Termination of Exchange Fund; No Liability. At any time following nine (9) months after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any interest received with respect thereto) made available to the Paying Agent and not disbursed (or for which disbursement is pending subject only to the Paying Agent’s routine administrative procedures) to holders of Certificates, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look only to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar Laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect to the Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, for Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, are not surrendered prior to two (2) years after the Effective Time, unclaimed Merger Consideration payable with respect to such Shares shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Vnus Medical Technologies Inc), Merger Agreement (Covidien Group S.a.r.l.), Merger Agreement (Covidien PLC)
Termination of Exchange Fund; No Liability. At any time following nine six (96) months after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any interest received with respect thereto) made available to the Paying Agent and not disbursed (or for which disbursement is pending subject only to the Paying Agent’s routine administrative procedures) or required by the terms of this Agreement to be disbursed at or prior to such date to holders of CertificatesCertificates and Book-Entry Shares, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look only to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar Laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect to the Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, Share for Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, as applicable, Shares are not surrendered prior to two (2) years after the Effective Time, unclaimed Merger Consideration payable with respect to such Shares shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Covidien PLC), Merger Agreement (Power Medical Interventions, Inc.), Merger Agreement (Covidien Delaware Corp.)