Payments; Default. The Parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the Viking Transaction, and that the damages resulting from the termination of this Agreement under circumstances where the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate calculation and that, without these agreements, the Parties would not enter into this Agreement, and, therefore, the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement, if, as and when required to be paid pursuant to this Section 8.3, shall not constitute a penalty, but rather liquidated damages, and in a reasonable amount that will compensate the Party receiving such amount in the circumstances in which it is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Viking Transaction. Accordingly, if the Company fails to timely pay any amount due pursuant to Section 8.3(b) and, in order to obtain such payment, Purchaser commences a Legal Proceeding that results in a judgment against the Company for the amount set forth in Section 8.3(b) or any portion thereof, the Company shall pay to Purchaser its costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) in connection with such Legal Proceeding, together with interest on such amount or portion thereof at the annual rate of 5% plus the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date that such payment or portion thereof was required to be made through the date that such payment or portion thereof was actually received, or a lesser rate that is the maximum permitted by applicable Law.
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Samples: Series B 2 Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Fluidigm Corp)
Payments; Default. The Parties Company, Parent and Merger Sub each acknowledge and hereby agree that the agreements contained in provisions of this Section 8.3 7.06 are an integral part of the Viking Transaction, and that the damages resulting from the termination of transactions contemplated by this Agreement under circumstances where (including the Company Termination FeeMerger), Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate calculation and that, without these agreementssuch provisions, the Parties Company, Parent and Merger Sub would not enter have entered into this Agreement, and, therefore, . If the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement, if, as and when required shall fail to be paid pursuant to this Section 8.3, shall not constitute a penalty, but rather liquidated damages, and pay in a reasonable amount that will compensate timely manner the Party receiving such amount in the circumstances in which it is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Viking Transaction. Accordingly, if the Company fails to timely pay any amount amounts due pursuant to Section 8.3(b7.06(a), and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent makes a claim against the Company that results in a judgment against the Company, or Parent shall fail to pay in a timely manner the amounts due pursuant to Section 7.06(b) and, in order to obtain such payment, Purchaser commences the Company makes a Legal Proceeding claim against Parent that results in a judgment against Parent, either the Company for the amount set forth in Section 8.3(b) or any portion thereofParent, the Company as applicable, shall pay to Purchaser its other party the reasonable costs and expenses of the other party (including its reasonable attorneys’ feesfees and expenses) incurred or accrued in connection with such Legal Proceedingsuit, together with interest on such amount or portion thereof the amounts set forth in this Section 7.06 at the annual prime lending rate of 5% plus the prime rate prevailing during such period as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect (the “Fee Enforcement Expenses”). Any interest payable hereunder shall be calculated on a daily basis from the date that such payment or portion thereof was amounts were required to be made through paid until (but excluding) the date of actual payment, and on the basis of a 360-day year. All payments under this Section 7.06 to be made by the Company to Parent shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by Parent, and all payments under this Section 7.06 to be made by Parent to the Company shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company. The parties acknowledge and agree that such payment in no event shall (i) the Company be obligated to pay the Termination Fee on more than one occasion or portion thereof was actually received, or (ii) Parent be obligated to pay the Reverse Termination Fee on more than one occasion. The parties hereto also agree that each of the Termination Fee and the Reverse Termination Fee constitutes liquidated damages and not a lesser rate that is the maximum permitted by applicable Lawpenalty.
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Payments; Default. The Parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 8.3 are an integral part of the Viking TransactionMerger, and that the damages resulting from the termination of this Agreement under circumstances where the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate calculation and that, without these agreements, the Parties would not enter into this Agreement, and, therefore, . Each of the Parties further acknowledge and agree that the payment of the Parent Termination Fee by Parent or the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement, ifby the Company, as and when required to be paid applicable, pursuant to this Section 8.3, 8.3 shall not constitute a penalty, but rather will be liquidated damages, and damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate the Party receiving such amount Company and the Buyer Parties, as applicable, in the circumstances in which it such fee is payable payable, for any losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses or obligations, including the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Viking Transactiontransactions contemplated hereby, which amount would otherwise be impossible to calculate with precision. Accordingly, if If the Company or Parent, as the case may be, fails to timely promptly pay any amount due pursuant to Section 8.3(b8.3(b) or Section 8.3(c), as applicable, and, in order to obtain such payment, Purchaser Parent or the Company, as the case may be, commences a Legal Proceeding that results in a final and non-appealable judgment against the Company or Parent, as the case may be, for the payment of the amount set forth in Section 8.3(b8.3(b) or Section 8.3(c), as applicable, or any portion thereof, then the Company party ordered to make such payment shall pay or cause to Purchaser be paid to the other party or parties, as applicable, its or their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) in connection with such Legal Proceeding, together with interest on such amount or portion thereof due pursuant to Section 8.3(b) at the annual rate of 5% plus the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date that such payment or portion thereof was required to be made through the date that such payment or portion thereof was actually received, or a lesser rate that is the maximum permitted by applicable Lawlaw (the amounts described in this sentence, the “Enforcement Costs”); provided that no event shall the Enforcement Costs payable by the Company or Parent, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 8.3(e) exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate. All payments under this Section 8.3 shall be made by the Company to Parent (as directed by Pxxxxx) or Parent to the Company (as directed by the Company), as applicable, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated in writing by Parent or the Company (which account information may be updated by Parent or the Company by written notice to the other party from time to time), as applicable.
