Common use of Exchange of Certificates Clause in Contracts

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 4 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Hearst Argyle Television Inc), Merger Agreement (Pulitzer Publishing Co), Merger Agreement (Pulitzer Publishing Co 1995 Voting Trust)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank At or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to promptly following the Effective Time, Acquiror Buyer shall deposit deposit, or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent for the benefit of holders of shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock to Stock, cash and certificates representing shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock, constituting the Merger Consideration. For purposes of this Section 1.5, holders of Company OP Units shall be issued treated in the Mergersame manner as holders of shares of Company Common Stock. (b) As of or promptly after, which shares (collectivelyand in any event not later than one business day following, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation Entity shall deliver to cause the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, mail (and to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (bavailable for collection by hand) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that certificates, which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal and a Form of Election (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such the form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Buyer and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for (A) a certificate or certificates representing the number of full shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock, if any, into which all or a portion of the number of shares of Company Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate have been converted pursuant to this Agreement and (B) the amount of cash, if any, into which all or a portion of the number of shares of Company Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to this Agreement (which instructions shall provide that at the election of the surrendering holder, Certificates may be surrendered, and the Merger StockConsideration in exchange therefor collected, by hand delivery). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such a Form of Election and a letter of transmittal duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentpursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Company Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has Certificate, to be mailed (or made available for collection by hand if so elected by the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu surrendering holder) within three business days of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)receipt thereof, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceledforthwith cancelled. In The Exchange Agent shall accept such Certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the event Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. No interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records holders of the Company, a certificate representing Certificates on the proper number Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCertificates. (c) After No dividends or other distributions with respect to shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate which theretofore with respect to the shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock represented thereby by reason of the conversion of shares of Company Common Stock shallpursuant to Sections 1.2(a), 1.3 and 1.4 hereof and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.5(d) hereof until surrendered for exchange the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Section 1.04Article I. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be deemed for all purposes paid to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which person in whose name the shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock are registered (i) at the time of such surrender or as promptly after the sale of the Excess Shares (as defined in Section 1.5(d) hereof) as practicable, the amount of any cash payable in lieu of fractional shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.5(d) hereof and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such Buying Entities' Common Stock issued upon conversion of Company Stock Common Stock, and (whichii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsuch surrender and a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such Buying Entities' Common Stock. (d) Except Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no fraction of a share of Buying Entities' Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Merger, and such fractional interest shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights as a security holder of the Buying Entities. In lieu of any such fractional security, each holder of shares of Company Common Stock otherwise expressly provided herein, entitled to a fraction of a share of Buying Entities' Common Stock will be entitled to receive in accordance with the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those provisions of this Section 1.5 from the Exchange Agent, a cash payment representing such holder's proportionate interest in the net proceeds from the sale by the Exchange Agent on behalf of all such holders of the aggregate of the fractions of Buying Entities' Common Stock which would otherwise be issued (the "Excess Shares"). The sale of the Excess Shares by the Exchange Agent shall be executed on the NYSE through one or more member firms of the NYSE and shall be executed in round lots to the extent practicable. Until the net proceeds of such sale or sales have been distributed to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, the Exchange Agent will, subject to Section 1.5(e) hereof, hold such proceeds in trust for the holders of shares of Company Common Stock (the "Excess Shares Trust"). Buyer shall pay all commissions, transfer taxes and other out-of- pocket transaction costs, including the expenses and compensation, of the Exchange Agent incurred in connection with such sale of the exchange Excess Shares. As soon as practicable after the determination of the amount of cash, if any, to be paid to holders of shares of Merger Company Common Stock for in lieu of any fractional Buying Entities' Common Stock, the Exchange Agent shall make available such amounts to such holders of shares of Company Common Stock. . (e) Any portion of the Merger Stock Consideration deposited with the Exchange Agent that pursuant to this Section 1.5 (the "Exchange Fund") which remains unclaimed by undistributed to the former stockholders holders of the Company Certificates for one year after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving CorporationBuyer, upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of shares of Company Common Stock prior to the Company Merger who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article I shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation Buyer and only as general creditors thereof for the exchange payment of Certificates. their claim for (ei) Effective upon the Closing Datecash, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closedif any, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of (ii) shares of Company Buying Entities' Common Stock, if any, (iii) any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock thereafter on the records and (iv) any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of the CompanyBuying Entities' Common Stock to which such holders may be entitled. (f) All Merger None of Buyer, the Buying Entities, the Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock issued upon conversion or cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificates shall not have been surrendered prior to one year after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which (i) any cash, (ii) any cash in lieu of fractional shares of retained shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock, (iii) any shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock or (iv) any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock in respect of which such Certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity (as defined in Section 3.3(b) hereof)), any such shares of Buying Entities' Common Stock, cash, dividends or distributions in respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of Buyer, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. (g) The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by Buyer on a daily basis. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to the Company. Nothing contained in this Section 1.5(g) shall relieve Buyer, the Buying Entities or the Exchange Agent from making the payments required by this Article I to be made to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed and to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares holders of Company StockStock Options (as defined in Section 1.9 hereof).

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Tower Realty Trust Inc), Merger Agreement (Reckson Associates Realty Corp), Merger Agreement (Reckson Associates Realty Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective ------------------------ Time, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company shall be designated by Parent which shall be reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent the Company (the "Exchange Agent") to act as exchange agent in connection with effecting the surrender exchange of the Per Share Amount for certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to (the Merger. Prior "Certificates") that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock evidenced Shares entitled to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock"payment pursuant to Section 2.07(a) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Timehereof. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall instruct the Exchange Agent shall to mail or otherwise deliver to each person who wasrecord holder, at immediately prior to the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate an outstanding Certificate or certificates that Certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectivelyShares, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates for payment thereof (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting ). Upon the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agenteach such Certificate, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other customary documents as may be required by pursuant to the instructions, the Exchange Agent, Agent shall pay the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled an amount in cash equal to receive the Per Share Amount multiplied by the number of Shares formerly evidenced by such Certificate, in exchange therefor certificates therefor, and such Certificate shall forthwith be cancelled. Until so surrendered and exchanged, each such Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares or Shares held by Parent, Acquisition or the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has Company, or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof) shall represent solely the right to receive pursuant the Per Share Amount multiplied by the number of Shares formerly evidenced by such Certificate. No interest shall be paid or accrue on the Per Share Amount. If the Per Share Amount (or any portion thereof) is to be delivered to any person other than the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after person in whose name the Effective Time Certificate evidencing Shares surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and such exchange that the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the event person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Per Share Amount to a transfer person other than the registered holder of ownership the Certificate surrendered, or shall establish to the satisfaction of Company Stock the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not registered applicable. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates shall cease to have any rights with respect to Shares, except as otherwise provided herein or by law. (b) At or before the Effective Time, Parent shall (or shall cause Acquisition to) deposit in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to trust with the Exchange Agent, accompanied in immediately available funds, the aggregate Per Share Amount to which holders of Shares shall be entitled at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 2.07(a) hereof (the "Fund"). At the direction of Parent, the Exchange Agent may invest portions of the Fund in any of (i) readily marketable obligations of the United States or any agent or instrumentality thereof or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by all documents required the government of the United States; (ii) certificates of deposit of or time deposits with any commercial bank (including the Exchange Agent) that has combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000; (iii) commercial paper issued by any corporation which is rated at least "P-1" by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or "A-1" by Standard & Poor's Corporation; or (iv) money market mutual funds investing in obligations of the type described in subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) hereof. Any earnings resulting from, or interest or income produced by, such investments shall be paid to evidence the Surviving Corporation as and effect such transfer and when requested by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidthe Surviving Corporation. (c) After Promptly following the date which is one (1) year after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall deliver to the Surviving Corporation all cash and other documents in its possession relating to the transactions described in this Agreement, and the Exchange Agent's duties shall terminate. Thereafter, each outstanding holder of a Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shallformerly evidencing a Share may surrender such Certificate to the Surviving Corporation and (subject to applicable abandoned property, until surrendered for escheat and similar laws) receive in exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence therefor the Per Share Amount multiplied by the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (whichShares formerly evidenced by such Certificate, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedwithout any interest or dividends thereon. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges At and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing DateTime, the stock transfer books records of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion Company of shares of Company Stock in accordance with any Shares. If, after the terms hereof Effective Time, Certificates formerly representing Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, they shall be deemed cancelled and exchanged for the Per Share Amount multiplied by the number of Shares formerly evidenced by such Certificate, as provided in this Article III, subject to have been issued applicable law in full satisfaction the case of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company StockDissenting Shares.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Marmon Holdings Inc), Merger Agreement (Tie Acquisition Co), Merger Agreement (Pritzker Family Philanthropic Fund)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the The Holding Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror appoint First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with for the surrender Share Exchange. As of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror the Holding Company shall deposit with the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the holders (prior to the Effective Time) of certificates evidencing shares of Bank Stock ("Bank Stock Certificates"), certificates representing the shares of Acquiror Common the Holding Company Stock ("Holding Company Certificates") issuable pursuant to be issued Section 1 in the Merger, which exchange for such shares of Bank Stock (collectively, the "Merger StockExchange Fund") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof). (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Holding Company shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who waswas a record holder, at as of the Effective Time, of an outstanding Bank Stock Certificate, a holder form of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Bank Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Bank Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyAgent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Bank Stock Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockExchange Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent of a Bank Stock Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Bank Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a Holding Company Certificate representing the shares of Merger Stock that Exchange Consideration which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time Section 1. The surrendered certificate shall be delivered to the extent provided Holding Company. If delivery of a Holding Company Certificate is to be made to a person other than the person in Section 1.05 hereof whose name the Bank Stock Certificate surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of the exchange and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and delivery that the Bank Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the event of a person requesting such delivery pay any transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records or other taxes required by reason of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued delivery to a transferee if person other than the registered holder of the Bank Stock Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented surrendered or establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect satisfaction of the Holding Company that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. Until surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4, each Bank Stock Certificate (other than Bank Stock Certificates representing Dissenting Shares) shall represent for all purposes only the exchange rights established pursuant to this Agreement. (c) After At any time more than one year after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate the Holding Company shall be entitled to require the Exchange Agent to deliver to it the Holding Company Certificates which theretofore represented had been made available to the Exchange Agent and not exchanged for Bank Stock Certificates. Thereafter, holders of shares of Bank Stock shall look only to the Holding Company (subject to the terms of this Agreement, abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws) as general creditors thereof with respect to any Exchange Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of the Bank Stock Certificates held by them. If any Bank Stock Certificates shall not have been surrendered prior to three years after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such time on which any Exchange Consideration would otherwise escheat or become the property of any governmental unit or agency), the Exchange Consideration in respect of such Bank Stock Certificates shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Timeextent permitted by applicable law, were represented thereby) become the property of the Holding Company, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Bank, the Holding Company nor the Exchange Agent shall have been so convertedbe liable to any holder of a share of Bank Stock for any Exchange Consideration delivered in respect of such share of Bank Stock to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or other similar law. (d) Except The Holding Company may, in its discretion, elect not to treat any unsurrendered shares of Bank Stock as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those shares of Holding Company Stock for purposes of the Exchange Agentpayment of dividends or other distributions. If the Holding Company in its discretion so elects, in connection with then unless and until any outstanding Bank Stock Certificates shall be so surrendered, no dividends payable to the holders of Holding Company Stock shall be paid to the holder of the unsurrendered Bank Stock Certificate; provided, however, upon surrender and exchange of shares of Merger each outstanding Bank Stock Certificate for shares of a Holding Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving CorporationCertificate, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on paid to the records of holder thereof the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction amount, without interest, of all rights pertaining dividends and other distributions, if any, which were declared and became payable, but were not paid, with respect to such shares of Company Stocksaid shares.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Share Exchange (Gateway Financial Holdings Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Share Exchange (Southern Community Financial Corp), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization and Share Exchange (Gateway Financial Holdings Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, Parent shall designate an agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as agent for the holders of the Shares (other than the Shares held by Parent, Merger Sub, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent"any of their Subsidiaries) in connection with the surrender Merger (the "Paying Agent") to receive in trust, the aggregate Merger Consideration to which holders of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Shares shall become entitled pursuant to the MergerSection 2.6(a). Prior to At the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit the Merger Consideration with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Paying Agent. The Merger Stock") Consideration shall be deemed invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation. If for any reason (including losses) the funds held by the Paying Agent are inadequate to pay the amounts to which the Shareholders shall be issued at the Effective Time. At entitled under Section 2.6(a), Parent and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to be liable for the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofpayment thereof. (b) As soon promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent and the Exchange Agent Surviving Corporation shall mail cause to be mailed to each person who wasrecord holder, at as of the Effective Time, a holder of record of a an outstanding certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented Shares (collectively, the "Certificates" or individually, a "Certificate"), other than whose Shares were converted pursuant to Section 2.6(a) into the Companyright to receive the Merger Consideration, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates a Certificate shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates Certificate to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates a Certificate in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration for the Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive promptly in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each Share formerly evidenced thereby, and such Certificate shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be paid or accrued on the cash payable upon the surrender of a Certificate. If payment of the Merger Stock Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall (i) have paid any transfer and other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or (ii) have established to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with Taxes have been paid or that payment of Taxes is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made time after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided right to receive the Merger Consideration for each Share in cash as contemplated by Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid2.6. (c) After At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the CompanyCompany of the Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates evidencing ownership of the Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Shares, except as otherwise provided for herein or by applicable Legal Requirements. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article II. (d) At any time following the six (6) month anniversary of 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) which had been made available to the Paying Agent, and holders shall be entitled to look 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 without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate for Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (e) In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article II, provided, that the Person to whom the Merger Consideration is paid shall, as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner satisfactory to it against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Shares represented by the Certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (f) All Parent, Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Sub and the terms hereof Surviving Corporation shall be deemed entitled to deduct and withhold, or cause the Paying Agent to deduct and withhold, from the Offer Price or the Merger Consideration payable to a holder of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger any or all such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld under the Code (and the regulations promulgated thereunder), and/or any applicable provision of state, local or foreign Tax law or under any other applicable Legal Requirement. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld by Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Shares to which such consideration would otherwise have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockpaid.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Paravant Inc), Merger Agreement (Paravant Inc), Merger Agreement (DRS Technologies Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a Each holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented issued and outstanding shares of Motif US Stock (collectivelythe “Certificates”) shall have delivered to the Company or its designee the Certificates, if any, held of record by such holder. Company or its designee will deliver to such holder a notice to the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify effect that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockCompany or its designee. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange AgentCompany, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the consideration into which the shares of Merger Stock that represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.06)3.1, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In If any certificate evidencing any share of Motif US Common Stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the event of Company may, in its discretion and as a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented condition precedent to the Exchange Agentissuance of any consideration pursuant to Section 3.1, accompanied by all documents required require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate to evidence and effect provide an appropriate affidavit with respect to such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidcertificate. (cb) After All Motif UK Shares issued upon the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares surrender of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.04, ARTICLE III shall be deemed for to have been exchanged and paid in full satisfaction of all purposes rights pertaining to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their such Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Motif US Common Stock thereafter on that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the records Effective Time of the CompanyMerger. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the portion of the Motif UK Shares as provided in this ARTICLE III. (fc) All The Company, the Purchaser, Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Sub, or the terms hereof Surviving Corporation (as appropriate) shall be deemed entitled to have deduct and withhold from consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Person such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining paid to such shares Person in respect of Company Stockwhich such deduction and withholding was made.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement, Merger Agreement (Motif Bio PLC), Merger Agreement (Motif Bio PLC)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DatePaying Agent. Parent shall designate StockTrans, the Company shall retain a Inc. or another bank or trust company that is reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent (for the "Exchange Agent") holders of Shares in connection with the surrender Merger (the “Paying Agent”) and to receive the aggregate Closing Amounts to which holders of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Shares shall become entitled pursuant to the MergerSection 2.1(c). Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, cause the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to provide to the Exchange Paying Agent such cash as may be requiredon a timely basis, from time to time, to make payments of cash promptly (in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (bany event no later than the immediately following business day) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at and as and when needed after the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior cash necessary to pay the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, aggregate Closing Amounts for the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be Shares converted in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has into the right to receive pursuant the Merger Consideration (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the terms hereof (together with “Exchange Fund”). If for any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after reason the Effective Time Exchange Fund is inadequate to pay the extent provided in aggregate Closing Amounts to which holders of Shares shall be entitled under Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.062.1(c), Parent shall promptly deposit or cause the Surviving Corporation promptly to deposit additional cash with the Paying Agent sufficient to make all payments of aggregate Closing Amounts, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence Parent and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges in any event be liable for payment thereof. The Paying Agent may invest the cash in the Exchange Fund as directed by Parent; provided, however, that such investments, if any, shall be in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof and expensesbacked by the full faith and credit of the United States, including those in commercial paper obligations rated P-1 or A-1 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, or in money market funds that invest only in such United States government and commercial paper obligations. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent. No investment of the Exchange AgentFund shall relieve Parent, in connection with Surviving Corporation or the exchange of shares of Merger Stock Paying Agent from promptly making the payments required under this Article II, and following any losses from any such investment, Parent shall promptly provide any additional cash funds to the Paying Agent for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders benefit of the Company after six months following Company’s shareholders at the Effective Time shall be delivered to in the Surviving Corporationamount of such losses, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall which additional funds will be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction be part of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockthe Exchange Fund.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Adolor Corp), Merger Agreement (Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior From time to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to time following the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares as required by subsections (collectively, the "Merger Stock"b) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time(c) below, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to a depository or trust institution of recognized standing selected by AREP Oil & Gas and reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Exchange Agent such Agent”) for the benefit of the holders of Shares for exchange in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the appropriate number of shares of IPO Co. Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 1.7 as of the Effective Time; and (ii) cash as may to be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash paid in lieu of fractional shares of IPO Co. Common Stock (such shares of IPO Co. Common Stock and such cash, together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto, are hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”) pursuant to Section 1.9(f) below, in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding Shares. (b) As soon as practicable Not later than two (2) Business Days after the Effective Time, AREP Oil & Gas shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented outstanding Shares (the “Certificates”) and whose shares were converted into the right to receive shares of IPO Co. Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, pursuant to Section 1.7: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form and shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, effected and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, pass only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror AREP Oil & Gas and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger shares of IPO Co. Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto, and, if applicable, cash to be paid for fractional shares of IPO Co. Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, Agent together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by completed in accordance with the Exchange Agentinstructions thereto, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates issued a certificate representing that number of whole shares of IPO Co. Common Stock and, if applicable, a check representing the shares cash consideration to which such holder is entitled on account of Merger a fractional share of IPO Co. Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof provisions of this Article I and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares dividends or other distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.061.9(c), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger IPO Co. Common Stock may and a check representing the amount of consideration payable in lieu of fractional shares and any dividends or other distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.9(c), shall be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.9, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing shares of IPO Co. Common Stock and cash in lieu of any fractional shares of IPO Co. Common Stock as contemplated by this Section 1.9 and any other distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.9(c). (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time with respect to IPO Co. Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes respect to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company IPO Co. Common Stock represented thereby, and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.9(f), until the holder of record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of Applicable Law, following surrender of any such Certificate there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole shares of IPO Co. Common Stock issued in exchange therefor without interest (whichi) promptly, the amount of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of IPO Co. Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.9(f) and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such number of whole shares of IPO Co. Common Stock and (ii) at the appropriate payment date the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsurrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of IPO Co. Common Stock. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for Shares shall have been lost, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expensesstolen or destroyed, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange therefor upon the making of an affidavit of that remains unclaimed fact by the former stockholders holder of such shares of IPO Co. Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that AREP Oil & Gas or the Company after six months following Exchange Agent may, in its discretion, require the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders delivery of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesa suitable bond or indemnity. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of All shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger IPO Co. Common Stock issued upon conversion the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Stock Shares in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash paid pursuant to Section 1.9(c) or 1.9(f)) shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Shares; subject, however, to IPO Co.’s obligation to pay any dividends or make any other distributions with a record date prior to the date of this Agreement that remain unpaid at the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of IPO Co. of the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to IPO Co. for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractions of a share of IPO Co. Common Stock shall be issued in the Merger but in lieu thereof each holder of Shares otherwise entitled to a fraction of a share of IPO Co. Common Stock (based upon the aggregate number of shares of IPO Co. Common Stock that would have been issued to such holder absent this provision) shall upon surrender of his or her Certificate or Certificates be entitled to receive an amount of cash (without interest) determined by multiplying the closing price for IPO Co. Common Stock, as reported by the securities exchange or quotation service on which shares of IPO Co. Common Stock are traded or quoted, on the first Business Day immediately following the Effective Time that such a quote is available, by the fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled. For example, if a holder would receive, in the aggregate 100.25 shares of IPO Co. Common Stock in exchange for his aggregate holdings of Company Common Stock, then he would be entitled to receive cash in respect of 0.25 shares of IPO Co. Common Stock. The parties acknowledge that payment of the cash consideration in lieu of issuing fractional shares was not separately bargained for consideration, but merely represents a mechanical rounding off for purposes of simplifying the corporate and accounting complexities that would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares. From time to time after the Effective Time, as promptly as practicable after the determination of the amount of cash, if any, to be paid to holders of fractional share interests who have surrendered their Certificates to the Exchange Agent, the Exchange Agent shall so notify IPO Co., and IPO Co. shall deposit such amount with the Exchange Agent and shall cause the Exchange Agent to forward payments to such holders of fractional share interests subject to and in accordance with the terms of Sections 1.9(b) and (c). (g) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Shares upon the expiration of one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be delivered to IPO Co. upon demand and any holders of Shares who have not theretofore complied with this Article 1 shall thereafter look only to IPO Co. as general creditors for payment of their claim for IPO Co. Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares, as the case may be, and any applicable dividends or distributions with respect to IPO Co. Common Stock. (h) Neither the Surviving Corporation nor IPO Co. shall be liable to any holder of Shares or IPO Co. Common Stock for such shares (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Law. (i) Each of IPO Co. and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Shares such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state or local tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by IPO Co. or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by IPO Co. or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (National Energy Group Inc), Merger Agreement (American Real Estate Partners L P), Merger Agreement (Icahn Carl C Et Al)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior No later than five business days prior to the Closing DateClosing, the Company shall retain furnish to Parent mailing labels or a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (computer file containing the "Exchange Agent") in connection with names and addresses of the surrender record holders of certificates evidencing shares of representing Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofShares. (b) Parent shall mail to each holder of record of Company Shares a letter of transmittal (the "Transmittal Letter"). Upon receipt of the documents described in paragraph (c) below, Parent shall issue certificates representing the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.1 as of the Effective Time in respect of the Company Shares (other than Dissenting Shares). (c) Upon surrender to Parent of a certificate or certificates representing all of such Company Stockholder's outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, "Certificates"), together with (i) a duly executed Transmittal Letter, and (ii) an executed signature page to the Stockholders' Representative Agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the parties (the "Stockholders' Representative Agreement"), each Company Stockholder shall be entitled to receive, in exchange therefor, a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock which such Company Stockholder has the right to receive in respect of the Certificate surrendered pursuant to the provisions of this Article II, less the number of Escrow Shares allocable to such Company Stockholder that are deposited into the Escrow Fund pursuant to Section 10.3 hereof. Each Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. (d) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent Parent shall mail cause to each person who wasbe delivered (i) to U.S. Bank, at the Effective TimeNational Association, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock as escrow agent (collectively, the "CertificatesEscrow Agent"), other than certificates representing the Company, Newco or any Escrow Shares subject to and in accordance with the provisions of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Section 10.3 hereof; and (ii) instructions for use to each Company Stockholder a certificate representing those shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to such Company Stockholder which are not Escrow Shares. The Escrow Shares shall be held in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required escrow by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate Escrow Agent and shall be entitled available to receive compensate Parent for certain damages as provided in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive Article X. The Escrow Shares shall be held in escrow pursuant to the terms hereof of the Escrow Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to "Escrow Agreement"). To the extent not used for such purposes, the Escrow Shares shall be released as provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of CertificatesEscrow Agreement. (e) Effective upon If any certificate representing shares of Parent Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Closing DateCertificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of such exchange that the stock Certificate(s) so surrendered shall be properly endorsed for transfer books (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and shall otherwise be in proper form for transfer, and that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration issuance of transfers of certificates for such shares of Company Parent Common Stock thereafter on the records in a name other than that of the Companyregistered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or shall establish to the satisfaction of Parent that any such taxes have been paid or are not applicable. (f) All Merger Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II, no fractional shares of Parent Common Stock will be issued upon conversion and any holder of shares of Company Common Stock entitled hereunder to receive a fractional share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that would otherwise be received by such holder) but for this Section 2.2(f) will be entitled to receive a cash payment in lieu of such fractional share of Parent Common Stock in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the average of the closing prices of Parent Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board as reported in The Wall Street Journal over the ten (10) trading days ending three (3) trading days prior to the Closing. (g) None of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company shall be liable to any Person in respect of any cash or other property delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificates shall not have been surrendered prior to seven years after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which any payment pursuant to this Article II would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity), the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable, or cash payment determined in accordance with Section 2.2(f), in respect of such Certificate shall, to the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent free and clear of all rights pertaining to such shares claims or interests of Company Stockany Person previously entitled thereto.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (International Microcomputer Software Inc /Ca/), Merger Agreement (International Microcomputer Software Inc /Ca/), Merger Agreement (International Microcomputer Software Inc /Ca/)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior As of the First Merger Effective Time, Aames Investment shall deposit, or shall cause to the Closing Datebe deposited, with Mellon Investor Services, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as transfer agent and registrar for the shares of Aames Investment Common Stock and the exchange agent for purposes of the First Merger (the "Exchange Agent") ”), for exchange in connection accordance with the surrender of this Section 1.12, certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Aames Investment Common Stock to be issued and delivered and cash in the Mergeramount sufficient to pay the aggregate cash portion of the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement in exchange for outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which Series C Preferred Stock, Series D Preferred Stock and Aames Financial Common Stock, including any shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be of Aames Financial Stock underlying options or warrants deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash or treated as may be required, from time to time, to make payments outstanding for purposes of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof1.5 (“Aames Financial Stock”). (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the First Merger Effective Time, Aames Investment shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the First Merger Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented outstanding shares of the applicable Aames Financial Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Aames Investment may reasonably specify) , and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockconsideration payable under Section 1.5 in respect thereof. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, Agent together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by completed in accordance with the Exchange Agentinstructions thereto, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates (A) a certificate evidencing the number of shares of Aames Investment Common Stock, (B) if the Certificate is not for Aames Financial Common Stock as to which an election under Section 1.6 has been made, a check representing the shares of Merger Stock that cash proceeds which such holder has the right to receive in respect of the Certificate surrendered pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of this Section 1.12 and (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after C) a check representing the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid proceeds in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)which such holder of such Certificate shall be entitled, if any, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer surrender of ownership a Certificate representing shares of Company the applicable Aames Financial Stock that in exchange for a certificate evidencing shares of Aames Investment Common Stock and, if the certificate is not registered for Aames Financial Common Stock as to which an election under Section 1.6 has been made, a check representing cash proceeds payable in the stock transfer records name of a person, other than the Companyperson in whose name such shares of Aames Financial Stock are registered, a certificate representing evidencing the proper number of shares of Merger Aames Investment Common Stock may be issued to to, and a check representing the appropriate amount of cash proceeds may be payable to, such a transferee if the Certificate representing evidencing such Company Stock securities is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or Aames Investment to evidence and effect such transfer and by to evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior Subject to the Effective Timeeffect of applicable laws, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except following surrender of any Certificates as otherwise expressly provided hereinin Section 1.12(b), the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration paid to the holder of transfers of the certificates evidencing shares of Company Aames Investment Common Stock thereafter on in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the records time of such surrender, the Company. (f) All amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the First Merger Stock issued upon conversion of Effective Time theretofore payable with respect to such whole shares of Company Aames Investment Common Stock in accordance and not paid, less the amount of any withholding taxes which may be required thereon, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the terms hereof shall be deemed First Merger Effective Time but prior to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining surrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Company Aames Investment Common Stock, less the amount of any withholding taxes which may be required thereon.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Aames Investment Corp), Merger Agreement (Aames Investment Corp), Merger Agreement (Aames Investment Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent Wireless shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates (the "Certificates") that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock (collectively, which were converted into the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery right to receive such holder's ratable portion of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) Initial Wireless Merger Stock instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing such holder's ratable portion of the Initial Wireless Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentWireless or to other agent or agents as may be appointed by Wireless, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as reasonably may be required by the Exchange AgentWireless, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing therefore the ratable portion of the Initial Wireless Merger Stock into which the shares of Merger Company Capital Stock that theretofore evidenced by such holder has the right to receive Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Agreement, and the Certificate so surrendered forthwith shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Capital Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, delivery may be made to a certificate representing Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered, if such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper number form for transfer and the Person requesting such delivery shall pay all transfer and other Taxes required by reason of shares the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Wireless that such Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.08, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the ratable portion of the Initial Wireless Merger Stock and any Additional Wireless Merger Stock which may hereafter be issued purusant to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange AgentSection 2.06, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Timewithout interest, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Capital Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) theretofore evidenced by such Certificate shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation converted pursuant to Section 2.03. No interest shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of be paid or accrue on any Wireless Merger Stock for shares payable upon surrender of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of CertificatesCertificate. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Guidon John), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Wireless Synergies Inc), Merger Agreement (Texas E Solutions Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to From and after the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company to be designated by FKW Sub and reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent the Company (the "Exchange Agent") shall act as exchange agent in connection with effecting the surrender exchange of the Merger Consideration for certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock representing Shares entitled to payment pursuant to Section 1.6 (the Merger"Certificates"). Prior At or prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror FKW Sub shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock amount necessary to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to enable the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange the Merger Consideration for Certificates received by the Exchange Agent. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a record holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) Certificates a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyAgent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting surrendering Certificates and receiving the Merger Consideration therefor. Upon the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agenteach Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by completed in accordance with the Exchange Agentinstructions thereto, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing an amount equal to the shares Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Merger Stock that Shares represented by such holder has Certificate, and such Certificate shall be canceled. Until so surrendered and exchanged, each such Certificate shall represent solely the right to receive pursuant an amount equal to the terms hereof (together with Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares represented by such Certificate. No interest shall be paid or accrue on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates. If any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than the Effective Time to the extent provided Person in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and whose name the Certificate so surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, such Certificate shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer, and it shall be a condition to such exchange that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer and or other taxes required by evidence reasonably satisfactory reason of the payment of such Merger Consideration to Acquiror and Newco a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or such Person shall establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that any applicable stock transfer such tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Exchange Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to a holder of Shares for any Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws. (c) Promptly following the date which is 180 days after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent's duties shall terminate, and any funds deposited with the Exchange Agent that remain unclaimed by holders of Certificates shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation upon demand. Thereafter, each holder of a Certificate may surrender such Certificate to the Surviving Corporation along with the applicable letter of transmittal and (subject to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws) receive in exchange therefor an amount equal to the Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares represented by such Certificate, without any interest thereon, but shall have no greater rights against the Surviving Corporation than may be accorded to general creditors of the Surviving Corporation. (d) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time there shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company Surviving Corporation of any Shares. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, they shall be closedcanceled and exchanged for the applicable Merger Consideration, and there shall be no further registration as provided in this Article I, subject to applicable law in the case of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the CompanyDissenting Shares. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Robertson M G), Merger Agreement (Regent University), Merger Agreement (Christian Broadcasting Network Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior From time to time following the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company as required by subsections (b) and (c) below, Parent shall retain deliver to its transfer agent, or a bank depository or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent institution of recognized standing selected by Parent and Acquisition (the "Exchange Agent") for the benefit of the holders of Shares for exchange in connection accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the surrender appropriate number of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeSection 1.8, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock and (ii) cash to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash paid in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock (such shares of Parent Common Stock and such cash are hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"), in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) and whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any right to receive shares of their respective Subsidiaries, Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.8: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, effected and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, pass only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger shares of Parent Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, Agent together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock and, if applicable, a check representing the shares cash consideration to which such holder may be entitled on account of Merger a fractional share of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), this Article I and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Parent Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.10, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing shares of Parent Common Stock and cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Parent Common Stock as contemplated by this Section 1.10. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes respect to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Parent Common Stock represented thereby, and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.10(f), until the holder of record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, following surrender of any such Certificate there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor without interest (which, i) the amount of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.10(f) and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock and (ii) at the appropriate payment date the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsurrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for Shares shall have been lost, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expensesstolen or destroyed, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange therefor upon the making of an affidavit of that remains unclaimed fact by the former stockholders holder thereof such shares of Parent Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that Parent or the Company after six months following Exchange Agent may, in its discretion, require the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders delivery of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesa suitable bond or indemnity. