Surrender of Company Capital Stock. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent and the Company shall agree upon and select a reputable bank, transfer agent or trust company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “Exchange Agent”). The Exchange Agent’s fees in connection with the engagement of, and performance of services by, the Exchange Agent, shall be the sole obligation of Parent. At the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent: (i) certificates or evidence of book-entry shares representing the Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.5(a) and (ii) cash sufficient to make payments in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.5(c). The Parent Common Stock and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fund.” (b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the Persons who were record holders of shares of Company Capital Stock that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form; and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Capital Stock in exchange for shares of Parent Common Stock. Upon delivery of a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent, the holder of such Company Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates or book-entry shares representing the Merger Consideration (in a number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(a) (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(c)). (c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Capital Stock with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Capital Stock in accordance with this Section 1.8 (at which time (or, if later, on the applicable payment date) such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest). (d) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Capital Stock as of the date that is one year after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Capital Stock who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Capital Stock in accordance with this Section 1.8 shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock. (e) Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of any Company Capital Stock such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or under any other applicable Tax Law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Body, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid. (f) No party to this Agreement shall be liable to any holder of any Company Capital Stock or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or for any cash amounts delivered to any public official or Governmental Body pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Kubient, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Kubient, Inc.)
Surrender of Company Capital Stock. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent Magenta and the Company shall agree upon and jointly select a reputable bank, transfer agent or trust company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “Exchange Agent”). The Exchange Agent’s fees in connection with the engagement of, and performance of services by, the Exchange Agent, shall be the sole obligation of Parent. At the Effective Time, Parent Magenta shall deposit with the Exchange Agent: (i) certificates or Agent evidence of book-entry shares representing the Parent shares of Magenta Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.5(a2.5(a) and (ii) cash sufficient to make payments in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.5(c). The Parent Common Stock and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fundexchange for Company Capital Stock.”
(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent the Parties shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the Persons who were record holders of shares of Company Capital Stock that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form; form and containing such provisions as Magenta may reasonably specify (including a provision confirming that delivery of Company Stock Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of such Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates, or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock Stock, in exchange for book-entry shares of Parent Magenta Common Stock. Upon delivery surrender of a Company Stock Certificate or other reasonable evidence of the ownership of uncertificated Company Capital Stock to the Exchange Agent for exchange, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent, Magenta: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates or book-entry shares representing the Merger Consideration (in a number of whole shares of Parent Magenta Common Stock) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(a2.5(a) and (B) the Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.8(b), each Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock shall be deemed, from and cash after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive book-entry shares of Magenta Common Stock representing the Merger Consideration. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Magenta may, in lieu its discretion and as a condition precedent to the delivery of any fractional share shares of Parent Magenta Common Stock, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an applicable affidavit with respect to such Company Stock Certificate and post a bond indemnifying Magenta against any claim suffered by Magenta related to the lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate or any Magenta Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(c))issued in exchange therefor as Magenta may reasonably request.
(c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Magenta Common Stock with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Capital Stock Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Magenta Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock or provides an affidavit of loss or destruction in lieu thereof in accordance with this Section 1.8 2.8 (at which time (or, if later, on the applicable payment date) such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest).
(d) Any portion shares of Magenta Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Fund Agent that remains remain undistributed to holders of Company Capital Stock Certificates as of the date that is one year 180 days after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Parent Magenta upon demand, and any holders of Company Capital Stock Certificates who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with this Section 1.8 2.8 shall thereafter look only to Parent Magenta for satisfaction of their claims for Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Magenta Common Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Magenta Common Stock.
(e) Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of any Company Capital Stock such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or under any other applicable Tax Law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Body, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(f) No party to this Agreement Party shall be liable to any holder of any Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Parent Magenta Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or for any cash amounts delivered to any public official or Governmental Body pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.
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Surrender of Company Capital Stock. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent and the Company shall agree upon and jointly select a reputable bank, transfer agent or trust company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “Exchange Agent”). The Exchange Agent’s fees in connection with the engagement of, and performance of services by, the Exchange Agent, shall be the sole obligation of Parent. At the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent: (i) certificates or Agent evidence of book-entry shares representing the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.5(a2.5(a) and (ii) cash sufficient to make payments in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.5(c). The Parent Common Stock and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fundexchange for Company Capital Stock.”
