Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock Options, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares, in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose. (b) The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock Options following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article III. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving Corporation. (c) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable. (d) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Options, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Time. (e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are registered if such Company Common Share Certificates shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.03, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article III. (f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. (g) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled. (h) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Allied World Assurance Co Holdings LTD), Merger Agreement (Allied World Assurance Co Holdings LTD), Merger Agreement (Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc)
Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares Shares, Company Stock Options and Company Stock OptionsWarrants, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares, Warrants in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or interest, (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill CompaniesCompanies or (iv) money market funds investing solely in a combination of the foregoing, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares and or Company Stock Options following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III IV and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article IIIIV. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving CorporationCorporation or Parent, as Parent directs.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three five (35) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Company Common Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(d) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions instructions, or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Company Paying Agent for delivery (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Company Paying Agent may reasonably request) in the case of a book-entry transfer of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock OptionsShares, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicablethereof, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the The Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Paying Agent shall accept such Company Common Share Certificates or Uncertificated Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information upon compliance with such reasonable terms and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from conditions as the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Timemay impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates so surrendered or the Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares Share shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.034.03, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender or transfer the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article IIIIV.
(f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year six months after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III IV shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims claim for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(g) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund made available to the Company Paying Agent pursuant to Section 4.03(a) to pay for Company Common Shares for which appraisal rights have been perfected shall be returned to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, upon demand by Parent.
(h) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(hi) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Astrazeneca PLC), Merger Agreement (Medimmune Inc /De)
Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock Options, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares, in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or interest, (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or (iv) such other investments, or a combination thereofof the foregoing, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving CorporationParent; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares and or Company Stock Options following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III IV and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article IIIIV. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving CorporationParent.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(d) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock OptionsShares, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicablethereof, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Time.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates so surrendered or the Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.034.03, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article IIIIV.
(f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one six (16) year months after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III IV shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims claim for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(g) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(h) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Cnet Networks Inc), Merger Agreement (CBS Corp)
Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company Parent shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent the Company (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior to Immediately following completion of the Merger Effective Timeand the cancellation of the Company Stock Options and Company Stock Based Awards, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Shares, Company Stock Options, and Company Stock-Based Awards, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares, in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The , and to cause the Paying Agent to make, and the Paying Agent shall make, payments of the Merger Consideration out of the Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) to the holders of Merger Shares, Company Stock Options, and Company Stock-Based Awards in accordance with this Agreement. The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Mxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares Shares, Company Stock Options, and Company Stock Options Stock-Based Awards following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article III. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving Corporation.
(cb) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options Shares: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(d) . Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Optionsinstructions, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicablethereof, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Time.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates Certificate so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.03, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article III.
(f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(g) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(h) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.Merger
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Samples: Merger Agreement (PRA International), Merger Agreement (PRA International)
Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock Optionsexchange in accordance with this SECTION III, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options the Option Consideration and Company Restricted Shares, the Warrant Consideration in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in as directed by Parent; provided, that such investments shall only be: (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no . No gain or loss thereon on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares and Shares, Company Stock Options or Company Warrants following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article SECTION III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article SECTION III. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving CorporationParent, and for income tax purposes will be treated as earned by Parent.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three five (35) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(d) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Optionsinstructions, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicablethereof, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Time.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates shall be properly endorsed with signature guaranteed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.03, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options Certificates pursuant to the provisions of this Article SECTION III.
(f) The Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender for exchange of Company Common Share Certificates in accordance with the terms of this SECTION III shall be deemed to have been issued and paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Company Common Shares so exchanged.