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of All shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Parent Common Stock issued upon conversion the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Stock Shares in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash paid pursuant to Section 1.10(c) or 1.10(f)) shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Shares; subject, however, to the Surviving Corporation's obligation to pay any dividends or make any other distributions with a record date prior to the date hereof that remain unpaid at the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractions of a share of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in the Merger but in lieu thereof each holder of Shares otherwise entitled to a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock shall upon surrender of his or her Certificate or Certificates be entitled to receive an amount of cash (without interest) determined by multiplying the average closing price for Parent Common Stock as reported on the NYSE Composite Transactions reporting system for the five (5) business days prior to the Effective Time by the fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled. The parties acknowledge that payment of the cash consideration in lieu of issuing fractional shares was not separately bargained for consideration, but merely represents a mechanical rounding off for purposes of simplifying the corporate and accounting complexities that would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares. (g) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the stockholders of the Company upon the expiration of twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent upon demand and any stockholders of the Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article 1 shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of their claim for Parent Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares as the case may be and any applicable dividends or distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock. (h) Neither Parent nor the Company shall be liable to any holder of Shares or Parent Common Stock as the case may be for such shares (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Preferred Shares Rights Agreement (Quickturn Design Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Quickturn Design Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Quickturn Design Systems Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company ACT shall retain a bank appoint The Bank of New York or trust company reasonably another exchange agent mutually acceptable to Acquiror ACT and ICH to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior . (b) At or prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror ACT shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver provide to the Exchange Agent such Agent, for the benefit of the holders of shares of ICH Stock, certificates representing ACT Common Shares issuable in exchange for certificates representing outstanding shares of ICH Stock pursuant to Section 2.1 ("Certificates") and an estimated amount in cash as may be required, from time sufficient to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with satisfy ACT's obligations under Section 1.06 hereof2.5. (bc) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective TimeTime and in no event later than ten business days thereafter, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior shares of ICH Stock whose shares were converted into ACT Common Shares pursuant to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Section 2.1 (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall ACT may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockevidencing ACT Common Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by ACT, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the shares number of Merger Stock that such whole ACT Common Shares to which the holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof is entitled and any an amount of cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to ACT Common Share in accordance with Section 1.06)2.5, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company shares of ICH Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of ICH, payment may be made to a Person (as defined below) other than the CompanyPerson in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment either shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of such payment being made to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of ACT that such tax or taxes have been paid or are not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2, a certificate representing each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the proper Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender such whole number of shares ACT Common Shares provided by Section 2.1 and an amount in cash in lieu of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange fractional ACT Common Share in accordance with this Section 1.04, 2.5. No interest will be deemed for all purposes paid or will accrue on the consideration payable upon the surrender of any Certificate or on any cash payable pursuant to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedSection 2.4 or Section 2.5. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinAll ACT Common Shares delivered, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those cash in lieu of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of any fractional shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationthereof paid, upon demand, and any former stockholders the surrender of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof of this Article II shall be deemed to have been issued paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares. There shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of ICH or its transfer agent of the shares of Company StockICH Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Entity for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II. (e) None of ICH, ACT or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any shares or funds delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. All Certificates and funds held by the Exchange Agent for payment to the holders of unsurrendered Certificates that remain unclaimed for six months after the Effective Time shall be redelivered by the Exchange Agent to ACT, upon demand, and any holders of Certificates who have not theretofore complied with Section 2.2(c) shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Entity for delivery of any shares or funds, subject to applicable escheat and other similar laws.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Impac Commercial Holdings Inc), Merger Agreement (Amresco Capital Trust)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Datemailing of the Proxy Statement, the Company Parent shall retain enter into an agreement with a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent designated by Parent (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time), Acquiror providing that Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent as of the Effective Time, for the benefit of the holders of the Company Shares, for exchange in accordance with Sections 2.3 and 2.4 and this Section 2.7 through the Exchange Agent, (i) cash in an amount equal to the aggregate amount payable pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 2.5, (ii) certificates representing the shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 2.5 and (iii) cash in an amount equal to the aggregate amount required to be paid in lieu of fractional interests of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.10 (such cash and shares of Parent Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto with a record date after the Effective Time and the cash referred to in clause (iii) of this Section 2.7 being hereinafter referred to as the "EXCHANGE FUND"). The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, deliver the cash and the Parent Common Stock contemplated to be issued pursuant to this Article II from the Exchange Fund in the Merger, which shares (collectivelyaccordance with this Agreement. Until they are distributed, the "Merger Stock") shares of Parent Common Stock held by the Exchange Agent shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Timeoutstanding, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to but the Exchange Agent shall not vote such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments shares or exercise any rights of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance a stockholder with Section 1.06 hereofregard thereto. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding representing shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, a "CERTIFICATE") whose shares were converted into the "Certificates"), other than right to receive the Company, Newco or any of their respective SubsidiariesMerger Consideration, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates Certificate(s) in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate such Certificate(s) for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate Certificate(s) shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the that number of whole shares of Merger Parent Common Stock that and cash which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof provisions of Sections 2.3 and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)2.10, and the Certificate Certificate(s) so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of . (c) If any cash or any certificate representing Parent Shares is to be paid to or issued in a transfer of ownership of Company Stock name other than that in which a Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Companyregistered, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Parent Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Company Stock is presented Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such payment shall pay to the Exchange Agent, accompanied Agent any transfer or other Taxes required by all documents required reason of the payment of cash or the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock to evidence and effect a person other than the registered holder of such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory Certificate or establish to Acquiror and Newco the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that any applicable stock transfer tax such Tax has been paid. (c) After paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective TimeTime to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the cash, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented the certificate representing shares of Company Parent Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange or cash in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number lieu of full any fractional shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (whichParent Common Stock, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been as applicable. No interest will be paid or will accrue on any cash so convertedpayable. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those If any holder of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of converted Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time Shares shall be delivered unable to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their surrender such holder's Certificates because such Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued lost or destroyed, such holder may deliver in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining lieu thereof an affidavit and indemnity bond in form and substance and with surety reasonably satisfactory to such shares of Company StockParent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Beazer Homes Usa Inc), Merger Agreement (Beazer Homes Usa Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain select a reputable bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange paying agent with respect to the Merger (the "Exchange “Paying Agent"”). (b) in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and Immediately following the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) with the Surviving Corporation shall deliver Paying Agent, for payment to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be requiredholders of Company Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2, from time to time, to make payments an amount of cash in lieu equal to the product obtained by multiplying (x) the amount payable therefor pursuant to Section 2.5(c) and (y) the aggregate number of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofof Company Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding Company Shares then owned by Parent, Acquisition Sub, the Company, or any direct or indirect, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent, Acquisition Sub or the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time (whether pursuant to the Offer or otherwise)). (bc) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Paying Agent shall to mail to each person Person who was, at immediately prior to the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that Company Stock Certificate and each holder of record of Company Shares held in book-entry form, in each case which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding Company Stock Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"other than Appraisal Shares), other than the Company, Newco or any a form of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyPaying Agent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates previously representing such Company Shares in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockpayment therefor. Upon surrender of a Certificate Company Stock Certificates for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent or delivery of an agents’ message in respect of Company Shares held in book-entry form, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly completed and validly executed and such other documents as may be required by in accordance with the Exchange Agentinstructions thereto, the holder holders of such Certificate Company Stock Certificates or the holders of shares held in book-entry form shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares amount payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of Merger this Section 2, and the Company Stock that Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. The Paying Agent shall accept such holder has Company Stock Certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Paying Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. No interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Company Stock Certificates on the cash amounts payable upon the surrender of such Company Stock Certificates pursuant to this Section 2.7. Until so surrendered, outstanding Company Stock Certificates shall be deemed from and after the Effective Time, to evidence only the right to receive the amount payable in respect thereof pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of this Section 2. (together with d) On or after the first anniversary of the Effective Time, the Paying Agent shall deliver to the Surviving Corporation any dividend or distribution funds made available by Parent to the Paying Agent which have not been disbursed to holders of Company Stock Certificates, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to Parent and the Surviving Corporation, as general creditors thereof, with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and cash amounts that may be payable upon surrender of their Company Stock Certificates. Neither the Paying Agent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any cash holder of a Company Stock Certificate for any amount properly paid in lieu of fractional shares to a public official pursuant to Section 1.06)any applicable abandoned property or escheat law. (e) If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, then, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Company Stock Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to pay in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate the cash amount payable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that Parent or the Paying Agent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the Certificate so surrendered shall payment of the cash amount payable in respect of any lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate, require the owners of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be canceled. made against Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent with respect to the Company Stock Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (f) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that Shares which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, or if payment is to be made with respect to Company Shares in a certificate representing name other than that in which the proper number Company Stock Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor are registered in the stock transfer books or ledger of shares of Merger Stock the Company, payment may be issued made to a transferee Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered in the stock transfer books or ledger of the Company only if the Company Stock Certificate previously representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Paying Agent properly endorsed and accompanied by all documents reasonably required by the Paying Agent to evidence and effect such transfer and the Person requesting such payment has paid to Parent (or any agent designated by Parent) any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment of the amount payable in respect thereof to a Person other than the registered holder of such Company Stock Certificate, or presented evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes relating to such transfer have been paidpaid or are otherwise not payable. (cg) After Parent, the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinCompany, the Surviving Corporation and the Paying Agent shall pay all charges be entitled to deduct and expenseswithhold from any payment pursuant to this Section 2 such amounts as are required by applicable law to be deducted or withheld therefrom under U.S. federal or state, local or non-U.S. law, and to request any necessary Tax forms, including those Form W-9 or the appropriate series of Form W-8, as applicable, or any similar information, from any recipient of any payment hereunder. To the Exchange Agentextent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time such amounts shall be delivered treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only Person to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to whom such amounts would otherwise have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockpaid.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Simtek Corp), Merger Agreement (Cypress Semiconductor Corp /De/)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior Gold, on behalf of Sub, shall make available to the Closing DateExchange National Bank and/or to Advest, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act Inc., which are hereby designated as exchange agent agents (the "Exchange AgentAgents") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to ), at and after the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the such number of shares of Acquiror Gold Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") as shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver issuable to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments holders of cash in lieu of fractional shares Company Common Stock in accordance with Section 1.06 2.2 hereof. (b) . As soon as practicable after the Effective TimeClosing Date, Gold, on behalf of the Exchange Agent Agents, shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Closing Date represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a form letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of certificates of Company Common Stock for exchange into certificates of Gold Common Stock. The Gold Common Stock into which the Certificates Company Common Stock is being converted in exchange accordance with Section 2.2(b) hereof may be delivered to a brokerage account established at Advest, Inc. for each shareholder of the Company; provided, however, that definitive stock certificates for shares of Gold Common Stock will be issued by the Exchange Agents and delivered to each Company shareholder that requests such certificates. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, no fractional shares of Gold Common Stock and no certificates or script therefor or other evidence of ownership thereof will be issued. All fractional shares of Gold Common Stock to which a holder of Company Common Stock would otherwise be entitled to under Section 2.2 hereof shall be aggregated. If a fractional share results from such aggregation, such shareholder shall be entitled, after the Effective Time and upon the surrender of such shareholder's certificate or certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock, to receive from the Merger StockExchange Agent an amount in cash in lieu of such fractional share equal to the product of such fraction and the average of the closing sales price of Gold Common Stock as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation National Marketing System on each of the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the third trading day prior to the Effective Time (the "Gold Stock Price"). Upon surrender Gold, on behalf of a Certificate for cancellation Sub, shall make available to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentfrom time to time, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidnecessary for this purpose. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Gold Banc Corp Inc), Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (Gold Banc Corp Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror GRMI shall enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with with, DeMint Law, PLLC, or such other agent or agents as may be satisfactory to GRMI and Guardian 8 (the “Exchange Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of Guardian 8 Shares, for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock GRMI Shares to be issued to holders of Guardian 8 Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding Guardian 8 Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Guardian 8 Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ”) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive GRMI Shares pursuant to Section 1.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Guardian 8 and Newco shall GRMI may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockGRMI Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the shares that number of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)whole GRMI Shares, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is Guardian 8 Shares which are not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyGuardian 8, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock GRMI Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Guardian 8 Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or GRMI to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing GRMI Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.7. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance Time with this Section 1.04, respect to GRMI Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior paid to the Effective Time, were holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the GRMI Shares represented thereby) thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall have been so convertedsurrender such Certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for Guardian 8 Shares or GRMI Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefor, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such GRMI Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional GRMI Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that GRMI or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All GRMI Shares issued upon the Closing Date, surrender for exchange of Guardian 8 Shares in accordance with the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there terms hereof. There shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of either of Guardian 8 or GRMI of the Company.Guardian 8 Shares or GRMI Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to GRMI for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof No fractional GRMI Shares shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of all rights pertaining Guardian 8 Shares otherwise entitled to such shares a fractional GRMI Share shall, upon surrender of Company Stockits, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an additional share to round up to the nearest round number of shares.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Guardian 8 Holdings), Merger Agreement (Global Risk Management & Investigative Solutions)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company PFS shall retain designate a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror SBBX to act as the exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to Merger (the Merger“Exchange Agent”). Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, but in no event later than five (5) business days thereafter, PFS shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate one or certificates that more Old Certificates representing shares of SBBX Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, that have been converted at the "Certificates"), other than Effective Time into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 3.1 (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Old Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Old Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Old Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration that such holder shall have become entitled to receive in accordance with, and subject to, Section 3.1.3, and any cash in lieu payable in respect of Fractional Share Consideration in accordance with Section 3.1.4, and any dividends or distributions to be paid pursuant to Section 3.2.3. Upon From and after the Effective Time, upon proper surrender of a Certificate the Old Certificates (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such properly completed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Old Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefor, as applicable, (i) a New Certificate representing the Merger Consideration to which such holder of SBBX Common Stock shall have become entitled to receive in accordance with, and subject to, Section 3.1.3, and (ii) a check representing the amount of (A) any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive in respect of the surrendered Old Certificate pursuant to Section 3.1.4 and (B) any dividends or distributions that such holder has the terms hereof (together with right to receive in respect of the surrendered Old Certificate pursuant to Section 3.2.3, and the Old Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. No interest will be paid or accrue on any dividend cash in lieu of fractional shares payable to holders of Old Certificates or distribution with respect thereto made any dividends payable under Section 3.2.3. Until each Old Certificate is surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.2.1, such Old Certificate shall be deemed at all times after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof right to receive, upon surrender, the Merger Consideration (together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06issued in consideration therefor, without interest), subject to all applicable withholding of Tax in accordance with Section 3.2.7. The Exchange Agent shall accept such Old Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. If any New Certificate representing shares of PFS Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Old Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of the issuance thereof that the Old Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer) and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and that the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing person requesting such Company Stock is presented exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent, accompanied Agent in advance any transfer or other similar Taxes required by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After reason of the Effective Time, each outstanding issuance of a New Certificate which theretofore represented representing shares of Company PFS Common Stock shallin any name other than that of the registered holder of the Old Certificate surrendered, until surrendered or required for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04any other reason, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior or shall establish to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those satisfaction of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have such Tax has been paid or is not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatespayable. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sb One Bancorp), Merger Agreement (Provident Financial Services Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid.I-7 (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Hearst Argyle Television Inc), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Hearst Argyle Television Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company Parent shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror select The Bank of New York, N.A. to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger). Prior Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent in trust (pending the Effective Time) for the benefit of the holders of Company Stock Certificates immediately available funds in an amount not less than the amount necessary to make the payments for the shares of Acquiror the Company Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares contemplated by Section 1.5(a)(ii) (collectivelysuch amount, the "Merger StockEXCHANGE FUND") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof). (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall will mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder record holders of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Certificates (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (which shall specify including a provision confirming that delivery of the Company Stock Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Agent), and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockaggregate Price Per Share relating thereto. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent for exchange, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange AgentAgent or Parent, (1) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive from the Exchange Fund in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)aggregate Price Per Share relating thereto, and (2) the Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Company Stock that is not registered Certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive the aggregate Price Per Share relating thereto as contemplated by Section 1.5(a)(ii). If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the stock transfer records payment of the Companyaggregate Price Per Share relating thereto, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock bond (in such sum as Parent may reasonably direct) as indemnity against any claim that may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to made against the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Company Stock Certificate. (c) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock Certificates as of the date 180 days after the date on which the Merger becomes effective shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock Certificates who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates in accordance with this Section 1.7 shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for the aggregate Price Per Share relating thereto. (d) Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock such amounts as may be required to evidence and effect be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or any provision of any Legal Requirement. To the extent such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid. (ce) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those be liable to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock or to any other Person with respect to any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be Fund delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only Governmental Body pursuant to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesany applicable Legal Requirement. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Lancer Corp /Tx/), Merger Agreement (Lancer Corp /Tx/)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain a appoint The Bank of New York or another bank or trust company that is reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange paying agent (the "Exchange “Paying Agent") in connection with for the surrender payment of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the MergerMerger Consideration. Prior to At the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Mergerdeposit, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, or cause the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to deposit, with the Exchange Agent such cash as may be requiredPaying Agent, from time to timefor the benefit of the holders of Certificates, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid pursuant to Section 1.06 hereof2.01(c) (the “Exchange Fund”). (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Paying Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior Certificate whose shares of Company Common Stock were converted into the right to receive the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Merger Consideration (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such customary form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifycontain customary provisions) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon Each holder of record of one or more Certificates shall, upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent of such Certificate or Certificates, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Company Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend Certificate or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Certificates, and the Certificate Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing payment of the proper number of shares of Merger Stock Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.04(b) may be issued made to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered if such Company Stock is presented Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the Exchange Agentreasonable satisfaction of Parent that such Taxes have been paid or are not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.04(b), accompanied by all documents required each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to evidence and effect represent only the right to receive upon such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidsurrender the Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates on the Merger Consideration payable in respect of the Certificates. (c) After The Merger Consideration paid upon the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares surrender of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.04, Article II shall be deemed for to have been paid in full satisfaction of all purposes rights pertaining to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock (which, prior to formerly represented by such Certificates. At the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, close of business on the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following day on which the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Dateoccurs, the stock share transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the share transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Common Stock thereafter on that were outstanding immediately prior to the records Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, any Certificate is presented to the Surviving Corporation for transfer, it shall be canceled against delivery of the Merger Consideration as provided in this Article II. (d) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of the Certificates for six months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent, upon demand, and any holders of the Certificates who have not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent for, and Parent shall remain liable for, payment of their claim for the Merger Consideration in accordance with this Article II. (e) None of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any person in respect of any cash or distributions from the Exchange Fund properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificate shall not have been surrendered prior to four years after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which any Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity), any such Merger Consideration shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock The Paying Agent shall invest the cash included in accordance with the terms hereof Exchange Fund as directed by Parent. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments will be payable to the Surviving Corporation or Parent, as Parent directs. If for any reason (including losses) the cash in the Exchange Fund shall be deemed insufficient to fully satisfy all of the payment obligations to be made by the Paying Agent hereunder, Parent shall promptly deposit cash into the Exchange Fund in an amount which is equal to the deficiency in the amount of cash required to fully satisfy such cash payment obligations. (g) If any Certificate shall have been issued lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such person of a bond in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining such reasonable amount as Parent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such shares Certificate, the Paying Agent shall deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration payable pursuant to this Article II. (h) Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent are required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of Company Stocksuch payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of Certificates in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (McKesson Corp), Merger Agreement (Per Se Technologies Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company shall retain select and appoint a commercial bank or trust company who shall be reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror Parent to act as exchange the paying agent (the "Exchange “Paying Agent") in connection with for the payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the MergerCertificates. Prior At or prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Paying Agent for the benefit of the holders of shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock immediately available funds in the amount of the aggregate Merger Consideration under Section 3.01(c) (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). The Paying Agent shall deliver the Merger Consideration contemplated to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock"paid pursuant to Section 3.01(c) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to out of the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofFund. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (but in no event more than three Business Days after the Effective Time), Parent shall instruct the Exchange Paying Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate Certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Certificates (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form and specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be (or affidavit of loss in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifylieu thereof in accordance with Section 3.08)) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 3.08) for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the Merger Consideration into which the shares of Merger Company Common Stock that theretofore represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.063.01(c), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock payment may be issued made to a transferee if Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Company Stock is presented Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment shall (A) pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or (B) establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect reasonable satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax Tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shallpaid or is otherwise not applicable. Except as otherwise provided with respect to unpaid dividends and other distributions in Section 3.04, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with as contemplated by this Section 1.043.03, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares) shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company at any time after six months following the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration, without interest, as provided in this Agreement. No interest shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and paid or shall accrue on any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective Merger Consideration payable upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyany Certificate. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Pre Paid Legal Services Inc), Merger Agreement (Pre Paid Legal Services Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company shall be designated by Parent (the "Paying Agent") to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender Merger to receive and pay the Merger Consideration to which holders of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Shares shall become entitled pursuant to the MergerSection 2.7(a). Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following Promptly after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver cause to the Exchange Agent such cash be mailed to each record holder, as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately (the "Certificates") that, prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectivelyTime, the "Certificates")represented Shares, other than the Company, Newco or any a form of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the appropriate Merger StockConsideration therefor. Upon Subject to Section 3.2(c), upon the surrender of a each such Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agentformerly representing Shares, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly completed and validly executed and such other documents as may be required by in accordance with the Exchange Agentinstructions thereto, the Paying Agent shall deliver to the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares formerly represented by such Certificate in exchange therefor certificates therefor, and such Certificate shall forthwith be canceled. Until so surrendered and exchanged, each such Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares or Shares held by Parent, Acquisition or the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has Company, or any direct or indirect subsidiary thereof) shall represent solely the right to receive pursuant the appropriate Merger Consideration. No interest shall be paid or accrue on the Merger Consideration. If the Merger Consideration (or any portion thereof) is to be delivered to any person other than the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after person in whose name the Effective Time Certificate formerly representing Shares surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and such exchange that the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the event of a person requesting such exchange shall pay to the Paying Agent any transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records or other taxes required by reason of the Company, a certificate representing payment of the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued Consideration to a transferee if person other than the registered holder of the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented surrendered, or shall establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect satisfaction of the Paying Agent that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. (b) When and as needed, Parent or Acquisition shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in trust with the Paying Agent the appropriate Merger Consideration to which holders of Shares shall be entitled at the Effective Time pursuant to Section 2.7(a) of this Agreement. The funds held by the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall not be used for any purpose other than the payment of the Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement. (c) Promptly following the date which is six months after the Effective Time, Parent will cause the Paying Agent to deliver to the Surviving Corporation all cash and documents in its possession relating to the transactions described in this Agreement, and the Paying Agent's duties shall terminate. Thereafter, each holder of a Certificate formerly representing a Share may surrender such Certificate to the Surviving Corporation and (subject to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws) receive in exchange therefor the appropriate Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon. (d) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time there shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company Surviving Corporation of any Shares. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates formerly representing Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, such Certificates shall be closedcanceled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration, and there shall be no further registration as provided in this Article III, subject to applicable law in the case of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the CompanyDissenting Shares. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Dow Chemical Co /De/), Merger Agreement (Mycogen Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Mailing Date, the Company Parent shall retain appoint a commercial bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") for the purpose of exchanging Certificates and Book-Entry Shares for the Merger Consideration. Parent shall pay all costs, fees, and expenses incurred in connection with the surrender retention and engagement of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted the Exchange Agent. In connection with the foregoing, Parent and Merger Sub shall enter into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit an exchange agent and nominee agreement with the Exchange Agent Agent, in a form reasonably acceptable to the shares of Acquiror Common Stock Company, setting forth the procedures to be issued used in accomplishing the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At deliveries and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with other actions contemplated by this Section 1.06 hereof2.03. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent Parent shall mail cause to be mailed to each person who wasrecord holder, at as of the Effective Time, a of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares (other than any holder which has previously and properly surrendered all of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior its Certificate(s) to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock Exchange Agent in accordance with this Section 2.03) (collectivelyeach, the "Certificates"an “Electing Shareholder”), other than the Company, Newco or any a form of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form and shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be or, in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifythe case of Book-Entry Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or, in the case of Book-Entry Shares, the surrender of such Shares in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Consideration. (c) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall (1) issue and deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent to be held in trust for the holders of Company Common Stock, evidence of shares in book-entry form in compliance with the Parent’s certificate of incorporation and all applicable Laws, representing Parent Shares issuable pursuant to Section 2.01 in exchange for outstanding Company Common Stock, and to make any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 2.03(g), in each case, to be paid in respect of the Certificates and the Book-Entry Shares by holders thereof who have properly delivered to the Exchange Agent their Company Common Stock. Upon Any cash and Parent Shares deposited with the Exchange Agent shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Exchange Fund.” The Exchange Agent shall, subject to the terms of the exchange agent and nominee agreement entered into with Parent, deliver the Merger Consideration contemplated to be issued pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 out of the Exchange Fund. Until used for that purpose, the cash portion of the Exchange Fund shall be invested by the Exchange Agent in short-term obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America or short-term obligations of an agency of the United States of America which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Services Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, or in deposit accounts, short-term certificates of deposit or banker’s acceptances of, repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements with commercial banks which have capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating more than $10 billion (based on the most recent financial statements of the banks which are then publicly available at the SEC or otherwise); provided, that no such investment or losses thereon shall affect the Merger Consideration payable to former holders of Company Common Stock entitled to receive such consideration or cash in lieu of fractional interests, and Parent shall promptly provide, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to promptly provide, additional cash funds to the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the former holders of Company Common Stock in the amount of any such losses. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose other than the foregoing. (d) Each holder of Shares that have been converted into a right to receive the Merger Consideration, upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation or Book-Entry Share to the Exchange Agent, Agent together with such the letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing (A) one or more Parent Shares which shall be in uncertificated book-entry form and which shall represent, in the shares aggregate, the whole number of Merger Stock Parent Shares that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.01 (after taking into account all Shares then held by such holder) and (B) a check in the terms hereof (together with amount equal to any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after cash that such holder has the Effective Time right to the extent provided receive in lieu of any fractional Shares pursuant to Section 1.05 hereof 2.02 and any dividends and other distributions pursuant to Section 2.03(g), in each case, less any required withholding taxes. The Merger Consideration shall be paid as promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt by the Exchange Agent of the Certificate or Book-Entry Share and letter of transmittal in accordance with the foregoing. No interest shall be paid or accrued on any Merger Consideration, cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or on any unpaid dividends and distributions payable to Section 1.06)holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate and Book-Entry Share shall, from and after the Certificate so surrendered Effective Time, represent for all purposes only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, the issuance or payment of which (including any cash in lieu of fractional shares) shall be canceleddeemed to be the satisfaction in full of all rights pertaining to Shares converted in the Merger. (e) If any cash payment is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the applicable surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share is registered, it shall be a condition of such payment that the Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the making of such cash payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable. If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be registered in the name of a Person other than the Person in whose name the applicable surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share is registered, it shall be a condition to the registration thereof that the surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such delivery of the Merger Consideration shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other similar Taxes required as a result of such registration in the name of a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable. (f) At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of Shares thereafter. If, after the Effective Time, any Certificates or Book-Entry Shares representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Exchange Agent, each such share shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration provided for in this Article II in accordance with the terms hereof. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock any Share prior to the Effective Time that is has not been registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number Merger Consideration payable in respect of shares such Share shall be paid to the transferee of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee such share if the Certificate representing or Book-Entry Share that previously represented such Company Stock share is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by to evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has Taxes have been paid. (c) After . From and after the Effective Time, each the holders of Certificates and Book-Entry Shares representing Shares outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, immediately prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) Time shall cease to have been so convertedany rights with respect to such Shares except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by applicable Law. (dg) Except No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Shares issued in the Merger shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificates or Book-Entry Shares until such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are surrendered as otherwise expressly provided hereinin this Section 2.03. Following such surrender, subject to the Surviving Corporation effect of escheat, Tax or other applicable Law, there shall pay all charges and expensesbe paid, including those without interest, to the record holder of the Exchange AgentParent Shares, if any, issued in connection exchange therefor (i) at the time of such surrender, all dividends and other distributions payable in respect of any such Parent Shares with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company a record date after six months following the Effective Time and a payment date on or prior to the date of such surrender and not previously paid and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the dividends or other distributions payable with respect to such Parent Shares with a record date after the Effective Time but with a payment date subsequent to such surrender. For purposes of dividends or other distributions in respect of Parent Shares, all Parent Shares to be issued pursuant to the Merger shall be delivered entitled to dividends pursuant to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, immediately preceding sentence as if issued and any former stockholders outstanding as of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of CertificatesEffective Time. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Ebix Inc), Merger Agreement (Adam Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company CALIPSO shall retain a bank enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with, _________________________ or trust company reasonably acceptable such other agent or agents as may be satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent CALIPSO and KFI (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with ), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeKFI Shares, Acquiror shall deposit with for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock CALIPSO Shares to be issued to holders of KFI Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding KFI Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding KFI Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive CALIPSO Shares pursuant to Section 1.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror KFI and Newco shall CALIPSO may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockCALIPSO Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefore a certificate representing the shares that number of Merger Stock that whole CALIPSO Shares, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article I, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is KFI Shares which are not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyKFI, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock CALIPSO Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock KFI Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or CALIPSO to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing CALIPSO Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.7. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance Time with this Section 1.04, respect to CALIPSO Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior paid to the Effective Time, were holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the CALIPSO Shares represented thereby) thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall have been so convertedsurrender such Certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for KFI Shares or CALIPSO Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefore, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such CALIPSO Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional CALIPSO Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that CALIPSO or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All CALIPSO Shares issued upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender for exchange of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock KFI Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares KFI Shares. There shall be no further registration of Company Stocktransfers on the stock transfer books of KFI of the KFI Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates of KFI are presented to CALIPSO for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractional CALIPSO Shares shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of KFI Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional CALIPSO Share shall, upon surrender of its, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an additional share to round up to the nearest round number of shares.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Calipso Inc), Merger Agreement (Calipso Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior As of the Effective Time, Parent shall make available to the Closing Date, the American Stock Transfer & Trust Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent"), for the benefit of the holders of Shares, for exchange in accordance with this Article 1, through the Exchange Agent: (i) in connection with certificates representing the surrender appropriate number of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock Section 1.8 in exchange for outstanding Shares and (ii) cash to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash paid in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.06 hereof1.9(f) (such shares of Parent Common Stock and such cash are hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"). (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose Shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any right to receive shares of their respective Subsidiaries, Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.8: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger shares of Parent Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent and Acquisition, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock and, if applicable, a check representing the shares cash consideration to which such holder may be entitled pursuant to Section 1.9(f) on account of Merger Stock that a fractional share of Parent Common Stock, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article 1, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that Shares which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Parent Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. (c) After the Effective Time. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.9, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company at any time after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to represent only the Surviving Corporation, right to receive upon demand, and any former stockholders of such surrender the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of certificate representing shares of Company Parent Common Stock thereafter on the records and cash in lieu of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of any fractional shares of Company Parent Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockas contemplated by this Section 1.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (St Jude Medical Inc), Merger Agreement (St Jude Medical Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company Parent shall retain a select The Bank of New York, Parent’s transfer agent or another bank or trust company reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the "Exchange Agent") in connection and shall enter into an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Company with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant Exchange Agent relating to the Mergerservices to be performed by the Exchange Agent. Prior to At or promptly after the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent Agent: (i) certificates representing the shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to be issued in the Merger, which shares Section 1.5; and (collectively, the "Merger Stock"ii) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, sufficient to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof1.5(d). The shares of Parent Common Stock and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares of Parent Common Stock, are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fund. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person the Persons who was, at the Effective Time, a holder were record holders of record of a certificate Company Stock Certificates or certificates that Book Entry Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Time: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify and the Company shall reasonably approve prior to the Effective Time (which shall specify including a provision confirming that delivery of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Agent); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.5(d) and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 1.7(c). Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate for cancellation or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange AgentAgent for exchange, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, Agent or Parent: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the number of whole shares of Merger Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in provisions of Section 1.05 hereof and any 1.5, cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.061.5(d) and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 1.7(c), ; and (B) the Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Shares so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7(b), each Company Stock that is not registered Certificate or Book Entry Shares shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock as contemplated by Section 1.5 (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.5(d) and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 1.7(c)). If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its reasonable discretion and as a condition to the stock transfer records issuance of the Company, a any certificate representing Parent Common Stock, require the proper number owner of shares of Merger such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a bond (in such sum as Parent and the Company reasonably agree to direct) as indemnity against any claim that may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to made against the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCompany Stock Certificate. