of Company Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledcanceled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Holders on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Stock Consideration delivered to each Holder shall be in non-certificated book-entry form.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Holders”) of shares of Company Common Stock represented by certificates (“Certificates”) as well as those not represented by a form of Certificate (a "Book-Entry Share"), that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(b): (i) a letter of transmittal (transmittal, which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) to the Exchange Agent, which shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange Agent and HEOP (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration upon surrender of such Certificate, or, in the case of shares of Company Common Stock held as Book-Entry Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in the Letter of Transmittal (which shall include customary provisions with respect to delivery of an “agent’s message” with respect to Book-Entry Shares and to be in such form and have such provisions as HEOP and the Company and Parent Exchange Agent may reasonably agree. require), and, if applicable, after the Effective Time, any dividends or distributions with respect to Company Common Stock to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.06(c).
(b) Upon proper surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate Holder’s Certificate(s) or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange AgentShares, together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall Company Common Stock will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, promptly after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Holder’s Certificate(s) or Book-Entry Shares. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates such Certificate(s) or Book-Entry Shares.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) Prior to the Closing, the Company shall appoint a Person reasonably acceptable to BOA to act as exchange agent for the payment of the Merger Consideration (the “Exchange Agent”) (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (or any of its Affiliates) shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Company) and enter into an exchange agent agreement with the Exchange Agent (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) for the purpose of exchanging Certificates, if any, representing the BOA Class A Shares and each BOA Class A Share held in book-entry form on the stock transfer books of the BOA immediately prior to the Effective Time, in either case, for the portion of the Merger Consideration issuable in respect of such BOA Class A Shares pursuant to Section 2.2(f) and on the terms and subject to the other conditions set forth in this Agreement.
(b) Prior to or at the Effective Time, the Company shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) book-entry Company Ordinary Shares representing the aggregate Merger Consideration with the Exchange Agent, in trust for the benefit of holders of record of shares of BOA Class A Common Stock to be canceled and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.2. All book-entry Company Ordinary Shares deposited with the Exchange Agent are referred to in this Agreement as the “Exchange Fund.” The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose other than to fund payments pursuant to Section 2.2, except as expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(c) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth third (5th3rd) Business Day following thereafter, the Effective Time, Company shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share certificate (“Certificates”), in each case that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of BOA Class A Common Stock (i) a form Letter of letter of transmittal Transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent, and which letter shall be in customary form and contain such other provisions as the Company and the Exchange Agent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.2 (which instructions shall be in customary form and contain such other provisions as the Company and the Exchange Agent may reasonably specify). With respect to holders of book-entry shares in BOA (“Book-Entry Shares”), the Parties shall cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent to allow the Exchange Agent to transmit, following the Effective Time, to such holders or their nominees, upon surrender of shares of BOA Class A Common Stock (including former shares of BOA Class B Common stock converted immediately prior to the Effective Time into shares of BOA Class A Common Stock), the Merger Consideration, to which such holders are entitled pursuant to the terms hereof.
(d) Each holder of shares of BOA Class A Common Stock that have been canceled and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as the Exchange Agent may be required pursuant to such instructionsreasonably require, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration number of Company Ordinary Shares to which such holder of BOA Class A Common Stock shall have become entitled pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.2 (which shall be in non-certificated uncertificated book-entry form) in respect of ), and the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of on any Merger Consideration payable to holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. The Company shall cause the Exchange Agent to make all payments required pursuant to the preceding sentence as soon as practicable following the valid surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.4, each Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be deemed after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.2 in respect thereof, but shall not entitle its holder or any other Person to any rights as a stockholder of the Company or BOA.
(e) If payment of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that such Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer or such Book-Entry Share shall be properly transferred and that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid any transfer and other Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company and the Exchange Agent that such Tax is not applicable.
(f) The Merger Consideration issued and paid upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on in accordance with the Merger Consideration payable upon terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been issued and paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the surrender shares of the BOA Class A Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of BOA shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of the shares of BOA Class A Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Company or the Exchange Agent for transfer, or transfer is sought for Book-Entry Shares, such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
(g) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Company, upon demand, and any remaining holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall thereafter look only to the Company, as general creditors thereof, for payment of the Merger Consideration. None of the Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Exchange Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any Person in respect of Company Ordinary Shares properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(h) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Exchange Agent, of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent will deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration payable in respect thereof.