(g) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one six (16) year months after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article SECTION III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims for to claim the Merger Consideration or Option Considerationowed to them hereunder, as applicablewithout interest thereon. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(gh) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(hi) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. If Company Share Certificates are presented to the Company for transfer, they shall be cancelled against delivery of the Merger Consideration in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.03. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options Certificates shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior Prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation Purchaser to deposit with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Warrants, Company Restricted Shares and Company Stock OptionsStock-Based Awards, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration, Company Option Consideration and Company Warrant Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options Restricted Shares and Company Restricted Shares, Stock-Based Awards in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Services Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Warrants, Company Restricted Shares and Company Stock Options Stock-Based Awards following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III ARTICLE IV and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article IIIARTICLE IV. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving Corporation.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Company Common Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) ), and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(d) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions instructions, or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established receipt of an “agent’s message” by the Company Paying Agent for delivery (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer as the Company Paying Agent may reasonably request) in the case of a book-entry transfer of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock OptionsShares, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate product of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt multiplied by the number of Company Paying Agent of Common Shares represented by such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Time.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates so surrendered or the Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares Share shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.034.03, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender or transfer the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article IIIARTICLE IV.
(f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III ARTICLE IV shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims claim for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(g) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay pay, in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate relate, the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(h) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Certificates or Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options representing Merger Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co)
Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company Parent shall appoint as paying exchange agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent the Company (the “Company Paying Exchange Agent”). At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit with the Company Paying Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Company Shares, sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock Options, cash in an amount sufficient to pay satisfy the aggregate Closing Merger Consideration required and sufficient cash to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient satisfy payments for fractional shares, and at or prior to pay the Dyloject Approval, Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Escrow Agent to deposit with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Merger Shares, in accordance sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock to satisfy the Merger Consideration due and payable pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii), if any, together with this Agreement sufficient cash to satisfy payments for fractional shares, (such cash amounts being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Surviving Corporation Fund fees and expenses of the Exchange Agent shall not be used for any other purposepaid by Parent.
(b) The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock Options following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article III. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving Corporation.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Exchange Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Merger Shares to the Company Paying Exchange Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Merger Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(dc) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Exchange Agent of Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Options, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, therefor (x) (i) a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock into which the aggregate shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by the Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Shares so surrendered shall have been converted pursuant to Section 3.01(b4.01(b)(i), (ii) if, and only if, Dyloject Approval is obtained, a certificate representing that additional number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d4.01(b)(ii), as applicableif any, and (y) a check in the form amount of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days any cash for fractional shares of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Stock due pursuant to Section 4.01(c) and any cash owing under Section 4.08. The Merger Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding The Exchange Agent shall accept such Merger Shares upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies accordance with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Timenormal exchange practices.
(ed) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.034.05, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Merger Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender or transfer the Merger Consideration, subject to Section 4.08 hereof. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article IIIIV.
(fe) Any Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year Consideration remaining unclaimed five years after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares (or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the such earlier date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to to, or become property of of, any Governmental Authority Authority) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Lawlaw, become the property of the Surviving Corporation Parent free and clear of any claims Table of Contents or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Exchange Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund made available to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section 4.05(a) to pay for shares of Company Common Stock for which appraisal rights have been perfected shall be returned to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, upon demand by Parent.
(g) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporationdestroyed, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Exchange Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(h) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company Parent shall appoint as paying exchange agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent the Company (the “Company Paying Exchange Agent”). At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit with the Company Paying Exchange Agent, in trust for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock OptionsShares, sufficient cash in an amount sufficient to pay satisfy (i) the aggregate Merger Consideration required due and payable upon surrender of the Certificates pursuant to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient the provisions of this Article IV and (ii) if requested by the Company, the aggregate amounts payable to pay the holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares, Warrants in accordance with Sections 4.02 and 4.03 of this Agreement (such Agreement. All cash being deposited with the Exchange Agent shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, deliver the Merger Consideration contemplated to be paid pursuant to the provisions of this Article IV out of the Surviving Corporation Fund. The Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) . The fees and expenses of the Exchange Agent shall be paid by Parent. The Exchange Agent shall invest the Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or interest, (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill CompaniesCompanies or (iv) money market funds investing solely in a combination of the foregoing, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to hereunder and the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock Options following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s the Buyer Parties’ obligation under this Article IIIAgreement. Any and all interest and other income earned on resulting from such investments shall be the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be property of, and paid to the Surviving Corporationto, Parent.
(cb) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Exchange Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Merger Shares to the Company Paying Exchange Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Merger Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(dc) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Exchange Agent of Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Options, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, therefor a check drawn by the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) Exchange Agent or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, a bank cashier’s check in the form amount that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated this Article IV. The Merger Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding The Exchange Agent shall accept such Merger Shares upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies accordance with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Timenormal exchange practices.