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time shall be paid or otherwise delivered to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate which theretofore represented or Book Entry Shares with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Certificate or Book Entry Shares in accordance with this Section 1.041.7 (at which time such holder shall be entitled, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior subject to the Effective Timeeffect of applicable abandoned property, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedescheat or similar laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest). (d) Except Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares as otherwise expressly provided hereinof the date that is one year after the date on which the Merger becomes effective shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, the Surviving Corporation and any holders of Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in accordance with this Section 1.7 shall pay all charges thereafter look only to Parent for, and expensesbe entitled to receive from Parent, including those satisfaction of their claims for Parent Common Stock, cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock. (e) Each of the Exchange Agent, in connection with Parent and the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company StockCommon Stock such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law or under any other applicable Legal Requirement. Any Merger Stock deposited with To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Body, (i) such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid, and (ii) Parent, the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to or the Surviving Corporation, upon demandas the case may be, and any former stockholders of shall promptly deliver the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only amounts so deducted or withheld to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyapplicable taxing or other authority. (f) All Merger Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock issued upon conversion of or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Company Parent Common Stock in accordance (or dividends or distributions with the terms hereof shall be deemed respect thereto), or for any cash amounts, delivered to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining any public official pursuant to such shares of Company Stockany applicable abandoned property law, escheat law or other similar Legal Requirement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Opnext Inc), Merger Agreement (Oclaro, Inc.)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain designate a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror MGI to act as exchange paying agent in the Merger (the "Exchange Paying Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant ), and, from time to the Merger. Prior time on, prior to or after the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Mergermake available, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, or cause the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to make available, to the Exchange Paying Agent such cash as may funds in amounts and at the times necessary for the payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of certificates representing MGI Shares (it being understood that any and all interest earned on funds made available to the Paying Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be required, from time turned over to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofParent). (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Paying Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented MGI Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that Consideration into which the MGI Shares theretofore represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.06)2.05, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock MGI Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyMGI, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock payment may be issued made to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Company Stock is presented Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.07, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration, without interest, into which the MGI Shares theretofore represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 2.05. No interest will be paid or will accrue on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of any Certificate. (c) After All Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the MGI Shares theretofore represented by such Certificates. At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company MGI shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the CompanySurviving Corporation of the MGI Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II. (fd) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with At any time following six months after the terms hereof Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be deemed entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any interest received with respect thereto) which had been made available to the Paying Agent and which have not been issued in full satisfaction disbursed to holders of all rights pertaining Certificates, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to such shares look 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 Company Stocktheir Certificates, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate for Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Family Golf Centers Inc), Merger Agreement (Metrogolf Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to Promptly after the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain authorize a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent hereunder, which bank or trust company shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger”). Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who wasmail, at the Effective Time, a holder to all former holders of record of a (i) an outstanding certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented shares Company Common Stock or Company Series A Preferred Stock that were converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, the "Certificates"”) or (ii) shares represented by book-entry which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Common Stock that were converted into the right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to this Agreement (“Book-Entry Shares”), other than (A) instructions for surrendering their Certificates, or in the Companycase of Book-Entry Shares, Newco or any for surrendering such shares, in exchange for a certificate representing shares of their respective SubsidiariesParent Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares and, in the case of former holders of record of Company Common Stock, a certificate representing a Contingent Value Right, and (iB) a letter of transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss of, and title to to, the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be Agent, or in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use the case of Book-Entry Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in effecting the surrender Letter of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockTransmittal. Upon surrender of a Certificate Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter Letter of transmittal duly executed Transmittal and such other customary documents as may be required reasonably requested by Parent and in accordance with the Exchange Agentinstructions thereon, the each holder of such Certificate Certificates and Book-Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates (a) a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock into which the shares of Merger Company Common Stock that such holder has or Company Series A Preferred Stock theretofore represented by the right to receive Certificates or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered shall have been converted pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution provisions of this Agreement applying the Minimum Exchange Ratio under Section 1.6(a)(i) and with respect thereto made after to Company Series A Preferred Stock the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and Preferred Stock Exchange Ratio, (b) any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)1.6(a)(ii) hereof, (c) a certificate representing that number of Contingent Value Rights, if any, to which such holder is entitled under this Agreement, (d) a check in the amount of any cash due pursuant to Section 1.12 hereof, and (e) in the Certificate case of Company Common Stock only the right to receive a certificate representing that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered shall be canceled. In have been converted pursuant to the event provisions of a transfer this Agreement applying the Exchange Ratio (as opposed to the Minimum Exchange Ratio) under Section 1.6(a)(i) less any shares of ownership Parent Common Stock issued and delivered to former holders of Company Common Stock that is not registered in accordance with clause (a) of this sentence, but in the stock transfer records case of this clause (e) only to the Companyextent that it is determined pursuant to Section 1.13 that the Exchange Ratio is greater than the Minimum Exchange Ratio. No interest shall be paid or shall accrue on any such amounts. Until surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.8, a certificate representing each Certificate and each Book-Entry Share shall represent for all purposes only the proper number right to receive Merger Consideration together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.6(a)(ii) hereof and, if applicable, amounts under Section 1.12 hereof. Shares of Parent Common Stock into which shares of Company Common Stock and shares of Company Series A Preferred Stock shall be converted in the Merger at the Effective Time shall be deemed to have been issued at the Effective Time. If any certificates representing shares of Parent Common Stock may are to be issued to in a transferee if name other than that in which the Certificate representing surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of such Company Stock is presented exchange that the person requesting such exchange shall deliver to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by Agent all documents required necessary to evidence and effect such transfer and shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other taxes required by evidence reasonably satisfactory reason of the issuance of a certificate representing shares of Parent Common Stock in a name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or establish to Acquiror and Newco the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that any applicable stock transfer such tax has been paid. paid or is not applicable. Beginning on the date which is twelve (c12) After months following the Effective Time, each outstanding Parent shall act as the Exchange Agent and thereafter any holder of an unsurrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall look solely to Parent and the Surviving Corporation for any amounts to which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shallsuch holder may be due, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes subject to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the applicable law. The Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for the shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the and Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation Series A Preferred Stock for the exchange of CertificatesMerger Consideration. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Onstream Media CORP), Merger Agreement (Narrowstep Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior From time to time following the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to its transfer agent, or a depository or trust institution of recognized standing selected by Parent and Acquisition and reasonably satisfactory to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with ), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares Shares for exchange in accordance with this Article 2, an amount of cash equal to the aggregate Merger Consideration then payable pursuant to Section 1.06 hereof2.8 (such amount of cash is hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"), in exchange for outstanding Shares. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, but in no event more than three business days thereafter, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) and whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.8: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, effected and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, pass only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing Merger Consideration; provided, however, that such letter of transmittal shall be substantially in the Merger Stockform and substance of a letter of transmittal and instructions approved by the Company at or before the Closing, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a check representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Consideration, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate check representing the proper number of shares amount of Merger Stock Consideration may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.10, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. (c) After In the Effective Time, each outstanding event that any Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) Shares shall have been so convertedlost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange therefor upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof the Merger Consideration; provided, however, that Parent or the Exchange Agent may, in its discretion, require the delivery of a reasonable and customary bond or indemnity. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIf, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall pay all charges be canceled and expenses, including those exchanged as provided in this Article 2. (e) Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent Fund that remains unclaimed by undistributed to the former stockholders of the Company upon the expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, Parent upon demand, demand and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article 2 shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation Parent as general creditors for the exchange payment of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companytheir claims for Merger Consideration. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Neither Parent nor Acquisition nor the Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed liable to have been issued in full satisfaction any holder of all rights pertaining Shares for any amount of cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to such shares of Company Stocka public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Intel Corp), Merger Agreement (DSP Communications Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company Veeco shall retain select a reputable bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger). Prior to Promptly after the Effective Time, Acquiror Veeco shall deposit with the Exchange Agent (i) certificates representing the shares of Acquiror Common Stock Veeco Shares issuable pursuant to be issued in the Merger, which shares this Article II and (collectively, the "Merger Stock"ii) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, sufficient to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 2.05(d) hereof. The Veeco Shares and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares, are referred to herein collectively as the "EXCHANGE FUND." (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall will mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder record holders of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, : (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Veeco may reasonably specify (which shall specify including a provision confirming that delivery of the Company Stock Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Stock Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Agent), and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockVeeco Shares as contemplated by this Article II. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent for exchange, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange AgentAgent or Veeco, (1) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the shares number of Merger Stock whole Veeco Shares that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms provisions of Section 2.05 hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any an appropriate amount of cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06Veeco Share otherwise issuable), and (2) the Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.07, each Company Stock that is not registered Certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive Veeco Shares (and an appropriate amount of cash in lieu of any fractional Veeco Share otherwise issuable) as contemplated by this Article II. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Veeco may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the stock transfer records issuance of the Company, a any certificate representing Veeco Shares hereunder, require the proper number owner of shares of Merger such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a bond (in such sum as Veeco may reasonably direct) as indemnity against any claim that may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to made against the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required Veeco or the Surviving Corporation with respect to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCompany Stock Certificate. (c) After No certificates representing Veeco Shares shall be issued in exchange for any Company Stock Certificate to any Person who may be a Company Affiliate until such Person shall have delivered to Veeco and the Company a duly executed Company Affiliate Agreement or Veeco Affiliate Agreement (as applicable), as contemplated by Section 5.21 hereof. (d) No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Veeco Shares with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock shall, Certificate with respect to the Veeco Shares that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until surrendered for exchange such holder surrenders such Company Stock Certificate in accordance with this Section 1.042.07 (at which time such holder shall be entitled, be deemed for subject to the effect of applicable escheat or similar Laws, to receive all purposes such dividends and distributions, without interest). (e) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares holders of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except Certificates as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent date that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company is 180 days after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, Veeco upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of the Company Stock Certificates who have not then complied theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates in accordance with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Section 2.07 shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation Veeco for the exchange satisfaction of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Datetheir claims for Veeco Shares, the stock transfer books cash in lieu of the Company shall be closed, fractional Veeco Shares and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyany dividends or distributions with respect to Veeco Shares Common Stock. (f) All Each of the Exchange Agent, Veeco and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock in accordance with such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the terms hereof Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law or under any other applicable Law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be deemed treated for all purposes under this Merger Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining paid. (g) Neither Veeco nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to such shares any holder or former holder of Company StockCommon Stock or to any other Person with respect to any Veeco Shares (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or for any cash amounts, delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property Law, escheat Law or similar Law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Veeco Instruments Inc), Merger Agreement (Veeco Instruments Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender As of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror DuPont shall deposit deposit, or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent for the benefit of holders of shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in Stock, cash and certificates representing DuPont Shares, constituting the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofConsideration. (b) As soon as practicable after of or promptly following the Effective TimeTime and the final determination of the Non-Cash Proration Factor, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail (and to make available for collection by hand) to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that certificates, which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented outstanding shares of Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such the form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror DuPont and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for (A) a certificate or certificates representing that number of whole DuPont Shares, if any, into which the number of shares of Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to this Agreement and (B) the amount of cash, if any, into which all or a portion of the number of shares of Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to this Agreement (which instructions shall provide that at the election of the surrendering holder, Certificates may be surrendered, and the Merger StockConsideration in exchange therefor collected, by hand delivery). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such a letter of transmittal duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentpursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has Certificate, to be mailed (or made available for collection by hand if so elected by the right to receive pursuant surrendering holder) within three business days of receipt thereof (but in no case prior to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06Time), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceledforthwith cancelled. In The Exchange Agent shall accept such Certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the event Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. No interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records holders of the Company, a certificate representing Certificates on the proper number Merger Consideration (or the cash pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) below) payable upon the surrender of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCertificates. (c) After No dividends or other distributions with respect to DuPont Shares with a record date on or after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate which theretofore with respect to the DuPont Shares represented thereby by reason of the conversion of shares of Company Common Stock shallpursuant to Sections 1.2(b), 1.3 and 1.4 hereof and no cash payment in lieu of fractional DuPont Shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.5(d) hereof until such Certificate is surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Article I. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid, without interest, to the Person in whose name the DuPont Shares representing such securities are registered (i) at the time of such surrender or as promptly after the sale of the Excess DuPont Shares (as defined in Section 1.041.5(d) hereof) as practicable, be deemed for all purposes the amount of any cash payable in lieu of fractional DuPont Shares to evidence which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.5(d) hereof and the number proportionate amount of full shares dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to DuPont Shares issued upon conversion of Merger Stock into which Common Stock, and (ii) at the shares appropriate payment date or as promptly as practicable thereafter, the proportionate amount of Company Stock (which, dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsuch surrender and a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such DuPont Shares. (d) Except Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no fraction of a DuPont Share will be issued and no dividend or other distribution, stock split or interest with respect to DuPont Shares shall relate to any fractional DuPont Share, and such fractional interest shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights as a security holder of the DuPont Shares. In lieu of any such fractional security, each holder of shares of Common Stock otherwise expressly provided hereinentitled to a fraction of a DuPont Share will be entitled to receive in accordance with the provisions of this Section 1.5 from the Exchange Agent a cash payment representing such holder's proportionate interest in the net proceeds from the sale by the Exchange Agent on behalf of all such holders of the aggregate of the fractions of DuPont Shares which would otherwise be issued (the "Excess DuPont Shares"). The sale of the Excess DuPont Shares by the Exchange Agent shall be executed on the NYSE through one or more member firms of the NYSE and shall be executed in round lots to the extent practicable. Until the net proceeds of such sale or sales have been distributed to the holders of shares of Common Stock, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent will, subject to Section 1.5(e) hereof, hold such proceeds in trust for the holders of shares of Common Stock (the "DuPont Shares Trust"). The Company shall pay all charges commissions, transfer taxes (other than those transfer taxes for which the Company's shareholders are solely liable) and expensesother out-of-pocket transaction costs, including those the expenses and compensation, of the Exchange Agent, Agent incurred in connection with such sale of the exchange Excess DuPont Shares. As soon as practicable after the determination of the amount of cash, if any, to be paid to holders of shares of Merger Common Stock for in lieu of any fractional DuPont Share interests, the Exchange Agent shall make available such amounts to such holders of shares of Company Stock. Common Stock without interest. (e) Any portion of the Merger Stock Consideration deposited with the Exchange Agent that pursuant to this Section 1.5 (the "Exchange Fund") which remains unclaimed by undistributed to the former stockholders holders of the Company after Certificates for six months following after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving CorporationDuPont, upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of shares of Common Stock prior to the Company Merger who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article I shall thereafter look for payment of their claim, as general creditors thereof, only to the Surviving Corporation DuPont for the exchange their claim for (1) cash, if any, (2) DuPont Shares, if any, (3) any cash without interest, to be paid, in lieu of Certificates. any fractional DuPont Shares and (e4) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall any dividends or other distributions with respect to DuPont Shares to which such holders may be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyentitled. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion None of DuPont, Newco or the Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any DuPont Shares or cash held in the Exchange Fund (and any cash, dividends and other distributions payable in respect thereof) delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificates shall not have been surrendered prior to one year after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which (i) any cash, (ii) any DuPont Shares, (iii) any cash in lieu of fractional DuPont Shares or (iv) any dividends or distributions with respect to DuPont Shares in respect of such Certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity (as defined in Section 3.3(b) hereof)), any such DuPont Shares, cash, dividends or distributions in respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of DuPont, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. (g) The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by DuPont on a daily basis. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to the Company. Nothing contained in this Section 1.5(g) shall relieve DuPont or the Exchange Agent from making the payments required by this Article I to be made to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock and to holders of Options (as defined in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company StockSection 1.7 hereof).

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Dupont E I De Nemours & Co), Merger Agreement (Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior As of the Effective Time, Star shall deposit, or shall cause to the Closing Datebe deposited, the Company shall retain a with Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, or such other bank or trust company reasonably which shall be mutually acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent the parties hereto (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with ), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing holders of shares of Company EFCC Common Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Section 2.5, through the Exchange Agent: (i) certificates representing the Star Share Number of shares of Star Common Stock (if the All Cash Option is not exercised); (ii) the estimated amount of cash to be paid pursuant to Section 2.5(e); and (iii) all funds necessary to pay the Cash Consideration for shares of EFCC Common Stock converted into shares by reason of Acquiror Common Stock the Merger (or the Merger Consideration, in cash, if the All Cash Option is exercised) (in each case other than Merger Consideration with respect to Dissenting Shares) (together, all such certificates and cash being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"). The Exchange Agent shall deliver, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, the Merger. Prior to Cash Consideration (or the Effective TimeMerger Consideration, Acquiror shall deposit with in cash, if the Exchange Agent All Cash Option is exercised), the shares of Acquiror Star Common Stock (if the All Cash Option is not exercised) contemplated to be issued in pursuant to Section 2.1 and the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed cash to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver pursuant to Section 2.5(e) out of the Exchange Agent such cash as may Fund. The Exchange Fund shall not be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofused for any other purpose. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented outstanding shares of EFCC Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Star and Newco shall EFCC may reasonably specify) ); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Cash Consideration and certificates representing shares of Star Common Stock (or, in the event the All Cash Option is exercised, the Merger StockConsideration in cash). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Star, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that Consideration which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in this Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)2.5, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company EFCC Common Stock that which is not registered in on the stock transfer records of EFCC, the Company, a certificate Cash Consideration may be paid to and certificates representing the proper number of shares of Star Common Stock (or, in the event the All Cash Option is exercised, the Merger Stock Consideration in cash) may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company EFCC Common Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. (c) After the Effective Time. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.5, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company at any time after six months following the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. The Exchange Agent shall not be delivered entitled to vote or exercise any rights of ownership with respect to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only Star Common Stock held by it from time to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatestime hereunder. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sternbach Stephen), Merger Agreement (Star Multi Care Services Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a Parent's stock transfer agent (or another bank or trust company selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to the Company) shall act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Common Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior On or prior to the Effective TimeClosing Date, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent one or more certificates representing the shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares Merger (collectively, the "Merger Stock") ), which shares of Merger Stock shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, the (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify specifying that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and Agent, which shall be in such a form and shall have such contain any other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) agree and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon the proper surrender of a Certificate for cancellation Certificates to the Exchange Agent, together with such a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.3, be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06Time), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Common Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror the Surviving Corporation and Newco Parent that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After Except as specified in Section 1.4(h), after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.041.4, be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of the number of full shares of Merger Parent Common Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation Parent shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of Certificates for shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed pursuant to Section 1.4(a) hereof, and not exchanged pursuant to Section 1.4(b) hereof for Company Common Stock within six months after the Effective Time, shall be returned by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time Exchange Agent to Parent, which shall be delivered thereafter act as exchange agent, subject to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders rights of the holders of Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of CertificatesCommon Stock hereunder. (e) At the Effective upon the Closing DateTime, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers transfer of shares of Company Common Stock shall thereafter on the records of the Companybe made. (f) All None of Parent, Merger Stock issued upon conversion Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent will be liable to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any shares of Merger Stock, dividends or distributions with respect thereto delivered to a state abandoned property administrator or other public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (g) If any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificates to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and delivery of such bond or other indemnity as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request, the Exchange Agent will, subject to the provisions of Section 2.2, deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates one or more certificates representing the Merger Stock deliverable in respect thereof, as determined in accordance with the terms hereof hereof. (h) No dividend or other distribution declared or made with respect to the Merger Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed paid to have been the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Merger Stock issuable upon surrender thereof until the holder of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate in accordance with Section 1.4(b). Subject to the effect of applicable law, following surrender of any such Certificate there shall be paid, without interest, to the record holder of each certificate representing whole shares of Merger Stock issued in full satisfaction exchange therefor: (i) at the time of all rights pertaining such surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Company Merger Stock, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender of such Certificate and a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Merger Stock. (i) The Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any former holder of Company Common Stock such amounts as the Parent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any other provision of federal, state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Parent, the withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the former holder of the Company Common Stock Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Parent.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Intellicall Inc), Merger Agreement (Intellicall Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain select a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange paying agent (the "Exchange Paying Agent") in connection with for the payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofrepresenting Shares. (b) Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, provide to the Paying Agent on a timely basis, as and when needed after the Effective Time, funds necessary to pay for the Shares as part of the Merger pursuant to Section 2.8. (c) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Paying Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose Shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiariesright to receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.8, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares amount of Merger Stock that cash into which the Shares theretofore represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.06)2.8, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that Shares which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.transfer

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (New Image Industries Inc), Merger Agreement (New Image Industries Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Logitech Subsidiary shall retain (i) designate, or shall cause to be designated, a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent for the payment of the Merger Consideration (the "Exchange Agent") in connection upon surrender of Certificates, (ii) deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant Exchange Agent (A) an amount in cash equal to the Merger. Prior product of the Cash Portion and the number of Shares that are issued and outstanding at the Effective Time and (B) ADRs representing a number of Parent ADSs equal to the product of the Stock Portion and the number of Shares outstanding at the Effective Time, Acquiror and (iii) the cash amount payable in lieu of fractional Shares in accordance with Section 2.4(d). For purposes of determining the aggregate Merger Consideration to be so deposited, Parent shall assume that, other than with respect to stockholders of the Company with respect to whom the Company has been informed intend to exercise their appraisal rights (the Company shall give Parent prompt notice of the receipt by the Company of its receipt of notice of any such intent), Parent shall assume that no stockholder of the Company shall perfect any right of appraisal of his, her or its shares. If for any reason the Exchange Fund is inadequate to pay the amounts to which holders of Shares shall be entitled under this Section 2.6(a), Logitech Subsidiary shall take all steps necessary to enable or cause the Surviving Corporation promptly to deposit additional cash with the Exchange Agent sufficient to make all payments required under this Agreement, and Logitech Subsidiary and the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to Surviving Corporation shall in any event be issued liable for payment thereof. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose except as expressly provided in the Merger, which shares this Agreement. (collectively, the "Merger Stock"b) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to cause the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates Certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, represented outstanding Shares whose shares were converted into the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.4(c): (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates held by such person shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such customary form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Logitech Subsidiary may reasonably specify) and ); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Consideration. (c) Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed completed and validly executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant an amount equal to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after product of the Effective Time to Merger Consideration and the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu number of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Shares represented by such Certificate, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records books of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number amount of shares of Merger Stock cash and Parent ADSs may be issued paid in exchange therefor to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered if such Company Stock is presented Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a person other than the registered holder of such Certificate the Merger Consideration or establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect satisfaction of Logitech Subsidiary that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stockpaid or is not applicable. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time No interest shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates paid or shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter accrue on the records cash payable upon surrender of the Companyany Certificate. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Logitech International Sa), Merger Agreement (Labtec Inc /Ma)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company CALIPSO shall retain a bank enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with, Signature Stock Transfer, Inc. or trust company reasonably acceptable such other agent or agents as may be satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent CALIPSO and KFI (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with ), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeKFI Shares, Acquiror shall deposit with for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock CALIPSO Shares to be issued to holders of KFI Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding KFI Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding KFI Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive CALIPSO Shares pursuant to Section 1.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror KFI and Newco shall CALIPSO may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockCALIPSO Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefore a certificate representing the shares that number of Merger Stock that whole CALIPSO Shares, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article I, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is KFI Shares which are not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyKFI, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock CALIPSO Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock KFI Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or CALIPSO to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing CALIPSO Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.7. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance Time with this Section 1.04, respect to CALIPSO Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior paid to the Effective Time, were holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the CALIPSO Shares represented thereby) thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall have been so convertedsurrender such Certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for KFI Shares or CALIPSO Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefore, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such CALIPSO Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional CALIPSO Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that CALIPSO or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All CALIPSO Shares issued upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender for exchange of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock KFI Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares KFI Shares. There shall be no further registration of Company Stocktransfers on the stock transfer books of KFI of the KFI Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates of KFI are presented to CALIPSO for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractional CALIPSO Shares shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of KFI Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional CALIPSO Share shall, upon surrender of its, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an additional share to round up to the nearest round number of shares.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Calipso Inc), Merger Agreement (Knowledge Foundations Inc/De)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to Following the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with Time in a timely manner so that the Exchange Agent can promptly honor the shares of Acquiror Common Cash Elections and Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At Elections made and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver delivered to the Exchange Agent such Agent, Parent shall make available to the Exchange Agent: (i) cash as may to fund payment to holders who made a Cash Election and (ii) certificates representing Parent Shares to be requiredexchanged for certificates representing shares of Common Stock held by holders who made a Stock Election, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofthe aggregate thereof constituting the Merger Consideration. (b) As soon as practicable after of or promptly following the Effective TimeTime and the final determination of the Cash Proration Factor, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail (and to make available for collection by hand) to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate Certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such the form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably Parent may specify) and (ii) instructions instruc tions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for (A) a certificate or certificates representing that number of whole Parent Shares if any, into which the number of shares of Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate or Certificates shall have been converted pursuant to Section 2.2 and (B) the amount of cash, if any, into which all or a portion of the number of shares of Common Stock previously represented by such Certificate or Certificates shall have been converted pursuant to Section 2.2 (which instructions shall provide that at the election of the surrendering holder, Certificates may be surrendered, and the Merger StockConsideration in exchange therefor collected, by hand delivery). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such a letter of transmittal duly properly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agentpursuant to such instruc tions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Certificate, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceledforthwith cancelled. In The Exchange Agent shall promptly accept such Certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with customary exchange practices. No interest shall accrue on the stock transfer records Merger Consideration (or the cash payable as described in Section 2.5(c) and (d) below) payable upon the surrender of the CompanyCertificates for the benefit of, a certificate representing or be paid to, the proper number holders of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCertificates. (c) After No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Shares with a record date on or after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the Parent Shares represented thereby by reason of the conversion of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 and no cash payment in lieu of fractional Parent Shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 2.5(d) until such Certificate is surrendered in accordance with this Article II. Subject to the effect of applicable Laws (as defined in Section 4.5(a)), following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid, without interest, to the Person in whose name the Parent Shares representing such securities are registered (i) at the time of such surrender, the amount of any cash payable in lieu of fractional Parent Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.5(d) and the proportionate amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to Parent Shares issued upon conversion of Common Stock, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date or as promptly as practicable thereafter, the proportionate amount of dividends or other distributions, with (x) a record date with respect thereto after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, but prior to the Effective Timesuch surrender, were represented therebyand (y) shall have been so converteda payment date subsequent to such surrender, payable with respect to such Parent Shares. (d) Except Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no fraction of a Parent Share will be issued and no dividend or other distribution, stock split or interest with respect to Parent Shares shall relate to any fractional Parent Share, and such fractional interest shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those a security holder of the Exchange AgentParent Shares. In lieu of any such fractional security, in connection with the exchange each holder of shares of Common Stock otherwise entitled to a fraction of a Parent Share in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.5 will be entitled to receive from the Exchange Agent a cash payment in an amount equal to the product of (i) such fractional part of a Parent Share multiplied by (ii) the closing price for a Parent Share on the NYSE Composite Tape on the date of the Effective Time or, if such date is not a business day, the business day immediately following the date on which the Effective Time occurs. (e) Any portion of the Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock Consideration deposited with the Exchange Agent that pursuant to this Section 2.5 (the "Exchange Fund") which remains unclaimed by undistributed to the former stockholders holders of the Company after Certificates for six months following after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving CorporationParent or its designee, upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of shares of Common Stock prior to the Company Merger who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article II shall thereafter look for payment of their claim, as general creditors thereof, only to Parent for their claim for (i) cash, if any, (ii) Parent Shares, if any, (iii) any cash without interest, to be paid, in lieu of any fractional Parent Shares and (iv) any dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Shares to which such holders may be entitled in accordance with the Surviving Corporation for the exchange provisions of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companythis Section 2.5. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion None of Parent, Acquisition Sub, the Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any Parent Shares or cash held in the Exchange Fund (and any cash, dividends and other distributions payable in respect thereof) delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. (g) At Parent's sole discretion, the Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent or its designee. Nothing contained in this Section 2.5(g) shall relieve Parent or the Exchange Agent from making the payments required by this Article II to be made to the holders of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Richton International Corp), Merger Agreement (FRS Capital Co LLC)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateDendreon shall authorize Mellon Investor Services LLC, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company such other firm as is reasonably acceptable to Acquiror Corvas, to act serve as exchange agent hereunder (the "Exchange Agent") ). Promptly after the Effective Time, Dendreon shall deposit or shall cause to be deposited in connection trust with the surrender Exchange Agent certificates representing the number of certificates evidencing whole shares of Company Dendreon Common Stock converted into to which the holders of Corvas Common Stock are entitled pursuant to this Article II, together with cash sufficient to pay for fractional shares then known to Dendreon (such cash amounts and certificates being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"). The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions received from Dendreon, deliver the number of shares of Acquiror Dendreon Common Stock pursuant and pay the amounts of cash provided for in Section 2.01 out of the Exchange Fund. Additional amounts of cash, if any, needed from time to time by the MergerExchange Agent to make payments for fractional shares shall be provided by Dendreon and shall become part of the Exchange Fund. Prior The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose, except as provided in this Agreement, or as otherwise agreed to by Dendreon, Sub, and Corvas prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail and otherwise make available to each person who wasrecord holder who, at as of the Effective Time, was a holder of record a Certificate a form of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates Certificate for payment therefor and conversion thereof. Delivery shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates Certificate shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates Certificate to the Exchange Agent and which the form of letter of transmittal shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockso reflect. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent of a Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (i) one or more certificates as requested by the holder (properly issued, executed, and countersigned, as appropriate) representing the that number of whole shares of Merger Dendreon Common Stock that to which such holder has the right to receive of Corvas Common Stock shall have become entitled pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of Section 2.01, and (together with ii) as to any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after fractional share, a check representing the Effective Time cash consideration to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares which such holder shall have become entitled pursuant to Section 1.06), 2.01(d) and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In No interest will be paid or accrued on the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records cash payable upon surrender of the Company, Certificate. Dendreon shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Dendreon Common Stock may provided that such certificate is issued in the name of the person in whose name the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered; provided, however, that Dendreon shall not pay any transfer or other tax if the obligation to pay such tax under applicable law is solely that of the stockholder or if payment of any such tax by Dendreon otherwise would cause the Combination to fail to qualify as a reorganization under the Code. If any portion of the consideration to be received pursuant to this Article II upon exchange of a Certificate (whether the consideration to be received is a certificate representing shares of Dendreon Common Stock or a check representing cash for a fractional share) is to be issued or paid to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of such issuance and payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange shall pay in advance any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate representing shares of Dendreon Common Stock or a check representing cash for a fractional share to such Company Stock is presented other person, or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect Agent that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After paid or that no such tax is applicable. From the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, Time until surrendered for exchange surrender in accordance with this Section 1.042.03, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing treasury shares of Corvas) shall be deemed deemed, for all corporate purposes other than the payment of dividends or other distributions, to evidence the ownership of the number of full whole shares of Merger Dendreon Common Stock into which the such shares of Company Corvas Common Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as . No dividends that are otherwise expressly provided hereinpayable on Dendreon Common Stock will be paid to persons entitled to receive Dendreon Common Stock until such persons surrender their Certificates. After such surrender, there shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation person in whose name the Dendreon Common Stock shall pay all charges be issued any dividends on such Dendreon Common Stock that shall have a record date on or after the Effective Time and expensesprior to such surrender. If the payment date for any such dividend is after the date of such surrender, including those of such payment shall be made on such payment date. In no event shall the Exchange Agent, persons entitled to receive such dividends be entitled to receive interest on such dividends. All payments in connection with the exchange respect of shares of Merger Corvas Common Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock are made in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued made in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such securities. (c) In case of any lost, mislaid, stolen, or destroyed Certificate, the holder thereof may be required, as a condition precedent to the delivery to such holder of the consideration described in Section 2.01 and in accordance with Section 167 of the Delaware Law, to deliver to Dendreon a bond in such reasonable sum as Dendreon may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Exchange Agent, Dendreon, or the Continuing Corporation with respect to the Certificate alleged to have been lost, mislaid, stolen, or destroyed. (d) After the Effective Time, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Continuing Corporation of the shares of Company StockCorvas Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Continuing Corporation for transfer, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the consideration described in Section 2.01. After the Effective Time, the shares of Corvas Common Stock shall be delisted from the Nasdaq National Market. (e) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the stockholders of Corvas for six months after the Effective Time shall be returned to Dendreon, upon demand, and any holder of Corvas Common Stock who has not theretofore complied with Section 2.03(b) shall thereafter look only to Dendreon for issuance of the number of shares of Dendreon Common Stock and other consideration to which such holder has become entitled pursuant to Section 2.01, provided, however, that neither the Exchange Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to a holder of shares of Corvas Common Stock for any amount required to be paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat, or similar law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Corvas International Inc), Merger Agreement (Dendreon Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain appoint a commercial bank or trust company reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger). Prior At or prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent Agent, in trust for the benefit of holders of shares of Acquiror the Company Stock, the Merger Consideration issuable pursuant to Section 2.1 in exchange for outstanding shares of Company Stock in the Merger pursuant to Section 2.1. Parent agrees to make available to the Exchange Agent from time to time, as needed, cash sufficient to pay cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.5 and any dividends and other distributions pursuant to Section 2.4. (b) At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of the Company Stock on the records of the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates representing ownership of the Company Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have rights with respect to such Company Stock, except as otherwise provided for herein. