ESPP. As soon as administratively practicable following the date of this Agreement, but not later than the day immediately prior to the date on which the first (1st) offering period that is regularly scheduled to commence under the ESPP after the date of this Agreement is scheduled to commence, the Company (or, if appropriate, the applicable committee administering the ESPP) shall take all actions necessary or required under the ESPP (including, if appropriate, amending the terms of the ESPP) and applicable Law to (i) suspend the ESPP so that (x) no further offering periods shall commence after the date of this Agreement, (y) no individual participating in any offering period in progress as of the date of this Agreement shall be permitted to increase the amount of his or her rate of payroll contributions thereunder from the rate in effect when the last offering period commenced, or to make separate non-payroll contributions to the ESPP on or following the date of this Agreement; and (z) no individual who is not participating in the ESPP as of the date of this Agreement may commence participation in the ESPP following the date of this Agreement, (ii) end the last offering period that commenced prior to the date of this Agreement on the earlier to occur of its regularly scheduled end date under the terms of the ESPP or three (3) calendar days prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) cause the ESPP to terminate as of the Effective Time such that no further rights shall be granted or exercised under the ESPP thereafter. With respect to the offering period that is in effect on the date of this Agreement, each ESPP participant may apply his or her accumulated payroll deductions to purchase shares of the Company Common Stock under the ESPP in accordance with its terms on the regularly scheduled purchase date for such offering period; provided, that, if the Closing Date occurs prior to the purchase date for the offering period, then each ESPP participant’s accumulated payroll deductions under the ESPP shall be used to purchase Shares in accordance with the terms of the ESPP no later than three (3) business days prior to the Effective Time; provided, further, that the applicable purchase price per Share as set forth in the ESPP shall not be decreased below levels set forth in the ESPP as of the date hereof. All Shares of Company Common Stock purchased under the ESPP shall be considered outstanding Shares for all purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, fo...
ESPP. “ESPP” means the Company’s 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
ESPP. At the Effective Time, in accordance with the terms of the Company ESPP, all rights to purchase shares of Company Common Stock under the Company ESPP shall be converted (in accordance with the Exchange Ratio) into rights to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock (with the number of shares rounded down to the nearest whole share and the purchase price as of the offering date for each offering period in effect as of the Effective Time rounded up to the nearest whole cent) and all such converted rights shall be assumed by Parent and the offering periods in effect under the Company ESPP immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be continued in accordance with the terms of the Company ESPP until the end of the offering periods in effect as of the Effective Time. The Company ESPP shall terminate with the exercise of the last assumed right, and no additional purchase rights shall be granted under the Company ESPP following the Effective Time except that references to the Company in the Company ESPP and related documents shall mean Parent (except that the purchase price as of the offering date for a relevant period shall be determined with respect to the fair market value of the Company's common stock, as adjusted hereby). Parent shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock for issuance upon exercise of rights to purchase Shares of Parent Common Stock under the Company ESPP assumed in accordance with this Section 5.11. Parent agrees that from and after the Effective Time, the Company employees may participate in the Parent ESPP, subject to the terms and conditions of the Parent ESPP, and service with the Company shall be treated as service with the Parent for determining eligibility of the Company Employees under the Parent ESPP. 5.12 Form S-8. Parent agrees to file a registration statement on Form S-8 for the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable with respect to assumed Company Stock Options or the terms of the Company ESPP as soon as is reasonably practicable (and in any event within thirty (30) days) after the Effective Time.
ESPP. Prior to the Effective Time, outstanding purchase rights under Company's ESPP shall be exercised in accordance with Sections 14 and 16 of the ESPP and each share of Company Common Stock purchased pursuant to such exercise shall by virtue of the Merger, and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio without issuance of certificates representing issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock to ESPP participants. Company agrees that it shall terminate the ESPP immediately following the aforesaid purchase of shares of Company Common Stock thereunder.