(i) Payments pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be made after giving effect to any required tax withholdings under Section 2.6.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (BOA Acquisition Corp.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange and Paying Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Holders”) of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock (“Certificates”) that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1 (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s))) to the Exchange Agentand Paying Agent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange and Paying Agent and Parent), the terms of which shall be reasonably acceptable to Company, (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper Consideration upon surrender of a Certificate such Certificate(s) and any dividends or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation other distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.4(c).
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agentand Paying Agent of its Certificate(s), together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with a Holder of Company Common Stock shall receive, promptly after the instructions theretoEffective Time, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by its Certificate(s). Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, and any dividends or other distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II.
(c) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be paid to the Holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or Book-Entry Share and other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for with a record date after the benefit of holders Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the Parent Common Stock issuable with respect to such Certificate.
(d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Company of any shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange and Paying Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration payable in accordance with Section 2.1 and the procedures set forth in this Article II.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of Company, the Merger Consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered Holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or other distribution with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of Parent. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Parent shall pay to each former stockholder of Company who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share, an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent) determined by multiplying (i) the Parent Share Value by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of Company Common Stock held by such Holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest one ten-thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Parent Common Stock to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.
1. The parties acknowledge that payment of the cash consideration in lieu of issuing fractional shares was not separately bargained-for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding off for purposes of avoiding the expense and inconvenience that would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares.
(g) The Exchange and Paying Agent (or, subsequent to the first anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any portion of the Merger Consideration such amounts as the Exchange and Paying Agent or Parent, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange and Paying Agent or Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange and Paying Agent or Parent, as the case may be.
(h) Any portion of the Exchange and Payment Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of Company as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be paid to Parent. Any former stockholders of Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent with respect to the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends and other distributions on the Parent Common Stock deliverable in respect of each share of Company Common Stock such stockholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon, subject to the requirements of abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, Company, the Exchange and Paying Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws.
(i) The Exchange and Paying Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange and Payment Fund as directed by Parent, on a daily basis; provided that no such investment or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to holders of Certificates pursuant to this Article II. Any interest or Book-Entry Sharesother income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent, upon demand.
(j) In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by Parent or the Exchange and Paying Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange and Paying Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
(k) Subject to the terms of the Exchange and Paying Agent Agreement, Parent, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, shall have the right to make all determinations, not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, governing (i) the validity of any Letter of Transmittal and compliance by any Company stockholder with the procedures and instructions set forth herein and therein, (ii) the issuance and delivery of the whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock into which shares of Company Common Stock are converted in the First Merger and (iii) the method of payment of the cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock.
(l) In the case of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that are not represented by Certificates, the parties shall make such adjustments to this Article II as are necessary or appropriate to implement the same purpose and effect that this Article II has with respect to shares of Company Common Stock that are represented by Certificates.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and practicable, but in any no event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following five business days, after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of one or more Certificates a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal in customary form as reasonably agreed by the parties hereto (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss of and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon proper surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate or Certificates for exchange and cancellation, together with such properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal in such form as the Company and Parent Exchange Agent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructionsrequire, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor therefor, as applicable, (i) the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect that such holder of the shares of Company Target Common Stock formerly represented by shall have become entitled pursuant to the provisions of Article I; and (ii) a check representing the amount of any dividends or distributions that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.2(b), and the Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued on any cash or on any unpaid dividends and distributions payable to holders of Certificates.
(b) No dividends or other distributions declared with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holder thereof shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. After the surrender of a Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive any such dividends or other distributions, without any interest thereon, which theretofore had become payable with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate.
(c) If any certificate representing shares of Parent Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Certificate or Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor is or are registered, it shall be a condition of the issuance thereof that the Certificate or Certificates so surrendered shall be properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and that the person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent in advance any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate representing shares of Parent Common Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificate or Certificates surrendered, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
(d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Target of the shares of Target Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the benefit Merger Consideration.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or distribution with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the Certificates owner thereof to vote or Book-Entry Sharesto any other rights of a shareholder of Parent. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Parent shall pay to each former shareholder of Target who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash determined by multiplying (i) the average closing price of Parent Common Stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”), or such other securities market or stock exchange on which the Parent Common Stock then principally trades, for the ten (10) trading days ending on the business day immediately preceding the Closing Date by (ii) the fraction of a share (rounded to the nearest thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Parent Common Stock to which such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.4.
(f) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the shareholders of Target as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent. Any former shareholders of Target who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends and distributions on the Parent Common Stock deliverable in respect of each share of Target Common Stock such shareholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Target, Parent, Acquiror, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Target Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(g) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by Parent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue the Merger Consideration in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Holders”) of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock (“Certificates”) that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.7 (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s)) to the Exchange AgentAgent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be reasonably prescribed by the Exchange Agent and Parent) (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper Consideration upon surrender of a Certificate such Certificate(s) and any dividends or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.2(c).
