Dissenting Shares Payment for Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by holders who did not vote in favor of the Merger and who comply with all of the relevant provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL (the "Dissenting Shares") shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, and the holders of such Dissenting Shares shall be entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 262 unless and until such holders shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal. If, after the Effective Time, any such holder fails to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or otherwise lost such right, each of such holder's Shares shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into the right to receive, as of the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration without any interest thereon. The Company shall give Sub prompt notice of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of Shares, and, prior to the Effective Time, Sub shall have the right to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Sub, make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (U S Aggregates Inc), Merger Agreement (Monroc Inc), Merger Agreement (U S Aggregates Inc)
Dissenting Shares Payment for Shares. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by holders who did not vote in favor of the Merger and who comply with all of the relevant provisions of Section 262 of the DGCL (the "Dissenting Shares") shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, and the holders of such Dissenting Shares shall be entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 262 unless and until such holders shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal. If, after the Effective Time, any such holder fails to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn or otherwise lost such right, each of such holder's Shares shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into the right to receive, as of the Effective Time, the Merger Consideration without any interest thereon. The Company shall give Sub prompt notice of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of Shares, and, prior to the Effective Time, Sub shall have the right to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Sub, make any payment with respect to, or settle or offer to settle, any such demands.
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