Treatment of Company Restricted Stock Awards. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, automatically and without any action on the part of the holders thereof or the Acquired Companies, (i) each Company Restricted Stock Award (or portion thereof) that is vested as of the Effective Time or that vests at the Effective Time pursuant to its terms as in effect as of the date hereof shall be treated as shares in accordance with Section 3.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the payment of Public Merger Consideration in respect thereof shall be subject to applicable withholdings (the “Vested Restricted Stock Consideration”), and (ii) each Company Restricted Stock Award that remains outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that is unvested (and to the extent not vested at the Effective Time) will automatically terminate and be cancelled and converted into a restricted cash award (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is a contractual right and not an equity security), which shall have a cash value (each, a “Converted Restricted Stock Award”) equal to the product of (x) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such unvested Company Restricted Stock Award immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Public Merger Consideration. Each Converted Restricted Stock Award corresponding to a Company Restricted Stock Award outstanding as of the date hereof shall be subject to substantially the same terms and conditions as applied to the corresponding Company Restricted Stock Award immediately prior to the Effective Time and shall be paid (without interest and subject to applicable withholdings) promptly upon vesting (the “Unvested Restricted Stock Consideration,” and together with the Vested Restricted Stock Consideration, the “Restricted Stock Consideration”).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Rithm Capital Corp.), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Sculptor Capital Management, Inc.)
Treatment of Company Restricted Stock Awards. Notwithstanding anything herein At the Effective Time, each outstanding award of shares of restricted Company Common Stock granted pursuant to a Company Equity Plan or otherwise that remains, as of the Effective Time, subject to vesting, forfeiture, or repurchase by the Company (each, a “Company Restricted Stock Award”), shall automatically, and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by Parent and converted into an award of restricted stock units of Parent Shares (each, a “Parent RSU Award”) with respect to a number of whole Parent Shares (rounded up to the contrarynext whole Parent Share) equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the Exchange Ratio by (ii) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Company Restricted Stock Award. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.3(b), effective each Company Restricted Stock Award assumed and converted into a Parent RSU Award pursuant to this Section 2.3(b) shall continue to have, and shall be subject to, the same terms and conditions (including with respect to vesting) as applied to the corresponding Company Restricted Stock Award as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, automatically and without any action on the part except that (x) solely with respect to those Parent RSU Awards issued in conversion of Company PSU Awards outstanding as of the holders thereof date hereof, in the event the applicable Parent RSU Award holder’s employment or service is terminated by Parent or one of its Subsidiaries without Cause (as defined in the Acquired Companiesapplicable Company Equity Plan) or by the holder for Good Reason, the Parent RSU Award will become fully vested and non-forfeitable as of the date of such termination, (iy) each any amounts relating to dividends, if any, declared with respect to such Company Restricted Stock Award (or portion thereof) that is vested are accrued but unvested and unpaid as of the Effective Time or that vests at the Effective Time pursuant to its terms as in effect as of the date hereof shall will carry over and will be treated as shares paid if required by and in accordance with Section 3.01(a) of this Agreement; provided that the payment of Public Merger Consideration in respect thereof shall be subject to applicable withholdings (the “Vested Restricted Stock Consideration”), and (ii) each Company Restricted Stock Award that remains outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that is unvested (and to the extent not vested at the Effective Time) will automatically terminate and be cancelled and converted into a restricted cash award (which, for the avoidance of doubt, is a contractual right and not an equity security), which shall have a cash value (each, a “Converted Restricted Stock Award”) equal to the product of (x) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such unvested Company Restricted Stock Award immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Public Merger Consideration. Each Converted Restricted Stock Award corresponding to a Company Restricted Stock Award outstanding as of the date hereof shall be subject to substantially the same terms and conditions as applied applicable to the corresponding Company Restricted Stock Award immediately prior to the Effective Time (as modified by this Section in the event of a termination of employment) and shall (z) any dividend equivalents that are payable on any unvested Parent RSU Award following the Closing Date, will be paid (without interest and subject to applicable withholdings) promptly upon vesting (the “Unvested Restricted Stock Consideration,” and together with the Vested Restricted Stock Consideration, the “Restricted Stock Consideration”)within 30 days following vesting.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Equitrans Midstream Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (EQT Corp)