LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION. Immediately after the transfer of Assets provided for in Section 1.1, the Acquired Fund will distribute in complete liquidation of the Acquired Fund to the shareholders of record of each class of Acquired Fund Shares, determined as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") on the Closing Date (the "Acquired Fund Shareholders"), on a pro rata basis, all the Acquiring Fund Shares of the corresponding class received by the Acquired Fund pursuant to Section 1.1. Such distribution and liquidation will be accomplished by the transfer of the Acquiring Fund Shares then credited to the account of the Acquired Fund on the books of the Acquiring Fund to open accounts on the share records of the Acquiring Fund in the names of the Acquired Fund Shareholders, and representing the respective pro rata number of each class of Acquiring Fund Shares due Acquired Fund Shareholders holding the corresponding class of Acquired Fund Shares. All issued and outstanding shares of the Acquired Fund will simultaneously be redeemed and cancelled on the books of the Acquired Fund and will be null and void. The Acquiring Fund shall not issue certificates representing Acquiring Fund Shares in connection with such exchange.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Principal Investors Fund Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Principal Variable Contracts Fund Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Wm Variable Trust)