(ed) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.034.05, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Merger Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender or transfer the Merger Consideration, subject to Section 4.08 hereof. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash the Merger Consideration payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article IIIIV, irrespective of the time when such Merger Shares are surrendered for exchange.
(fe) Any Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one Consideration remaining unclaimed two (12) year years after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares (or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the such earlier date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to to, or become property of of, any Governmental Authority Authority) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation Parent free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Exchange Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund made available to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section 4.05(a) to pay for shares of Company Common Stock for which appraisal rights have been perfected shall be returned to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, upon demand by Parent.
(g) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporationdestroyed, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Exchange Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(h) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company Parent shall appoint as paying exchange agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent the Company (the “Company Paying Exchange Agent”). At or prior to the Merger Effective Time, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit with the Company Paying Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Company Shares, sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock Options, cash in an amount sufficient to pay satisfy the aggregate Closing Merger Consideration required and sufficient cash to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient satisfy payments for fractional shares, and at or prior to pay the Dyloject Approval, Parent or the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Escrow Agent to deposit with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Merger Shares, in accordance sufficient shares of Parent Common Stock to satisfy the Merger Consideration due and payable pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii), if any, together with this Agreement sufficient cash to satisfy payments for fractional shares, (such cash amounts being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The Surviving Corporation Fund fees and expenses of the Exchange Agent shall not be used for any other purposepaid by Parent.
(b) The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares and Company Stock Options following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article III. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving Corporation.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Exchange Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Merger Shares to the Company Paying Exchange Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Merger Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(dc) Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Exchange Agent of Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Options, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, therefor (x) (i) a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock into which the aggregate shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by the Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Shares so surrendered shall have been converted pursuant to Section 3.01(b4.01(b)(i), (ii) if, and only if, Dyloject Approval is obtained, a certificate representing that additional number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d4.01(b)(ii), as applicableif any, and (y) a check in the form amount of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days any cash for fractional shares of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Stock due pursuant to Section 4.01(c) and any cash owing under Section 4.08. The Merger Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding The Exchange Agent shall accept such Merger Shares upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies accordance with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Timenormal exchange practices.
(ed) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates Merger Shares shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.034.05, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Merger Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender or transfer the Merger Consideration, subject to Section 4.08 hereof. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article IIIIV.
(fe) Any Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year Consideration remaining unclaimed five years after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares (or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the such earlier date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to to, or become property of of, any Governmental Authority Authority) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Lawlaw, become the property of the Surviving Corporation Parent free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Exchange Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(f) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund made available to the Exchange Agent pursuant to Section 4.05(a) to pay for shares of Company Common Stock for which appraisal rights have been perfected shall be returned to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, upon demand by Parent.
(g) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporationdestroyed, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Exchange Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(h) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Merger Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company Parent shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent the Company (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior to Immediately following completion of the Merger Effective Timeand the cancellation of the Company Stock Options, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Shares, and Company Stock-Based Awards, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares, in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The ) and to cause the Company Paying Agent to make, and the Company Paying Agent shall make, payments of the Merger Consideration out of the Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) to the holders of Merger Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Shares, and Company Stock-Based Awards in accordance with this Agreement. The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Shares, and Company Stock Options Stock-Based Awards following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article III. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving Corporation.
(cb) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options Shares: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Certificates or any uncertificated Company Common Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, (“Book-Entry Shares”) in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(d) . Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates or Book-Entry Shares for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Optionsinstructions, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Certificate or Book-Entry Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicablethereof, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Certificate or Book-Entry Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Time.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates Certificate or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are registered if such Company Common Share Certificates Certificate or Book-Entry Shares shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.033.3, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share Book-Entry Shares shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Certificates or Book-Entry Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant to the provisions of this Article III.