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange AgentAgent of its Certificate(s), together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder a Holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share Company Common Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor receive, promptly after the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by its Certificate(s). Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, and any dividends or distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II.
(c) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be paid to the Holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or Book-Entry Share and other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for with a record date after the benefit of holders Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on Parent Common Stock issuable with respect to such Certificate.
(d) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of Company, the Merger Consideration payable shall be delivered in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered Holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable. The Exchange Agent (or, subsequent to the first anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any portion of the Merger Consideration such amounts as the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange Agent or Parent, as the case may be.
(e) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Company of any shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.7 and the procedures set forth in this Article II.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or distribution with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the Certificates owner thereof to vote or Book-Entry Shares.to any other rights of a shareholder of Parent. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Parent shall pay to each former shareholder
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) second Business Day following the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each holder of record of a Certificate certificate or Book-Entry Share certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Certificates”) that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(d), (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger ConsiderationConsideration as well as any dividends or distributions to be paid pursuant to Section 2.3(c). As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the second Business Day following the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to issue and send to each holder of Book-Entry Shares that that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(d) the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.1(d) in respect of such form as Book-Entry Shares, without such holder being required to deliver a Certificate or an executed letter of transmittal to the Company Exchange Agent, and Parent may reasonably agree. such Book-Entry Shares shall forthwith be cancelled.
(b) Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate and such Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Until surrendered or cancelled (as applicable) as contemplated by this Section 2.3, each Certificate and Book-Entry Share and shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent (other than in the case of Cancelled Shares) only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, without interest, into which the shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelledShare, as applicable, have been converted pursuant to Section 2.1. No interest will be paid or accrued for on any of the benefit of cash payable to the holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
(c) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Shares shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or uncancelled Book-Entry Share with respect to the Parent Common Shares represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate or cancellation of such Book-Entry Share, as applicable, in accordance with this Article II. After the surrender of any such Certificate or cancellation of any such Book-Entry Share, as applicable, in accordance with this Article II, the record holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, the amount of dividends or other distributions which theretofore had become payable with respect to the whole Parent Common Shares which the shares of Company Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share have been converted into the right to receive.
(d) The Merger Consideration paid in accordance with the terms of this Article II as a result of the conversion of any shares of Company Common Stock shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock. At and after the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company of the shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to Parent or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Article II, except as otherwise provided by Law.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, neither certificates nor scrip for fractional Parent Common Shares shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates or cancellation of Book-Entry Shares, as applicable. No such holder shall be entitled to dividends, voting rights or any other rights in respect of any fractional share. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Parent shall pay to each holder of Company Common Stock who otherwise would have been entitled to receive such fractional share an amount in cash (without interest) determined by multiplying (i) the fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled (after taking into account all shares of Company Common Stock owned by such holder at the Effective Time to be converted into Parent Common Shares) to receive pursuant to Section 2.1 by (ii) the average of the daily volume weighted average price per share of Parent Common Shares on NASDAQ as reported by The Wall Street Journal for each of the five (5) trading days immediately preceding the date of the Effective Time.
(f) Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including the proceeds of any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Parent. Any holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares who have not theretofore complied with this Article II with respect to such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall thereafter look only to the Parent for payment of Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends and other distributions on the Parent Common Shares deliverable in respect of each former shares of Company Common Stock such stockholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Exchange Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to any Person for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall not have been surrendered or cancelled prior to the date on which any Merger Consideration in respect thereof would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity, any such Merger Consideration in respect of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Parent, and any holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share who has not theretofore complied with this Article II with respect thereto shall thereafter look only to the Parent for payment of its claim for Merger Consideration in respect thereof.
(h) The Exchange Fund shall be invested by the Exchange Agent as directed by Parent; provided, however, that any such investments shall be in securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof and having maturities of not more than one month from the date of investment. Earnings on the Exchange Fund shall be the sole and exclusive property of Parent and shall be paid to Parent as Parent directs. No investment of the Exchange Fund shall relieve Parent or the Exchange Agent from making the payments required by this Article II, and following any losses from any such investment, Parent shall promptly provide additional funds to the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock at the Effective Time in the amount of such losses, which additional funds will be deemed to be part of the Exchange Fund.
(i) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact (such affidavit shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and the Exchange Agent) by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and, if required by the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in customary amount as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration to which such Person is entitled in respect of such Certificate pursuant to this Article II.