ESPP. The ESPP shall continue to be operated in accordance with its terms and past practice, provided, that if the Closing is expected to occur prior to the end of an Offering Period (as defined in the ESPP) (“Offering Period”), the Company shall take action to provide for an earlier Exercise Date (as defined in the ESPP) in accordance with Section 19 of the ESPP. Such earlier Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”) shall be as reasonably close to the Closing Date as is administratively practicable, and the Company shall notify each participant in writing at least fifteen (15) days prior to the earlier Exercise Date that the Exercise Date for his or her option (including for purposes of determining the Purchase Price (as defined in the ESPP) of such option) has been changed to the New Exercise Date, and that his or her option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date he or she has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 11 of the ESPP. The Company will not begin an Offering Period after the date of this Agreement.
ESPP. In addition, you will be eligible to participate in the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), through which you can purchase Company common shares at a discount through payroll deductions.
ESPP. As soon as practicable following the date hereof, the Company Board or a committee thereof shall adopt resolutions to provide that each individual participating in an Offering (as defined in the ESPP) in progress on the date hereof shall not be permitted to (i) increase his or her payroll contribution rate pursuant to the ESPP from the rate in effect as of the date hereof; (ii) make separate non-payroll contributions to the ESPP on or following the date hereof, except as may be required by applicable law; or (iii) commence participating in any new Offering that begins following the date hereof. No individual who is not a current participant in the ESPP with respect to any current Offering as of the date hereof shall be allowed to commence participation in the ESPP following the date hereof. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions that may be necessary to, effective upon the consummation of the Merger, (A) cause any Offering that would otherwise be outstanding at the Effective Time to terminate no later than five days prior to the date on which the Effective Time occurs; (B) make any pro rata adjustments that may be necessary to reflect the shortened Offering, but otherwise treat any shortened Offering as a fully effective and completed Offering for all purposes pursuant to the ESPP; (C) cause the exercise (as of no later than one Business Day prior to the date on which the Effective Time occurs) of each outstanding purchase right pursuant to the ESPP; and (D) provide that no further Offering or purchase period shall commence pursuant to the ESPP after the date hereof. On such exercise date, the Company shall apply the funds credited as of such date pursuant to the ESPP within each participant’s payroll withholding account to the purchase of whole shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the ESPP. Immediately prior to and effective as of the Effective Time (but subject to the consummation of the Company Merger), the Company will terminate the ESPP.
ESPP. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions, including adopting any resolutions or amendments, with respect to the Company’s 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”) to: (i) cause the Participation Period (as defined in the ESPP) ongoing as of the date of this Agreement to be the final Participation Period under the ESPP and the options under the ESPP to be exercised on the earlier of (x) the scheduled purchase date for such Participation Period and (y) the date that is seven Business Days prior to the Effective Time (with any participant payroll deductions not applied to the purchase of shares returned to the participant), (ii) prohibit participants in the ESPP from increasing their payroll deductions from those in effect on the date of this Agreement and (iii) terminate the ESPP effective immediately prior to the Effective Time.
ESPP. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all necessary and appropriate actions so that all outstanding purchase rights under the ESPP shall automatically be exercised, in accordance with the terms of the ESPP, immediately prior to the Effective Time, and the shares of Company Common Stock purchased under those exercised rights shall at the Effective Time be cancelled and converted into the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all necessary and appropriate actions so that the ESPP shall terminate with such purchase, and no further purchase rights shall be granted under the ESPP. Employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries who continue in the employ of the Surviving Corporation or Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent after the Effective Time shall be eligible for participation in Parents' Employee Stock Purchase Plan in accordance with the terms, provisions and policies thereof; provided, that such employees shall be eligible to participate in such plan as of the first entry date following the Effective Time on which they qualify as eligible employees under such plan, with service rendered to the Company or any Subsidiary prior to the Effective Time to be taken into account for purposes of satisfying any service requirement for such eligibility to the same extent as if such service had been rendered to Parent.
ESPP. “ESPP” shall mean the Company’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