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued and Parent Voting Preferred Stock issuable in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be have been issued at the Effective Time. At and following On or after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver any Certificates presented to the Exchange Agent such cash as may or Parent for any reason shall be requiredconverted into the applicable Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of Company Stock formerly represented thereby, from time to time, to make payments of any cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with of Parent Common Stock to which the holders thereof are entitled pursuant to Section 1.06 hereof2.5 and any dividends or other distributions to which the holders thereof are entitled pursuant to Section 2.4 without interest. (bc) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Certificate (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent Agent, and which letter shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) , and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the such Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, Agent together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the (A) shares of Merger Parent Common Stock or Parent Voting Preferred Stock, as the case may be, representing, in the aggregate, the whole number of shares that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.1, and (B) a check in the amount equal to the cash that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of this Article II, including cash in lieu of any fractional shares of applicable Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.5 and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 2.4 (together with after giving effect to any dividend required tax withholdings from cash payments), and in each case the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be paid or distribution will accrue on any cash payable pursuant to this Article II, including cash payable pursuant to Section 2.4 or Section 2.5. (d) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and the agreement by such Person to provide an indemnity against any claim that may be made against it, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent with respect thereto made after to such Certificate, the Effective Time Exchange Agent will deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration with respect to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and shares of Company Stock formerly represented thereby, any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, and unpaid dividends and distributions on shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Voting Preferred Stock deliverable in respect thereof, pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidthis Agreement. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (JDN Realty Corp), Merger Agreement (Developers Diversified Realty Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to receiving any portion of the Closing DateEquity Consideration, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented issued and outstanding shares of Nuprim common stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have delivered to Nuprim Shareholders’ Representative the Certificates, if any, held of record by such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockholder. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange AgentCertificate, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the consideration into which the shares of Merger Stock that represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.06)3.2, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event If any Certificate evidencing any share of Nuprim common stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Nuprim Shareholders’ Representative may, in its discretion and as a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented condition precedent to the Exchange Agentissuance of any consideration pursuant to Section 3.2, accompanied by all documents required require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate to evidence and effect provide an appropriate affidavit with respect to such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCertificate. (cb) After All Equity Consideration paid upon the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares surrender of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.04, Article II shall be deemed for to have been exchanged and paid in full satisfaction of all purposes rights pertaining to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their such Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Stock thereafter on stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the records Effective Time of the CompanyMerger. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the portion of the Equity Consideration as provided in this Article II. (fc) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Nuprim Shareholders’ Representative, Motif, Nuprim, or the terms hereof Surviving Corporation (as appropriate) shall be deemed entitled to have deduct and withhold from consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Person such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Laws. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining paid to such shares Person in respect of Company Stockwhich such deduction and withholding was made.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Motif Bio PLC), Merger Agreement (Motif Bio PLC)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Purchaser shall retain designate a bank or trust company who shall be reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange paying agent in the Merger (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior ), and on or prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Purchaser shall deposit with make available, or cause the Surviving Corporation to make available, to the Exchange Agent, cash in an amount necessary for the payment of the Merger Consideration as provided in SECTION 2.8 upon surrender of certificates representing Shares (the "CERTIFICATES") as part of the Merger. Funds made available to the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at invested by the Effective Time. At and following Exchange Agent as directed by Acquisition Sub or, after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation Corporation, provided that such investments shall deliver only be in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation, respectively, or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker's acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1 billion (it being understood that any and all interest or income earned on funds made available to the Exchange Agent such cash as may pursuant to this Agreement shall be required, from time turned over to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofPurchaser). (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) Certificate a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon actual and proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which Agent, shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) contain instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing payment of the Merger StockConsideration and shall be in such form and contain such other provisions as Purchaser and the Company may reasonably specify (together, the "TRANSMITTAL DOCUMENTS")). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange AgentTransmittal Documents, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing (as promptly as practicable) the shares Merger Consideration in respect of Merger Stock that all Shares formerly represented by such Certificate which such holder has the right to receive pursuant receive, as set forth in SECTION 2.8. The Certificate(s) so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. All cash paid upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this ARTICLE III shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the terms hereof Shares theretofore represented by such Certificates. Until surrendered in accordance with the provisions of and as contemplated by this SECTION 3.2, any Certificate (together with other than Certificates representing Shares subject to SECTIONS 2.8(c) and other than Dissenting Shares, if applicable) shall be deemed at any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made time after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant right to Section 1.06), and receive the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidConsideration. (c) After At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and there shall not be no any further registration of transfers of any shares of Company Stock capital stock thereafter on the records of the Company. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agent, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the consideration provided for, and in accordance with the procedures set forth, in this ARTICLE III. No interest shall accrue or be paid on or with respect to any cash payable upon the surrender of a Certificate or Certificates which immediately before the Effective Time represented outstanding Shares. (d) From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates evidencing ownership of Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Shares except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law. (e) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration, in accordance with SECTION 2.8, for Shares represented thereby. When authorizing such payment of any portion of the Merger Consideration in exchange therefor, the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate to execute and deliver to the Surviving Corporation an indemnity agreement, in form acceptable to the Surviving Corporation, pursuant to which such owner agrees to indemnify the Surviving Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Promptly following the terms hereof date which is six months after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be deemed entitled to require the Exchange Agent to deliver to it any cash (including any interest received with respect thereto), Certificates and other documents in its possession relating to the Transactions, which had been made available to the Exchange Agent and which have not been issued disbursed to holders of Certificates, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or similar laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect to any portion of the Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their Certificates, without any interest thereon. (g) Subject to ARTICLE II, the Merger Consideration paid in full satisfaction the Merger, if any, shall be net to the holder of Shares in cash, subject to reduction only for any applicable federal withholding taxes or stock transfer taxes payable by such holder. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SECTION 3.2, none of the Exchange Agent, Purchaser or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate formerly representing Shares for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If Certificates are not surrendered prior to two years after the Effective Time, unclaimed funds payable with respect to such Certificates shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all rights pertaining to such shares claims or interest of Company Stockany Person previously entitled thereto.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Serengeti Eyewear Inc), Merger Agreement (Sunshine Acquisition Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain appoint a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the "Exchange Agent") in connection ). Parent shall issue and cause to be deposited with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant Exchange Agent (by instruction to the Merger. Prior to Parent's transfer agent), promptly after the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit certificates representing the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 3.1 (or make appropriate alternative arrangements if uncertificated shares of Parent Common Stock represented by a book entry will be issued), including the shares covered by Section 3.1(c). The shares of Parent Common Stock so deposited with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock are referred to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, collectively as the "Merger StockExchange Fund.") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder record holders of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify (which shall specify including a provision confirming that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Company Stock Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be or, in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) the case of Book Entry Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal), and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the such holder's Company Stock Certificates and Book Entry Shares in exchange for certificates representing Parent Common Stock (or appropriate alternative arrangements if uncertificated shares of Parent Common Stock represented by a book entry will be issued), any unpaid dividends and distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Merger StockEffective Time, and any cash in lieu of fractional shares payable in accordance with Section 3.1(c). Exchange of any Book Entry Shares shall be effected in accordance with the Exchange Agent's customary procedures with respect to securities represented by book entry. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate for cancellation or Book Entry Share to the Exchange AgentAgent for exchange, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange AgentAgent or Parent, the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the number of whole shares of Merger Parent Common Stock (or uncertificated shares of Parent Common Stock represented by a book entry) that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of Section 3.1 (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to share of Parent Common Stock payable in accordance with Section 1.063.1(c), and the ). The Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Share so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.3, each Company Stock that is not registered Certificate or Book Entry Share shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive shares of Parent Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock payable in accordance with Section 3.1(c)) as contemplated by Section 3.1 and this Section 3.3. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, Parent or the stock transfer records Exchange Agent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance of the Company, a any certificate representing Parent Common Stock, require the proper number owner of shares such lost, stolen, or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit of Merger Stock loss and to deliver a bond (in such sum as Parent or the Exchange Agent may reasonably direct) as indemnity against any claim that may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to made against the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required Parent, or the Surviving Entity with respect to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCompany Stock Certificate. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate which theretofore represented or Book Entry Share with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Certificate or Book Entry Shares in accordance with this Section 1.043.3 (at which time such holder shall be entitled, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior subject to the Effective Timeeffect of applicable escheat law or similar Law, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedto receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest). (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with Fund or the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares Fractional Shares Trust that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders Certificates or Book Entry Shares as of the Company date one year after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, Parent upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares who have not then complied theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in accordance with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Section 3.3 shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation Entity for the exchange satisfaction of Certificatestheir claims for Parent Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock payable in accordance with Section 3.1(c) and any dividends or distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock, in each case without interest thereon. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books Each of the Company Exchange Agent, Parent, and the Surviving Entity shall be closedentitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or any provision of United States state or local Tax Law or non-United States Tax Law or under any other applicable Law. The right to deduct and withhold any consideration shall include the right to sell or otherwise dispose of any such consideration to satisfy any requirement of applicable Tax Law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such withheld amounts shall be (i) paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority by the Exchange Agent, Parent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, and there (ii) treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid; provided, that any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement that is retained and sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) shall be no further registration treated as having been transferred to the Person entitled to receive such payment pursuant to this clause (ii) and then as having been transferred to the Exchange Agent, Parent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, followed by a sale or other disposition of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter such property by the Exchange Agent, Parent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, on the records behalf of the Companyrecipient. (f) All None of Parent, Merger Stock issued upon conversion Sub, the Company, the Surviving Entity or the Exchange Agent, or any employee, officer, director, agent or Affiliate of any of them, shall be liable to any holder or former holder of shares of Company Common Stock in accordance or to any other Person with the terms hereof shall be deemed respect to have been issued in full satisfaction any shares of all rights pertaining Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or for any cash amounts, properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by holders of any such shares immediately prior to the time at which such amounts would otherwise escheat to, or become property of, any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Company Stockthe Surviving Entity, free and clear of any claims or interest of any such holders, their successors, assigns or personal representatives previously entitled thereto or any other Person.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Genco Shipping & Trading LTD), Merger Agreement (Baltic Trading LTD)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior On the third Business Day following the Satisfaction Date, Parent shall make available, by transferring to the Paying Agent the Company Equity Consideration (other than the Founder Amalgamation Stock Consideration) and the Aggregate Redemption Amount (such aggregate cash amount, the “Paying Agent Fund”). If the Satisfaction Date occurs prior to April 1, 2014, the calculation of the amount of the Paying Agent Fund shall be based on the Company’s reasonable estimate of the Company Equity Consideration and Aggregate Redemption Amount assuming a Closing Date of April 1, 2014; and if, on the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (final calculation of the "Exchange Agent") in connection with Paying Agent Fund is greater than the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant amount originally transferred to the Merger. Prior Paying Agent, Parent shall transfer such difference to the Paying Agent immediately prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror or if the final calculation of the Paying Agent Fund is less than the amount originally transferred to the Paying Agent, Parent and the Securityholders’ Representative shall deposit with deliver joint written instructions to the Exchange Paying Agent instructing the shares of Acquiror Common Stock Paying Agent to be issued in transfer such difference to the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed Parent immediately prior to be issued at the Effective Time. At The Paying Agent shall hold the Paying Agent Fund in a non-interest-bearing account and following deliver such funds in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of a Paying Agency Agreement to be entered into by and among the Paying Agent, Parent and the Securityholders’ Representative (the “Paying Agency Agreement”). Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent and Securityholders’ Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Surviving Corporation Paying Agent instructing the Paying Agent to. subject to and pursuant to Section 3.6(c), deliver the Paying Agent Fund to the applicable Company Securityholders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (provided, however, in lieu of instructing the Paying Agent to pay the amounts required to be paid to holders of In-the-Money Company Options and Company RSUs pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(i) and Section 3.1(c), respectively, Parent and Securityholders’ Representative shall jointly instruct the Paying Agent to fund such amount to the Amalgamated Company or any of its Subsidiaries or designees at the Closing for payment of such amount to be made by the Amalgamated Company or such Subsidiaries or designees promptly following the Closing, but in no event shall such payment be made to holders of In-the-Money Company Options and Company RSUs later than the first regularly scheduled payroll following the date such payment is received by the Amalgamated Company or such Subsidiaries or designees from the Paying Agent). All fees and expenses of the Paying Agent shall be shared equally by Parent and the Company. At the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to the Exchange Agent Founders the applicable Founder Amalgamation Stock Consideration through book-entry transfer of such cash shares to those participant accounts at The Depository Trust Company as may designated in writing by the Founders to Parent prior to the Closing Date; provided that the Founder Amalgamation Stock Consideration that is in the form of Parent Series B Non-Voting Preferred Stock shall be required, from time transferred to time, to make payments First Reserve at the Effective Time via physical delivery of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofshare certificates. (b) As soon as practicable after Subject to receipt by the Effective TimePaying Agent and Parent of sufficient information from the Company to satisfy such obligations, the Exchange Paying Agent shall promptly mail or cause to be mailed to each person who was, at record holder (other than the Effective Time, a holder of record Company) of a certificate or certificates that which, immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Time, represented issued and outstanding Company Stock Capital Shares except for shares to be cancelled pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(iii) and Section 3.4 (the “Share Certificates”), and to each holder of an agreement evidencing any In-the-Money Company Options (including the relevant grant notices), Company RSUs (including the relevant grant notices) or Company Warrants (collectively, the "Certificates"“Share Agreements”), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a form letter of transmittal (which shall specify specifying that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Share Certificates and Share Agreements shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Share Certificates and Share Agreements to the Exchange Agent Paying Agent, and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Share Certificates and the Share Agreements in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidpayment therefor. (c) After At or after the Effective Time, each holder of a Share Certificate, and each holder of a Share Agreement, in each case outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, may surrender such Share Certificate which theretofore represented shares or Share Agreement to the Paying Agent, and, subject to the provisions of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.043.6 and Section 3.9, the Paying Agent shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to such holder a check or wire transfer in an amount equal to the amount to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.1, except to the extent the Amalgamated Company or any of its Subsidiaries or designees will pay such amounts directly to holders of In-the-Money Options and Company RSUs as contemplated by Section 3.6(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Unvested Company RSUs, the Amalgamated Company shall provide to each holder thereof an award representing the right to receive the cash payment contemplated by Section 3.1(b)(ii) rather than any cash payment provided for in the prior sentence. In no event shall the holder of any such surrendered Share Certificates or Share Agreements be entitled to receive interest on any of the funds to be received in the Amalgamation. (d) Until so surrendered, each outstanding Share Certificate and each outstanding Share Agreement, in each case immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall not be transferable on the books of the Amalgamated Company or Parent after the Effective Time, but shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence only the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which right to receive the shares of Company Stock (which, prior applicable consideration set forth in Section 3.1 that such holders are entitled to receive pursuant to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those terms of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesthis Agreement. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company Parent shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on entitled to have remitted to it from the records of consideration deposited with the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 3.6 an amount equal to the terms hereof aggregate Founder Per Share Amalgamation Closing Consideration or Management Per Share Amalgamation Closing Consideration (as applicable) otherwise payable to any Dissenting Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Dissenting Shareholder’s Dissenting Shares; provided, however, that Parent shall transfer to the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Founder Per Share Amalgamation Closing Consideration or Management Per Share Amalgamation Closing Consideration (as applicable) payable to any Dissenting Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Dissenting Shareholder’s Company Capital Shares that no longer constitute Dissenting Shares, which consideration shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining paid to such shares of Company StockDissenting Shareholder in accordance with this Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Amalgamation, Agreement and Plan of Amalgamation (Enstar Group LTD)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain select and appoint a commercial bank or trust company who shall be reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange the paying agent (the "Exchange “Paying Agent") in connection for the payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of Certificates representing Company Common Stock. At the Closing, Parent shall cause to be deposited with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Paying Agent the aggregate Merger Consideration under Section 3.01(c) (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). The Paying Agent shall deliver the Merger Consideration contemplated to be paid pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with Section 3.01(c) out of the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofFund. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Paying Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate Certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Certificates (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the Merger Consideration (or appropriate portion thereof) into which the shares of Merger Company Common Stock that theretofore represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.063.01(c), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock payment may be issued made to a transferee if Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Company Stock is presented Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment shall (A) pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or (B) establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax Tax has been paid. paid or is otherwise not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.03, each Certificate (cother than Certificates representing Dissenters’ Shares) After shall be deemed at any time after the Effective TimeTime to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration (or appropriate portion thereof), each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shallwithout interest, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were theretofore represented thereby) by such Certificate shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stockconverted pursuant to Section 3.01(c). Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time No interest shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and paid or shall accrue on any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective Merger Consideration payable upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyany Certificate. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Carters Inc), Merger Agreement (Oshkosh B Gosh Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain designate a United States bank or trust company (or such other Person or Persons as shall be reasonably acceptable to Acquiror Parent and the Company) to act as exchange paying agent in the Merger (the "Exchange Paying Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant ), and from time to the Merger. Prior time on, prior to or after the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Mergermake available, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, or cause the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to make available, to the Exchange Paying Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu amounts and at the times necessary for the payment of fractional shares in accordance with the Merger Consideration upon surrender of certificates representing Shares as part of the Merger pursuant to Section 1.06 hereof2.5. Such funds shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent. Any and all profits resulting from, or interest or income earned on or produced by, such investments shall be payable as directed by Parent. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Paying Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates (the "Certificates") that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, represented Shares which were converted into the "Certificates"), other than right to receive the Company, Newco or any of their respective SubsidiariesMerger Consideration, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration as provided in Section 2.5. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed completed and validly executed, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a check representing the shares amount of Merger Stock that cash, without interest, into which the Shares theretofore represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.06)2.5, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock payment may be issued made to a transferee if Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and otherwise accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and the Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by evidence reasonably satisfactory reason of the payment to Acquiror and Newco a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that any applicable stock transfer tax such Tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.6, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares or Shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 2.5(b) above) shall be deemed for all purposes at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the amount of cash, without interest, into which the Shares theretofore represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 2.5. No interest will be paid or will accrue on the cash payable upon the surrender of any Certificate. Parent (or any affiliate thereof) or the Paying Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Shares such amounts as Parent or the Paying Agent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code (as hereinafter defined) or under any provisions of state, local or foreign Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by Parent or the Paying Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made by Parent or the Paying Agent. (c) After All cash paid upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares theretofore represented by such Certificates. At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the CompanySurviving Corporation of the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason, then they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II. (d) Promptly following the date that is six months after the Effective Time, the Paying Agent shall deliver to Parent all cash, certificates and other documents in its possession relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Paying Agent's duties shall terminate. Thereafter, each holder of a Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares and Certificates representing Shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.5(b)) shall look only to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or similar laws) and only as general creditors thereof, with respect to any Merger Consideration that may be payable, without interest thereon, upon due surrender of the Certificates held by such holder. (e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Parent, Sub, the Company or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificates shall not have been surrendered prior to seven years after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which any payment pursuant to this Article II would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity (as hereinafter defined)), then the cash payment in respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interests of any Person previously entitled thereto. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof If any Certificate shall be deemed to have been issued lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent or the Paying Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond, in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining such reasonable amount as Parent or the Paying Agent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against them with respect to such shares Certificate, the Paying Agent will pay in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the amount of Company Stockcash to which the holders thereof are entitled pursuant to this Article II.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Ebro Puleva Partners G.P.), Merger Agreement (Riviana Foods Inc /De/)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time Parent shall deliver to its transfer agent, or a depository or trust institution of recognized standing selected by Parent and Acquisition and reasonably satisfactory to the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") for the benefit of the holders of Shares for exchange in connection accordance with the surrender this Article 1 an amount of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant cash equal to the Merger. Prior to Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares outstanding as of the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with other than the Exchange Agent Shares referred to in Section 1.8(c) (such cash is hereinafter referred to as the shares of Acquiror Common Stock "EXCHANGE FUND"), to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchanged for outstanding Shares. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "CertificatesCERTIFICATES"), other than ) and whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 1.8: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, effected and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, pass only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specifyspecify prior to Closing) and (ii) customary instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, Agent together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that Consideration to which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceledis entitled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock Consideration may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory sufficient to Acquiror and Newco show that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.9, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration as contemplated by this Section 1.9. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding If any Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedlost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange therefor, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, such Merger Consideration as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that Parent or the Exchange Agent may, in its discretion, require the delivery of a suitable bond or indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, Merger Consideration paid upon the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the surrender for exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares Shares. From the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Company Stockof the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Company for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article 1. (e) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the former shareholders of the Company upon the one year anniversary the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any former shareholders of the Company who have not theretofore complied with this Article 1 shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of their claim for Merger Consideration. (f) The Exchange Agent shall invest the cash included in the Exchange Fund, as so directed by Parent. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent upon the termination of the Exchange Fund pursuant to Section 1.9(e). (g) Neither Parent nor the Company shall be liable to any holder of Shares for Merger Consideration from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Cadence Design Systems Inc), Merger Agreement (Cadence Design Systems Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to As of the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain a bank deposit with Chas▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇reholder Services, LLC, or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act such other agent or agents as exchange agent may be appointed by Parent and Acquisition (the "Exchange Agent") ), for the benefit of the holders of Shares, for exchange in connection accordance with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Timethis Article 2, Acquiror shall deposit with through the Exchange Agent an amount of cash equal to the shares aggregate Merger Consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.6 (such amount of Acquiror Common Stock cash is hereinafter referred to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, as the "Merger StockExchange Fund") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time), the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a check representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Consideration, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate check representing the proper number of shares amount of Merger Stock Consideration may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration. (c) After In the Effective Time, each outstanding event that any Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) Shares shall have been so convertedlost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange therefor, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the Merger Consideration, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that Parent or the Exchange Agent, may, in its discretion, require the delivery of a suitable bond and/or indemnity. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with Fund which remains undistributed to the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders shareholders of the Company after for six months following after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving CorporationParent, upon demand, and any former stockholders shareholders of the Company who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article 2 shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation Parent as general creditors for the exchange payment of Certificatestheir claims for Merger Consideration. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of Neither Parent nor the Company shall be closedliable to any holder of Shares for amount of cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyescheat or similar law. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Policy Management Systems Corp), Merger Agreement (Computer Sciences Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateClosing, the Company Parent shall retain select a reputable bank or trust company reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted and shall enter into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit Company with the Exchange Agent relating to the services to be performed by the Exchange Agent. At the Closing, Parent shall issue and cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent: (i) non-certificated shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock represented by book entry issuable pursuant to be issued in the Merger, which shares Section 1.5; and (collectively, the "Merger Stock"ii) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, sufficient to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof1.5(c). The shares of Parent Common Stock and cash amounts so deposited with the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or distributions received by the Exchange Agent with respect to such shares of Parent Common Stock, are referred to collectively as the “Exchange Fund. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person the Persons who was, at the Effective Time, a holder were record holders of record of a certificate Company Stock Certificates or certificates that Book Entry Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Time: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify and the Company shall reasonably approve prior to the Effective Time (which shall specify including a provision confirming that delivery of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Agent); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stocknon-certificated shares of Parent Common Stock in book entry form, CVRs, and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.5(c) and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 1.7(c). Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate for cancellation or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange AgentAgent for exchange, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, Agent or Parent: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive receive, and the Exchange Agent shall (and Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to) in exchange therefor certificates representing transfer from the Exchange Fund to such holder the number of whole shares of Merger Parent Common Stock and CVRs that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of Section 1.5 (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.061.5(c) and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 1.7(c), ); and (B) the Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Shares so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7(b), each Company Stock that is not registered in Certificate and Book Entry Share shall be deemed, from and after the stock transfer records of Effective Time, to represent only the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of right to receive shares of Merger Parent Common Stock and CVRs (and cash in lieu of any fractional share of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.5(c)) as contemplated by Section 1.5. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its reasonable discretion and as a condition to the issuance of any non-certificated shares of Parent Common Stock in book entry form and CVRs, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a reasonable and customary indemnification obligation against any claim that may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to made against the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCompany Stock Certificate. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time shall be paid or otherwise delivered to the holder of any unsurrendered Company Stock Certificate which theretofore represented or Book Entry Share with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder surrenders such Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Certificate or Book Entry Share in accordance with this Section 1.041.7 (at which time such holder shall be entitled, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior subject to the Effective Timeeffect of applicable abandoned property, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedescheat or similar laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions, without interest). (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders Certificates and Book Entry Shares as of the Company date that is one year after six months following the Effective Time date on which the Merger becomes effective shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, Parent upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares who have not then complied theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in accordance with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Section 1.7 shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation Parent for, and be entitled to receive from Parent, satisfaction of their claims for the exchange Parent Common Stock, CVRs, cash in lieu of Certificatesfractional shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.5(c), and any dividends or distributions with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock. (e) Effective upon Neither Parent nor the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company Surviving Corporation shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration liable to any holder or former holder of transfers of Company Common Stock or to any other Person with respect to any shares of Company Parent Common Stock thereafter on the records of the Company(or dividends or distributions with respect thereto), any CVRs or for any cash amounts, delivered to any public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property law, escheat law or other Legal Requirement. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Acelrx Pharmaceuticals Inc), Merger Agreement (Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Purchaser shall retain designate a bank or trust company who shall be reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange paying agent in the Merger (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior ), and on or prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Purchaser shall deposit with make available, or cause the Surviving Corporation to make available, to the Exchange Agent, cash in an amount necessary for the payment of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.8 upon surrender of certificates representing Shares (the "Certificates") as part of the Merger. Funds made available to the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at invested by the Effective Time. At and following Exchange Agent as directed by Acquisition Sub or, after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation Corporation, provided that such investments shall deliver only be in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation, respectively, or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker's acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1 billion (it being understood that any and all interest or income earned on funds made available to the Exchange Agent such cash as may pursuant to this Agreement shall be required, from time turned over to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofPurchaser). (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) Certificate a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon actual and proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which Agent, shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) contain instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing payment of the Merger StockConsideration and shall be in such form and contain such other provisions as Purchaser and the Company may reasonably specify (together, the "Transmittal Documents")). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange AgentTransmittal Documents, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing (as promptly as practicable) the shares Merger Consideration in respect of Merger Stock that all Shares formerly represented by such Certificate which such holder has the right to receive pursuant receive, as set forth in Section 2.8. The Certificate(s) so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. All cash paid upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Article III shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the terms hereof Shares theretofore represented by such Certificates. Until surrendered in accordance with the provisions of and as contemplated by this Section 3.2, any Certificate (together with other than Certificates representing Shares subject to Sections 2.8(c) and other than Dissenting Shares, if applicable) shall be deemed at any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made time after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant right to Section 1.06), and receive the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidConsideration. (c) After At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and there shall not be no any further registration of transfers of any shares of Company Stock capital stock thereafter on the records of the Company. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or its transfer agent, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the consideration provided for, and in accordance with the procedures set forth, in this Article III. No interest shall accrue or be paid on any cash payable upon the surrender of a Certificate or Certificates which immediately before the Effective Time represented outstanding Shares. (d) From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates evidencing ownership of Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Shares except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable law. (e) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration, in accordance with Section 2.8, for Shares represented thereby. When authorizing such payment of any portion of the Merger Consideration in exchange therefor, the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate to execute and deliver to the Surviving Corporation an indemnity agreement, in a form acceptable to the Surviving Corporation, pursuant to which such owner agrees to indemnify the Surviving Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Promptly following the terms hereof date which is six months after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be deemed entitled to require the Exchange Agent to deliver to it any cash (including any interest received with respect thereto), Certificates and other documents in its possession relating to the Transactions, which had been made available to the Exchange Agent and which have not been issued disbursed to holders of Certificates, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or similar laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect to any portion of the Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their Certificates, without any interest thereon. (g) Subject to Article II, the Merger Consideration paid in full satisfaction the Merger, if any, shall be net to the holder of all rights pertaining Shares in cash, subject to reduction only for any applicable Federal withholding taxes or stock transfer taxes payable by such shares holder. (h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.2, none of Company Stockthe Exchange Agent, Purchaser or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate formerly representing Shares for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Bolle Inc), Merger Agreement (Shade Acquisition Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateAcceptance Time, Parent and the Company shall, and Parent shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (cause the "Exchange Agent") in connection with CVR Rights Agent to, authorize, execute and deliver the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the MergerCVR Agreement. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit select a reputable bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to the Company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the “Exchange Agent”). Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall issue and cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent cash in an amount sufficient to pay the shares aggregate Cash Portion of Acquiror Common Stock the Merger Consideration payable in connection with the Merger (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that Parent shall not be required to be issued in deposit any of the Merger, which shares (collectively, funds related to any CVR with the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed CVR Rights Agent unless and until such deposit is required pursuant to be issued at the Effective Timeterms of the CVR Agreement). At and following The cash amount deposited pursuant to the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to immediately preceding sentence with the Exchange Agent such cash is referred to as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofthe “Exchange Fund. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall will mail to each person the Persons who was, at the Effective Time, a holder were record holders of record of a certificate Company Stock Certificates or certificates that Book Entry Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Time: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify and the Company shall reasonably approve prior to the Effective Time (which shall specify including a provision confirming that delivery of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Agent); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate for cancellation or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange AgentAgent for exchange, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, Agent or Parent: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive receive, and the Exchange Agent shall (and Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to) in exchange therefor certificates representing transfer from the shares Exchange Fund to such holder the Cash Portion of the Merger Stock that Consideration such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of Section 2.5(a)(iii); (together with any dividend B) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or distribution with respect thereto made after Book Entry Shares shall be identified in the Effective Time register maintained by the CVR Rights Agent for the purpose of identifying the holders of the CVRs pursuant to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu terms of fractional shares the CVR Agreement as the holder of that number of CVRs such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.062.5(a)(iii), in accordance with the terms of the CVR Agreement, and (C) the Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Shares so surrendered shall be canceled. In Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.8(b), each Company Stock Certificate and Book Entry Share (other than Dissenting Shares) shall be deemed, from and after the event Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration as contemplated by Section 2.5 and any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 2.8(c). If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition to the payment of any Merger Consideration in respect of the shares represented thereby, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to post a transfer bond, in such reasonable and customary amount as Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Exchange Agent, Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Company Stock Certificate. (c) Any portion of ownership the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock Certificates and Book Entry Shares as of the date that is not registered in one year after the stock transfer records date on which the Merger becomes effective shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holders of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented Certificates or Book Entry Shares who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in accordance with this Section 2.8 shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claims for the Merger Consideration. (d) Each of the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or former holder of Company Common Stock such amounts as may be required to evidence be deducted or withheld from such consideration under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law or under any other applicable Legal Requirement. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and effect paid to the appropriate Governmental Body, such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid. (ce) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares be liable to any holder or former holder of Company Stock. Any Merger Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall or to any other Person for any cash amounts required to be delivered to the Surviving Corporationany public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property law, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesescheat law or other Legal Requirement. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Allos Therapeutics Inc), Merger Agreement (Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection Substantially contemporaneously with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Mergeco shall deposit cause to be deposited with a paying agent to be jointly selected by the Exchange Agent Company (acting through the Special Committee) and Mergeco (the "Paying Agent"), for the benefit of the holders of shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock to be issued in the Merger(other than Treasury Shares, which shares (collectivelyConverted Shares and Dissenting Shares), the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares for payment in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofthis Article III, the funds necessary to pay the Merger Consideration for each share as to which the Merger Consideration shall be payable. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, and using its reasonable best efforts to do so within three business days thereafter, the Exchange Paying Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a an outstanding certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the CompanyTreasury Shares, Newco or any of their respective SubsidiariesConverted Shares and Dissenting Shares, if any), (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates such certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates such certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Mergeco and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates each certificate in exchange for certificates representing payment of the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, each holder of a Certificate for cancellation an outstanding certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Exchange AgentEffective Time represented such shares of Company Common Stock, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of such certificate or certificates, together with such a properly completed letter of transmittal duly executed transmittal, and such other documents as may be required acceptance thereof by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate. No interest shall be paid or accrue on the Merger Consideration. The Paying Agent shall accept such certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Paying Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with customary exchange practices. After the Effective Time, there shall be no further transfer on the records of the Company or its transfer agent of certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock that such holder has have been converted, in whole or in part, pursuant to this Agreement, into the right to receive pursuant cash, and if such certificates are presented to the terms hereof (together with Company for transfer, they shall be canceled against delivery of such cash. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.4(b), each certificate formerly representing shares of such Company Common Stock shall be deemed at any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made time after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant right to Section 1.06), and receive upon such surrender the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership Merger Consideration for each such share of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCommon Stock. (c) After Subject to the Effective Timeprovisions of the DGCL, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented all cash paid upon the surrender for exchange of certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.04, Article III shall be deemed for to have been paid in full satisfaction of all purposes rights pertaining to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were exchanged for cash theretofore represented thereby) shall have been so convertedby such certificates. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, Any cash deposited with the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.4 (the "Exchange Fund") that remains undistributed to the holders of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for certificates formerly representing shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Common Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company one year after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, Corporation at such time and any former stockholders holders of shares of Company Common Stock prior to the Company Merger who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation and only as general unsecured creditors thereof for the exchange payment of Certificatestheir claim for cash, if any. (e) Effective upon the Closing DateNone of Mergeco, the stock transfer books of Company or the Company Paying Agent shall be closedliable to any person in respect of any cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public office pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyescheat or similar law. (f) All Merger In the event any certificate formerly representing Company Common Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining such reasonable amount as Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such shares of Company Stockcertificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the Merger Consideration.