(fc) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims claim for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(gd) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(he) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Certificates or Book-Entry Shares or Company Stock Options representing Merger Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such Shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Cutter & Buck Inc)
Payment of Merger Consideration; Stock Transfer Books. (a) Prior to the Merger Effective Time, the Company Parent shall appoint as paying agent a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to Parent the Company (the “Company Paying Agent”). At or prior to Immediately following completion of the Merger Effective Timeand the cancellation of the Company Stock Options, Parent shall deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation to deposit deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Company Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Merger Shares and Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Shares, and Company Stock-Based Awards, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid plus cash in an amount sufficient to pay holders of Company Stock Options and Company Restricted Shares, in accordance with this Agreement (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation Fund”). The , and to cause the Company Paying Agent to make, and the Company Paying Agent shall make, payments of the Merger Consideration out of the Surviving Corporation Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.
(b) to the holders of Merger Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Shares, and Company Stock-Based Awards in accordance with this Agreement. The Surviving Corporation Fund shall be invested by the Company Paying Agent in (i) direct obligations of the United States of America, (ii) obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for payment of all principal and interest or (iii) commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, or a combination thereof, as directed by and for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that no gain or loss thereon shall affect the amounts payable to the holders of Merger Shares Shares, Company Stock Options, Company Restricted Shares, and Company Stock Options Stock-Based Awards following completion of the Merger pursuant to this Article III and Parent shall take all actions necessary to ensure that the Surviving Corporation Fund includes at all times cash sufficient to satisfy Parent’s obligation under this Article III. Any and all interest and other income earned on the Surviving Corporation Fund shall promptly be paid to the Surviving Corporation.
(cb) As promptly as practicable after the Merger Effective Time, but in no event more than three (3) Business Days following the Merger Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Company Paying Agent to mail to each person who was, as of immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time, a holder of record of the Merger Shares or Company Stock Options Shares: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form approved by the Company and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates representing the Merger Shares (the “Company Common Share Certificates”) or uncertificated Merger Shares represented by book entry (the “Uncertificated Shares”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Common Share Certificates or transfer of the Uncertificated Shares to the Company Paying Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Common Share Certificates, the transfer of the Uncertificated Shares or the surrender of Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration or the Option Consideration, as applicable.
(d) . Upon (i) surrender to the Company Paying Agent of Company Common Share Certificates for cancellation, together with such letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions or (ii) compliance with the reasonable procedures established by the Company Paying Agent for delivery of Uncertificated Shares or surrender of Company Stock Optionsinstructions, the holder of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, in cash, the aggregate Merger Consideration in respect thereof calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(b), Section 3.01(c) or Section 3.01(d), as applicable, in the form of a check, to be mailed within three (3) Business Days of receipt by the Company Paying Agent of such Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicablethereof, and the Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options, as applicable, Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stockholder of the Company who beneficially owns in excess of thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Company Common Shares provides to the Company wire transfer account information and otherwise complies with this Section 3.03 at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, such stockholder shall receive the Merger Consideration to which such stockholder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.01(b) by wire transfer from the Company Paying Agent immediately after the Merger Effective Time.
(e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Merger Shares that is not registered in the transfer records of the Company, payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the applicable Merger Shares may be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Company Common Share Certificates Certificate so surrendered or Uncertificated Shares so transferred are is registered if such Company Common Share Certificates Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer or such Uncertificated Shares shall be properly transferred and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect thereof or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, as contemplated by this Section 3.03, each Company Common Share Certificate or Uncertificated Share shall be deemed at all times after the Merger Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or shall will accrue on any cash payable to holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Shares or Company Stock Options Certificates pursuant to the provisions of this Article III.
(fc) Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options for one (1) year after the Merger Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options who have not theretofore complied with this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for, and the Surviving Corporation shall remain liable for, payment of their claims claim for the Merger Consideration or Option Consideration, as applicable. Any portion of the Surviving Corporation Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Merger Shares or Company Stock Options as of the a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. None of Parent, the Company Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Merger Shares for any such shares (or Company Stock Options for dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(gd) If any Company Common Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Common Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Company Common Share Certificate, the Company Paying Agent shall pay in respect of Merger Shares to which such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Common Share Certificate relate the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled.
(he) At the Merger Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Merger Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. From and after the Merger Effective Time, the holders of Company Common Share Certificates, Uncertificated Certificates representing Merger Shares or Company Stock Options shall cease to have any rights with respect theretoto such Shares, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or by applicable Law.
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