Investment of Payment Fund. The Payment Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation; provided that such investments shall be (I) in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, (II) in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, (III) in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $5 billion, or (IV) in money market funds having a rating in the highest investment category granted by a recognized credit rating agency at the time of acquisition or a combination of the foregoing and, in any such case, no such instrument shall have a maturity exceeding three (3) months. To the extent that there are losses with respect to such investments, or the Payment Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level required to make prompt payment of the Merger Consideration as contemplated hereby, Parent shall promptly replace or restore the portion of the Payment Fund lost through investments or other events so as to ensure that the Payment Fund is maintained at a level sufficient to make such payments.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (RiverRoad Capital Partners, LLC), Merger Agreement (Sagrera Ricardo A.), Merger Agreement (Steinberg Michael)
Investment of Payment Fund. The Payment Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation; provided that such investments shall be (I) in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, (II) in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Xxxxx’x Mxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, (III) in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $5 billion, or (IV) in money market funds having a rating in the highest investment category granted by a recognized credit rating agency at the time of acquisition or a combination of the foregoing and, in any such case, no such instrument shall have a maturity exceeding three (3) months. To the extent that there are losses with respect to such investments, or the Payment Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level required to make prompt payment of the Merger Consideration as contemplated hereby, Parent shall promptly replace or restore the portion of the Payment Fund lost through investments or other events so as to ensure that the Payment Fund is maintained at a level sufficient to make such payments.
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Investment of Payment Fund. The Payment Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation; provided provided, that such investments shall be (I) in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, (II) in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, (III) in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $5 billion, or (IV) in money market funds having a rating in the highest investment category granted by a recognized credit rating agency at the time of acquisition or a combination of the foregoing and, in any such case, no such instrument shall have a maturity exceeding three (3) months. To the extent that there are losses with respect to such investments, or the Payment Fund diminishes for other reasons below the level required to make prompt payment of the Merger Consideration as contemplated hereby, Parent shall promptly replace or restore the portion of the Payment Fund lost through investments or other events so as to ensure that the Payment Fund is maintained at a level sufficient to make such payments.
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Investment of Payment Fund. The Payment Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or the Surviving CorporationCompany; provided provided, that such investments shall be (I) in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, (II) in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Xxxxx’x Mxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, (III) in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $5 billion, or (IV) in money market funds having a rating in the highest investment category granted by a recognized credit rating agency at the time of acquisition or a combination of the foregoing and, in any such case, no such instrument shall have a maturity exceeding three (3) months. To the extent that there are losses with respect to such investments, or the Payment Fund diminishes for the other reasons below the level required to make prompt payment of the Merger Consideration as contemplated hereby, Parent shall promptly replace or restore the portion of the Payment Fund lost through investments or other events so as to ensure that the Payment Fund is maintained at a level sufficient to make such payments.
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