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Solomon Page Group LTD), Merger Agreement (Solomon Page Group LTD)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain make available with a bank or trust company nationally recognized financial institution designated by Parent and reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent the Company (the "Exchange Agent") ”), for the benefit of the holders of Company Shares, for exchange in connection accordance with this Article II, through the surrender Exchange Agent, the full number of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to the MergerSection 2.1 in exchange for outstanding Company Shares based on a good faith estimate thereof. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock provide or shall cause to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver provided to the Exchange Agent all of the cash necessary to pay the cash portion of the Merger Consideration, and shall, after the Effective Time on the appropriate payment date, if applicable, provide or cause to be provided to the Exchange Agent any dividends or other distributions payable on such shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2.2(c) (such shares of Parent Common Stock and cash provided to the Exchange Agent, together with any dividends or other distributions with respect thereto, being hereinafter referred to as may the “Exchange Fund”). For the purposes of such deposit, Parent shall assume that there will not be requiredany fractional shares of Parent Common Stock. In no event shall Parent be required to issue certificates or scrip, or make any book-entries, representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock. Parent shall make available to the Exchange Agent, for addition to the Exchange Fund, from time to timetime as needed, cash sufficient to make payments of pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof2.2(e). The Exchange Agent shall deliver the Parent Common Stock and cash contemplated to be issued pursuant to Section 2.1 out of the Exchange Fund. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose. (b) As Parent shall instruct the Exchange Agent to mail, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior Certificate whose Company Shares were converted into the right to receive the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(c), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the any Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Form of Election and any Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration and matters relating thereto. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the amount of cash and the number of whole shares of Merger Parent Common Stock that (which shall be in non-certificated book-entry form) which the aggregate number of Company Shares previously represented by such holder has Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 2.1(c) into the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to of Parent Common Stock as set forth in Section 1.062.2(e), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of payment may be made and shares of Merger Parent Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that such Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Subject to Section 2.1(d) and the last sentence of Section 2.2(c), until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration into which the Company Common Stock is presented theretofore represented by such Certificate has been converted pursuant to Section 2.1(c). No interest shall be paid or accrue on any cash payable upon surrender of any Certificate. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no holder of Company Book-Entry Shares shall be required to deliver a Certificate or an executed letter of transmittal to the Exchange Agent to receive the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant hereto. In lieu thereof, each registered holder of one or more Company Book-Entry Shares shall automatically upon the delivery of a Form of Election (and, in the case of Company Book-Entry Shares held via a depository, upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of any customary transmission or materials required by the Exchange Agent), accompanied by all documents required be entitled to evidence and effect receive, the Merger Consideration. Payment of the Merger Consideration with respect to Company Book-Entry Shares shall only be made to the Person in whose name such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCompany Book-Entry Shares are registered. (c) After No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time shall be paid to the holder of any Certificate which theretofore represented formerly representing Company Shares or Company Book-Entry Shares with respect to the shares of Company Parent Common Stock shallissuable upon surrender thereof, and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 2.2(e), until surrendered for exchange the surrender of such Certificate or (in the case of Company Book-Entry Shares) delivery of a Form of Election (and, in the case of Company Book-Entry Shares held via a depository, upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of any customary transmission or materials required by the Exchange Agent), in accordance with this Section 1.04Article II. Subject to applicable Law, following surrender of any such Certificate or (in the case of Company Book-Entry Shares) delivery of a Form of Election (and, in the case of Company Book-Entry Shares held via a depository, upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of any customary transmission or materials required by the Exchange Agent), there shall be deemed for all purposes paid to evidence the number holder of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (whichi) at the time of such surrender or delivery, as the case may be, the amount of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.2(e) and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to such surrender or delivery, as the Effective Timecase may be, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedand a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges The Merger Consideration issued (and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (epaid) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof of this Article II upon conversion of any Company Shares shall be deemed to have been issued (and paid) in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company Shares (other than the right to receive dividends or other distributions, if any, in accordance with Section 2.2(c)). After the Effective Time there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of Company Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, any Certificates formerly representing Company Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article II. (e) No certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the conversion of Company Shares pursuant to Section 2.1, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any rights of a holder of Parent Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 2.2(e), all fractional shares to which a single record holder would be entitled shall be aggregated, and calculations shall be rounded to three decimal places. In lieu of any such fractional shares, each holder of Company Shares who would otherwise be entitled to such fractional shares shall be entitled to an amount in cash, without interest, rounded down to the nearest cent, equal to the product of (i) the amount of the fractional share interest in a share of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled under Section 2.1(c) (or would be entitled but for this Section 2.2(e)) and (ii) an amount equal to the Fixed Volume-Weighted Average Price. The amount of cash, if any, to be paid to holders of Company Common Stock in lieu of any fractional share interests in Parent Common Stock shall be paid by the Exchange Agent, without interest, to the holders of Company Common Stock entitled to receive such cash as soon as practicable after the determination of such amount. (f) Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to the holders of Company Common Stock for twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent, and any holder of Company Common Stock who has not theretofore complied with this Article II shall thereafter look only to Parent therefor for payment of its claim for the Merger Consideration and any dividends or distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock as contemplated by Section 2.1(c)(i). (g) None of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any shares of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash from the Exchange Fund (including any amounts delivered to Parent in accordance with Section 2.2(f)) delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Immediately prior to the date on which any Merger Consideration or any dividends or distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock as contemplated by Section 2.2(c)(i) in respect of a Company Share would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity, any such shares, cash, dividends or distributions in respect of such Company Share shall, to the extent permitted by Law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. (h) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent or the Exchange Agent, the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable and customary amount as Parent or the Exchange Agent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the shares of Parent Common Stock and the cash, unpaid dividends or other distributions that would be payable or deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Article II had such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate been surrendered. (i) The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by Parent, on a daily basis; provided that no monetary losses on such investment thereof shall affect the Merger Consideration payable hereunder and, following any such losses, Parent shall promptly provide additional funds to the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Company Shares, for exchange in accordance with this Article II, in the amount of such losses to the extent that the amount then in the Exchange Fund is insufficient to pay the cash portion of the Merger Consideration that remains payable. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Parent. (j) Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) or under any provision of U.S. state or local or non-U.S. Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing authority, such amount deducted or withheld shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made, and, in the case of any amounts withheld from any payments not consisting entirely of cash, Parent shall be treated as though it withheld an appropriate amount of the type of consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Company Common Stock, sold such consideration for an amount of cash equal to the fair market value of such consideration at the time of such deemed sale and paid such cash proceeds to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Infinity Property & Casualty Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (KEMPER Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Parent shall retain designate a bank or commercial bank, trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror or other financial institution, which may include Parent's stock transfer agent, to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to . (b) Promptly after the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver make available to the Exchange Agent such for exchange in accordance with this Article II, (i) the aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.1 in exchange for outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, and (ii) cash as may be required, from time in an amount sufficient to time, to make payments permit payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with pursuant to Section 1.06 hereof2.1(f) (the "EXCHANGE FUND"). (bc) As soon as practicable Promptly, and in any event no later than ten business days after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent Parent shall mail cause to be mailed to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent Agent, and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent may reasonably specify and Newco which shall be reasonably specifyacceptable to the Company) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockshares of Parent Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed completed and validly executed, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agentpursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the number of whole shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any Parent Common Stock, plus cash paid in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 2.1(f), to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.06)2.1, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied Until surrendered as contemplated by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Timethis Section 2.4, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (whichthat, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shares of Company Common Stock will be deemed from and after the Effective Time, for all corporate purposes, other than the payment of dividends, to evidence the right to receive the number of full shares of Parent Common Stock into which such shares of Company Common Stock shall have been so convertedconverted and the right to receive an amount of cash in lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares in accordance with Section 2.1(f). (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company No dividends or other distributions declared or made after six months following the Effective Time with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to applicable law, following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be delivered paid to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders record holder of the Company who have not then complied certificates representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, at the time of such surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange such whole shares of CertificatesParent Common Stock. (e) None of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any amount properly delivered to a public official in compliance with any abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (f) At the Effective upon the Closing DateTime, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion . From and after the Effective Time, the holders of certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with outstanding immediately prior to the terms hereof Effective Time shall be deemed cease to have been issued in full satisfaction of all any rights pertaining with respect to such shares of Company StockCommon Stock except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by law. (g) Subject to any applicable escheat or similar laws, any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company for one year after the Effective Time shall be delivered by the Exchange Agent to Parent, upon demand of Parent, and any former stockholders of the Company shall thereafter look only to Parent for satisfaction of their claim for certificates representing shares of Parent Common Stock in exchange for their shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the terms of Section 2.1 hereof. (h) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact, in form and substance acceptable to the Exchange Agent, by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and complying with such other conditions as the Exchange Agent may reasonably impose (including the execution of an indemnification undertaking or the posting of an indemnity bond or other surety in favor of the Exchange Agent and Parent with respect to the Certificate alleged to be lost, stolen or destroyed), the Exchange Agent will deliver to such person, such shares of Parent Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.1.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Adc Telecommunications Inc), Merger Agreement (Adc Telecommunications Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Horizons shall retain a bank authorize Registrar & Transfer Company, or trust company such other firm as is reasonably acceptable to Acquiror Analysts, to act serve as exchange agent hereunder (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective TimeAnalysts. At and or immediately following the Effective Time, Horizons shall cause to be deposited in trust with the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of Analysts Common Stock, certificates representing the number of whole shares of Horizons Common Stock to which the holders of Analysts Common Stock are entitled under this Article II, and shall deliver to agree in writing with the Exchange Agent such to deposit in trust with the Exchange Agent, as needed, cash as may be required, from time sufficient to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of pay for fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof2.05 (such cash amounts and certificates are referred to herein collectively as the “Exchange Fund”). The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions received from Horizons, deliver the number of shares of Horizons Common Stock and pay the amounts of cash provided for in Section 2.05 out of the Exchange Fund. Additional amounts of cash, if any, needed from time to time by the Exchange Agent to make payments for fractional shares shall be provided by Horizons and shall become part of the Exchange Fund. The Exchange Fund may not be used for any other purpose, except as provided in this Agreement, or as otherwise agreed by Analysts and Horizons before the Effective Time. The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund as directed by Horizons. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments will be paid to Horizons. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail and otherwise make available to each person who wasrecord holder (other than Horizons, at JV Merger and Analysts or any of their Subsidiaries who, as of the Effective Time, was a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) Certificate a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates Certificate for payment therefor and conversion thereof. Delivery shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates Certificate shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates Certificate to the Exchange Agent and which the letter of transmittal shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyso reflect. (c) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agentrepresenting shares of Analysts Common Stock, together with such the letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (i) one or more certificates as requested by the holder (properly issued, executed, and countersigned, as appropriate) representing the number of whole shares of Merger Horizons Common Stock to which that such holder has the right to receive of Analysts Common Stock is entitled pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of Section 2.01, and (together with ii) as to any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after fractional share, a check representing the Effective Time cash consideration to which the extent provided in holder is entitled under Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)2.05, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event No interest will be paid or accrued on any cash payable for fractional shares upon surrender of a Certificate. Horizons shall pay any transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records or other taxes required by reason of the Company, issuance of a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Horizons Common Stock if the certificate is issued in the name of the person in whose name the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered; provided , however , that Horizons shall not pay any transfer or other tax if payment of any such tax by Horizons would cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code. If any portion of the applicable Merger Consideration to be received pursuant to this Article II upon exchange of a Certificate is to be issued or paid to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of issuance and payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting the exchange shall pay in advance any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of the applicable Merger Consideration to such other person, or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that the tax has been paid or that no tax is applicable. (d) From the Effective Time until surrender in accordance with this Section 2.06, each Certificate (other than any Certificates representing shares held of record by Horizons, JV Merger or Analysts or any of their Subsidiaries) shall be deemed, for all corporate purposes other than the payment of dividends or other distributions, to evidence the ownership of the applicable Merger Consideration into which those shares of Analysts Common Stock shall have been converted. No dividends or other distributions that are otherwise payable with respect to the applicable Merger Consideration will be paid to persons entitled to receive the applicable Merger Consideration until they surrender their Certificates. Subject to the effect of applicable abandoned property, escheat, and similar laws, promptly after surrender of a Certificate, there shall be paid to the person in whose name the applicable Merger Consideration is issued any dividends or other distributions on such applicable Merger Consideration that shall have a record date on or after the Effective Time and before surrender, provided that if the payment date for any dividend or other distribution is after the date of surrender, the payment shall be made on the payment date. Persons entitled to receive dividends or other distributions shall not be entitled to receive interest on them. Horizons shall make available to the Exchange Agent from time to time the cash necessary to make payments of dividends or other distributions on Horizons Common Stock and any such cash shall become part of the Exchange Fund. (e) In the case of any lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificate, the holder thereof may be issued required, as a condition precedent to the delivery to the holder of the consideration described in Section 2.01 and 2.05, to deliver to Horizons a transferee written indemnity agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Horizons and, if the Certificate representing reasonably deemed advisable by Horizons, a bond in such Company Stock is presented to reasonable sum as Horizons may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required the Surviving Corporation or Horizons with respect to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory the Certificate alleged to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has have been paidlost, stolen, or destroyed. (cf) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time there shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company Surviving Corporation or Horizons of the shares of Analysts Common Stock that were outstanding immediately before the Effective Time. If, on or after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for transfer, they shall be closed, canceled and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on exchanged for the records of the Companyconsideration described in Sections 2.01 and 2. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Computer Horizons Corp), Merger Agreement (Analysts International Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company Parent shall retain designate a bank or trust company in the United States reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company (the “Paying Agent”) to act as exchange agent (for the "Exchange Agent") holders of the Shares in connection with the surrender Merger to receive in trust the funds to which holders of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock the Shares shall become entitled pursuant to the MergerSection 2.7(a). Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent or Sub shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Paying Agent for the benefit of holders of Shares the aggregate consideration to which such holders shall mail be entitled at the Effective Time pursuant to each person who wasSection 2.7(a). Such funds shall be invested as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation pending payment thereof by the Paying Agent to holders of the Shares. Earnings from such investments shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Surviving Corporation, at and no part of such earnings shall accrue to the benefit of holders of Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, a Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to mail to each holder of record of a certificate or certificates that (the “Certificates”) which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, represented Shares which were converted into the "Certificates"), other than right to receive the Company, Newco or any of their respective SubsidiariesMerger Consideration, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably Parent may specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing payment of the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required item specified by the Exchange Agentletter of transmittal, the holder of such Certificate Paying Agent shall be promptly pay to the Person entitled to receive thereto the Merger Consideration without interest in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)therefor, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. If payment of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid any transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such tax either has been paid or is not applicable. In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent will deliver the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate as determined in accordance with this Article II; provided, however, that, if required by Parent, the Person to whom the Merger Consideration is paid shall, as a transfer of ownership of Company Stock condition precedent to the payment thereof, give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner satisfactory to it against any claim that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.8, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Exchange AgentEffective Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration in cash, accompanied without interest, as contemplated by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidthis Section 2.8. (c) After At any time following six months after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any earnings received with respect thereto) which had been made available to the Paying Agent and expenseswhich have not been disbursed to holders of Certificates, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time and thereafter such holders shall be delivered entitled to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar laws) and only as general creditors thereof with respect to the exchange Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their Certificates. (e) Effective upon , without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the Closing Dateforegoing, neither the stock transfer books of Surviving Corporation nor the Company Paying Agent shall be closedliable to any holder of a Certificate for Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyescheat or similar law. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Mercator Software Inc), Merger Agreement (Ascential Software Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company shall retain a Mergerco will (i) designate Computershare Investor Services, LLC or other commercial bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange the paying agent (the "Exchange “Paying Agent") in connection with for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing holders of shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock (other than the Cancelled Shares and the Dissenting Shares) in the Merger and Mergerco will enter into an agreement with the Paying Agent pursuant to the Merger. Prior to which, after the Effective Time, Acquiror shall the Paying Agent will distribute the Merger Consideration on a timely basis, and (ii) irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Paying Agent cash in an amount required with respect to the conversion of shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective TimeTime pursuant to Section 3.1 and this Section 3.4 as share certificates are surrendered (such cash being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). At and following The Paying Agent must, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, deliver the cash contemplated to be paid pursuant to Section 3.1 out of the Exchange Fund. Except as contemplated by Section 3.4(g), the Exchange Fund must not be used for any other purpose. (b) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver will cause the Paying Agent to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that (to the extent such certificates have not already been submitted to the Paying Agent) which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding shares (other than Cancelled Shares and Dissenting Shares) of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, ”) (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall will be in customary form and will specify that delivery of the Certificates shall will be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall will pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall will be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror the Surviving Corporation and Newco shall the Paying Agent will reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the aggregate Merger Stock. Consideration into which the number of shares of Company Common Stock previously represented by such Certificates will have been converted into the right to receive pursuant to this Agreement. (c) Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agentcancellation, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange AgentPaying Agent pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Company Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has the right Certificate, to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made be distributed as soon as practicable after the Effective Time (after giving effect to the extent provided any required tax withholding) in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)each case without interest, and the Certificate so surrendered shall will immediately be canceledcancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of Company Common Stock that which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock Consideration may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such shares of Company Common Stock is presented to the Exchange Paying Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. (c) After . Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.4, each Certificate will be deemed at all times after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed Time for all purposes to evidence represent only the number of full shares of right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Stock into which the shares Consideration with respect to each share of Company Common Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were formerly represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Cash paid upon conversion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall will be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock and, following the Effective Time, there will be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they will be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Section 3.4. From and after the Effective Time, holders of Certificates will cease to have any rights as stockholders of the Company, except for the right to receive upon the surrender of such Certificates, in accordance with this Section 3.4, the Merger Consideration with respect to each share of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificates or as otherwise provided by law. (e) To the extent permitted by applicable law, any portion of the Exchange Fund (plus any interest and other income received by the Paying Agent in respect of such funds) which remains undistributed to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock twelve months after the Effective Time will be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any holders of shares of Company Common Stock who have not theretofore complied with this Section 3.4 must thereafter look, as general creditors, only to the Surviving Corporation for the Merger Consideration, without interest. Any portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of shares of Company Common Stock three years after the Effective Time (or such earlier date, as is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any government entity) will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. (f) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section 3.4, neither the Paying Agent nor the Surviving Corporation will be liable to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (g) The Paying Agent or, at any time after twelve months following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold from such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, such withheld amounts will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of Company Common Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. (h) If any Certificate has been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the delivery to the Paying Agent of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration for each share of Company Common Stock represented by such Certificate. (i) The Paying Agent will invest the Exchange Fund as directed by the Surviving Corporation (so long as such directions do not impair the rights of the holders of Company Common Stock) in direct obligations of, or money market funds substantially all the assets of which are invested in direct obligations of, the United States of America or any agency the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments will be paid to the Surviving Corporation, and no interest or other income will be paid or accrued on the Merger Consideration to the holders of Company Common Stock.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Troy Group Inc), Merger Agreement (Troy Group Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to From and after the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to be designated by Buyer (the "EXCHANGE AGENT") shall act as exchange agent (in effecting the "Exchange Agent") in connection with exchange of the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior Merger Consideration for Certificates which, prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror represented shares of Seller Common Stock or Seller Preferred Stock, as the case may be, entitled to payment pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof. At or immediately prior to the Effective Time, Buyer shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock aggregate Merger Consideration necessary to be issued in make the Merger, which shares payments contemplated hereby on a timely basis (collectively, the "Merger StockDEPOSIT AMOUNT") shall be deemed to be issued at in trust for the Effective Timebenefit of the holders of Certificates. At Upon the surrender of each such Certificate and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to issuance and delivery by the Exchange Agent of the Merger Consideration applicable thereto in exchange therefor, such cash as may Certificate shall forthwith be requiredcancelled. Until so surrendered and exchanged, from time each such Certificate (other than Certificates representing shares held by Buyer or Seller or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of Buyer or Seller and Dissenting Shares) shall represent solely the right to timereceive the Merger Consideration applicable thereto, to make payments without interest, multiplied by the number of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable represented by such Certificate. Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a record holder of record of a certificate or certificates that Certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any represented shares a form of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of and instructions for use in surrendering such Certificates and receiving the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to Merger Consideration applicable thereto. Upon the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates surrender to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in of such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a an outstanding Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentpursuant to such instructions, the holder of shall receive the Merger Consideration applicable thereto, without any interest thereon and such Certificate shall be cancelled. If any Merger Consideration is to be paid to a name other than the name in which the Certificate representing shares surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to such payment or exchange that the Person requesting such payment or exchange shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of such Merger Consideration to a name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or such Person shall establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Exchange Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to a holder of shares for any Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws. (b) Buyer shall not be entitled to the return of any of the Deposit Amount in the possession of the Exchange Agent relating to the transactions described in this Agreement until the date which is 180 days after the Effective Time. Thereafter, each holder of a Certificate representing a share may surrender such Certificate to the Surviving Corporation and (subject to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws) receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has Consideration applicable thereto, without any interest thereon, but shall have no greater rights against the right Surviving Corporation than may be accorded to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records general creditors of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidSurviving Corporation. (c) After At and after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares the holders of Company Stock shall, until surrendered Certificates to be exchanged for the Merger Consideration applicable thereto pursuant to this Agreement shall cease to have any rights as to stockholders of Seller except for the right to surrender such holder's Certificates in exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those payment of the Exchange AgentMerger Consideration applicable thereto, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company and after six months following the Effective Time there shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company Surviving Corporation of the shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent, they shall be closedcancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration applicable thereto, and there shall be no further registration as provided in this Article II, subject to applicable law in the case of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the CompanyDissenting Shares. (fd) All If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and subject to such other conditions as the Buyer may impose, the Exchange Agent shall pay in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Stock issued upon conversion Consideration deliverable in respect of shares of Company Stock such Certificate as determined in accordance herewith. When authorizing such payment of the Merger Consideration in exchange for such Certificate, the Buyer (or any authorized officer thereof) may, in its reasonable discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate to deliver to the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as the Surviving Corporation may reasonably require as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Buyer, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent with respect to the terms hereof shall be deemed Certificate alleged to have been issued in full satisfaction lost, stolen or destroyed. (e) The provisions of all rights pertaining this Section 2.09 shall also apply to Dissenting Shares that lose their status as such, except that the obligations of Exchange Agent under this Section 2.09 shall commence on the date of loss of such shares of Company Stockstatus.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Merger Agreement (Applied Opsec Corp), Merger Agreement (Optical Security Group Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Delivery of Company Common Stock and Merger Consideration. Prior to the Closing DatePreliminary Closing, the Parent will deliver to each of the Shareholders a letter of transmittal, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.7, to be used for the purpose of surrendering all certificates representing Company Common Stock in exchange for the right to receive the Merger Consideration. As provided in Section 1.2(b), Parent shall retain a bank or trust company at the Final Closing deposit the Merger Consideration with an exchange agent selected by Parent and reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent the Shareholders (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time), Acquiror and each Shareholder shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable or after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or Final Closing surrender for exchange certificates that immediately which prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represent shares of Company Stock (collectivelyCommon Stock, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) together with a properly completed and executed letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectivewith such Shareholder's signature guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution pursuant to any medallion signature guarantee program), and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in Agent. At the time of such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation Company Common Stock to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate each Shareholder shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that Consideration. If such holder has the right to receive pursuant surrender is made at or prior to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after Final Closing, then the Shareholder shall receive the Merger Consideration from the Exchange Agent at the Final Closing. After the Effective Time to and until the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof outstanding certificates formerly representing shares EnviroSystems Agreement and any cash paid in lieu Plan of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records Merger/Page 5 14 of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Company Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Timeare so surrendered, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (certificate which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented therebythe Company Common Stock shall be deemed for all corporate purposes (except the payment of dividends) to evidence ownership of the Merger Consideration into which the shares of the Company Common Stock represented thereby prior to such Effective Time shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Transcoastal Marine Services Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior Upon the delivery to Target by each Shareholder of a duly executed Letter of Transmittal in the Closing Dateform attached hereto as Exhibit C, the Company shall retain with such changes and modifications as may be reasonably requested by Target or Buyer (each, a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent"“Letter of Transmittal”), together with such Shareholder’s certificate(s) in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing representing shares of Company Stock converted into shares or Company Preferred Stock and such Shareholder’s Company Convertible Securities, as applicable (collectively with the Letter of Acquiror Common Stock Transmittal, the “Stockholder Materials”), such Shareholder shall be entitled to receive, at the times specified herein, in exchange therefor the amount(s) set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), (a)(v) and (a)(vi), as applicable, payable by the Paying Agent in accordance with the Net Merger Consideration Payment Schedule. Such share certificates and Company Convertible Securities shall, after such surrender, be marked as canceled. The amounts paid pursuant to this Section 2 and the Merger. Prior Net Merger Consideration Payment Schedule with respect to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares surrender of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") any such share certificates and Company Convertible Securities shall be deemed to be issued full payment and satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock and the Company Convertible Securities represented thereby. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.7, each such certificate and Company Convertible Security shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time. At and following Time to represent only the Effective Timeright to receive the amount set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i), the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), (a)(v) or (a)(vi), as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofapplicable. (b) As soon as practicable after of the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company Target shall be closed, closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of any shares of capital stock or Company Stock thereafter on the records Convertible Security of the CompanyTarget. (fc) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares The Target shall request each holder of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock in accordance or Company Convertible Securities to submit the Stockholder Materials to Target no later than five (5) Business Days prior to Closing. Concurrently with the terms hereof Merger, all such Stockholders Materials shall be deemed surrendered to have the Surviving Corporation. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any stock certificate representing Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock, or any Company Convertible Security, has been issued lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit (in full satisfaction a form and substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer) of all rights pertaining the fact by the Shareholder making such claim, and an agreement by such Shareholder to indemnify the Buyer and the Surviving Corporation against any claim with respect to such shares stock certificate or Company Convertible Security, such Shareholder shall be entitled to receive, at the times specified herein, in exchange therefor the amount set forth in Section 2.6(a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv), (a)(v) or (a)(vi), as applicable, upon delivery of such affidavit and the other Stockholder Materials (other than such stock certificate or Company StockConvertible Security) to the Target.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Stericycle Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior The Purchaser shall deposit or cause to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or be deposited in trust company with an exchange agent reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent be selected by the Purchaser (the "Exchange Agent") at the Effective Time cash in connection with an aggregate amount necessary to make the surrender payments pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof to holders (other than the Purchaser, BUSA, or the Sub or any of certificates evidencing their respective affiliates) of shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective TimeTime (such amounts being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"), Acquiror shall deposit with and to make the appropriate cash payments, if any, to holders of Dissenting Shares. The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, make the payments provided for in the preceding sentence out of the Exchange Fund. The Exchange Agent shall invest portions of the shares Exchange Fund as the Purchaser directs, provided that all such investments shall be in obligations of Acquiror or guaranteed by the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either Mood▇'▇ ▇▇▇estors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation, or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker's acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $50 million. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose, except as provided in this Agreement. If for any reason (including, without limitation, losses sustained by such investments) the Exchange Fund is inadequate to pay the amount holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectivelyhereunder, the "Merger Stock") Surviving Corporation shall be deemed to be issued at liable for the Effective Time. At and following payment thereof. (b) Promptly after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to cause the Exchange Agent such cash to mail to each record holder, as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a an outstanding certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented shares of Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyAgent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockCertificate or payment therefor. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent of a Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive paid in exchange therefor certificates representing cash in an amount equal to the product of the number of shares of Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate multiplied by the Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Consideration, and such Certificate shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be paid or accrued on the cash payable upon the surrender of the Certificates. If payment is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the event person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a transfer person other than the registered holder of ownership the Certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of Company Stock the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not registered applicable. Until surrendered in accordance with the stock transfer records provisions of this Section 3.02, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing shares of Common Stock owned by the Purchaser or any affiliate of the CompanyPurchaser, a certificate representing and Dissenting Shares) shall represent for all purposes the proper right to receive the Merger Consideration in cash multiplied by the number of shares of Merger Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing evidenced by such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange AgentCertificate, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that without any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidinterest thereon. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented there shall be no transfers of shares of Company Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation. If, after the Effective Time, were represented thereby) Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall have been so convertedbe canceled and exchanged for cash as provided in this Article III. As of the Effective Time, the stock ledger of the Company shall be closed. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with Fund (including the exchange proceeds of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after for six months following after the Effective Time shall be delivered repaid to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former . Any stockholders of the Company who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates Section 3.01 hereof shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for payment of their claim for the exchange of CertificatesMerger Consideration, without any interest thereon. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Varitronic Systems Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior Buyer, Buyer's transfer agent or any other Person reasonably acceptable to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange paying agent in the Merger (the "Exchange AgentPAYING AGENT") ), and, from time to time on, prior to or after the Effective Time, Buyer shall make available to the Paying Agent funds and/or securities in connection with amounts and at the times necessary for the payment of the Merger Consideration upon surrender of certificates evidencing representing the shares of Company Stock (collectively the "SHARES") converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock the right to receive Merger Consideration pursuant to the Merger. Prior Section 1.7 (it being understood that any and all interest earned on funds made available to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Paying Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") this Agreement shall be deemed turned over to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofBuyer). (b) As Prior to the Effective Time the Buyer shall provide to the Company, and as soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Paying Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented Shares (collectively, the "CertificatesCERTIFICATES"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Buyer may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Buyer, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing therefor, subject to the delivery of certain shares of Merger Buyer Common Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 1.11 hereof, the terms hereof amount of Merger Consideration which the Shares theretofore represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.7 (together with plus any dividend dividends or distribution distributions made with respect thereto made after to Buyer Common Stock subsequent to the Effective Time and prior to the extent provided surrender of the Certificates in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06exchange for the Merger Consideration), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock payment may be issued made to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Company Stock is presented Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.9, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the amount of Merger Consideration, without interest, into which the Shares theretofore represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.7 hereof. No interest will be paid or will accrue on the cash payable upon the surrender of any Certificate. In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Buyer may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the payment of the Merger Consideration in respect of the Shares represented by such Certificate, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Buyer, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent. (c) After All Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.9 shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares theretofore represented by such Certificates. At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the CompanySurviving Corporation of the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Section 1.9. (fd) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion At any time following the expiration of shares of Company Stock in accordance with one year after the terms hereof Effective Time, the Buyer shall be deemed entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any interest received with respect thereto) which had been made available to the Paying Agent and which have not been issued disbursed to holders of Certificates, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to Buyer (subject to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law) only as general creditors thereof with respect to the Merger Consideration payable upon due surrender of their Certificates, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of Buyer, Acquisition Sub, the Company or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any person in full satisfaction respect of all rights pertaining any cash delivered to such shares of Company Stocka public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Smartdisk Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, Parent shall designate the Company shall retain a Company's registrar and transfer agent, or such other bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror as agreed in writing by the parties, to act as exchange paying agent (for the "Exchange Agent") holders of Shares in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Merger, pursuant to an agreement providing for the Mergermatters set forth in this Section 2.2 and such other matters as may be appropriate and the terms of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the "Paying Agent"), to receive the funds to which holders of Shares shall become entitled pursuant to Sections 2.1(a) and 2.3. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall Parent will deposit or cause to be deposited in trust with the Paying Agent for the benefit of holders of Company Common Stock the funds necessary to complete the payments contemplated by Section 2.1(a) (the "Exchange Fund") on a timely basis; provided, that no such deposit shall relieve Parent of its obligation to pay the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a). Notwithstand- ing anything to the contrary in this Section 2.2, Parent and the Company will make arrangements with the Paying Agent to the reasonable satisfaction of Dow such that Dow, and any other stockholder of the Company that is present at the office of the Paying Agent in person or through a personal representative (it being understood that Dow need not be present at the office of the Paying Agent because it will be present at the Closing) and gives the Company at least two days prior written notice that it will be present at that office, will receive, as soon as possible after the Effective Time (but in any event on the same date as the Effective Time) in same day funds by wire transfer to such accounts as Dow or such stockholders shall specify with at least two days prior written notice, the Merger Consideration (in the case of Dow without any deduction or offset whatsoever for any purpose, including deductions for withholding taxes so long as Dow has complied with applicable tax law in completing and delivering any required forms) for each of its or their shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock (provided that Dow and any such stockholders have surrendered the Certificates (as defined below) for their shares of Company Common Stock to be issued in the MergerPaying Agent and, which shares with respect to stockholders other than Dow, complied with the terms and conditions of Section 2.2(b) hereof). (collectively, the "Merger Stock"b) shall be deemed to be issued at At the Effective Time. At , Parent will instruct the Paying Agent to promptly, and in any event not later than five business days following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that (other than holders who are paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.2(a)), which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than whose Shares were converted pursuant to Section 2.1(a) into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive the Merger Consideration (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing payment of the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by the Company, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Company Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has Certificate, to be mailed (or made available for collection by hand if so elected by the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu surrendering holder) within three business days of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)receipt thereof, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. In If payment of the event Merger Consideration is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such payment shall have paid any transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a transfer person other than the registered holder of ownership the Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of Company Stock the Paying Agent that such tax either has been paid or is not registered applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing Company Common Stock held by Parent or Purchaser, or any Subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser, or Dissenting Shares (as defined in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may Section 2.4)) shall be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that deemed at any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After time after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with cash as contemplated by this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those 2.2. Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that Fund which remains unclaimed by the former stockholders holders of the Company Shares for twelve months after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates Shares shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for any cash to which they are entitled as a result of the exchange Merger. The Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any former holder of CertificatesShares pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Surviving Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to making such payment under the Code (as hereinafter defined), or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that such amounts are withheld by or on behalf of the Surviving Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the former holder of Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation. (ec) Effective In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the Closing Datemaking of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliver- able in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article II; provided that the Person to whom the Merger Consideration is paid shall, as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner satisfactory to it against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (d) After the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the terms hereof Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall be deemed to have been issued cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration as provided in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockthis Article .

