Common use of Target Call Clause in Contracts

Target Call. If Acquiror has acquired Option Shares pursuant to ----------- exercise of the Option (the date of any Closing relating to any such exercise herein referred to as an "Exercise Date") and no takeover proposal with respect to Target has been consummated at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the date one year following such Exercise Date (nor has Target entered into a definitive agreement or letter of intent with respect to such a takeover proposal which agreement or letter of intent remains in effect at the end of such year), then, at any time after the date one year following such Exercise Date and prior to the date 18 months following such Exercise Date, Target may require Acquiror, upon delivery to Acquiror of written notice, to sell to Target any Target Shares held by Acquiror as of the day that is ten business days after the date of such notice, up to a number of shares equal to the number of Option Shares acquired by Acquiror pursuant to exercise of the Option in connection with such Exercise Date. The per share purchase price for such sale (the "Target Call Price") shall be equal to the Exercise Price, plus an amount equal to seven percent (7.0%) of the Exercise Price per annum, compounded annually, since the applicable Exercise Date, less any dividends paid on the Target Shares to be purchased by Target pursuant to this Section 7(d). The closing of any sale of Target Shares pursuant to this Section 7(d) shall take place at the principal offices of Target at a time and on a date designated by Target in the aforementioned notice to Acquiror, which date shall be no more than 20 and no less than 12 business days from the date of such notice. The Target Call Price shall be paid in immediately available funds, provided that, in the event Acquiror has acquired Option Shares pursuant -------- to exercise of the Option by issuance and delivery of Acquiror Shares, at the option of Target, the Target Call Price for part or all of any purchase of Target Shares pursuant to this Section 7(d), up to a number of such shares equal to the number of Option Shares acquired by Acquiror by issuance and delivery of Acquiror Shares, shall be paid by delivery of a number of Acquiror Shares equal to the Target Call Price divided by the closing sale price of Acquiror Shares on the Nasdaq National Market for the trading day immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Date on which the Option Shares to be purchased by Target pursuant to this Section 7(d) were originally issued to Acquiror.

Appears in 5 contracts

Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Netframe Systems Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Micron Technology Inc), Stock Option Agreement (Micron Technology Inc)

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Target Call. If Acquiror has acquired Option Shares pursuant to ----------- exercise of the Option (the date of any Closing relating to any such exercise herein referred to as an "Exercise DateEXERCISE DATE") and no takeover proposal Acquisition Proposal with respect to Target has been consummated at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the date one year following such Exercise Date (nor has Target entered into a definitive agreement or letter of intent with respect to such a takeover proposal an Acquisition Proposal which agreement or letter of intent remains in effect at the end of such year), then, at any time after the date one year following such Exercise Date and prior to the date 18 eighteen months following such Exercise Date, Target may require Acquiror, upon delivery to Acquiror of written notice, to sell to Target any Target Shares held by Acquiror as of the day that is ten business days after the date of such notice, up to a number of shares equal to the number of Option Shares acquired by Acquiror pursuant to exercise of the Option in connection with such Exercise Date. The per share purchase price for such sale (the "Target Call PriceTARGET CALL PRICE") shall be equal to the Exercise Price, plus an amount equal to seven percent (7.0%) of the Exercise Price per annum, compounded annually, since the applicable Exercise Date, less any dividends paid on the Target Shares to be purchased by Target pursuant to this Section 7(d). The closing of any sale of Target Shares pursuant to this Section 7(d) shall take place at the principal offices of Target at a time and on a date designated by Target in the aforementioned notice to Acquiror, which date shall be no more than 20 and no less than 12 business days from the date of such notice. The Target Call Price shall be paid in immediately available funds, provided that, in the event Acquiror has acquired Option Shares pursuant -------- to exercise of the Option by issuance and delivery of Acquiror Shares, at the option of Target, the Target Call Price for part or all of any purchase of Target Shares pursuant to this Section 7(d), up to a number of such shares equal to the number of Option Shares acquired by Acquiror by issuance and delivery of Acquiror Shares, shall be paid by delivery of a number of Acquiror Shares equal to the Target Call Price divided by the closing sale price of Acquiror Shares on the Nasdaq National Market for the trading day immediately preceding the date of the Exercise Date on which the Option Shares to be purchased by Target pursuant to this Section 7(d) were originally issued to Acquiror.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Stock Option Agreement (Rational Software Corp), Stock Option Agreement (Pure Atria Corp), Stock Option Agreement (Pure Atria Corp)

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