Common use of Paying Agent; Surrender and Payment Clause in Contracts

Paying Agent; Surrender and Payment. (a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall enter into a paying agent agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Company with a paying agent designated by Parent and reasonably acceptable to Company (the “Paying Agent”). At or substantially concurrently with the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited by Merger Sub, with the Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Old Certificates, for exchange in accordance with this Article II, cash in an amount sufficient to allow the Paying Agent to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration that is payable in respect of all of the shares of Company Class A Common Stock represented by the Old Certificates, other than Dissenting Shares and shares to be cancelled and retired pursuant to Sections 1.5(b) and (d) (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Payment Fund”). The Paying Agent shall invest any cash included in the Payment Fund as directed by Parent, provided that no such investment or losses thereon shall affect the amount of Merger Consideration payable to the holders of Old Certificates. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent or the Surviving Corporation, or as otherwise directed by Parent. As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, but in no event later than ten (10) calendar days thereafter, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, immediately prior to the Effective Time, a holder of record of one or more Old Certificates representing shares of Company Class A Common Stock at the Effective Time (other than any shares to be cancelled and retired pursuant to Sections 1.5(b) and (d)), a letter of transmittal and instructions (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Old Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery or transfer, as applicable, of the Old Certificates to the Paying Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Old Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration (the “Letter of Transmittal”). For the avoidance of doubt, no amount payable in respect of the Company Equity Awards shall be included in the Payment Fund. (b) Each holder of shares of Company Class A Common Stock that have been converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (other than the Dissenting Shares and any shares cancelled and retired pursuant to Sections 1.5(b) and (d)) shall be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of Company Class A Common Stock represented by an Old Certificate as promptly as reasonably practicable following (i) surrender to the Paying Agent of an Old Certificate (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 2.1(f)), together with a duly completed and validly executed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as may reasonably be requested by the Paying Agent (or receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Paying Agent (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Paying Agent may reasonably request) in the case of book-entry shares, together with such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Paying Agent). No interest will be paid or accrued with respect to any property to be delivered upon surrender of Old Certificates. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.1(b), each Old Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive, upon surrender, the Merger Consideration. (c) If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a person other than the person in whose name the surrendered or transferred Old Certificate, as applicable, is registered, it shall be a condition to such payment that (i) such Old Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer (in the case of a book-entry share, such Old Certificate shall be properly transferred), and (ii) the person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Paying Agent in advance any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of such payment to a person other than the registered holder of such Old Certificate, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable. (d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Company of the shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. (e) Any portion of the Payment Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of Company for one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation. Any former stockholders of Company who have not theretofore exchanged their Old Certificates pursuant to this Article II shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for payment of the Merger Consideration, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Paying Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. (f) In the event any Old Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact (in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent) by the person claiming such Old Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Old Certificate, and following the Paying Agent’s receipt of Letter of Transmittal required by this Section 2.1 with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock represented by such Old Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Old Certificate the Merger Consideration.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (United Rentals North America Inc), Merger Agreement (Neff Corp)

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Paying Agent; Surrender and Payment. (a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall enter into a paying agent agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Company with a paying agent designated by Parent and reasonably acceptable to Company (the “Paying Agent”). At or substantially concurrently with prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited by Merger Sub, with the Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Old Certificates, for exchange in accordance with this Article II, cash in an amount sufficient to allow the Paying Agent to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration that is payable in respect of all of the shares of Company Class A Common Stock represented by the Old Certificates, other than Dissenting Shares and shares to be cancelled and retired pursuant to Sections 1.5(b) and (d) (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Payment Fund”). The Paying Agent shall invest any cash included in the Payment Fund as directed by Parent, provided that no such investment or losses thereon shall affect the amount of Merger Consideration payable to the holders of Old Certificates. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent or the Surviving Corporation, or as otherwise directed by Parent. As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, but in no event later than ten (10) calendar days thereafter, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, immediately prior to the Effective Time, a holder of record of one or more Old Certificates representing shares of Company Class A Common Stock at the Effective Time (other than any shares to be cancelled and retired pursuant to Sections 1.5(b) and (d)), a letter of transmittal and instructions (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Old Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery or transfer, as applicable, of the Old Certificates to the Paying Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Old Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration (the “Letter of Transmittal”). For the avoidance of doubt, no amount payable in respect of the Company Equity Awards shall be included in the Payment Fund. (b) Each holder of shares of Company Class A Common Stock that have been converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (other than the Dissenting Shares and any shares cancelled and retired pursuant to Sections 1.5(b) and (d)) shall be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of Company Class A Common Stock represented by an Old Certificate as promptly as reasonably practicable following (i) surrender to the Paying Agent of an Old Certificate (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 2.1(f)), together with a duly completed and validly executed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as may reasonably be requested by the Paying Agent (or receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Paying Agent (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Paying Agent may reasonably request) in the case of book-entry shares, together with such other documents as may be reasonably requested by the Paying Agent). No interest will be paid or accrued with respect to any property to be delivered upon surrender of Old Certificates. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.1(b), each Old Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive, upon surrender, the Merger Consideration. (c) If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a person Person other than the person Person in whose name the surrendered or transferred Old Certificate, as applicable, is registered, it shall be a condition to such payment that (i) such Old Certificate shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer (in the case of a book-entry share, such Old Certificate shall be properly transferred), and (ii) the person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Paying Agent in advance any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of such payment to a person Person other than the registered holder of such Old Certificate, or required for any other reason, or shall establish to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable. (d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of Company of the shares of Company Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. (e) Any portion of the Payment Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of Company for one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation. Any former stockholders of Company who have not theretofore exchanged their Old Certificates pursuant to this Article II shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for payment of the Merger Consideration, in each case, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Paying Agent or any other person shall be liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. (f) In the event any Old Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact (in a form reasonably satisfactory to Parent) by the person claiming such Old Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such person of a bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Old Certificate, and following the Paying Agent’s receipt of Letter of Transmittal required by this Section 2.1 with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock represented by such Old Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Old Certificate the Merger Consideration.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Merger Agreement (Neff Corp), Merger Agreement (H&E Equipment Services, Inc.)

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