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (NGC Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, Your Domain shall enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with the Company shall retain a bank ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Law Group or trust company reasonably acceptable such other agent or agents as may be satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent IAG and Your Domain (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with ), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeIAG Shares, Acquiror shall deposit with for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock Your Domain Shares to be issued to holders of IAG Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding IAG Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding IAG Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive Your Domain Shares pursuant to Section 1.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Your Domain and Newco shall IAG may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockYour Domain Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefore a certificate representing the shares that number of Merger Stock that whole Your Domain Shares, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article I, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is IAG Shares which are not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyIAG, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock Your Domain Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock IAG Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or Your Domain to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing Your Domain Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.7. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance Time with this Section 1.04, respect to Your Domain Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior paid to the Effective Time, were holder of any un-surrendered Certificate with respect to the IAG Shares represented thereby) thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall have been so convertedsurrender such Certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for Your Domain Shares or IAG Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefore, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such IAG Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional IAG Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that Your Domain or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All Your Domain Shares issued upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender for exchange of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock IAG Shares in accordance with the terms hereof hereof, shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares IAG Shares. There shall be no further registration of Company Stocktransfers on the stock transfer books of IAG of the IAG Shares, which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates of IAG are presented to Your Domain for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractional Your Domain Shares shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of IAG Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional Your Domain Share shall, upon surrender of its, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an additional share to round up to the nearest round number of shares.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Your Domain Com)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company ET shall retain a bank enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with, Entertainment Trends Corporation, or trust company reasonably acceptable such other agent or agents as may be satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent ET and DAL (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with '), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeDAL Shares, Acquiror shall deposit with for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock ET Shares to be issued to holders of DAL Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding DAL Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding DAL Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive ET Shares pursuant to Section 1.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror DAL and Newco shall ET may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockET Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefore a certificate representing that number of whole ET Shares and, if applicable, a check representing the shares cash consideration to which such holder may be entitled on account of Merger Stock that the Cash Fund, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article I, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is DAL Shares which are not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyDAL, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock ET Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock DAL Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or ET to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing ET Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.8. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance Time with this Section 1.04, respect to ET Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior paid to the Effective Time, were holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the ET Shares represented thereby) thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall have been so convertedsurrender such Certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for DAL Shares or ET Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefor, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such ET Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional ET Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that ET or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All ET Shares issued upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender for exchange of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock DAL Shares in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash paid pursuant to Section 1.10 shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares DAL Shares. There shall be no further registration of Company Stocktransfers on the stock transfer books of either of DAL or ET of the DAL Shares or ET Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to ET for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractional ET Shares shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of DAL Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional ET Share shall, upon surrender of its, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an additional share to round up to the nearest round number of shares.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Acquisition Agreement (Daljama Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to Promptly after the Closing DateEffective Time (and in any event within three (3) Business Days thereof), the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (Company, or, if applicable, the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Paying Agent pursuant to the Merger. Prior to terms of the Effective TimePaying Agent Agreement, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate Certificate or certificates that immediately prior Certificates evidencing shares eligible for conversion pursuant to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Section 2.6(c): (i) a letter Letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of Transmittal substantially in the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions attached as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Exhibit D hereto and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the such Certificate or Certificates in exchange for certificates representing payment of a portion of the Merger StockCash Consideration. Upon From and after the Effective Time, upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Paying Agent, together with such letter Letter of transmittal Transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentproperly completed, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares portion of Merger the Cash Consideration for each share of Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Certificate, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled and extinguished. In Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.7(a), each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the event Effective Time to represent only the right to receive a portion of the Cash Consideration as contemplated by this Section 2.7(a), without interest, and shall not evidence any interest in, or any right to exercise the rights of a stockholder or other equity holder of, the Company or the Surviving Corporation. At or after the Closing, Buyer shall pay, or cause the Paying Agent (subject to the terms of the Paying Agent Agreement) to pay, by wire transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in immediately available funds, the stock transfer records applicable portion of the Company, Cash Consideration to each holder of a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing that has tendered such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCertificate. (cb) After At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion . From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates evidencing ownership of shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with outstanding immediately prior to the terms hereof Effective Time shall be deemed cease to have been issued in full satisfaction of all any rights pertaining with respect to such shares of Company Common Stock, except as otherwise provided for herein or by applicable law. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Section 2.7. (c) None of Buyer, the Surviving Corporation, the Stockholder Representative or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate for Cash Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If Certificates are not surrendered prior to two (2) years after the Effective Time, unclaimed Cash Consideration payable with respect to the shares of the Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificates 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. (d) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Buyer or the Paying Agent may, in its or their discretion and as a condition precedent to the payment of the respective portion of the Cash Consideration, require the owner of such lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificate to (i) provide an appropriate affidavit, in which affidavit such owner indemnifies Buyer and the Surviving Corporation against any claim that may be made against them with respect to such Certificate and (ii) deliver either a bond (in such sums as the Paying Agent may reasonably direct) as indemnity or a Medallion signature guarantee from a bank or financial institution reasonably acceptable to the Paying Agent. After the Effective Time and upon the making of such affidavit, the Paying Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Cash Consideration with respect thereto.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Tibco Software Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank As of or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following promptly after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation Company shall deliver deposit with a paying agent to be selected by Sub (the Exchange Agent such cash "Paying Agent"), as may be requirednecessary, from time to timefor the benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares for payment in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofthis Article III, the funds necessary to pay the Merger Consideration for each share. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to (i) each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record an outstanding certificate or certificates which pursuant to Section 3.2 represent the right to receive shares of the Surviving Corporation, upon surrender to the Paying Agent of such certificate or certificates and acceptance thereof by the Paying Agent, shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates that representing the Roll-Over Share Consideration into which the number of Roll-Over Shares previously represented by such certificate or certificates surrendered shall have been converted pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) each other holder of an outstanding certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented shares of the Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"other than Roll-Over Shares), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title upon surrender to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery Paying Agent of such certificate or certificates and acceptance thereof by the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Paying Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the Merger Consideration multiplied by the number of shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such certificate. No interest will be paid on or accrue on the Merger Consideration. The Paying Agent shall accept such certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Paying Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with customary exchange practices. After the Effective Time, there shall be no further transfer on the records of the Company or its transfer agent of certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock that such holder has which have been converted, in whole or in part, pursuant to this Agreement, into the right to receive pursuant cash, and if such certificates are presented to the terms hereof Company for transfer, they shall be canceled against delivery of such cash. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.5(b), (together with i) each certificate formerly representing Roll-Over Shares shall be deemed at any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made time after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided in right to receive upon such surrender a new certificate or certificates representing Surviving Corporation Common Stock, as contemplated by Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.063.2(b), and (ii) each certificate formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock (other than the Certificate so surrendered Roll-Over Shares) shall be canceled. In deemed at any time after the event of a transfer of ownership Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration for each share of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCommon Stock. (c) After No dividends or other distributions with respect to Surviving Corporation Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented Time shall be paid to the holder of any certificate formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock shallnot surrendered with respect to the Roll-Over Shares formerly represented thereby. Subject to applicable law, until surrendered following surrender of any such certificate, there shall be paid to the holder of the certificate or certificates representing shares issued for exchange in accordance the Roll-Over Share Consideration without interest, at the appropriate payment date, the proportionate amount of dividends or other distributions with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence a record date after the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, Effective Time but prior to such surrender and a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such shares representing the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedRoll-Over Share Consideration. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, All cash paid upon the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the surrender for exchange of shares of Merger Stock for certificates formerly representing shares of Company Stock. Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Article III shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares exchanged for cash theretofore represented by such certificates. (e) Any Merger Stock cash deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.5 (the "Exchange Agent that Fund") which remains unclaimed by undistributed to the former stockholders holders of the certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock one year after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, Corporation at such time and any former stockholders holders of shares of Company Common Stock (other than Roll-Over Shares) prior to the Company Merger who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article III shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation and only as general unsecured creditors thereof for the exchange payment of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Datetheir claim for cash, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyif any. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion None of Sub, the Company or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any person in respect of any cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public office pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to not have been issued surrendered prior to one year after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which any cash in full satisfaction respect of such certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any federal, state, local, or municipal, foreign or other government or subdivision, branch, department or agency thereof and any governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature, including any court or other tribunal), any such cash in respect of such certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all rights pertaining claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. (g) In the event any certificate formerly representing Company Common Stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in such reasonable amount as Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the shares of Company Stockrepresenting the Roll-Over Share Consideration, and unpaid dividends and distributions on shares representing the Roll-Over Share Consideration deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this Agreement, or the Merger Consideration, as the case may be.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Odyssey Investment Partners Fund LLC)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior At or prior to the Closing DateClosing, the Company SanDisk shall retain a enter into an agreement with ComputerShare Trust Company, Inc. (or such other bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act in the United States as exchange agent (may be designated by SanDisk, the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to ”), which shall provide that SanDisk shall promptly after the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver make available to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments shares of SanDisk Common Stock and cash in lieu amounts and at the times necessary for the payment of fractional the Merger Consideration as specified and allocated in Section 1.4 upon surrender of Certificates; provided that, on behalf of the former Matrix Stockholders, SanDisk shall deposit into the Escrow Fund a number of shares equal to the Escrow Amount (as defined in the Escrow Agreement). It being understood that any and all interest earned on funds made available to the Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofthis Agreement shall be turned over to SanDisk. (b) As soon as practicable At the Closing or within five business days after the Effective TimeClosing, the Exchange Agent shall deliver or mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Certificate (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror SanDisk and Newco shall Matrix may reasonably specifyspecify and agree) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the surrendering Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockconsideration specified and allocated in Section 1.4. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the Merger Consideration into which the shares formerly represented by such Certificate shall have been converted in accordance with Section 1.4 (less any shares of Merger SanDisk Common Stock that such holder has deposited into the right to receive pursuant to Escrow Fund) as set forth on the terms hereof Spreadsheet (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided as defined in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.064.14), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In SanDisk will request that the event Exchange Agent deliver the applicable portion of the Merger Consideration as promptly as practicable to the holders of surrendered Certificates, and upon the Stockholder Representative’s reasonable request, will reiterate its request. If a transfer of ownership of Company shares of Matrix Capital Stock has not been registered in Matrix’s transfer records, payment may be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered if such Certificate is properly endorsed or otherwise is in proper form for transfer and the Person requesting such issuance shall pay any transfer or other Tax (as defined in Section 2.9(a)) required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of SanDisk that such Tax has been paid or is not registered in the stock transfer records applicable. Other than interest earned that becomes part of the CompanyEscrow Fund, a certificate representing no interest shall be paid or will accrue on the proper number cash payable to holders of shares Certificates in accordance with the provisions of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidthis ARTICLE 1. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented All shares of Company SanDisk Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange issued and all cash paid upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.04, ARTICLE 1 (including shares of SanDisk Common Stock deposited into the Escrow Fund) shall be deemed for to have been paid in full satisfaction of all purposes rights pertaining to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Matrix Capital Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of such Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Company of the shares of Matrix Capital Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Company Stock thereafter or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this ARTICLE 1, except as otherwise provided by law. (d) None of SanDisk, the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person with respect to any cash delivered to a public official in accordance with any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificate shall not have been surrendered immediately prior to the date on which any amounts payable in accordance with this ARTICLE 1 would otherwise escheat to or become the records property of any Governmental Entity (as defined in Section 2.3), any such amounts shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Company, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. (e) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by SanDisk, the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable amount as SanDisk may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration with respect thereto. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion The Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from amounts otherwise payable in accordance with this Agreement to any former holder of shares of Matrix Capital Stock such amounts as the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent reasonably believes is required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate taxing authority by the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of Matrix Capital Stock in accordance with respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Surviving Company Stockor the Exchange Agent.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sandisk Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to As soon as practicable after the Closing Effective Date, Sierra shall make available, and each Shareholder will be entitled to receive, upon surrender to Sierra of one or more certificates representing Company Common Stock for cancellation, certificates representing the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender number of certificates evidencing shares of Company Sierra Common Stock converted into that such Shareholder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 1.6.1 hereof; provided, however, that the certificates representing the Holdback Shares shall be retained by Sierra in accordance with this Agreement. The shares of Acquiror Sierra Common Stock that each Shareholder shall be entitled to receive pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be have been issued at the Effective Time. At and following No interest shall accrue on the Effective TimeMerger Consideration. If the Merger Consideration (or any portion thereof) is to be delivered to any person other than the person in whose name the certificate or certificates representing shares of Company Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to such exchange that the Surviving Corporation person requesting such exchange shall deliver pay to Sierra any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a person other than the registered holder of the certificate or certificates so surrendered, or shall establish to the Exchange Agent satisfaction of Sierra that such cash as may tax has been paid or is not applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Sierra nor any other party hereto shall be requiredliable to a holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofescheat and similar laws. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective TimeDate, the Exchange Agent Sierra shall mail make available to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior Stock Option a replacement stock option letter agreement setting forth such holder's rights to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company purchase Sierra Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) as determined under this Agreement. Sierra shall take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper sufficient number of shares of Merger Sierra Common Stock as may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented issuable pursuant to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Options in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted1.6. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sierra on Line Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Superior shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock designate Harr▇▇ ▇▇▇st and Savings Bank to be issued act as exchange agent in the Merger, which shares Merger (collectively, the "Merger StockEXCHANGE AGENT") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time). At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable practical after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a record holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented shares of Company Stock Common (collectively, "CERTIFICATES") the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, following: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco Superior shall reasonably specify) ), and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stockshares of Superior Common as specified in this Agreement. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent (either at or after the Closing, as applicable) together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as the Exchange Agent may reasonably require, the Exchange Agent shall issue or pay, as applicable, to such holder (a) a certificate or certificates representing 90% of the shares of Superior Common to be issued to such holder with respect to the Company Common formerly represented by such Certificate pursuant to Section 2.6(a), to be delivered to or at the direction of such holder, (b) a certificate representing 10% of the shares of Superior Common to be issued to such holder with respect to the Company Common formerly represented by such Certificate pursuant to Section 2.6(a), to be delivered to the Escrow Agent to hold in escrow under the Escrow Agreement in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof (the "ESCROW SHARES"), and, (c) in the case of payment for any fractional interest in Superior Common, a check payable to the holder with respect to the Company Common formerly represented by such Certificate. Surrendered Certificates shall forthwith be canceled. Superior shall not be obligated to deliver the consideration to which any former holder of Company Common is entitled as a result of the Merger until such holder surrenders such holder's Certificate or Certificates representing shares of Company Common for exchange as provided in this Section 2.8; provided, however, that procedures allowing for payment against receipt of customary and appropriate certifications and reasonable indemnities, shall be provided with respect to lost or destroyed Certificates. If any Certificate to be issued in the name of, or directed to an account in the name of, a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificates are registered, it shall be a condition of the exchange that the Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay to Superior any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the Exchange Agent, the holder issuance of such Certificate and delivery of the Merger consideration to and in the name of a Person other than the registered owner of the Certificates surrendered, or shall be entitled establish to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares satisfaction of Merger Stock Superior that such holder Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until so surrendered and exchanged, each such Certificate shall represent solely the right to receive pursuant the shares of Superior Common to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares be issued pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered 2.6(a) in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered exchange for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (whichCommon represented by such surrendered Certificate and the right to receive any fractional share payment to be paid pursuant to Section 2.6(a), prior without interest, and Superior shall not be required to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with instruct or permit the Exchange Agent to issue to such holder the stock to which such holder otherwise would be entitled; provided, that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders reasonable procedures allowing for payment against receipt of the Company after six months following the Effective Time customary and appropriate certifications and indemnities shall be delivered provided with respect to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of lost or destroyed Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Superior Consultant Holdings Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company Parent shall retain designate a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange paying agent in the Merger (the "Exchange “Paying Agent") in connection ”). Parent shall, on the Closing Date, deposit or cause to be deposited with the Paying Agent in a separate fund established for the benefit of the Company Securityholders (the “Payment Fund”) funds in an amount necessary for the payment upon surrender of certificates evidencing shares Certificates as part of Company Stock converted into shares the Merger of Acquiror the Common Stock Consideration and the Preferred Stock Consideration, less amounts withheld to fund the Escrow Account pursuant to Section 2.7(d) through (j) and the Merger. Prior Common Stock Consideration and the Preferred Stock Consideration otherwise payable with respect to Dissenting Shares (it being understood that any and all interest earned on funds made available to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Paying Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") this Agreement shall be deemed turned over to be issued at the Effective TimeParent). At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Timedate hereof, the Exchange Company shall, or shall cause the Paying Agent shall to, mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specifyagree) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockCommon Stock Consideration or the applicable Preferred Stock Consideration, as applicable. Upon Thereafter, upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent of any Certificates (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares), together with such duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agenttransmittal, the holder of each such Certificate shall be entitled to receive from the Paying Agent promptly after Closing in exchange therefor certificates representing therefor, the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right amount to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares which they are entitled pursuant to Section 1.062.7(d) through (j), as applicable, in the form of cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to which such holder is entitled pursuant to such sections of the Agreement, without interest; provided, however, that any such payments for less than $10,000 to a particular holder may be made by check. Parent and the Company shall make reasonable efforts to cause the Paying Agent to initiate payment on the Closing Date to all holders of Certificates submitted, along with duly executed letters of transmittal, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date. Each Certificate surrendered pursuant to this Section 2.9(a) shall be canceled upon consummation of the Merger. If payment or delivery is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name a Certificate so surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceledproperly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer, that the signatures on the Certificate or any related stock power shall be properly guaranteed and that the Person requesting such payment either pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate so surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.9, each Certificate (other than Certificates canceled pursuant to Section 2.8(c) and Certificates representing Dissenting Shares) shall represent for all purposes only the right to receive the amount to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.7(d) through (j), as applicable, payable in cash pursuant to this Section 2.9, in the form provided for by this Agreement, without interest. Except as provided herein or in the Escrow Agreement, all cash paid upon surrender of the Certificates in accordance with this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to have been paid in satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock represented thereby. (b) In the event that any Certificate (other than any Certificate representing Dissenting Shares) shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the registered holder of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate in form and substance acceptable to Parent and Newco (if such affidavit is accepted before the Effective Time) or the Paying Agent (if such affidavit is accepted after the Effective Time), and, if required by Parent, the posting by such registered holder of a transfer of ownership of Company bond in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Preferred Stock that is not registered Consideration or Common Stock Consideration, as applicable, in respect thereof in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidmanner set forth in this Section 2.9. (c) After If Certificates are not surrendered prior to the date that is three years after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares unclaimed amounts (including interest thereon) of Company Preferred Stock Consideration and Common Stock Consideration shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Timeextent permitted by applicable law, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, become the property of the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection may be commingled with the exchange general funds of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demandfree and clear of all claims or interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates provisions of this Section 2.9 shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation and only as general creditors thereof for payment for their claims in the exchange of Certificatesform and amounts to which such stockholders are entitled. (ed) After the Effective upon the Closing DateTime, there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company Surviving Corporation of the shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares) are presented to the Paying Agent, they shall be closedcanceled and exchanged for the applicable Preferred Stock Consideration or Common Stock Consideration, as applicable, as provided for, and there in accordance with, the provisions of this Section 2.9. (e) Any portion of the Payment Fund which remains undistributed for twelve months after the Effective Time shall be no further registration delivered to Parent, upon demand, and any holders of transfers Certificates who have not theretofore complied with this Agreement and the instructions set forth in the letter of shares of Company Stock transmittal mailed to such holders after the Effective Time shall thereafter on the records look only to Parent for payment of the Companyapplicable Preferred Stock Consideration or Common Stock Consideration, as applicable, to which they are entitled. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion None of shares of Parent, Newco, the Company Stock in accordance with or the terms hereof Paying Agent shall be deemed liable to any person in respect of any cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Certificates shall not have been issued surrendered prior to five years after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which any payment pursuant to this Agreement would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity), the cash payment in full satisfaction respect of such Certificate shall, unless otherwise provided by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company StockLiens.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Sykes Enterprises Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior The Purchaser shall deposit or cause to be deposited in trust for the Closing Date, benefit of the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as Surviving Corporation with an exchange agent selected by the Purchaser (the "Exchange Agent") at the Effective Time cash in connection with an aggregate amount necessary to make the surrender payments pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof to holders (other than the Purchaser, or the Sub or any of certificates evidencing their respective affiliates) of shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior and Preferred Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective TimeTime (such amounts being hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"). The Exchange Agent shall, Acquiror shall deposit with pursuant to irrevocable instructions, make the payments provided for in the preceding sentence out of the Exchange Fund. The Exchange Agent shall invest the shares Exchange Fund as the Purchaser directs, provided that all such investments shall be in obligations of Acquiror or guaranteed by the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations receiving the highest rating from either ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation, or in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker's acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $50 million. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose, except as provided in this Agreement. If for any reason (including, without limitation, losses sustained by such investments) the Exchange Fund is inadequate to pay the amount holders of Common Stock and Preferred Stock shall be entitled to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectivelyhereunder, the "Merger Stock"Surviving Corporation shall remain solely liable for the payment thereof. (b) shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following Promptly after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to cause the Exchange Agent such cash to mail to each record holder, as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, other than the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who wasPurchaser or any of its affiliates and other than holders of Dissenting Shares, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a an outstanding certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented scrip shares or shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyAgent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange Certificate for certificates representing the Merger Stockpayment therefor. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent of a Certificate, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive paid in exchange therefor certificates representing cash in an amount equal to the product of the amount of scrip or the number of shares of Common Stock, formerly represented by such Certificate multiplied by the Common Stock Merger Consideration or the number of shares of Preferred Stock that formerly represented by such holder has Certificate multiplied by the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Preferred Stock Merger Consideration, respectively, and such Certificate shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be paid or accrued on the cash payable upon the surrender of the Certificates. If payment is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the event person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a transfer person other than the registered holder of ownership the Certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of Company Stock the Surviving Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not registered applicable. Until surrendered in accordance with the stock transfer records provisions of this Section 3.02, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock owned by the Purchaser or any affiliate of the CompanyPurchaser, a certificate representing and Dissenting Shares) shall represent for all purposes the proper right to receive the Common Stock Merger Consideration or Preferred Stock Merger Consideration, as appropriate, in cash multiplied by the number of shares of Merger scrip, Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing or Preferred Stock, respectively, evidenced by such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange AgentCertificate, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that without any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidinterest thereon. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented there shall be no transfers of shares of Company Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number or Preferred Stock or of full shares of Merger Stock into scrip which the shares of Company Stock (which, were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation. If, after the Effective Time, were represented thereby) Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall have been so convertedbe canceled and exchanged for cash as provided in this Article III. As of the Effective Time, the stock ledger of the Company shall be closed. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with Fund (including the exchange proceeds of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent any investments thereof) that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders holders of scrip or the shareholders of the Company after for six months following after the Effective Time shall be delivered paid to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders . Any shareholders of the Company who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates Section 3.01 hereof shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for payment of their claim for the exchange of CertificatesCommon Stock Merger Consideration or Preferred Stock Merger Consideration, as appropriate, without any interest thereon. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (PMC International Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, ANYD shall enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with, the Company shall retain a bank Stoecklein Law Group, or trust company reasonably acceptable ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ agent or agents as may be satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent ANYD and SHARECOM (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with ), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeSHARECOM Shares, Acquiror shall deposit with for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock ANYD Shares to be issued to holders of SHARECOM Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding SHARECOM Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding SHARECOM Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive ANYD Shares pursuant to Section 1.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror SHARECOM and Newco shall ANYD may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockANYD Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing that number of whole ANYD Shares and, if applicable, a check representing the shares cash consideration to which such holder may be entitled on account of Merger Stock that the Cash Fund, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article I, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is SHARECOM Shares which are not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanySHARECOM, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock ANYD Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock SHARECOM Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or ANYD to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing ANYD Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.7. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance Time with this Section 1.04, respect to ANYD Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior paid to the Effective Time, were holder of any un-surrendered Certificate with respect to the ANYD Shares represented thereby) thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall have been so convertedsurrender such Certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for SHARECOM Shares or ANYD Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefore, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such ANYD Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional ANYD Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that ANYD or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All ANYD Shares issued upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender for exchange of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock SHARECOM Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares SHARECOM Shares. There shall be no further registration of Company Stocktransfers on the stock transfer books of either of SHARECOM or ANYD of the SHARECOM Shares or ANYD Shares, which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to ANYD for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractional ANYD Shares shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of SHARECOM Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional ANYD Share shall, upon surrender of its, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an additional share to round up to the nearest round number of shares.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Anonymous Data Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, Parent shall designate an agent reasonably satisfactory to the Company to act as agent for the holders of the Shares (other than the Shares held by Parent, Acquisition, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent"any of their Subsidiaries, and Dissenting Shares) in connection with the surrender Merger (the "Paying Agent") to receive in trust, the aggregate Merger Consideration to which holders of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Shares shall become entitled pursuant to the MergerSection 3.1(a). Prior to At the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit the Merger Consideration with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Paying Agent. The Merger Stock") Consideration shall be deemed invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation. If for any reason (including losses) the funds held by the Paying Agent are inadequate to pay the amounts to which the Shareholders shall be issued at the Effective Time. At entitled under Section 3.1(a), Parent and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to be liable for the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofpayment thereof. (b) As soon promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent and the Exchange Agent Surviving Corporation shall mail cause to be mailed to each person who wasrecord holder, at as of the Effective Time, a holder of record of a an outstanding certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented Shares (collectively, the "Certificates" or individually, a "Certificate"), other than whose Shares were converted pursuant to Section 3.1(a) into the Companyright to receive the Merger Consideration, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates a Certificate shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates Certificate to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall Parent may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates a Certificate in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration for the Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive promptly in 5 11 exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each Share formerly evidenced thereby, and such Certificate shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be paid or accrued on the cash payable upon the surrender of a Certificate. If payment of the Merger Stock Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall (i) have paid any transfer and other Taxes required by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or (ii) have established to the satisfaction of the Surviving Corporation that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with Taxes have been paid or that payment of Taxes is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.2, each Certificate shall be deemed at any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made time after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided right to receive the Merger Consideration for each Share in cash as contemplated by Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid3.1. (c) After At the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the CompanyCompany of the Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates evidencing ownership of the Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Shares, except as otherwise provided for herein or by applicable law. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Paying Agent or the Surviving Corporation, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article III. (d) At any time following the first anniversary of 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) which had been made available to the Paying Agent, and holders shall be entitled to look 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 without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Surviving Corporation nor the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate for Merger Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (e) In the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article III, provided, that the Person to whom the Merger Consideration is paid shall, as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner satisfactory to it against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Shares represented by the Certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Parent, Acquisition and the terms hereof Surviving Corporation shall be deemed entitled to have deduct and withhold, or cause the Paying Agent to deduct and withhold, from the Offer Price or the Merger Consideration payable to a holder of Shares pursuant to the Offer or the Merger any or all such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and/or any applicable provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld by Parent, Acquisition or the Surviving Corporation, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been issued paid to the holder of the Shares in full satisfaction respect of all rights pertaining to which such shares of Company Stockdeduction and withholding was made by Parent, Acquisition or the Surviving Corporation.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (May Department Stores Co)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to At the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At each Shareholder and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate Permitted Transferee shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (i) a certificate or certificates representing such Shareholder's or Permitted Transferee's pro rata share of the shares Total Issuable Shares as set forth on Schedule I hereto (as the same may be amended from time to time to reflect the transfer of Company Shares to one or more Permitted Transferees) plus (ii) cash representing such Shareholder's or Permitted Transferee's pro rata share of the Total Payable Cash as set forth on Schedule I hereto, reduced, in the case of each Shareholder or Permitted Transferee, by such Shareholder's or Permitted Transferee's pro rata share of the Escrow Funds (as defined below) as set forth on Schedule I hereto, to be deposited in escrow as set forth below. As soon as practicable on the Closing Date after the last to occur of (i) the proper filing of the Mississippi Articles of Merger Stock that such holder has with the right to receive pursuant to Mississippi Secretary of State, (ii) the terms hereof proper filing of the Texas Articles of Merger with the Texas Secretary of State, and (together iii) the proper filing of the Virginia Articles of Merger with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to Virginia Commission (the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06"Delivery Time"), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered cash included in the stock transfer records of Total Payable Cash in an amount equal to $10,000,000 (the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c"Escrow Funds") After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered by Atmos to an escrow agent selected by Atmos and approved by the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of Shareholders (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company "Escrow Agent"). The Escrow Funds shall be closed, held and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on administered by the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms hereof and conditions of an Escrow Agreement to be entered into on the Closing Date by the Shareholders, any Permitted Transferee, Atmos and the Escrow Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Escrow Agreement"), and the Escrow Funds shall be deemed treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockthe Shareholders and any Permitted Transferees.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Atmos Energy Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateClosing, the Company Parent shall retain select a reputable bank or trust company reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent in the Merger (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted and shall enter into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant an agreement reasonably acceptable to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit Company with the Exchange Agent relating to the shares of Acquiror Common Stock services to be issued in performed by the MergerExchange Agent. At the Closing, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") Parent shall be deemed cause to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to deposited with the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, sufficient to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares the Cash Consideration in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof1.8(a)(iii). The cash amount so deposited with the Exchange Agent is referred to as the “Exchange Fund. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person the Persons who was, at the Effective Time, a holder were record holders of record of a certificate Company Stock Certificates or certificates that Book Entry Shares immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Time: (i) a letter of transmittal in customary form and containing such provisions as Parent may reasonably specify and the Company shall reasonably approve prior to the Effective Time (which shall specify including a provision confirming that delivery of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) Agent); and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Company Stock Certificate for cancellation or Book Entry Shares to the Exchange AgentAgent for exchange, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, Agent or Parent: (A) the holder of such Company Stock Certificate or Book Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive receive, and the Exchange Agent shall (and Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to) in exchange therefor certificates representing transfer from the shares of Merger Stock Exchange Fund to such holder the Consideration that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of Section 1.8; and (together with any dividend B) the Company Stock Certificate or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate Book Entry Shares so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.10(b), each Company Stock Certificate and Book Entry Share shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive the Consideration as contemplated by Section 1.8. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its reasonable discretion and as a condition to the payment of any Consideration, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a reasonable and customary indemnification obligation against any claim that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to made against the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required Parent or the Surviving Corporation with respect to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidCompany Stock Certificate. (c) After Any portion of the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares Exchange Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence Certificates and Book Entry Shares as of the number of full shares of Merger Stock into date that is one year after the date on which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time becomes effective shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, Parent upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of the Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging theretofore surrendered their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock Certificates or Book Entry Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.this 7

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable practical after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent Parent shall mail the following to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a record holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented shares of Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) and to each holder of Option Agreements that immediately prior to the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Effective Time represented such holder's right to exercise Existing Options (the "Option Agreements"): (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or the Option Agreements, as the case may be, to the Exchange Agent Parent and which shall be in such a form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco Parent shall reasonably specify) and ), (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the shares of Parent Common Stock or the Option Agreements in exchange for Replacement Options as specified in this Agreement, and (iii) the notice(s) of approval of the Merger Stockand accompanying statutory materials, information and instruction as required by the WBCA. Upon surrender of a Certificate to Parent for cancellation to (either at or after the Exchange AgentClosing, as applicable), together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as the Parent may reasonably require, Parent shall issue or pay, as applicable, to such holder a certificate or certificates representing eighty percent (80%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to such holder with respect to the Company Stock formerly represented by such Certificate pursuant to Section 2(f)(i), to be delivered to or at the direction of such holder. Certificates representing the remaining twenty percent (20%) of the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to such holder (the "Escrow Shares") shall be delivered to an escrow agent, to be held to satisfy any claims for Indemnifiable Losses (as defined in Section 11(b)) pursuant to the terms of an Escrow Agreement to be entered into by the Parent and the Company. The escrow agent and the form of the Escrow Agreement shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and Parent. Surrendered Certificates shall forthwith be canceled. Upon surrender of an Option Agreement to Parent for cancellation (either at or after the Closing, as applicable), together with 9 such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as the Parent may reasonably require, Parent shall issue, to such holder a replacement option agreement representing such holder's right to exercise Replacement Options to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 2(f)(ii), to be delivered to or at the direction of such holder. Parent shall not be obligated to deliver the consideration to which any former holder of Company Stock or Existing Options is entitled as a result of the Merger until such holder surrenders such holder's Certificate or Certificates representing shares of Company Stock or Option Agreements representing such holder's rights under Existing Options to purchase shares of Company Stock, as the case may be, for exchange as provided in this Section 2(h); provided, however, that procedures allowing for payment against receipt of customary and appropriate certifications and reasonable indemnities, shall be provided with respect to lost or destroyed Certificates. If any Certificate to be issued in the name of, or directed to an account in the name of, a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificates are registered, it shall be a condition of the exchange that the Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay to Parent any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the Exchange Agent, the holder issuance of such Certificate and delivery of the Merger consideration to and in the name of a Person other than the registered owner of the Certificates surrendered, or shall be entitled establish to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares satisfaction of Merger Stock Parent that such holder Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until so surrendered and exchanged, (i) each such Certificate shall represent solely the right to receive the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 2(f)(i) in exchange for the shares of Company Stock represented by such surrendered Certificate and the right to receive any fractional share payment to be paid pursuant to Section 2.7(f)(i), without interest, and (ii) each such Option Agreement shall represent solely the right to receive Replacement Options to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 2(f)(ii) in exchange for Option Agreements, and Parent shall not be required to issue to such holder the stock or Replacement Options to which such holder otherwise would be entitled; provided, that reasonable procedures allowing for payment against receipt of customary and appropriate certifications and indemnities shall be provided with respect to lost or destroyed Certificates. Shares of Company Stock which have been issued in the name of Rx Remedy, Inc. and which are held in escrow on the Closing Date shall be converted in Parent Common Stock pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time but shall be held in escrow pursuant to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu terms of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)the agreement with Rx Remedy, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Inc. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be warrants which have been issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented Rx Remedy, Inc. and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital, L.L.C. are not exercised prior to the Exchange AgentClosing, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those issuable upon exercise of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof such warrants shall be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of determining the number of shares of Parent Company Stock deliverable to each Company shareholder, and Parent shall reserve for issuance to the holder of the warrants such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as the holder of such warrant would have been issued entitled to receive in full satisfaction the Merger had the warrant been exercised immediately prior to the consummation of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockthe Merger.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Allscripts Inc /Il)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior From and after the Effective Time, all Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the Closing Dateright to receive in exchange therefor, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable upon surrender thereof to Acquiror to act as exchange agent ChaseMellon Shareholder Services (the "Exchange Agent"), a certificate or certificates representing the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 3.1 and cash payment for any fractional shares referred to in Section 3.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, (i) in connection with the surrender until holders or transferees of certificates evidencing theretofore representing shares of Company Common Stock converted into have surrendered them for exchange as provided herein, no dividends shall be paid with respect to any Parent Common Stock shares represented by such certificates and no payment for fractional shares shall be made and (ii) without regard to when such certificates representing shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock pursuant to the Mergerare surrendered for exchange as provided herein, no interest shall be paid on any Parent Common Stock dividends or any payment for fractional shares. Prior Upon surrender of a certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the Time represented shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock, there shall be paid to the holder of such certificate the amount of any dividends which theretofore became payable, but which were not paid by reason of the foregoing, with respect to the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock to be represented by the certificate or certificates issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent upon such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofsurrender. (b) As soon as practicable If any certificate for shares of Parent Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the certificate for shares of Company Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition of such exchange that the certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such exchange shall have paid to Parent or its transfer agent any applicable transfer or other taxes required by reason of such issuance. (c) Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall make available to the Exchange Agent the certificates representing shares of Parent Common Stock required to effect the exchanges referred to in paragraph (a) above and cash for payment of any fractional shares referred to in Section 3.4. (d) Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Company Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, ) (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Company Certificates shall pass, only upon actual delivery of the Company Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyAgent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Company Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger shares of Parent Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate Company Certificates for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such a duly executed letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange AgentAgent shall reasonably require, the holder of such Certificate Company Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper that number of whole shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Parent Common Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by the Company Certificates so surrendered shall have been converted pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.1, and the Company Certificates so surrendered shall be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Exchange Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to a holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any shares of Parent Common Stock or dividends or distributions thereon delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws. (which, prior to e) Promptly following the date which is nine (9) months after the Effective Time, were represented therebythe Exchange Agent shall deliver to Parent all certificates (including certificates representing shares of any Parent Common Stock), property and other documents in its possession relating to the transactions described in this Agreement, and the Exchange Agent's duties shall terminate. Thereafter, each holder of a Company Certificate may surrender such Company Certificate to Parent and (subject to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws) receive in exchange therefor the number of shares of Parent Common Stock to which such person is entitled, without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Exchange Agent, Parent, Subsidiary or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to a holder of Company Common Stock for any Parent Common Stock delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws. (f) In the event any Company Certificate shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinlost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Company Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expensesissue in exchange for such lost, including those stolen or destroyed Company Certificate the Parent Common Stock deliverable in respect thereof determined in accordance with this Section 3.3. When authorizing such payment in exchange therefor, the Board of the Exchange AgentDirectors of Parent may, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered its discretion and as a condition precedent to the Surviving Corporationissuance thereof, upon demandrequire the owner of such lost, and stolen or destroyed Company Certificate to give Parent such indemnity as it may reasonably direct as protection 11 against any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to claim that may be made against Parent or the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of with respect to the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed Certificate alleged to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stocklost, stolen or destroyed.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Data Documents Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateExchange Agent and Procedures. Signature Stock Transfer, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act Inc., as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time), Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash mail as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail Time to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented outstanding shares of Wise Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery the "Letter of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyTransmittal") and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger ICOA Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by ICOA, together with such letter Letter of transmittal Transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange AgentAgent or ICOA, the holder of such Certificate certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefor, no later than five business days following the surrender of such certificate, a certificate representing the that number of whole shares of Merger ICOA Common Stock that which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in provisions of Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)2.3, and the Certificate certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate any certificates representing the proper number of shares of Merger Wise Common Stock may shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the shareholder claiming such certificate to be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing lost, stolen or destroyed, ICOA shall issue in exchange for such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agentlost, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which stolen or destroyed certificate the shares of Company ICOA Common Stock (whichthat such shareholder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof; provided, prior however, that ICOA may in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the Effective Timeissuance thereof, were represented thereby) shall require such shareholder to provide ICOA with an indemnity agreement against any claim that may be made against ICOA with respect to the certificate alleged to have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinlost, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of stolen or destroyed. The shares of Merger ICOA Common Stock for shares that each shareholder of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time Wise shall be delivered entitled to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only receive pursuant to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof this Agreement shall be deemed to have been issued at the Effective Time. If the shares of ICOA Common Stock or cash in full lieu of fractional shares, if any, (or any portion thereof) is to be delivered to any person other than the person in whose name the certificate or certificates representing shares of Wise Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to such exchange that the person requesting such exchange shall pay to ICOA any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment of the shares of ICOA Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, to a person other than the registered holder of the certificate or certificates so surrendered, or shall establish to the satisfaction of all rights pertaining ICOA that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither ICOA nor any other party hereto shall be liable to such a holder of shares of Company StockWise Common Stock for any shares of ICOA Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Stock Purchase Agreement (Icoa Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to At the Effective Time, Acquiror Purchaser shall deposit issue and deliver to its transfer agent (the “Exchange Agent”), for the benefit of the Holders, for exchange in accordance with the Exchange Agent this Section 2.5, the shares of Acquiror Purchaser Common Stock issuable as Closing Amalgamation Shares (other than the Escrow Shares) pursuant to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof2.3(a)(ii). (b) As soon as practicable (and in any event within five (5) business days) after the Effective Time, Purchaser shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder Holder of record of a stock certificate or certificates that that, immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock Time, represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"a “Certificate”), other than whose shares are being converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective SubsidiariesAmalgamation Consideration pursuant to Section 2.3, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement as Acquiror Purchaser and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockAmalgamation Consideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder Holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant Amalgamation Consideration (subject to the terms hereof (together with provisions of Sections 2.3(a)(ii) and 2.4). Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.5(b), each Certificate shall be deemed at any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made time after the Effective Time to represent only the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant right to Section 1.06), and receive upon such surrender the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidAmalgamation Consideration. (c) After No dividends or distributions payable to holders of record of Purchaser Common Stock after the Effective TimeTime shall be paid to the Holder of any unsurrendered Certificate until the Holder of the Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, each outstanding following surrender of any such Certificate which theretofore represented there shall be paid to the record holder of the Certificates representing those shares of Company Purchaser Common Stock shall, until surrendered for issued in exchange in accordance therefor without interest (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to evidence the such number of full whole shares of Merger Purchaser Common Stock into which and (ii) at the appropriate payment date the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedPurchaser Common Stock. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expensesstolen or destroyed, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange therefor, upon the making of an affidavit of that remains unclaimed fact by the former stockholders Holder thereof in a form reasonably acceptable to Purchaser and, if required by the Amalgamated Company, the posting by such Holder of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Amalgamated Company may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Amalgamation Consideration to be paid in respect of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall Shares represented by such Certificate, as may be delivered required pursuant to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesthis Agreement. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the All Amalgamation Consideration issued in exchange for Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock Common Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares; subject, however, to the Amalgamated Company’s obligation to pay any dividends or make any other distributions with a record date prior to the date hereof that remain unpaid at the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the share transfer books of the Amalgamated Company of the shares of the Company that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Amalgamated Company for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Section 2.5. (f) Any portion of the Amalgamation Consideration deposited with the Exchange Agent (and any interest or other income earned thereon) that remains undistributed to the shareholders of the Company upon the expiration of twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Purchaser upon demand and any shareholder of the Company who has not theretofore complied with this Section 2.5 shall thereafter look only to Purchaser as general creditors for payment of their claim for Amalgamation Consideration, and any applicable dividends or distributions with respect to Purchaser Common Stock. (g) None of Purchaser, Amalgamation Sub, the Company, any of their respective Subsidiaries, or the Amalgamated Company shall be liable to any holder of Shares for such shares of Purchaser Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash deposited with the Exchange Agent that is subsequently delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (h) If any portion of the Amalgamation Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition to such payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other taxes required as a result of such payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such Shares or establish to the satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable. (i) Any portion of the Amalgamation Consideration made available to the Exchange Agent pursuant to this Section 2.5 to pay for Shares for which appraisal rights have been perfected as set forth in Section 2.6 shall be returned to Purchaser upon demand.