No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of Tuatara, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. (b) Each of Tuatara, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Law; provided, however, that the relevant payor will reasonably cooperate with the relevant payee prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corp), Merger Agreement (Tuatara Capital Acquisition Corp)
No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of TuataraHTP, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Participating Merger Consideration payable as of the Effective Time delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Participating Merger Consideration payable as of the Effective Time that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Participating Merger Consideration payable as of the Effective Time would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving CorporationCompany, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of TuataraHTP, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation Company and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Law; provided, however, that the relevant payor will reasonably cooperate with the relevant payee prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory paymentswithholding (i) are with respect to any payments in the nature of compensation, (ii) attributable to the failure of any Person to provide any Tax documents required in connection with any Letter of Transmittal pursuant to Section 4.09(b) or the documentation in Section 4.10(b)(ii), or (iii) required under applicable Law and Section 1446(f) of the Code as a result of the payee’s failure or inability to provide an IRS Form W-9 in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, connection with its Letter of Transmittal or otherwise minimizing establish an exemption, prior to Closing, the extent permitted by applicable Law, payor will prior to any deduction or withholding use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) notify the Surviving Company of any anticipated withholding and (B) reasonably cooperate with the Surviving Company to minimize the amount of any such deduction and applicable withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that no withholding is required under applicable U.S. federal income Tax Law as in effect as of the Effective Time (other than with respect to compensatory payments or any deduction or withholding required by reason of the failure by, or ineligibility of, any Holder or Blocker Owner to timely provide a duly executed and properly completed IRS Form W-9 or, with respect to the Blocker Owners, the documentation required by Section 4.10(b)(ii)) with respect to any amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) If a Holder is unable to provide a duly executed and properly completed IRS Form W-9, then, to the extent that the Company and HTP determine in good faith that withholding is required under Section 1446 of the Code, (i) such Holder shall provide a certificate substantially in the form described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1446(f)-2(c)(2)(ii)(B) or (ii) the Company shall deliver a certificate substantially in the form described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1446(f)-2(c)(2)(ii)(C), in each case that is reasonably acceptable to HTP, setting forth the liabilities of the Company allocated to the Company Units sold or deemed to be sold pursuant to this Agreement under Section 752 of the Code.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Highland Transcend Partners I Corp.), Merger Agreement (Highland Transcend Partners I Corp.)
No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of TuataraMonocle, the Surviving PubcoNewCo, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of TuataraMonocle, the Surviving PubcoNewCo, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person Holder pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Law; provided, however, that the relevant payor will reasonably cooperate with the relevant payee prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person Holder in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. Without limitation of the foregoing, such withholding with respect to the payments or issuances to Holders of In-the-Money SARs and Earnout Shares issued in respect of In the Money SARS, as applicable, shall be deducted first, from the cash payments described in Section 4.1(b)(iii)(A)(x), as applicable, and, to the extent such cash payments are insufficient to satisfy any such required withholding, any additional withholding shall be effectuated through a “net settlement” (or “cashless” settlement) procedure through which NewCo withholds a number of shares of NewCo Common Stock or Earnout Shares, as applicable, from such Holder with a value equal to the applicable required withholding, additional payroll deductions for such withholding from any other compensation payable by NewCo or its Affiliates to such Holder, or any combination of the foregoing, in each case subject to applicable Law.”
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Monocle Acquisition Corp)
No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of TuataraDSAC, the Surviving PubcoNewco, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Lawlaw. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of TuataraDSAC, the Surviving PubcoNewco, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts Taxes as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Applicable Law; provided, however, that (a) except in respect of any (i) compensatory payment, (ii) withholding required as a result of a failure to provide the relevant payor will reasonably FIRPTA Documentation or the Tax forms or documentation required in the Letter of Transmittal or (iii) any withholding on imputed interest relating to the Earnout Shares or the payment of the Per Share Earnout Consideration, the withholding party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) give the Company at least 5 business days’ prior notice of its intention to make such deduction or withholding, and (b) cooperate with the relevant payee prior Company to the making obtain reduction of or relief from such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions deduction or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Applicable Law and and, to the extent so paid over, shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Duddell Street Acquisition Corp.)
No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of TuataraLIVK, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of TuataraLIVK, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Applicable Law; provided, however, that the relevant payor will reasonably cooperate with the relevant payee prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that no withholding is required under applicable U.S. federal income Tax Law as in effect as of the Effective Time (other than with respect to compensatory payments or any deduction or withholding required by reason of the failure by the Company to provide the certification described in Section 4.08(b)(iii) or by any Holder to timely provide a duly executed and properly completed IRS Form W-9 or W-8BEN, as may be applicable) with respect to any amounts payable pursuant to this this Agreement.