(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent the Parties shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the Persons who were record holders of shares of Company Capital Stock that were converted into the right to receive the Merger ConsiderationConsideration or Parent Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form; form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (including a provision confirming that delivery of Company Stock Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of such Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent) (the “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates, or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock Stock, in exchange for book-entry shares of Parent Common StockStock or Parent Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof. Upon delivery surrender of a Company Stock Certificate or other reasonable evidence of the ownership of uncertificated Company Capital Stock to the Exchange Agent for exchange, together with such holder’s duly executed letter Letter of transmittal Transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent, : (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates or book-entry shares representing the Merger Consideration (in a number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(a2.5(a) (and cash or Parent Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof and (B) the Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of any fractional share Company Capital Stock so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.8(b), each Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive book-entry shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant representing the Merger Consideration or Parent Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the provisions delivery of Section 1.5(c))any shares of Parent Common Stock, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an applicable affidavit with respect to such Company Stock Certificate and post a bond indemnifying Parent against any claim suffered by Parent related to the lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate or any Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor or Parent Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof as Parent may reasonably request.
(c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Capital Stock Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Pre-Funded Warrants in lieu thereof that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock or provides an affidavit of loss or destruction in lieu thereof in accordance with this Section 1.8 2.8 (at which time (or, if later, on the applicable payment date) such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest).
(d) Any portion shares of Parent Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Fund Agent that remains remain undistributed to holders of Company Capital Stock Certificates as of the date that is one year hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Capital Stock Certificates who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with this Section 1.8 2.8 shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock.
(e) Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of any Company Capital Stock such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or under any other applicable Tax Law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Body, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(f) No party to this Agreement Party shall be liable to any holder of any Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or for any cash amounts delivered to any public official or Governmental Body pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.
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Surrender of Company Capital Stock. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date, Parent Aspen and the Company shall agree upon and jointly select a reputable bank, transfer agent or trust company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “Exchange Agent”). The Exchange Agent’s fees in connection with the engagement of, and performance of services by, the Exchange Agent, shall be the sole obligation of Parent. At the Effective Time, Parent Aspen shall deposit with the Exchange Agent: (i) certificates or Agent evidence of book-entry shares representing the Parent shares of Aspen Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.5(a2.5(a) and (ii) cash sufficient to make payments in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.5(c). The Parent Common Stock and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fundexchange for Company Capital Stock.”
(b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent the Parties shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail transmit to the Persons who were record holders of shares of Company Capital Stock that were converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form; form and containing such provisions as Aspen may reasonably specify (including a provision confirming that delivery of Company Stock Certificates shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of such Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent) and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates, or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock Stock, in exchange for book-entry shares of Parent Aspen Common Stock. Upon delivery surrender of a Company Stock Certificate or other reasonable evidence of the ownership of uncertificated Company Capital Stock to the Exchange Agent for exchange, together with a duly executed letter of transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent or Parent, Aspen: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor a certificate or certificates or book-entry shares representing the Merger Consideration (in a number of whole shares of Parent Aspen Common Stock) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(a2.5(a) and (B) the Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.8(b), each Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock shall be deemed, from and cash after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive book-entry shares of Aspen Common Stock representing the Merger Consideration. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Aspen may, in lieu its discretion and as a condition precedent to the delivery of any fractional share shares of Parent Aspen Common Stock, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an applicable affidavit with respect to such Company Stock Certificate and post a bond indemnifying Aspen against any claim suffered by Aspen related to the lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate or any Aspen Common Stock pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.5(c))issued in exchange therefor as Aspen may reasonably request.
(c) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Aspen Common Stock with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Capital Stock Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Aspen Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock or provides an affidavit of loss or destruction in lieu thereof in accordance with this Section 1.8 2.8 (at which time (or, if later, on the applicable payment date) such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest).
(d) Any portion shares of Aspen Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Fund Agent that remains remain undistributed to holders of Company Capital Stock Certificates as of the date that is one year hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date shall be delivered to Parent Aspen upon demand, and any holders of Company Capital Stock Certificates who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with this Section 1.8 2.8 shall thereafter look only to Parent Aspen for satisfaction of their claims for Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Aspen Common Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Aspen Common Stock.
(e) Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of any Company Capital Stock such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or under any other applicable Tax Law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, and remitted to the appropriate Governmental Body, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(f) No party to this Agreement Party shall be liable to any holder of any Company Stock Certificate or uncertificated shares of Company Capital Stock or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Parent Aspen Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or for any cash amounts delivered to any public official or Governmental Body pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (AVROBIO, Inc.)