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Agreement and Plan of Amalgamation (Palmsource Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to Following the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with instruct its transfer agent to issue certificates representing the Exchange Agent the appropriate number of shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock issuable pursuant to be issued Section 1.8 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding Shares. (b) As soon as practicable Not later than two (2) business days after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent Parent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) and whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any right to receive shares of their respective Subsidiaries, Parent Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.8: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, effected and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, pass only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent transfer agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger shares of Parent Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, transfer agent together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates issued a certificate representing the that number of whole shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)Parent Common Stock, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock Shares that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Parent Common Stock may shall be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, transfer agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.9, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing shares of Parent Common Stock. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes respect to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Parent Common Stock represented thereby, until the holder of record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of Applicable Law, following surrender of any such Certificate there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor without interest (which, i) and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock and (ii) at the appropriate payment date the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsurrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock. (d) Except All shares of Parent Common Stock issued as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those part of the Exchange Agent, in connection with Merger Consideration upon the surrender for exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Shares; subject, however, to the Surviving Corporation's obligation to pay any dividends or make any other distributions with a record date prior to the date hereof that remain unpaid at the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the Shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (e) No fractions of a share of Parent Common Stock shall be issued in the Merger. Rather, an aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of Parent Common Stock will be allocated among the holders of Shares such that each holder of Shares shall receive a whole number of shares, determined by rounding after application of the Exchange Ratio, with the procedure for such rounding to be determined by the Company. The Company Stockshall, prior to the Closing Date, furnish Parent with a list of its shareholders and the whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued to each. (f) If any certificate for shares of Parent Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition of the issuance thereof that the Certificate so surrendered will be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to Parent or the transfer agent any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of a certificate for shares of Parent Common Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Parent or the transfer agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable. (g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.9, none of the transfer agent, the Surviving Corporation or any party hereto shall be liable to any person for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or Applicable Law. (h) It is intended by the Company that the Merger shall constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). Neither Parent nor Acquisition makes any representation that the transaction will in fact constitute a reorganization. (i) The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger will be issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act, by reason of Section 4(2) thereof.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Intervest Corporation of New York)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent (as defined below) shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Excluded Shares) (i) a letter of transmittal (the "COMPANY LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL") (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates Company certificates representing shares of the Company Common Stock (the "CERTIFICATES") shall pass, only upon delivery of the such Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco Parent shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented thereby. (b) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall cause to be deposited with the party specified by Parent as the exchange agent (the "EXCHANGE AGENT") amounts sufficient in the aggregate to provide all funds necessary for the Exchange Agent to make payments pursuant to Section 2.1(a)(i) hereof to holders of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time who are entitled to receive the Merger Consideration. Any interest, dividends, or other income earned on the investment of cash deposited by Parent with the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Section 2.2(b) shall be for the account of and payable to Parent. (c) Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent of Certificates, together with such letter the Company Letter of transmittal Transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and only upon such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentsurrender, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive receive, in exchange therefor certificates representing therefor, and Parent shall cause the Exchange Agent to promptly cause to be delivered to such holder a check in an amount equal to the Merger Consideration payable for each such share of Company Common Stock represented by such Certificate, after giving effect to any required tax withholdings or transfer taxes or other similar taxes. The Certificates surrendered pursuant to this Section 2.2(c) shall forthwith be cancelled. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen, mislaid or destroyed, then upon receipt of an affidavit of that fact from the holder claiming such Certificate to be lost, mislaid, stolen or destroyed and a lost certificate indemnity (in each case reasonably satisfactory to Parent and the Exchange Agent), the Exchange Agent shall issue to such holder the Merger Consideration into which the shares represented by such lost, stolen, mislaid or destroyed Certificate shall have been converted, after giving effect to any required tax withholdings or transfer taxes or other similar taxes. (d) No interest will be paid or will accrue on the amount payable upon the surrender of Merger Stock any Certificate. If payment is to be made to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, it shall be a condition of such payment that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceledproperly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer, as determined by the Exchange Agent or Parent, and that the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the payment to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or establish to the satisfaction of the Parent or the Exchange Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable. One hundred eighty (180) days following the Effective Time, Parent shall be entitled to cause the Exchange Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any interest received with respect thereto) made available to the Exchange Agent which have not been disbursed to holders of certificates formerly representing shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the Effective Time, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look to the Parent only as general creditors thereof with respect to cash payable upon due surrender of their Certificates. (e) In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock Consideration may be paid or issued to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered, if such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange AgentCertificate, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer, shall be properly endorsed with signature guarantees or otherwise be in proper form for transfer, and the person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer and or other taxes required by evidence reasonably satisfactory reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to Acquiror and Newco a person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the satisfaction of Parent that any applicable stock transfer such tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. (cf) After The Merger Consideration paid upon the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered surrender for exchange of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.04, Article II shall be deemed for to have been paid and issued in full satisfaction of all purposes rights pertaining to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock (which, prior to theretofore represented by such Certificates. At the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration registrations of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Casino Data Systems)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Purchaser shall retain a bank (i) appoint Corporate Stock Transfer or trust company such other Person (reasonably acceptable to Acquiror Purchaser) as shall hereafter be designated in writing by the Company to act serve as exchange agent the Paying Agent (the "Exchange “Paying Agent"”), and (ii) enter into a paying agent agreement, in connection form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, with the surrender Paying Agent for the payment of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the MergerMerger Consideration in accordance with this Article III. Prior to At the Effective Time, Acquiror Purchaser shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Mergerdeposit, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, or cause the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to deposit, with the Exchange Agent Paying Agent, for the benefit of the holders of shares of Equity Stock, cash in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration required to be paid pursuant to Section 3.1 (such cash being hereinafter referred to as may the “Exchange Fund”). The Exchange Fund shall not be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofused for any other purpose other than as set forth herein. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, Purchaser shall cause the Exchange Paying Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record Equity Stock as of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, whose shares or other interests were converted pursuant to Section 3.4(a) into the "Certificates"), other than right to receive the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Merger Consideration: (i) a letter of transmittal (a “Letter of Transmittal”) (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates Equity Stock shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates certificate or certificates, if any, (the “Certificates”) which immediately prior to the Exchange Effective Time represented Equity Stock to the Paying Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions not inconsistent with this Agreement as Acquiror Purchaser and Newco the Surviving Corporation shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates Equity Stock in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration to which the holder of such Equity Stock is entitled pursuant to Section 3.4 (without limiting the effect of Section 3.5(f)). Prior to receiving any portion of the Merger Consideration, each holder of Equity Stock shall have delivered to the Paying Agent (i) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and (ii) the Certificates, if any, held of record by such holder. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Paying Agent, together with such letter Letter of transmittal Transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the consideration into which the shares of Merger Stock that represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.06)3.4, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In If the event portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of exchange that such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of ownership the exchange to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company that such Tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.5, each Certificate shall be deemed as of the Effective Time of the Merger to represent only the right to receive, upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Section 3.5(b), the consideration into which the shares represented by such Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 3.4(a). If any certificate evidencing any share of Company Stock that is not registered shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent may, in the stock transfer records of the Company, its discretion and as a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented condition precedent to the Exchange Agentissuance of any consideration pursuant to Section 3.3, accompanied by all documents required require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate to evidence provide an appropriate affidavit and effect an appropriate indemnification undertaking, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Purchaser, with respect to such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidcertificate. (c) After All Merger Consideration paid upon the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares surrender of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.04, Article III shall be deemed for to have been exchanged and paid in full satisfaction of all purposes rights pertaining to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were previously represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their such Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Preferred Stock thereafter and Common Stock that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the portion of the Merger Consideration as provided in this Article III. (d) Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of Equity Stock twelve (12) months after the Effective Time shall, at the request of the Surviving Corporation, be delivered to the Surviving Corporation or otherwise on the records instruction of the Surviving Corporation, and any holders of Equity Stock who have not surrendered the Certificates associated with such Equity Stock, if any, in compliance with this Section 3.5 shall after such delivery to the Surviving Corporation look only to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat and similar laws) for payment, as general creditors thereof, of their claim for the Merger Consideration, without interest, to which such holders may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.4. Any such portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of Equity Stock immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Entity shall, to the extent permitted by law, become the property of Purchaser free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto. (e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.5, neither the Paying Agent, the Company, the Purchaser, the Surviving Corporation nor any party hereto shall be liable to any Person in respect of any Merger Consideration for any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of The Paying Agent, the Purchaser, the Company Stock in accordance with or the terms hereof Surviving Corporation (as appropriate) shall be deemed entitled to have deduct and withhold from consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Equity Holder such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Paying Agent, the Purchaser, the Company or the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been issued paid to the Equity Holder in full satisfaction respect of all rights pertaining to which such shares of deduction and withholding was made by the Paying Agent, the Purchaser, the Company Stockor the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Accellent Corp.)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior From and after the Effective Time, (i) ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall make available to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent designated by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (the "Exchange Agent") ), for the benefit of the holders of shares of Superior Common Stock, for exchange in connection accordance with this Section 1.8, through the surrender of Exchange Agent, certificates evidencing such number of shares of Company ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock converted into issuable to holders of Superior Common Stock in the Merger pursuant to Section 1.7. The Exchange Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable written instructions from ▇▇▇▇▇▇, deliver the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock, together with any cash to be paid in lieu of fractional interests in shares of Acquiror ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares Section 1.8(f) and any dividends or distributions related thereto (collectively, the "Merger StockExchange Fund") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time), the Surviving Corporation shall deliver in exchange for certificates theretofore evidencing Superior Common Stock surrendered to the Exchange Agent such cash pursuant to Section 1.8(c). Except as may contemplated by Sections 1.8(f) and (g) hereof, the Exchange Fund shall not be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofused for any other purpose. (b) As soon promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented outstanding shares of Superior Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form and shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifyAgent) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Consideration. (c) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agentcancellation, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agentpursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates (i) a certificate representing the that number of whole shares of Merger Stock that ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock, if any, to which such holder has the right to receive is entitled pursuant to the terms hereof Section 1.7 and (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any ii) cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.061.8(f) and any dividends or other distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.8(d) (together, the "Additional Payments"), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company shares of Superior Common Stock that which is not registered in the stock transfer records of Superior, the Companyapplicable Merger Consideration and Additional Payments, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock if any, may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company shares of Superior Common Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.8, each Certificate shall be deemed at all times after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of Superior Common Stock formerly represented thereby and Additional Payments, if any. (cd) No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time with respect to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock the holder thereof is entitled to receive upon surrender thereof, and no cash payment in lieu of any fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.8(f), until the holder of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of escheat, tax or other applicable laws, following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to the holder of the certificates representing whole shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) promptly, the amount of any cash payable with respect to a fractional share of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.8(f) and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time and theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions, with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender and a payment date occurring after surrender, payable with respect to such whole shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock. After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Superior Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.041.8, be deemed for all purposes to evidence ownership of the number of full shares of Merger ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock into which the shares of Company Superior Common Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (de) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of All shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock issued or cash paid upon conversion of the shares of Company Superior Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash paid pursuant to Section 1.8(d) or (f)) shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Superior Common Stock. (f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no certificates or scrip evidencing fractional shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Merger, and any such fractional share interests to which a holder of record of Superior Common Stock at the Effective Time would otherwise be entitled will not entitle such holder to vote or to any rights of a stockholder of ▇▇▇▇▇▇. In lieu of any such fractional shares, each holder of record of Superior Common Stock at the Effective Time who but for the provisions of this Section 1.8(f) would be entitled to receive a fractional interest of a share of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock pursuant to the Merger shall be paid cash, without any interest thereon, equal to the fraction of a share of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock to which such holder would be entitled but for this provision multiplied by the closing price of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the Effective Date. (g) Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including any shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock) which remains undistributed to the holders of Superior Common Stock for six months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to ▇▇▇▇▇▇, upon demand, and any holders of Superior Common Stock who have not theretofore complied with Sections 1.7 and 1.8 shall thereafter look only to ▇▇▇▇▇▇ for the applicable Merger Consideration and any Additional Payments to which they are entitled. Any portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of shares of Superior Common Stock as of a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any governmental entity shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of ▇▇▇▇▇▇, free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. (h) None of the Exchange Agent, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder of Certificates for any shares of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (i) Each of the Surviving Corporation and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Certificates such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Corporation or ▇▇▇▇▇▇, as the case may be, such amounts withheld shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Certificates in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation or ▇▇▇▇▇▇, as the case may be. (j) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration and Additional Payments, if any. (k) If, at any time after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall consider or be advised that any deeds, bills of sale, assignments, assurances or any other actions or things are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Corporation its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights, properties or assets of either of Sub or Superior acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, the officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name and on behalf of each of Sub and Superior or otherwise, all such deeds, bills of sale, assignments and assurances and to take and do, in such names and on such behalves or otherwise, all such other actions and things as may be necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm any and all right, title and interest in, to and under such rights, properties or assets in the Surviving Corporation or otherwise to carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Superior Energy Services Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date------------------------ Effective Time, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as Advanced NMR will select an exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") reasonably acceptable to AMS to effectuate the delivery of the consideration provided for in connection with the Section 1.4 to ----------- holders of AMS Common Stock upon surrender of certificates evidencing which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror AMS Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to ("Certificates"). (b) As of the Effective Time, Acquiror Advanced NMR shall deposit with provide, or shall take all steps necessary to provide, to the Exchange Agent Agent, the aggregate number of shares of Acquiror Advanced NMR Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which Merger pursuant to Section ------- 1.4 (a) in exchange for the shares (collectively, the "Merger of AMS Common Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the The ------ Exchange Agent such cash as may be requiredshall, from time pursuant to timeirrevocable instructions, to make payments the deliveries of cash the Merger Consideration required in lieu respect of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofthe Merger. (bc) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who wasrecord holder of an outstanding Certificate, at determined as of the Effective TimeDate, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a form letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in Agent), advising such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender holder of the Certificates terms of the exchange effected by the Merger and the procedure for surrendering to the Exchange Agent such Certificate in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Consideration. (d) Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates the Merger Consideration provided for in Section 1.4(a) (consisting of a certificate representing the that -------------- whole number of shares of Merger Advanced NMR Common Stock that which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06hereunder), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the Shares of Advanced NMR Common Stock shall be delivered to such holder as promptly as practicable and (except as hereinafter provided) in no event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records later than twenty (20) days after proper delivery of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number applicable Certificates and letters of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented transmittal to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of All shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Advanced NMR Common Stock issued upon conversion of the shares of Company AMS Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company AMS Common Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Advanced NMR Systems Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior As of the Effective Time, URI shall make available to the Closing Date, the American Stock Transfer & Trust Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent"), for the benefit of the holders of Shares, for exchange in accordance with this Article I, through the Exchange Agent: (i) in connection with certificates representing the surrender appropriate number of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror URI Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock Section 1.8 and (ii) cash to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash paid in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with of URI Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.06 hereof1.9(f) (such shares of URI Common Stock and such cash are hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund"). (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose Shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any right to receive shares of their respective Subsidiaries, URI Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.8: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall URI may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger shares of URI Common Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by URI, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing that number of whole shares of URI Common Stock and, if applicable, a check representing the shares of Merger Stock that cash consideration to which such holder may be entitled pursuant to Section 1.9(c) or Section 1.9(f), which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article I, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. The stock transfer books of USR shall be closed as of the Effective Time. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that Shares which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyUSR, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger URI Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paidpaid or are not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.9, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing shares of URI Common Stock and cash in lieu of any fractional shares of URI Common Stock as contemplated by this Section 1.9. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time with respect to URI Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes respect to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company URI Common Stock issued with respect thereto pursuant to Article I and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.9(f) until the holder of record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole shares of URI Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (whichi) at the time of such surrender, the amount of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of URI Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.9(f) and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of URI Common Stock, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsurrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of URI Common Stock. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate shall have been lost, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expensesstolen or destroyed, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange therefor, upon the making of an affidavit of that remains unclaimed fact by the former stockholders holder thereof, such shares of URI Common Stock and cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that URI may, at its discretion, require the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders delivery of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesa suitable bond or indemnity. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of All shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger URI Common Stock issued upon conversion surrender of shares of Company Stock Certificates in accordance with the terms hereof (together with any cash paid pursuant to Section 1.9(c) or 1.9(f)) shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares formerly represented thereby and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of USR or the Surviving Corporation of the Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) Notwithstanding Section 1.8 hereof, no fractions of a share of URI Common Stock shall be issued in connection with the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of Shares otherwise entitled to a fraction of a share of URI Common Stock shall, upon surrender of his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an amount of cash (without interest) determined by multiplying the average of the last reported sales price per share of URI Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange for the five trading days immediately preceding the Effective Time by the fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled. The parties acknowledge that payment of the cash consideration in lieu of issuing fractional shares was not separately bargained for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding-off for purposes of simplifying the corporate and accounting problems which would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares. (g) Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the former stockholders of USR for six months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to URI, upon demand, and any former stockholders of USR who have not theretofore complied with this Article I shall thereafter look only to URI for payment of their claim for URI Common Stock, for any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Company URI Common Stock and any dividends or distributions with respect to URI Common Stock, as the case may be. (h) None of URI, MERGER SUB or USR shall be liable to any person for shares of URI Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (United Rentals Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to At the Effective Time, Acquiror Aros shall deposit with Aros’ current transfer agent or such other agent as Aros and ReGen shall agree (the Exchange Agent Agent”), in trust for the benefit of the holders of ReGen Common Stock and ReGen Preferred Stock (together, the “ReGen Exchangeable Stock”) for exchange in accordance with this Article I, certificates representing the aggregate number of shares of Acquiror Aros Common Stock, Aros Series A Stock and Aros Series B Stock issuable pursuant to be issued Section 1.02 as rounded to the nearest whole share in the Merger, which shares accordance with Section 1.03(e) below (collectively, the "Merger “Aros Issuable Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at in exchange for the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofReGen Exchangeable Stock. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that that, immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Time, represented ReGen Exchangeable Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Aros and Newco shall ReGen may reasonably specify) ), and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger applicable Aros Issuable Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentcompleted in accordance with its terms, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the certificates representing the whole shares of Merger Stock that the applicable Aros Issuable Stock, as determined in accordance with Section 1.03(e) below, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Agreement, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, If a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Aros Issuable Stock may is to be issued to in a transferee if name other than that in which the Certificate representing such Company Stock surrendered in exchange therefore is presented registered, it shall be a condition to the Exchange Agent, issuance that such Certificate be properly endorsed (or accompanied by all documents required to evidence an appropriate instrument of transfer) and effect such transfer and accompanied by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. (c) After paid or provided for. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.03, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective TimeTime to represent only the right to receive the consideration specified herein; provided, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares that in the event any holder exercises such holder’s appraisal rights, if any, under Section 262 of Company the DGCL and becomes entitled to receive the appraised value of such holder’s ReGen Exchangeable Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence instead of the number of full shares of Merger Aros Issuable Stock into which the shares of Company such ReGen Exchangeable Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges such holder the appraised “fair value” of such shares of ReGen Exchangeable Stock, together with any other sums which it may owe such holder as a result of the appraisal proceeding, upon the holder’s surrender to the Exchange Agent of the Certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented the shares of ReGen Exchangeable Stock so appraised, and expensesthe Exchange Agent shall not thereafter be required to deliver to such holder any Aros Issuable Stock. With respect to any Certificate alleged to be lost, including those stolen or destroyed, the holder of such Certificates shall be entitled to the consideration set forth in Section 1.02 above upon delivery to Aros (with a copy to the Exchange Agent) of an affidavit of such holder setting forth such allegation and an indemnity agreement to indemnify Aros and the Surviving Corporation, in connection with on terms reasonably satisfactory to Aros, against any claim that may be made against any of them on account of the exchange alleged loss, theft or destruction of shares any such Certificate or the delivery of Merger the Aros Issuable Stock for shares of Company Stockcontemplated by this Section 1.03. Any Merger certificates of Aros Issuable Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains which remain unclaimed by the former stockholders holders of the Company Certificates for twelve months after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered returned by the Exchange Agent to the Surviving Corporation, upon demandAros, and any former stockholders holders of the Company Certificates who have not then theretofore complied with this Section 1.03 shall thereafter receive delivery (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar laws) of the instructions for exchanging Aros Issuable Stock issuable upon the conversion of their Certificates shall thereafter look and any dividends payable on such shares, without any interest thereon, only after delivering their Certificates and letters of transmittal to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of CertificatesAros, and otherwise complying with Section 1.01 herein. (ec) No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective upon Time with respect to Aros Issuable Stock with a record date after the Closing DateEffective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the Aros Issuable Stock represented thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole shares of Aros Issuable Stock, as rounded to the nearest whole share in accordance with Section 1.03(e) below, issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the time of such surrender, the stock transfer books amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Company shall be closedEffective Time theretofor paid with respect to such shares of Aros Issuable Stock and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to surrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such shares of Aros Issuable Stock. (d) Following the Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation or Aros of the ReGen Exchangeable Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or Aros for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (e) No certificate or scrip representing fractional Aros Issuable Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates. In lieu of any such fractional share, Aros shall round the number of shares of Company Aros Common Stock, Aros Series A Stock thereafter on and Aros Series B Stock, as the records case may be, up to the nearest whole share (with amounts of the Company0.5 and greater being rounded up), except as otherwise set forth in Section 4.15 herein. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stock.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Aros Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, MergerCo shall designate the Company shall retain a Company's registrar and transfer agent, or The Chase Manhattan Bank (or any successor thereto), or such other bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror as may be approved in writing by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), to act as exchange agent for the holders of Shares in connection with the Merger, pursuant to an agreement providing for the matters set forth in this Section 2.2 and such other matters as may be appropriate and the terms of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the "Exchange Agent"), to receive the certificates (the "New Certificates") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent representing the shares of Acquiror the Recapitalized Common Stock and the funds to be issued in the Merger, which shares holders of Shares shall become entitled pursuant to Section 2.1 (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Timea). At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to will deposit in trust with the Exchange Agent such cash as may be requiredAgent, from time for the benefit of holders of Company Common Stock, (i) the funds necessary to time, to make complete the payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof.contemplated by Sections - 2.1 (a) and 2.2(c) on a timely basis and (ii) the New Certificates. -- (b) As soon as practicable after At the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will instruct the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who waspromptly, at and in any event not later than three business days following the Effective Time, a mail (and to make available for collection by hand) to each holder of record of a certificate or certificates that certificates, which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than whose Shares were converted pursuant to Section 2.1 (a) into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive the Merger Consideration (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates - shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror MergerCo and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of -- the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration (which shall provide that at the election of the surrendering holder, Certificates may be surrendered, and payment therefor collected, by hand delivery). Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentAgent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by the Company, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Company Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has Certificate, to be mailed (or made available for collection by hand if so elected by the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu surrendering holder) within three business days of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)receipt thereof, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. In If payment of the event Merger Consideration is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such payment shall have paid any transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a transfer person other than the registered holder of ownership the Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of Company Stock the Surviving Corporation that such tax either has been paid or is not registered in applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing Dissenting Shares) shall be deemed at any time after the stock transfer records of Effective Time to represent only the Company, a certificate representing right to receive the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied Consideration as contemplated by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidthis Section 2.2. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no fractions of a share of Recapitalized Common Stock shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of Shares otherwise entitled to a fraction of a share of Recapitalized Common Stock shall, upon surrender of his or her certificate or certificates, be entitled to receive an amount of cash (without interest) determined by multiplying the fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise be entitled by an amount equal to $2.50. (d) In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article II, provided that the Person (as defined in Section 3.1) to whom the Merger -------- Consideration is paid shall, as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner satisfactory to it against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (e) After the Effective Time, each the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and there shall be no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of Shares which were outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, were represented thereby) after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall have been so convertedbe cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration as provided in this Article II. (df) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock funds deposited with the Exchange Agent (and the proceeds of any interest and other income received by the Exchange Agent in respect of all such funds) and any New Certificates that remains remain unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following after the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any . Any former stockholders shareholders of the Company who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article II shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange payment of Certificatesany Merger Consideration that may be payable upon surrender of any Certificates such shareholder holds, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, without any interest thereon. (eg) Effective upon the Closing DateNone of MergerCo, the stock transfer books of Company, the Company Surviving Corporation, the Exchange Agent or any other person shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers liable to any former holder of shares of Company Common Stock thereafter on the records of the Companyfor any amount properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws. (fh) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof Any payment made pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be deemed subject to have been issued in full satisfaction and made net of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockapplicable withholding taxes.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Cd&r Investment Associates Ii Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company Parent shall retain select a reputable bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange payment agent in the Merger (the "Exchange “Payment Agent") in connection with ”). At the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeClosing, Acquiror Parent shall deposit with the Exchange Agent Payment Agent, cash in the amount of the Closing Stockholder Cash Consideration and shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver equal to the Exchange Closing Stockholder Stock Consideration. Any cash amount and shares so deposited with the Payment Agent such cash is referred to as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofthe “Payment Fund. (b) As soon as practicable Promptly after the Effective Time, the Exchange Payment Agent shall mail a letter of transmittal in customary form (a “Letter of Transmittal”) to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a record holder (as of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Time) of Eligible Company Stock (collectivelySecurities, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) together with instructions for use in effecting the surrender exchange of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing such Eligible Company Securities, as applicable, (“Eligible Company Securities Documents”) for the Merger Stockapplicable consideration payable pursuant to Section 1.5 with respect to such Eligible Company Securities. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation the holder’s delivery to the Exchange Payment Agent, of an Eligible Company Securities Document (or an affidavit of loss as described below), together with such letter of transmittal a duly executed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Payment Agent, may reasonably request, the Payment Agent shall promptly pay to such holder the amount such holder is entitled to receive at Closing pursuant to Section 1.5, and the Eligible Company Securities Document so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. From and after the Effective Time, each Eligible Company Securities Document shall be deemed to represent only the right to receive the consideration payable pursuant to Section 1.5, as applicable, and the holder of each such Certificate Eligible Company Securities Document shall cease to have any rights with respect to the Eligible Company Securities formerly represented thereby. Holders of Eligible Company Securities that shall have delivered to the Payment Agent an Eligible Company Securities Document (or an affidavit of loss as described below), together with a duly executed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as the Payment Agent, may reasonably request, at least three business days prior to Closing, shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares at Closing payments pursuant to Section 1.06)1.5, and the Certificate Eligible Company Securities Document so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate No certificates representing the proper number of fractional shares of Merger Parent Common Stock may shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Eligible Company Securities Documents and such fractional share shall not entitle the record or beneficial owner thereof to vote or to any other rights as a transferee if stockholder of Parent. In lieu of receiving any such fractional share (after taking into account all Eligible Company Securities Documents delivered by such stockholder), the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented stockholder shall receive cash (without interest) in an amount rounded to the Exchange Agentnearest whole cent, accompanied determined by all documents required multiplying (i) the Share Price by (ii) the fractional share to evidence and effect which such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory stockholder would otherwise be entitled. Parent shall make available to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidthe Payment Agent the cash necessary for this purpose. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinParent, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expensesand, including those of if applicable, the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Payment Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered entitled to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable to any holder or former stockholders holder of the Eligible Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only Securities pursuant to Section 1.5 or any other section of this Agreement such amounts as Parent or the Surviving Corporation may be required to deduct or withhold therefrom under the Code, the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, as amended (the “IITO”), or under any Tax law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon Person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid. To the extent that such amounts are required to be deducted or withheld by Parent, Surviving Corporation and, if applicable, the Payment Agent, such Person shall withhold such amounts from the Closing Date, Stockholder Cash Consideration rather than the stock transfer books of Closing Stockholder Stock Consideration. In the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to event such shares of Company Stock.amounts required

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Dot Hill Systems Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company Newco shall retain a bank enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with such agent or trust company reasonably acceptable agents as may be satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent IPIX and bamboo (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with ), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeIPIX Shares and bamboo Shares, Acquiror shall deposit with for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article 1: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock Newco Shares to be issued in the Merger, which shares to holders of IPIX Shares and to holders of bamboo Shares and (collectively, the "Merger Stock"ii) shall be deemed cash to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Newco Shares (such Newco Shares and such cash is hereinafter referred to as the "Exchange Fund") issuable pursuant to Section 1.07 in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding IPIX Shares and bamboo Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, right to receive Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Shares pursuant to Section 1.07: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror IPIX and Newco shall bamboo may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockNewco Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing that number of whole Newco Shares and, if applicable, a check representing the shares cash consideration to which such holder may be entitled on account of Merger Stock that a fractional Newco Share, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article 1, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares which is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Companyeither IPIX or bamboo, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock Newco Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or Newco to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.08, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing Newco Shares and cash in lieu of any fractional Newco Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.08. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective TimeTime with respect to Newco Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the Newco Shares represented thereby and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.08(f) until the holder of record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of applicable laws, each outstanding Certificate following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole Newco Shares issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the time of such surrender, the amount of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional Newco Share to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.08(f) and the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore represented shares paid with respect to such whole Newco Shares, and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance dividends or other distributions with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence a record date after the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, Effective Time but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsurrender and a payment date subsequent to surrender payable with respect to such whole Newco Shares. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefor, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such Newco Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional Newco Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that Newco or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All Newco Shares issued upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender for exchange of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash paid pursuant to Section 1.08(c) or 1.08(f)) shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares. There shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of either of IPIX or bamboo of the IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to Newco for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article 1. (f) No fractional Newco Shares shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of IPIX Shares or bamboo Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional Newco Share shall, upon surrender of its, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an amount of cash rounded to the nearest cent (without interest) determined by multiplying the fair market value of a Newco Share as determined by the Newco Board of Directors at the Effective Time by the fractional share interest to which such holder would otherwise have been entitled. The parties acknowledge that payment of the cash consideration in lieu of issuing fractional shares was not separately bargained for consideration but merely represents a mechanical rounding off for purposes of Company Stocksimplifying the corporate and accounting complexities which would otherwise be caused by the issuance of fractional shares. (g) Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the shareholders of either IPIX or bamboo for six months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Newco, upon demand, and any shareholders of either IPIX or bamboo who have not theretofore complied with this Article 1 shall thereafter look only to Newco for payment of their claim for Newco Shares, any cash in lieu of fractional Newco Shares and any applicable dividends or distributions with respect to Newco Shares, as the case may be. (h) Neither Newco, IPIX nor bamboo shall be liable to any holder of IPIX Shares, bamboo Shares or Newco Shares, as the case may be, for such shares (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Bamboo Com Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior Activate shall use its best efforts to cause each holder of Activate Preferred Stock to deliver to Loudeye at the Closing Date, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent such stockholder's certificates evidencing Activate Preferred Stock (the "Exchange AgentCERTIFICATES") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time). At and following the Effective TimeClosing, the Surviving Corporation Loudeye shall deliver to each Activate stockholder who has previously delivered a Certificate the Exchange Agent Merger Consideration issuable in respect of such cash as may be required, from time stockholder's Certificate(s) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofan account designated by such stockholder. (b) As soon as practicable If any Activate stockholder does not deliver his, her or its Certificates at or prior to Closing, then from and after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record an outstanding Certificate shall have the right to surrender each Certificate to Loudeye (or at Loudeye's option, an exchange agent to be appointed by Loudeye), and receive promptly (and in any event within fifteen business days) in exchange for all Certificates held by such holder the Merger Consideration payable in respect of a certificate or certificates that immediately such Certificates. Until surrendered, each outstanding Certificate, which prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectivelyrepresented shares of Activate Preferred Stock, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery be deemed for all corporate purposes to evidence ownership of the Certificates shall be effective, and risk of loss and title Merger Consideration attributable to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger Stock. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the surrendered shares of Merger Stock that such holder has the right Activate Preferred Stock, but shall, subject to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made applicable appraisal rights under Delaware Law and Section 2.2, have no other rights. From and after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of Activate of shares of Activate Stock outstanding immediately prior to the CompanyEffective Time. (fc) All Merger If any shares of Loudeye Common Stock issued upon conversion as part of the Anniversary Payment are to be issued in the name of a person other than the person in whose name the Certificate(s) surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be a condition to the issuance of such shares that (i) the Certificate(s) so surrendered shall be transferable, and shall be properly assigned, endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, (ii) such transfer shall otherwise be proper and (iii) the person requesting such transfer shall pay Loudeye, or its exchange agent, any transfer or other taxes payable by reason of the foregoing or establish to the satisfaction of Loudeye that such taxes have been paid or are not required to be paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Loudeye nor Activate shall be liable to a holder of shares of Company Activate Preferred Stock in accordance with for any Merger Consideration issuable to such holder pursuant to the terms hereof provisions of Article II of this Agreement that are delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar laws. (d) In the event any Certificate shall be deemed to have been issued lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, Loudeye shall issue in full satisfaction exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration issuable in exchange therefor pursuant to the provisions of all rights pertaining to such shares Article II of Company Stock.the Agreement. The Board of Directors of Loudeye may in its discretion and as a condition

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Loudeye Technologies Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to receiving any portion of the Closing DateConsideration, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ”) shall have delivered to the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Paying Agent (i) a properly completed and duly executed letter of transmittal in the form of Exhibit 3.8(a) (which a “Letter of Transmittal”) and (ii) the Certificates, if any, held of record by such holder. Such Letter of Transmittal shall specify have been previously delivered by the Paying Agent to such holder at or promptly following the Effective Time along with instructions thereto and a notice to the effect that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockPaying Agent. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Paying Agent, together with such letter Letter of transmittal Transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the consideration into which the shares of Merger Stock that represented by such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares Certificate shall have been converted pursuant to Section 1.06)3.6, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In If the event portion of the Closing Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is registered, it shall be a condition of exchange that such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such exchange shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of ownership the exchange to a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company Stock that such Tax has been paid or is not registered in the stock transfer records applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 3.8, each Certificate shall be deemed as of the CompanyEffective Time of the Merger to represent only the right to receive, a certificate representing the proper number upon surrender of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the such Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.043.8(a), be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock consideration into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) by such Certificate shall have been so convertedconverted pursuant to Section 3.7(a). If any certificate evidencing any share of Common Stock shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Purchaser or the Paying Agent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance of any consideration pursuant to Section 3.6, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit with respect to such certificate. (db) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, All Closing Consideration paid upon the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those surrender of the Exchange Agent, Certificates in connection accordance with the exchange terms of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time this Article III shall be delivered deemed to have been exchanged and paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their shares represented by such Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Stock thereafter on that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the records Effective Time of the CompanyMerger. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the portion of the Closing Consideration as provided in this Article III. (fc) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion At any time following the six (6) month anniversary of shares of Company Stock in accordance with the terms hereof Closing Date, the Purchaser or the Surviving Corporation shall be deemed entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any interest received with respect thereto but excluding for all purposes the Stockholder Representative Reserve) that had been made available to the Paying Agent and which have not been issued in full satisfaction disbursed to the Holders, and thereafter, such Holders shall be entitled to look only to the Purchaser or the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar laws) as general creditors thereof with respect to the payment of any Closing Consideration that would otherwise be payable upon surrender of any Certificates held by such Holders, as determined pursuant to this Agreement, without any interest thereon. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by such Holders at such time at which such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Entity shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, the property of the Purchaser, free and clear of all rights pertaining claims or interests of any Person previously entitled thereto. (d) The Paying Agent, its designee, the Stockholder Representative the Purchaser, Merger Sub, the Company or the Surviving Corporation (as appropriate) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Holder such shares amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of Company Stocksuch payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Holder in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (OMNICELL, Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, Parent shall designate the Company shall retain a Company's registrar and transfer agent, or such other bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror as agreed in writing by the parties, to act as exchange paying agent (for the "Exchange Agent") holders of Shares in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock Merger, pursuant to an agreement providing for the Mergermatters set forth in this Section 2.2 and such other matters as may be appropriate and the terms of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the "Paying Agent"), to receive the funds to which holders of Shares shall become entitled pursuant to Sections 2.1(a) and 2.3. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall Parent will deposit or cause to be deposited in trust with the Paying Agent for the benefit of holders of Company Common Stock the funds necessary to complete the payments contemplated by Section 2.1(a) (the "Exchange Fund") on a timely basis; provided, that no such deposit shall relieve Parent of its obligation to pay the -------- Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.2, Parent and the Company will make arrangements with the Paying Agent to the reasonable satisfaction of Dow such that Dow, and any other stockholder of the Company that is present at the office of the Paying Agent in person or through a personal representative (it being understood that Dow need not be present at the office of the Paying Agent because it will be present at the Closing) and gives the Company at least two days prior written notice that it will be present at that office, will receive, as soon as possible after the Effective Time (but in any event on the same date as the Effective Time) in same day funds by wire transfer to such accounts as Dow or such stockholders shall specify with at least two days prior written notice, the Merger Consideration (in the case of Dow without any deduction or offset whatsoever for any purpose, including deductions for withholding taxes so long as Dow has complied with applicable tax law in completing and delivering any required forms) for each of its or their shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock (provided that Dow and any such stockholders have surrendered the Certificates (as defined below) for their shares of Company Common Stock to be issued in the MergerPaying Agent and, which shares with respect to stockholders other than Dow, complied with the terms and conditions of Section 2.2(b) hereof). (collectively, the "Merger Stock"b) shall be deemed to be issued at At the Effective Time. At , Parent will instruct the Paying Agent to promptly, and in any event not later than five business days following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereof. (b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that (other than holders who are paid on the Closing Date pursuant to the last sentence of Section 2.2(a)), which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than whose Shares were converted pursuant to Section 2.1(a) into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive the Merger Consideration (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Paying Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing payment of the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange AgentPaying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by the Company, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentexecuted, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Company Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has Certificate, to be mailed (or made available for collection by hand if so elected by the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu surrendering holder) within three business days of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)receipt thereof, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceledcancelled. In If payment of the event Merger Consideration is to be made to a person other than the person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such payment shall have paid any transfer and other taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a transfer person other than the registered holder of ownership the Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of Company Stock the Paying Agent that such tax either has been paid or is not registered applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2, each Certificate (other than Certificates representing Company Common Stock held by Parent or Purchaser, or any Subsidiary of Parent or Purchaser, or Dissenting Shares (as defined in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may Section 2.4)) shall be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that deemed at any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After time after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange Time to represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with cash as contemplated by this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those 2.2. Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that Fund which remains unclaimed by the former stockholders holders of the Company Shares for twelve months after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates Shares shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for any cash to which they are entitled as a result of the exchange Merger. The Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any former holder of CertificatesShares pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Surviving Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to making such payment under the Code (as hereinafter defined), or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that such amounts are withheld by or on behalf of the Surviving Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the former holder of Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation. (ec) Effective In the event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the Closing Datemaking of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof as determined in accordance with this Article II; provided that the Person to whom the Merger Consideration is -------- paid shall, as a condition precedent to the payment thereof, give the Surviving Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct or otherwise indemnify the Surviving Corporation in a manner satisfactory to it against any claim that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Certificate claimed to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. (d) After the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the terms hereof Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation, they shall be deemed to have been issued cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration as provided in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockthis Article II.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Dow Chemical Co /De/)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior As of or prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, as required by the Exchange Agent and pursuant to the Exchange Agent Agreement, the Company shall retain Parent must deposit with a bank or trust company designated by the Parent and reasonably acceptable satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent Southwest (the "Exchange Agent") ”), for the benefit of the holders of shares of Southwest Common Stock (other than Cancelled Shares and Dissenting Shares), for exchange in connection accordance with this Article II through the surrender of Exchange Agent, certificates evidencing such number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to holders of Company Common Stock converted into in the Merger pursuant to Section 2.7 (such certificates for shares of Acquiror Parent Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto, being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”). The Exchange Agent must, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, deliver the Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock contemplated to be issued in pursuant to Section 2.7 out of the Merger, which shares (collectivelyExchange Fund. Except as contemplated by Section 2.10(g), the "Merger Stock") shall Exchange Fund must not be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofused for any other purpose. (b) As soon promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Parent must cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company represented outstanding shares (other than Cancelled Shares and Dissenting Shares) of Southwest Common Stock and of Southwest Preferred Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, ”) (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall will be in customary form and will specify that delivery of the Certificates shall will be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall will pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall will be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror the Parent and Newco shall the Exchange Agent will reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing evidencing shares of Parent Common Stock (to the Merger Stock. extent such Certificates have not already been submitted to the Exchange Agent). (c) Upon surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agentcancellation, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange AgentAgent pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefore a certificate representing the that number of whole shares of Merger Stock that Parent Common Stock, if any, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), this Article II and the Certificate so surrendered shall will immediately be canceledcancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company shares of Southwest Common Stock that which is not registered in the stock transfer records of Southwest, the Companyapplicable Merger Consideration, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock and any dividend, or other distributions (other than stock dividends) to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.10(d) may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such shares of Company Common Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has taxes have been paid. (c) After . Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.10, each Certificate will be deemed at all times after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed Time for all purposes to evidence represent only the number of full shares of right to receive upon such surrender the applicable Merger Stock into which Consideration with respect to the shares of Company Southwest Common Stock (which, prior formerly represented thereby and any dividends or other distributions to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedwhich such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 2.10(d). (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company No dividends or other distributions declared or made after six months following the Effective Time shall with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time will be delivered paid to the Surviving Corporationholder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holder of such Certificate will surrender such Certificate. Subject to the effect of escheat, upon demandtax or other applicable laws, following surrender of any such Certificate, there will be paid to the holder of the stock certificates representing whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefore, without interest, (i) promptly, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time and theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock, and any former stockholders (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions (other than stock dividends), with a record date after the Company who have not then complied Effective Time but prior to surrender and a payment date occurring after surrender, payable with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only respect to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange such whole shares of CertificatesParent Common Stock. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of All shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Parent Common Stock issued upon conversion of the shares of Company Southwest Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall will be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Southwest Common Stock and, following the Effective Time, there will be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Southwest Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they will be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Section 2.10. From and after the Effective Time, holders of Certificates will cease to have any rights as stockholders of Southwest, except as provided by law. (f) To the extent permitted by applicable law, any portion of the Exchange Fund (including any shares of Parent Common Stock) which remains undistributed to the holders of shares of Southwest Common Stock two years after the Effective Time will be delivered to the Parent, upon demand, and any holders of shares of Southwest Common Stock who have not theretofore complied with this Article 2 must thereafter look only to the Parent for the applicable Merger Consideration, and any dividends or other distribution (other than stock dividends) with respect to the Parent Common Stock to which they are entitled pursuant to Section 2.10. Any portion of the Exchange Fund remaining unclaimed by holders of shares of Company StockCommon Stock five years after the Effective Time (or such earlier date, as is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any government entity) will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Parent free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. (g) Notwithstanding any section herein to the contrary, none of the Exchange Agent, the Parent nor the Surviving Corporation will be liable to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock for any such shares of Parent Common Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto), or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. (h) The Exchange Agent will be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of Southwest Common Stock such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of Southwest Common Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent, as the case may be. (i) If any Certificate will have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Reorganized Parent may issue a stop transfer order on the records of the Exchange Agent, and upon delivery to the Exchange Agent of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as the Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Consideration, and any dividends or other distributions (other than stock dividends) to which the holders thereof are entitled pursuant to this Agreement. (j) No transfer taxes will be payable by any Southwest Shareholder in respect of the issuance of the Parent Common Stock under this Article 2, except that if any Parent Common Stock is to be issued in a name other than that in which the Certificate surrendered has been registered, it will be a condition of such issuance that the person requesting such issuance will pay to the Parent any transfer taxes payable by reason thereof, or of any prior transfer of such surrendered certificate, or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Parent that such taxes have been paid or are not payable. (k) At the close of business on the day of the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of Southwest will be closed and there will be no further registration of transfers of shares of Southwest Common Stock thereafter on the records of Southwest .

