Treatment of Equity Compensation Awards. (a) Each outstanding award of restricted Company Common Stock issued pursuant to the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the “Company Equity Plan”) that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a “Company Stock Award”) shall terminate and be cancelled as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, net of any Taxes withheld pursuant to Section 3.3(i) (which Taxes shall be withheld by the Surviving Corporation and deemed conveyed to the holder as shares of Parent Common Stock that would otherwise be received by the holder pursuant to Section 3.3(a)), with respect to the numbers of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Award immediately prior to the Effective Time. For purposes of clarity, notwithstanding this Section 3.2(a), such Company Stock Awards shall be deemed outstanding shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time and shall be treated as Eligible Shares within the meaning of Section 3.1(b)(i). Following the Effective Time, no such Company Stock Award that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain outstanding and each former holder of any such Company Stock Award shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration in exchange for such Company Stock Award in accordance with this Section 3.2(a).
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (HighPoint Resources Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (HighPoint Resources Corp), Registration Rights Agreement (Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.)
