Possible Early Termination of Option. Upon (or, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of the acceleration, immediately prior to) the occurrence of a Change in Control Event, the then-outstanding and otherwise unvested portion of the Option shall become fully vested. To the extent the Option is vested and not exercised in connection with or prior to (a) a dissolution of the Corporation, (b) an event described in Section 4.1 that the Corporation does not survive, or (c) the consummation of a Change in Control Event, the Option shall terminate, subject to any provision that has been made by the Corporation through a plan of reorganization or otherwise for the substitution, assumption, exchange or other settlement of the Option. For purposes of this Option Agreement, “Change in Control Event” means the consummation of a merger, consolidation, or other reorganization, with or into, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s business and/or assets as an entirety to, one or more entities that are not Subsidiaries (a “Business Combination”), unless as a result of the Business Combination at least 50% of the outstanding securities voting generally in the election of directors of the surviving or resulting entity or a parent thereof (the “Successor Entity”) immediately after the reorganization are, or will be, owned, directly or indirectly, in substantially the same proportions, by shareholders of the Corporation immediately before the Business Combination.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Seracare Life Sciences Inc), Employment Agreement (Seracare Life Sciences Inc), Employment Agreement (Seracare Life Sciences Inc)
Possible Early Termination of Option. Upon (or, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of the acceleration, immediately prior to) the occurrence of a Change in Control Event, the then-outstanding and otherwise unvested portion of the Option shall become fully vested. To the extent the Option is vested and not exercised in connection with or prior to (a) a dissolution of the Corporation, (b) an event described in Section 4.1 that the Corporation does not survive, or (c) the consummation of a Change in Control Event, the Option shall terminate, subject to any provision that has been made by the Corporation through a plan of reorganization or otherwise for the substitution, assumption, exchange or other settlement of the Option. For purposes of this Option Agreement, ““ Change in Control EventEvent ” means the consummation of a merger, consolidation, or other reorganization, with or into, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s business and/or assets as an entirety to, one or more entities that are not Subsidiaries (a ““ Business CombinationCombination ”), unless as a result of the Business Combination at least 50% of the outstanding securities voting generally in the election of directors of the surviving or resulting entity or a parent thereof (the ““ Successor EntityEntity ”) immediately after the reorganization are, or will be, owned, directly or indirectly, in substantially the same proportions, by shareholders of the Corporation immediately before the Business Combination.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Seracare Life Sciences Inc), Employment Agreement (Seracare Life Sciences Inc)
Possible Early Termination of Option. Upon (or, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of the acceleration, immediately prior to) the occurrence of a Change in Control Event, the then-outstanding and otherwise unvested portion of the Option shall become fully vested. To the extent the Option is vested and not exercised in connection with or prior to (a) a dissolution of the Corporation, (b) an event described in Section 4.1 that the Corporation does not survive, or (c) the consummation of a Change in Control Event, the Option shall terminate, subject to any provision that has been made by the Corporation through a plan of reorganization or otherwise for the substitution, assumption, exchange or other settlement of the Option. For purposes of this Option Agreement, ““ Change in Control Event” Event “ means the consummation of a merger, consolidation, or other reorganization, with or into, or the sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s business and/or assets as an entirety to, one or more entities that are not Subsidiaries (a “ Business Combination “Business Combination”), unless as a result of the Business Combination at least 50% of the outstanding securities voting generally in the election of directors of the surviving or resulting entity or a parent thereof (the “ Successor Entity “Successor Entity”) immediately after the reorganization are, or will be, owned, directly or indirectly, in substantially the same proportions, by shareholders of the Corporation immediately before the Business Combination.
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