ESPP As soon as administratively practicable following the date of this Agreement, but not later than the day immediately prior to the date on which the first (1st) offering period that is regularly scheduled to commence under the ESPP after the date of this Agreement is scheduled to commence, the Company (or, if appropriate, the applicable committee administering the ESPP) shall take all actions necessary or required under the ESPP (including, if appropriate, amending the terms of the ESPP) and applicable Law to (i) suspend the ESPP so that (x) no further offering periods shall commence after the date of this Agreement, (y) no individual participating in any offering period in progress as of the date of this Agreement shall be permitted to increase the amount of his or her rate of payroll contributions thereunder from the rate in effect when the last offering period commenced, or to make separate non-payroll contributions to the ESPP on or following the date of this Agreement; and (z) no individual who is not participating in the ESPP as of the date of this Agreement may commence participation in the ESPP following the date of this Agreement, (ii) end the last offering period that commenced prior to the date of this Agreement on the earlier to occur of its regularly scheduled end date under the terms of the ESPP or three (3) calendar days prior to the Effective Time, and (iii) cause the ESPP to terminate as of the Effective Time such that no further rights shall be granted or exercised under the ESPP thereafter. With respect to the offering period that is in effect on the date of this Agreement, each ESPP participant may apply his or her accumulated payroll deductions to purchase shares of the Company Common Stock under the ESPP in accordance with its terms on the regularly scheduled purchase date for such offering period; provided, that, if the Closing Date occurs prior to the purchase date for the offering period, then each ESPP participant’s accumulated payroll deductions under the ESPP shall be used to purchase Shares in accordance with the terms of the ESPP no later than three (3) business days prior to the Effective Time; provided, further, that the applicable purchase price per Share as set forth in the ESPP shall not be decreased below levels set forth in the ESPP as of the date hereof. All Shares of Company Common Stock purchased under the ESPP shall be considered outstanding Shares for all purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, for purposes of the right to receive the Forms of Election and to make elections and receive the Merger Consideration with respect thereto.
Service Period The Service Period of this Agreement is for 1 year in respect of the unit and starts on the Start Date as defined in the Terms and Conditions, or, in the case of an extension of renewal of the provision of Support Services, starts on the date of payment of the Charges.
Offering Period NCPS will undertake due diligence of the Company and the Offering. Upon satisfactory completion of due diligence and subject to approval of the Offering by NCPS in its sole discretion, NCPS will accept the Offering and determine an Offering Period during which it will actively solicit investors to purchase the Offering (provided, however, that the Offering Period shall not be less than six months). NCPS will make available to each Prospect the Offering Materials.
Program Inception Duration Program rolled out July 12, 2010. Based on the overwhelming need, funds allocated to this Program will likely be exhausted 3rd quarter 2014.
Company ESPP (i) Prior to the Appointment Time, the Company shall take all actions necessary such that the current offering period in progress as of the date of this Agreement shall be the final offering period under the Company ESPP. If such offering period has not ended prior to the Appointment Time, then, prior to the Appointment Time, the Company (x) shall take all actions necessary such that a date to be determined by the Company (but in no event later than the Appointment Time) shall be the last day of such offering period and (y) shall make such other pro-rata adjustments as may be necessary to reflect the shortened and final offering period but otherwise treating such shortened and final offering period as a fully effective and completed offering period for all purposes under the Company ESPP. In addition, effective as of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall have taken all actions necessary such that (x) no new participant shall be permitted to join the current offering period in progress under the Company ESPP and (y) no participant in the Company ESPP with respect to the current offering period shall be permitted to increase his or her elections with respect to the current offering period.
(ii) Unless it has earlier terminated, the Company shall take all actions necessary so that the Company ESPP shall terminate immediately prior to and effective as of the Appointment Time. All amounts withheld by the Company on behalf of the participants in the Company ESPP that have not been used to purchase Company Common Stock at or prior to the Appointment Time will be returned to the participants without interest pursuant to the terms of the Company ESPP.
(iii) The Company agrees to take any and all actions necessary to approve and effectuate the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.7(f) including making any determinations and/or resolutions of the Company Board or a committee thereof.
