No Further Ownership Rights in Company Shares From and after the Merger Effective Time, all Company Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, retired and cease to exist, and each holder of a Certificate or Uncertificated Shares theretofore representing any Company Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration payable therefor upon the surrender thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.10. The Merger Consideration paid in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Shares. From and after the Merger Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of Company Shares that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, other than transfers to reflect, in accordance with customary settlement procedures, trades effected prior to the Merger Effective Time. If, after the Merger Effective Time, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
Transfer Books; No Further Ownership Rights in Company Stock The Merger Consideration paid in respect of shares of Company Common Stock upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock previously represented by such Certificates, and at the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates that evidenced ownership of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares of Company Common Stock, except as otherwise provided for herein or by applicable Law. Subject to the last sentence of Section 2.2(e), if, at any time after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
Company Employees Each Party shall not, directly or indirectly solicit for employment, any employee of the other Party who has been directly involved in the performance of this Agreement during the Term and for one year after the earlier of the termination or expiration of this Agreement or the termination of such individual's employment, with the other Party. It shall not be a violation of this provision if any employee responds to a Party's general advertisement of an open position.
Seller's Employees Purchaser will interview and evaluate in accordance with its normal employment procedures those Persons employed as field personnel in the capacity of pumper, foreman, operator, technician, mechanic, superintendent, repairman, utility man, or other similar field classifications by Seller in connection with the Subject Properties and identified by letter of even date herewith from Seller to Purchaser who desire to be considered for employment by Purchaser, and will offer in writing employment to those Persons for whom Purchaser in its sole discretion determines a need. If Purchaser fails to offer such employment to all of such Persons, Purchaser shall not, as a result of such failure, otherwise be in default under this Agreement, but shall be required to reimburse Seller for severance benefits paid by Seller to each such Person not offered employment by Purchaser; provided, that such reimbursement shall not exceed that amount determined by multiplying each such employee's normal weekly wage by twelve (12). Persons offered employment with Purchaser will be offered employment at their current work location with compensation and benefits comparable to those provided to Purchaser's current employees performing similar tasks, or, if none, with compensation and benefits comparable to those provided by Seller Such offers shall be made prior to Closing, but shall be contingent upon the occurrence of Closing and such employment shall not commence until Closing. If any such Person employed by Purchaser is terminated by Purchaser within six (6) months of Closing, Purchaser shall pay such Person a severance benefit equal to the amount determined by multiplying each such employee's normal weekly wage by ten (10). Purchaser shall have no obligation under this Section 13.19 with respect to Persons offered employment by Purchaser pursuant to this Section 13.19 who decline such employment, except that the foregoing provisions shall apply to the extent that such Person accepts employment with Purchaser or any of its Affiliates within twelve (12) months of Closing.
No Further Ownership Rights in Company Stock All Merger Shares issued upon the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock. If, after the Effective Time, any Company Certificate is presented to the Surviving Corporation, such Company Certificate shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
Seller Benefit Plans Unless otherwise provided under the terms of the applicable Employee Benefit Plan or the Transition Services Agreement, effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Applicable Closing Date, each Employee shall cease all active participation in and accrual of benefits under the Employee Benefit Plans that are not Assumed Benefit Plans (such Employee Benefit Plans, along with any other benefit or compensation plan, program, policy or arrangement at any time sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by any of the Sellers, the Transferred Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, the “Retained Benefit Plans”). The Assumed Benefit Plans are set forth in Section 6.02 of the Disclosure Schedule). Sellers and their affiliates (other than any of the Transferred Subsidiaries) shall retain or assume all liabilities and obligations under or with respect to the Retained Benefit Plans, whether arising before, on or after the Applicable Closing Date (such liabilities and obligations shall be deemed Retained Liabilities for all purposes under this Agreement notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), and neither Purchaser nor any of its affiliates (including, after the Applicable Closing Date, any of the Transferred Subsidiaries) shall sponsor, contribute to or maintain, or have any liability with respect to, any of the Retained Benefit Plans, other than the Purchaser Retention Payment described in Section 6.11 hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) any employee or former employee working in the Business who (i) as of the Applicable Closing Date is receiving or eligible to receive short-term disability benefits under a Retained Benefit Plan, or (ii) as of the Applicable Closing Date is receiving or is in an eligibility waiting or exclusion period for purposes of receiving long-term disability benefits under a Retained Benefit Plan, shall become eligible or continue to be eligible, as applicable, to receive such benefits under a Retained Benefit Plan and (b) Sellers and their affiliates (other than the Transferred Subsidiaries) will assume or retain any obligations under Section 4980B of the Code, Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, or similar state Law (“COBRA”) with respect to employees and any other qualified beneficiaries (i) who are enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage under a Retained Benefit Plan as of the Applicable Closing Date, or (ii) with respect to whom a COBRA qualifying event occurred on or prior to the Applicable Closing Date. Following the Applicable Closing Date, each Transferred Employee shall be permitted to elect to take distribution (subject to applicable Law) of his or her vested accounts under any Retained Benefit Plan that is a U.S. tax-qualified defined contribution plan and, if a Transferred Employee so elects, to roll them over, directly or otherwise, in accordance with applicable Law, to an individual retirement account or to a U.S. tax-qualified defined contribution retirement plan established or maintained by Purchaser or a Transferred Subsidiary (the “Buyer U.S. Defined Contribution Plans”), and Purchaser and Sellers shall reasonably cooperate to facilitate the direct rollover of distributions, including loan balances, to the Buyer U.S. Defined Contribution Plans where elected by the Transferred Employee. Effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the Applicable Closing Date, Purchaser shall assume or a Transferred Subsidiary shall retain (as applicable) and honor in accordance with their terms the Assumed Benefit Plans and shall be solely responsible for all liabilities under the Assumed Benefit Plans, whether arising before, on or after the applicable Closing (such liabilities and obligations shall be Assumed Liabilities for all purposes under this Agreement), and Sellers shall not sponsor, contribute to or maintain, or have any liability with respect to, the Assumed Benefit Plans.
Non-Solicitation of Company Employees Executive shall not, at any time during the Restricted Period (as defined below), without the prior written consent of the Company, engage in the following conduct (a “Solicitation”):
Former Employees Newco shall have no Liability with respect to (1) Former Employees or (2) as provided in the Transaction Agreement, former employees of JBG or its Affiliates who had a termination event on or prior to the Closing, in each case, regardless of when such Liability arises. Vornado shall retain Liability, if any, with respect to Former
No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock All shares of Parent Common Stock issued upon the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash paid in respect thereof) shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Capital Stock, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Capital Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I.
Nonsolicitation of Company’s Employees Executive agrees that during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of this Agreement, Executive will not, either directly or indirectly, separately or in association with others, interfere with, impair, disrupt or damage Company’s business by soliciting, encouraging or attempting to hire any of Company’s employees or causing others to solicit or encourage any of Company’s employees to discontinue their employment with Company.