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Payments; Default. The Parties acknowledge that (i) the fees and other agreements contained in this Section 8.3 8.02(b) are an integral part of the Viking Transactiontransactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that the damages resulting from the termination of this Agreement under circumstances where (ii) neither the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Fee nor Parent Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement is payable are uncertain a penalty, but rather liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate the other Party in the circumstances in which such fee is payable, and incapable of accurate calculation and that, (iii) without these agreements, the Parties would not enter into this Agreement, and, therefore, the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement, if, as and when required to be paid pursuant to this Section 8.3, shall not constitute a penalty, but rather liquidated damages, and in a reasonable amount that will compensate the Party receiving such amount in the circumstances in which it is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Viking Transaction. Accordingly, if the Company either Party fails to timely promptly pay any amount due pursuant to Section 8.3(b8.02(b) and, in order to obtain such payment, Purchaser commences the payee Party brings a Legal Proceeding Claim that results in a judgment against the Company payor Party for the amount set forth in Section 8.3(b8.02(b) or any portion thereof, the Company shall payor Party will pay to Purchaser the payee Party its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) in connection with such Legal ProceedingClaim, together with interest on such amount or portion thereof at the annual rate of 5% plus the prime rate as published in The the Wall Street Journal in effect on the date that such payment or portion thereof was required to be made through the date that such payment or portion thereof was actually received, or a lesser rate that is the maximum permitted by applicable LawLaw (the “Enforcement Expenses”). The Parties acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Company or Parent, as applicable, be required to pay the Company Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, on more than one occasion. All payments under this Section 8.02 shall be made by the payor Party to the payee Party by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the payee Party. While a Party may pursue both a grant of specific performance in accordance with Section 9.10 and the payment of the Parent Termination Fee or Company Termination Fee (as applicable), under no circumstances shall a Party be permitted or entitled to receive both a grant of specific performance that results in the Closing and payment of the Parent Termination Fee or Company Termination Fee (as applicable).
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Samples: Merger Agreement (W R Grace & Co)
Payments; Default. The Parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the Viking Casdin Transaction, and that the damages resulting from the termination of this Agreement under circumstances where the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate calculation and that, without these agreements, the Parties would not enter into this Agreement, and, therefore, the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement, if, as and when required to be paid pursuant to this Section 8.3, shall not constitute a penalty, but rather liquidated damages, and in a reasonable amount that will compensate the Party receiving such amount in the circumstances in which it is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Viking Casdin Transaction. Accordingly, if the Company fails to timely pay any amount due pursuant to Section 8.3(b) and, in order to obtain such payment, Purchaser commences a Legal Proceeding that results in a judgment against the Company for the amount set forth in Section 8.3(b) or any portion thereof, the Company shall pay to Purchaser its costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) in connection with such Legal Proceeding, together with interest on such amount or portion thereof at the annual rate of 5% plus the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date that such payment or portion thereof was required to be made through the date that such payment or portion thereof was actually received, or a lesser rate that is the maximum permitted by applicable Law.
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Samples: Series B 1 Convertible Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (Fluidigm Corp)
Payments; Default. The Parties acknowledge that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the Viking TransactionTransactions, and that the damages resulting from the termination of this Agreement under circumstances where the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate calculation and that, without these agreements, the Parties would not enter into this Agreement, and, therefore, the Company Termination Fee, Change of Recommendation Termination Fee, Acquisition Termination Fee or Expense Reimbursement, if, as and when required to be paid pursuant to this Section 8.3, shall not constitute a penalty, but rather liquidated damages, and in a reasonable amount that will compensate the Party receiving such amount in the circumstances in which it is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the Viking Transaction. Accordingly, if the Company fails to timely promptly pay any amount due pursuant to Section 8.3(b) or the Parent fails to promptly pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 8.3(c), and, in order to obtain such payment, Purchaser the Parent, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, commences a Legal Proceeding that results in a judgment against the Company for the amount set forth in Section 8.3(b) or any portion thereof or a judgment against the Parent for the amount set forth in Section 8.3(c) or any portion thereof, as applicable, the Company shall will pay to Purchaser the Parent or the Parent will pay to the Company, as the case may be, its out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) in connection with such Legal Proceeding, together with interest on such amount or portion thereof at the annual rate of 5% plus the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date that such payment or portion thereof was required to be made through the date that such payment or portion thereof was actually received, or a lesser rate that is the maximum permitted by applicable Law, and the terms “Company Termination Fee” and “Parent Termination Fee”, as applicable, shall be increased to include any such additional amounts owed pursuant to this Section 8.3(e). Notwithstanding Section 2.7, the Company Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, as applicable, shall be paid without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any Taxes. In the event that the Company or the Parent, as applicable, deducts or withholds any amount from the payment of such fees, the Company or the Parent (the “Payor”), as applicable, shall pay to the other Party (the “Other Party”) such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amount received by the Other Party after such withholding or deduction (and after deducting or withholding any Taxes on the additional amounts) shall equal the amount that would have been received by the Other Party had no such withholding or deduction been required; provided, however, that to the extent a Tax credit is available in the jurisdiction in which the Other Party is resident in respect of Taxes withheld by the Payor and this credit is available to offset Taxes otherwise payable by the Other Party in such jurisdiction so that the Other Party does not suffer any additional Tax cost as a result of amounts withheld, then no such additional amounts shall be required to be paid. The Other Party agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek such credit. If a withholding tax is imposed on the Payor as a result of an adjustment to Taxes by a Governmental Authority after the payment of the Company Termination Fee or the Parent Termination Fee, the Other Party agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek any available credit for the withheld tax and, to the extent such credit offsets Taxes of the Other Party, to pay to the Payor the amount of such credit (net of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs (including Taxes) incurred by the Other Party in respect of such credit).
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