Top-Up Option. (a) The Company hereby grants to Parent and Acquisition Sub an assignable and irrevocable option (the “Top-Up Option”), exercisable upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, to purchase from the Company an aggregate number of newly-issued shares of Company Common Stock equal to the lesser of (i) the Top-Up Number (as defined below) or (ii) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock that the Company is authorized to issue under its certificate of incorporation but that are not issued and outstanding (and are not subscribed for or otherwise committed to be issued) at the time of exercise of the Top-Up Option. “Top-Up Number” means the number of shares of Company Common Stock that, when added to the number of shares of Company Common Stock owned of record by Parent or Acquisition Sub or any other Subsidiaries of Parent at the time of exercise of the Top-Up Option, constitutes a designated percentage of the number of shares of Company Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after the issuance of all shares of Company Common Stock subject to the Top-Up Option, which percentage shall be designated by Parent at its sole discretion, provided that such percentage shall be greater than 90% but less than 91%.
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Peets Coffee & Tea Inc), Merger Agreement (Diedrich Coffee Inc), Merger Agreement (Diedrich Coffee Inc)