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Southwest Casino Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior Subject to Section 1.5 hereof, as of the Closing DateEffective Time of the Merger, the Company Quantum shall retain a enter into an agreement with such bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as exchange agent may be designated by Quantum (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time”), Acquiror which shall provide that Quantum shall deposit with the Exchange Agent within two (2) business days after the Effective Time of the Merger, for the benefit of the holders of shares of the Company Capital Stock, for exchange in accordance with this Article I, through the Exchange Agent, certificates representing the shares of Acquiror Quantum Common Stock to be issued in (such shares of Quantum Common Stock, together with any dividends or distributions with respect thereto with a record date after the Effective Time of the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such any cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash payable in lieu of any fractional shares of Quantum Common Stock, being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange Fund”) issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding shares of the Company Capital Stock. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective TimeTime of the Merger, and in any event within five (5) business days after the Effective Date of the Merger, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding of the Merger represented outstanding shares of the Company Capital Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ”) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiariesright to receive the Merger Consideration Per Share pursuant to Section 1.6, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Quantum and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of surrendering the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockConsideration Per Share. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to promptly receive in exchange therefor certificates a certificate representing the that number of whole shares of Merger Quantum Common Stock that which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together provisions of this Article I, certain dividends or other distributions in accordance with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof 1.9(c), and any cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to share of Quantum Common Stock in accordance with Section 1.061.6(d), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of If a transfer of ownership of the Company Common Stock that is has not been registered in the stock transfer records of the Company, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Quantum Common Stock may be issued to a transferee if person other than the person in whose name the Certificate representing so surrendered is registered if such Company Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and the person requesting such issuance shall pay any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the issuance of shares of Quantum Common Stock is presented to a person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or establish to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect satisfaction of Quantum that such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax Tax has been paidpaid or is not applicable. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.9(b), each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time of the Merger to represent only the Merger Consideration Per Share and any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Quantum Common Stock to be issued or paid in consideration therefor upon surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Section 1.9. (c) After No dividends or other distributions with respect to shares of Quantum Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, each outstanding Time of the Merger shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate which theretofore represented with respect to the shares of Company Quantum Common Stock shallrepresented thereby, and no cash payment in lieu of fractional shares shall be paid to any such holder pursuant to Section 1.6(d), and all such dividends, other distributions and cash in lieu of fractional shares of Quantum Common Stock shall be paid by Quantum to the Exchange Agent and shall be included in the Exchange Fund, in each case until surrendered for exchange the surrender of such Certificate in accordance with this Section 1.04Article I. Subject to the effect of applicable escheat or similar laws, following surrender of any such Certificate there shall be deemed for all purposes paid to evidence the number holder of full the certificate representing whole shares of Quantum Common Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, (i) at the time of such surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time of the Merger Stock into which the theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Company Quantum Common Stock, and the amount of any cash payable in lieu of a fractional share of Quantum Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 1.6(d) and (whichii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time of the Merger but prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so convertedsuch surrender and with a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Quantum Common Stock. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, All shares of Quantum Common Stock issued upon the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those surrender for exchange of the Exchange Agent, Certificates in connection accordance with the exchange terms of this Article I (including any cash in lieu of fractional shares paid pursuant to this Article I) shall be deemed to have been issued (and paid) in full satisfaction of Merger Stock for all rights pertaining to the shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Capital Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed theretofore represented by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of such Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of the Company Capital Stock thereafter on which were outstanding immediately prior to the records Effective Time of the CompanyMerger. If, after the Effective Time of the Merger, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I, except as otherwise provided by law. (e) The Exchange Agent shall invest any cash in the Exchange Fund, in an insured money market account, on a daily basis. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to Quantum. Any portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of the Certificates for six (6) months after the Effective Time of the Merger shall be delivered to Quantum, upon demand, and any holders of the Certificates who have not theretofore complied with this Article I shall thereafter look only to Quantum for payment of their claim for Merger Consideration Per Share, any dividends or distributions with respect to Quantum Common Stock and any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Quantum Common Stock. None of Quantum, QSL, the Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any person in respect of any shares of Quantum Common Stock, any dividends or distributions with respect thereto, or any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Quantum Common Stock, in each case delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificate shall not have been surrendered immediately prior to such date on which any amounts payable pursuant to this Article I would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity (defined in Section 2.4(c) below), any such amounts 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. (f) All If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by Quantum, the posting by such person of a bond in such reasonable amount as Quantum may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the applicable Merger Stock issued upon conversion of Consideration Per Share with respect thereto and, if applicable, any unpaid dividends and distributions on shares of Company Quantum Common Stock deliverable in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed respect thereof and any cash in lieu of fractional shares, in each case pursuant to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Stockthis Agreement.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Quantum Corp /De/)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company Mellon Investor Services L.L.C. shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror to act as the depositary and exchange agent for the delivery of the Merger Consideration in exchange for shares of Company Common Stock (the "Exchange AgentEXCHANGE AGENT") in connection with the surrender of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror Parent shall deposit deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent the Merger Consideration for the benefit of the holders of shares of Acquiror Company Common Stock which are converted into the Merger Price pursuant to Section 1.2(b) hereof (being hereafter referred to as the "EXCHANGE FUND"). For purposes of determining the amount of Merger Consideration to be issued so deposited, Parent and Purchaser shall assume no stockholder of the Company will perfect any rights to appraisal of his, her or its Shares. The deposited sum shall be invested in the Merger, which shares Exchange Agent's discretion (collectively, the "Merger Stock") provided that Parent shall be deemed responsible for replacing any losses of principal to such fund resulting from such investments) and all interest thereon shall be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver paid to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofParent for its sole benefit. (b) As soon as practicable after of or promptly following the Effective TimeTime but in no event later than seven (7) business days thereafter, the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent shall to mail (and to make available for collection by hand) to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (collectively, other than Dissenting Shares) (the "CertificatesCERTIFICATES"), other than the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such the form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror Parent and Newco shall the Company may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the payment of the Merger StockConsideration. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such a letter of transmittal duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agentpursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive from Parent or the Exchange Agent in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares Merger Consideration for each share of Merger Company Common Stock that formerly represented by such holder has the right Certificate, to receive pursuant be mailed to the terms hereof surrendering holder (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after available for collection by hand if so elected by the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu surrendering holder) within five (5) business days of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)receipt thereof, and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceledforthwith cancelled. In The Exchange Agent shall accept such Certificates upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the event Exchange Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. No interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records holders of the Company, a certificate representing Certificates on the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paidConsideration. (c) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those Any portion of the Exchange Agent, in connection with Fund which remains undistributed to the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders holders of the Company Certificates for twelve (12) months after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving CorporationParent, upon demand, and any former stockholders holders of shares of Company Common Stock prior to the Company Merger who have not then theretofore complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates this Article I shall thereafter look for payment of their claim, as general creditors thereof, only to Parent for their claim for Merger Consideration (without interest) to which such holders may be entitled. (d) None of Parent, the Surviving Corporation for Company or the exchange Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of Certificatesany cash held in the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar law. If any Certificates shall not have been surrendered prior to twelve (12) months after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier date on which any cash payable in respect of such Certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Entity), any such cash payable in respect of such Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto, except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) above. (e) Effective All Merger Consideration paid upon the Closing Date, surrender for exchange of Certificates in accordance with the stock transfer books terms of the Company hereof shall be closeddeemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Shares theretofore represented by such Certificates. After the Effective Time, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records stock transfer books of the CompanySurviving Corporation of the Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Section 1.3, except as otherwise provided by law. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Parent or the terms hereof Surviving Corporation shall be deemed entitled but not required to deduct and withhold, or cause the Exchange Agent to deduct and withhold, from consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of any Shares such amounts as are required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, (A) such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Certificates in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, and (B) Parent shall provide, or cause the Exchange Agent to provide, to the holders of such Shares written notice of the amounts so deducted or withheld. (g) If payment of the Merger Price payable to a holder of Shares pursuant to the Merger is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall have been issued in full paid all transfer and other Taxes required by reason of the issuance to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of all rights pertaining to Parent that such shares of Company StockTax either has been paid or is not applicable.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Vicinity Corp)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to From and after the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company shall retain a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror be designated by the Parent or the Purchaser and consented to act as exchange agent by the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) (the "Exchange Payment Agent") shall act as payment agent in connection with effecting the surrender exchange, for the Cash Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares formerly represented thereby, of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to (the Merger. Prior "Certificates") that, prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the shares of Acquiror Common Stock represented Shares entitled to be issued in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed payment pursuant to be issued at the Effective TimeSection 1.5(a)(i). At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from From time to time, the Parent shall, or shall cause the Purchaser to, deposit with the Payment Agent in trust for the benefit of the holders of Certificates, such amount of the Cash Consideration in immediately available funds needed to make payments of cash pay promptly for surrendered Shares as provided in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with this Section 1.06 hereof. 1.7 (b) As soon as practicable the "Payment Fund"). Promptly after the Effective TimeTime (but in any event within two business days thereof), the Exchange Payment Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a record holder of record of a certificate or certificates Certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than the Company, Newco or any represented Shares a form of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent) and instructions for use in surrendering such Certificates and receiving the Cash Consideration therefor. Upon the surrender of each such Certificate together with a duly completed and executed letter of transmittal, the Payment Agent shall specify that delivery pay the holder of such Certificate the Certificates Cash Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares formerly represented by such Certificate, without any interest thereon, in exchange therefor, and such Certificate shall forthwith be cancelled. Delivery shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates Certificate shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates Certificate to the Exchange Agent Payment Agent, and which the letter of transmittal shall so reflect. Until so surrendered and exchanged, each such Certificate (other than Certificates representing Shares held by the Parent, the Purchaser or the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Parent, the Purchaser or the Company or Dissenting Shares) shall represent solely the right to receive the Cash Consideration multiplied by the number of Shares represented by such Certificate, without any interest thereon. If any cash is to be paid to a person other than the holder in whose name the Certificate representing Shares surrendered in exchange therefor is registered, it shall be in a condition to such form and payment that the person requesting such payment shall have such pay to the Payment Agent any transfer or other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender taxes required by reason of the Certificates payment of such cash to a person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or such person shall establish to the satisfaction of the Payment Agent that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Payment Agent nor any party hereto shall be liable to a holder of Shares for any Cash Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar laws. (b) To the extent not immediately required for payment for surrendered Shares as provided in exchange Section 1.7(a), the Payment Fund shall be invested by the Payment Agent, as directed by the Parent (so long as such directions do not impair the rights of holders of Shares), in direct obligations of the United States of America, obligations for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged to provide for the payment of principal and interest, commercial paper rated of the highest quality by Mood▇'▇ ▇▇▇estors Services, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, or certificates representing of deposit issued by a commercial bank having at least $300,000,000 in assets (a "Qualified Commercial Bank"); and any net earnings with respect thereto shall be paid to the Merger StockParent as and when requested by the Parent. (c) The Payment Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, make the payments referred to in Section 1.5(a)(i) out of the Payment Fund. Upon surrender Promptly following the date that is nine months after the Effective Time, the Payment Agent shall deliver to the Parent all cash, certificates and other documents in its possession relating to the transactions described in this Agreement, and the Payment Agent's duties shall terminate. Thereafter, each holder of a Certificate for cancellation formerly representing a Share may surrender such Certificate to the Exchange AgentSurviving Corporation or the Parent and (subject to applicable abandoned property, together with such letter of transmittal duly executed escheat and such other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to similar laws) receive in exchange therefor certificates representing the shares of Merger Stock that such holder has Cash Consideration, without any interest thereon but shall have no greater rights against the right Surviving Corporation or the Parent than may be accorded to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06), and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records general creditors of the Company, a certificate representing Surviving Corporation or the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any Parent under applicable stock transfer tax has been paidlaw. (cd) After the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time there shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificates. (e) Effective upon the Closing Date, no transfers on the stock transfer books of the Company Surviving Corporation of any Shares. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates formerly representing Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation or the Payment Agent, they shall be closedcancelled and exchanged for the Cash Consideration, as provided in this Article 1, subject to applicable law in the case of Dissenting Shares. (e) From and there after the Effective Time, holders of certificates theretofore evidencing Shares shall cease to have any rights as Stockholders, except as provided herein or by law. After the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company entitled to cause the Shares to be delisted from the Nasdaq Stock thereafter on the records of the CompanyMarket(R). (f) All Merger Stock issued Each of the Surviving Corporation and the Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Shares such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law (other than any such tax that may arise due to the status of the Parent as a non-U.S. corporation). To the extent that amounts are so withheld by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent, as the case may be, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Surviving Corporation or the Parent, as the case may be, and shall promptly be paid by the Parent or the Purchaser, as the case may be, to the applicable taxing authority. (g) If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon conversion the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond, in such commercially reasonable amount and on such commercially reasonable terms as the Surviving Corporation may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Parent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Cash Consideration. (h) Except for the distribution of shares of Company Stock in accordance with Harbor Global contemplated by Article 8, the terms hereof Cash Consideration shall be deemed appropriately adjusted to have been issued reflect any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange, subdivision, combination of, or other similar change in full satisfaction the Shares that shall be effective or be authorized after the date of all rights pertaining this Agreement and prior to such shares of Company Stockthe Effective Time.

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Sources: Merger Agreement (Pioneer Group Inc)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing Mailing Date, the Company Parent shall retain appoint a commercial bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to Acquiror the Company to act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent") for the purpose of exchanging Certificates and Book-Entry Shares for the Merger Consideration. Parent shall pay all costs, fees, and expenses incurred in connection with the surrender retention and engagement of certificates evidencing shares of Company Stock converted the Exchange Agent. In connection with the foregoing, Parent and Merger Sub shall enter into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective Time, Acquiror shall deposit an exchange agent and nominee agreement with the Exchange Agent Agent, in a form reasonably acceptable to the shares of Acquiror Common Stock Company, setting forth the procedures to be issued used in accomplishing the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At deliveries and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with other actions contemplated by this Section 1.06 hereof2.4 and Section 2.2. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent Parent shall mail cause to be mailed to each person who wasrecord holder, at as of the Effective Time, a of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares (other than any holder which has previously and properly surrendered all of record of a certificate or certificates that immediately prior its Certificate(s) to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock Exchange Agent in accordance with Section 2.2) (collectivelyeach, the "Certificates"an “Electing Shareholder”), other than the Company, Newco or any a form of their respective Subsidiaries, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall be in customary form and shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be or, in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror and Newco shall reasonably specifythe case of Book-Entry Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or, in the case of Book-Entry Shares, the surrender of such Shares in exchange for certificates the Merger Consideration. (c) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall (1) issue and deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange Agent to be held in trust for the holders of Company Common Stock, evidence of shares in book-entry form in compliance with the Parent’s articles of association and all applicable Laws, representing Parent Shares issuable pursuant to Section 2.1 in exchange for outstanding Company Common Stock for which a Stock Election or Mixed Election (to the extent such consideration is payable in Parent Shares) has been made and for Non-Electing Company Shares (to the extent such consideration is payable in Parent Shares) and an amount of cash representing the Merger aggregate cash consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.1 and (2) deposit with the Exchange Agent, from time to time as needed, cash in amounts that are sufficient to pay cash in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.3, and to make any dividends or other distributions pursuant to Section 2.4(g), in each case, to be paid in respect of the Certificates and the Book-Entry Shares by holders thereof who have properly delivered to the Exchange Agent their Company Common Stock. Upon Any cash and Parent Shares deposited with the Exchange Agent shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Exchange Fund.” The Exchange Agent shall, subject to the terms of the exchange agent and nominee agreement entered into with Parent, deliver the Merger Consideration contemplated to be issued pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 and Section 2.3 out of the Exchange Fund. Until used for that purpose, the cash portion of the Exchange Fund shall be invested by the Exchange Agent in short-term obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America or short-term obligations of an agency of the United States of America which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Services Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, or in deposit accounts, short-term certificates of deposit or banker’s acceptances of, repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements with commercial banks which have capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating more than $10 billion (based on the most recent financial statements of the banks which are then publicly available at the SEC or otherwise); provided, that no such investment or losses thereon shall affect the Merger Consideration payable to former Company Shareholders entitled to receive such consideration or cash in lieu of fractional interests, and Parent shall promptly provide, or shall cause the Surviving Entity to promptly provide, additional cash funds to the Exchange Agent for the benefit of the former Company Shareholders in the amount of any such losses. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose other than the foregoing. (d) Each holder of shares of Company Common Stock that have been converted into a right to receive the Merger Consideration, upon (i) with respect to any Electing Shareholder, completion of the calculations required by Section 2.1(a) and Section 2.1(b) or (ii) with respect to any holder that is not an Electing Shareholder, surrender of a Certificate for cancellation or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent, Agent together with such the letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates representing (A) one or more Parent Shares which shall be in uncertificated book-entry form and which shall represent, in the shares aggregate, the whole number of Merger Stock Parent Shares that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.1 (after taking into account all shares of Company Common Stock then held by such holder) and (B) a check in the terms hereof (together with amount equal to any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after cash that such holder has the Effective Time right to receive pursuant to this Article II, consisting of the extent provided cash consideration pursuant to Section 2.1(a), cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Company Common Stock, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 1.05 hereof 2.3 and any dividends and other distributions pursuant to Section 2.4(g), in each case, less any required withholding taxes. The Merger Consideration shall be paid as promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt by the Exchange Agent of the Certificate or Book-Entry Share and letter of transmittal in accordance with the foregoing. No interest shall be paid or accrued on any Merger Consideration, cash paid in lieu of fractional shares pursuant in accordance with Article II hereof or on any unpaid dividends and distributions payable to Section 1.06)holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares. Until so surrendered, each such Certificate and the Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyBook-Entry Share shall, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence from and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has been paid. (c) After after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate represent for all purposes only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, the issuance or payment of which theretofore represented (including any cash in lieu of fractional shares) shall be deemed to be the satisfaction in full of all rights pertaining to shares of Company Common Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange converted in accordance with this Section 1.04, be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior to the Effective Time, were represented thereby) shall have been so converted. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Surviving Corporation shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent, in connection with the exchange of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporation, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of CertificatesMerger. (e) If any cash payment is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the applicable surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share is registered, it shall be a condition of such payment that the Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer or other similar Taxes required by reason of the making of such cash payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable. If any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be registered in the name of a Person other than the Person in whose name the applicable surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share is registered, it shall be a condition to the registration thereof that the surrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and that the Person requesting such delivery of the Merger Consideration shall pay to the Exchange Agent any transfer or other similar Taxes required as a result of such registration in the name of a Person other than the registered holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share or establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has been paid or is not payable. (f) At the Effective upon the Closing DateTime, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, closed and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock thereafter on thereafter. If, after the records of Effective Time, any Certificates or Book-Entry Shares representing such shares are presented for transfer to the Company. (f) All Exchange Agent, each such share shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock Consideration provided for in this Article II in accordance with the terms hereof hereof. In the event of a transfer of ownership of any share of Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time that has not been registered in the transfer records of the Company, the Merger Consideration payable in respect of such share of Company Common Stock shall be deemed paid to the transferee of such share if the Certificate or Book-Entry Share that previously represented such share is presented to the Exchange Agent accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any applicable stock transfer Taxes have been paid. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates and Book- Entry Shares representing shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have been issued in full satisfaction of all any rights pertaining with respect to such shares of Company StockCommon Stock except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by applicable Law. (g) No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Shares issued in the Merger shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificates or Book-Entry Shares until such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are surrendered as provided in this Section 2.4. Following such surrender, subject to the effect of escheat, Tax or other applicable Law, there shall be paid, without interest, to the record holder of the Parent Shares, if any, issued in exchange therefor (i) at the time of such surrender, all dividends and other distributions payable in respect of any such Parent Shares with a record date after the Effective Time and a payment date on or prior to the date of such surrender and not previously paid and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the dividends or other distributions payable with respect to such Parent Shares with a record date after the Effective Time but with a payment date subsequent to such surrender. For purposes of dividends or other distributions in respect of Parent Shares, all Parent Shares to be issued pursuant to the Merger shall be entitled to dividends pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence as if issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Merger Agreement (Tyco International LTD /Ber/)

Exchange of Certificates. (a) Prior to the Closing DateEffective Time, the Company ISSG shall retain a bank enter into an agreement with, and shall deposit with, Securities Law Institute, or trust company reasonably acceptable such other agent or agents as may be satisfactory to Acquiror to act as exchange agent ISSG and RIL (the "Exchange Agent") in connection with '), for the surrender benefit of certificates evidencing shares the holders of Company Stock converted into shares of Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Merger. Prior to the Effective TimeRIL Shares, Acquiror shall deposit with for exchange through the Exchange Agent in accordance with this Article I: (i) certificates representing the shares appropriate number of Acquiror Common Stock ISSG Shares to be issued to holders of RIL Shares issuable pursuant to Section 1.6 in the Merger, which shares (collectively, the "Merger Stock") shall be deemed to be issued at the Effective Time. At and following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall deliver to the Exchange Agent such cash as may be required, from time to time, to make payments of cash in lieu of fractional shares in accordance with Section 1.06 hereofexchange for outstanding RIL Shares. (b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of record of a certificate or certificates that which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidenced Outstanding Company Stock represented outstanding RIL Shares (collectively, the "Certificates"), other than ) whose shares were converted into the Company, Newco or any of their respective Subsidiaries, right to receive ISSG Shares pursuant to Section 1.6: (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery of the Certificates shall be effectiveeffected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent and which shall be in such form and shall have such other provisions as Acquiror RIL and Newco shall ISSG may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for certificates representing the Merger StockISSG Shares. Upon surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal transmittal, duly executed executed, and such any other documents as may be required by the Exchange Agentdocuments, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor certificates therefore a certificate representing the shares that number of Merger Stock that whole ISSG Shares, which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to the terms hereof (together with any dividend or distribution with respect thereto made after the Effective Time to the extent provided in Section 1.05 hereof and any cash paid in lieu provisions of fractional shares pursuant to Section 1.06)this Article I, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Stock that is RIL Shares which are not registered in the stock transfer records of the CompanyRIL, a certificate representing the proper number of shares of Merger Stock ISSG Shares may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate representing such Company Stock RIL Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, Agent accompanied by all documents required by the Exchange Agent or ISSG to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Newco that any applicable stock transfer tax has or other taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 1.7, each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the certificate representing ISSG Shares as contemplated by this Section 1.7. (c) After No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the Effective Time, each outstanding Certificate which theretofore represented shares of Company Stock shall, until surrendered for exchange in accordance Time with this Section 1.04, respect to ISSG Shares with a record date after the Effective Time shall be deemed for all purposes to evidence the number of full shares of Merger Stock into which the shares of Company Stock (which, prior paid to the Effective Time, were holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the ISSG Shares represented thereby) thereby until the holder of record of such Certificate shall have been so convertedsurrender such Certificate. (d) Except as otherwise expressly provided hereinIn the event that any Certificate for RIL Shares or ISSG Shares shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Surviving Corporation Exchange Agent shall pay all charges issue in exchange therefore, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such ISSG Shares and expensescash in lieu of fractional ISSG Shares, including those of if any, as may be required pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that ISSG or the Exchange Agent, may, in connection with its respective discretion, require the exchange delivery of shares of Merger Stock for shares of Company Stock. Any Merger Stock deposited with the Exchange Agent that remains unclaimed by the former stockholders of the Company after six months following the Effective Time shall be delivered to the Surviving Corporationa suitable bond, upon demand, and any former stockholders of the Company who have not then complied with the instructions for exchanging their Certificates shall thereafter look only to the Surviving Corporation for the exchange of Certificatesopinion or indemnity. (e) Effective All ISSG Shares issued upon the Closing Date, the stock transfer books surrender for exchange of the Company shall be closed, and there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Stock thereafter on the records of the Company. (f) All Merger Stock issued upon conversion of shares of Company Stock RIL Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares RIL Shares. There shall be no further registration of Company Stocktransfers on the stock transfer books of RIL of the RIL Shares which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates of RIL are presented to ISSG for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I. (f) No fractional ISSG Shares shall be issued in the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of RIL Shares otherwise entitled to a fractional ISSG Share shall, upon surrender of its, his or her Certificate or Certificates, be entitled to receive an additional share to round up to the nearest round number of shares.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Acquisition Agreement (Rub Investments LTD)