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Delivery of Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which which, to the extent Stock Consideration or the stock portion of the Alternative Stock Consideration, as may be applicable, shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share and such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc.)
Delivery of Merger Consideration. (a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange and Paying Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Holders”) of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock (“Certificates”) that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1 (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares Certificate(s) shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates Certificate(s) (or Book-Entry Shares affidavits of loss in lieu of such Certificate(s))) to the Exchange Agentand Paying Agent and shall be substantially in such form and have such other provisions as shall be prescribed by the Exchange and Paying Agent and Parent), the terms of which shall be reasonably acceptable to Company, (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares surrendering Certificate(s) in exchange for the Merger Consideration, in such form as the Company and Parent may reasonably agree. Upon proper Consideration upon surrender of a Certificate such Certificate(s) and any dividends or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation other distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.4(c).
(b) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agentand Paying Agent of its Certificate(s), together with accompanied by a letter properly completed Letter of transmittalTransmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with a Holder of Company Common Stock shall receive, promptly after the instructions theretoEffective Time, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by its Certificate(s). Until so surrendered, each such Certificate shall represent after the Effective Time, for all purposes, only the right to receive, without interest, the Merger Consideration upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with, and any dividends or other distributions to which such Holder is entitled pursuant to, this Article II. No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be paid to the Holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby, in each case unless and until the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate in accordance with this Article II, the Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to the whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate and not paid and/or (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or Book-Entry Share and other distributions payable with respect to whole shares of Parent Common Stock represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrued for with a record date after the benefit of holders Effective Time (but before such surrender date) and with a payment date subsequent to the issuance of the Parent Common Stock issuable with respect to such Certificate.
(a) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Company of any shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time other than to settle transfers of Company Common Stock that occurred prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange and Paying Agent, they shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration payable in accordance with Section 2.1 and the procedures set forth in this Article II.
(b) In the event of a transfer of ownership of a Certificate representing Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of Company, the Merger Consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if the Certificate formerly representing such Company Common Stock shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment or issuance shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment or issuance to a Person other than the registered Holder of the Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that the Tax has been paid or is not applicable.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Certificates for exchange, no dividend or other distribution with respect to Parent Common Stock shall be payable on or with respect to any fractional share, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of Parent. In lieu of the issuance of any such fractional share, Parent shall pay to each former stockholder of Company who otherwise would be entitled to receive such fractional share, an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent) determined by multiplying (i) the Parent Share Value by (ii) the fraction of a share (after taking into account all shares of Company Common Stock held by such Holder at the Effective Time and rounded to the nearest one ten-thousandth when expressed in decimal form) of Parent Common Stock to which such Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.
1. The parties acknowledge that payment of the cash consideration in lieu of issuing fractional shares was not separately bargained-for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding off for purposes of avoiding the expense and inconvenience that would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares.
(d) The Exchange and Paying Agent (or, subsequent to the first anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any portion of the Merger Consideration such amounts as the Exchange and Paying Agent or Parent, as the case may be, is required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law, with respect to the making of such payment. To the extent that the amounts are so withheld by the Exchange and Paying Agent or Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of whom such deduction and withholding was made by the Exchange and Paying Agent or Parent, as the case may be.
(e) Any portion of the Exchange and Payment Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of Company as of the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be paid to Parent. Any former stockholders of Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent with respect to the Merger Consideration and any unpaid dividends and other distributions on the Parent Common Stock deliverable in respect of each share of Company Common Stock such stockholder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon, subject to the requirements of abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, Company, the Exchange and Paying Agent or any other Person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws.
(f) The Exchange and Paying Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange and Payment Fund as directed by Parent, on a daily basis; provided that no such investment or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to holders of Certificates pursuant to this Article II. Any interest or Book-Entry Sharesother income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent, upon demand.
(g) In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if reasonably required by Parent or the Exchange and Paying Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange and Paying Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) Subject to the terms of the Exchange and Paying Agent Agreement, Parent, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, shall have the right to make all determinations, not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, governing (i) the validity of any Letter of Transmittal and compliance by any Company stockholder with the procedures and instructions set forth herein and therein, (ii) the issuance and delivery of the whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock into which shares of Company Common Stock are converted in the First Merger and (iii) the method of payment of the cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock.
(i) In the case of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that are not represented by Certificates, the parties shall make such adjustments to this Article II as are necessary or appropriate to implement the same purpose and effect that this Article II has with respect to shares of Company Common Stock that are represented by Certificates.
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