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No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of TuataraMonocle, the Surviving PubcoNewCo, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of TuataraMonocle, the Surviving PubcoNewCo, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person Holder pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Law; provided, however, that the relevant payor will reasonably cooperate with the relevant payee prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person Holder in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. Without limitation of the foregoing, such withholding (i) with respect to the payments to Holders of In-the-Money SARs described in Section 4.1(b)(iii)(A) shall be deducted solely from the cash payments described in Section 4.1(b)(iii)(A)(x) (and, to the extent such cash payments are insufficient to satisfy any such required withholding, any additional withholding shall be deducted from the applicable Holder’s first payroll payment (and, if necessary, any subsequent payroll payments) from the Surviving Corporation or its applicable Affiliate that is on or following the Effective Time in accordance with such Surviving Corporation’s or Affiliate’s ordinary payroll procedures), and (ii) with respect to any issuance of Earnout Shares to Holders of In-the-Money SARs (as described in Section 4.8) may be effectuated through any means established by NewCo and reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representative, including, without limitation, requiring cash payment of any such withholding by such Holders to the NewCo for remittance to the applicable Governmental Authority, a “net settlement” (or “cashless” settlement) procedure through which NewCo withholds a number of Earnout Shares from such Holder with a value equal to the applicable required withholding, additional payroll deductions for such withholding from any other compensation payable by NewCo or its Affiliates to such Holder, or any combination of the foregoing, in each case subject to applicable Law.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Monocle Acquisition Corp)
No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of Tuatarathe Parties, the Merger Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation or Company and the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration Company Exchange Shares or Company Exchange Warrants delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Lawlaw. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration Company Exchange Shares or Company Exchange Warrants that remains undistributed to the Holders BSAQ Shareholders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration Company Exchange Shares or Company Exchange Warrants would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving CorporationCompany, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each Notwithstanding any other provision of Tuatarathis Agreement, each of the Parties, the Merger Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation Company and the Exchange Agent Agent, and any other applicable withholding agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts Taxes as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable LawTax law; provided, howeverthat if any Party determines that any payment hereunder is subject to deduction and/or withholding, that then it shall (i) use commercially reasonable efforts to provide written notice and include the relevant payor will amount of and basis for such deduction or withholding to the Party against whom such deduction or withholding is expected to be made as soon as reasonably practicable after such determination and (ii) consult and cooperate with the relevant payee prior such Party reasonably and in good faith to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether reduce or eliminate any such deductions deduction or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable LawTax law. The Company may give effect to withholding hereunder by withholding (or causing to be withheld) any consideration issued in the form of Company Exchange Shares, Company Exchange Warrants or other consideration issued in kind, and then selling (or instructing to be sold) such deduction and withholdingportion of such consideration issued in kind to the extent necessary to satisfy the applicable withholding obligations. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law Tax law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.
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Samples: Business Combination Agreement (Black Spade Acquisition Co)
No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of TuataraSilver Spike, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving CorporationCompany, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of TuataraSilver Spike, the Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation Company and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Law; provided, however, that the relevant payor will reasonably cooperate with the relevant payee prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that no withholding is required under applicable U.S. federal income Tax Law as in effect as of the Effective Time (other than with respect to compensatory payments or any deduction or withholding required by reason of the failure by any Holder to timely provide a duly executed and properly completed IRS Form W-9) with respect to any amounts payable pursuant to this this Agreement.
(c) If a Holder is unable to provide a duly executed and properly completed IRS Form W-9, then (i) such Holder shall provide a certificate substantially in the form described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1446(f)-2(c)(2)(ii)(B) or (ii) the Company shall deliver a certificate substantially in in the form described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1446(f)-2(c)(2)(ii)(C), in each case that is reasonably acceptable to Silver Spike, setting forth the liabilities of the Company allocated to the Common Units or Incentive Units sold or deemed to be sold pursuant to this Agreement under Section 752 of the Code.
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No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of TuataraMonocle, the Surviving PubcoNewCo, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration that remains undistributed to the Holders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of TuataraMonocle, the Surviving PubcoNewCo, the Surviving Corporation and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person Holder pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Law; provided, however, that the relevant payor will reasonably cooperate with the relevant payee prior to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether any such deductions or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person Holder in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. Without limitation of the foregoing, such withholding (i) with respect to the payments to Holders of In-the-Money SARs described in Sections 4.1(b)(iii)(A) and 4.1(c)(iii)(A), as applicable, shall be deducted solely from the cash payments described in Sections 4.1(b)(iii)(A)(x) and 4.1(c)(iii)(A)(x), respectively (and, to the extent such cash payments are insufficient to satisfy any such required withholding, any additional withholding shall be deducted from the applicable Holder’s first payroll payment (and, if necessary, any subsequent payroll payments) from the Surviving Corporation or its applicable Affiliate that is on or following the Effective Time in accordance with such Surviving Corporation’s or Affiliate’s ordinary payroll procedures), and (ii) with respect to any issuance of Earnout Shares to Holders of In-the-Money SARs (as described in Section 4.8) may be effectuated through any means established by NewCo and reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representative, including, without limitation, requiring cash payment of any such withholding by such Holders to the NewCo for remittance to the applicable Governmental Authority, a “net settlement” (or “cashless” settlement) procedure through which NewCo withholds a number of Earnout Shares from such Holder with a value equal to the applicable required withholding, additional payroll deductions for such withholding from any other compensation payable by NewCo or its Affiliates to such Holder, or any combination of the foregoing, in each case subject to applicable Law.
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No Liability; Withholding. (a) None of Tuatarathe Parties, the Second Merger Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration Company Exchange Shares or Company Exchange Warrants delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Lawlaw. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration Company Exchange Shares or Company Exchange Warrants that remains undistributed to the Holders PAQC Shareholders as of immediately prior to the date on which the Per Share Merger Consideration Company Exchange Shares or Company Exchange Warrants would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving CorporationCompany, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(b) Each of Tuatarathe Parties, the Second Merger Surviving Pubco, the Surviving Corporation Company and the Exchange Agent (without duplication) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under any applicable Applicable Law; provided, howeverthat if the Company or any party acting on its behalf determines that any payment hereunder is subject to deduction and/or withholding, that then the relevant payor will Company shall (i) provide written notice to PAQC as soon as reasonably practicable after such determination and (ii) consult and cooperate with the relevant payee prior PAQC reasonably and in good faith to the making of such deductions and withholding payments to determine whether reduce or eliminate any such deductions deduction or withholding payments (other than with respect to compensatory payments) are required under applicable Law and in obtaining any available exemption or reduction of, or otherwise minimizing to the extent permitted by applicable Applicable Law, such deduction and withholding. Any amounts so deducted and withheld shall be paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Applicable Law and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.
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