2Exchange Procedures. (a) On the Closing Date, Buyer shall deposit with an exchange agent selected by Buyer and reasonably acceptable to West Suburban (the “Exchange Agent”), for exchange in accordance with this Section 3.2, the Merger Consideration and cash in an aggregate amount sufficient for payment in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock to which holders of West Suburban Common Stock may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.5 (collectively, the “Exchange Fund”). In the event the cash in the Exchange Fund shall be insufficient to fully satisfy all of the payment obligations to be made by the Exchange Agent hereunder (including pursuant to Section 3.5), Buyer shall promptly make available to the Exchange Agent the amounts so required to satisfy such payment obligations in full. The Exchange Agent shall deliver the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock out of the Exchange Fund. Except as contemplated by this Section 3.2 and Section 3.5, the Exchange Fund will not be used for any other purpose. (b) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, West Suburban shall assist Buyer with the collection of West Suburban’s shareholders’ Certificate or Certificates representing such shareholders’ shares in an effort to minimize the need for the execution and delivery of lost stock affidavits in lieu of the delivery of Certificates with applicable letters of transmittal that will be delivered to the Exchange Agent as provided herein. Unless different timing is agreed to by Buyer and West Suburban, to the extent practicable and subject to the terms of the Exchange Agent Agreement, not later than 20 days prior to the anticipated the Effective Time, Buyer shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to the shareholders of West Suburban appropriate transmittal materials (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or other instruments theretofore representing shares of West Suburban Common Stock shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such Certificates or other instruments to the Exchange Agent, and which shall include a covenant from each shareholder that delivers completed transmittal materials prior to the Effective Time that such shareholder shall not transfer any of their shares of West Suburban Common Stock without providing email notice to the Buyer and the Exchange Agent of such transfer on the same day thereof). In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of West Suburban Common Stock represented by one or more Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares that are not registered in the transfer records of West Suburban, the Per Share Purchase Price payable for such shares as provided in Section 3.1 may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing such shares are delivered to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent that such transfer is proper and that any applicable stock transfer taxes have been paid. In the event any Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing West Suburban Common Stock shall have been lost, mutilated, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares to be lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or are otherwise missing, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, mutilated, stolen, or destroyed Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares the Per Share Purchase Price as provided for in Section 3.1; provided that, if the circumstances of the lack of delivery of a Certificate, following consultation with Buyer and West Suburban, reasonably merit utilization of an indemnity bond; Buyer, in coordination with West Suburban, will work with the Exchange Agent to obtain such indemnity bond for the minimal reasonable cost as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate. The Exchange Agent may establish such other reasonable and customary rules and procedures in connection with its duties as it may deem appropriate. Buyer shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent in connection with the distribution of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 3.1. Buyer or its Exchange Agent will maintain a book entry list of Buyer Common Stock to which each former holder of West Suburban Common Stock is entitled. Certificates evidencing Buyer Common Stock into which West Suburban Common Stock has been converted will not be issued. The shares of Buyer Common Stock to which each former holder of West Suburban Common Stock is entitled will not be restricted securities, as such term is used in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, and the shares of Buyer Common Stock into which West Suburban Common Stock has been converted will not require a restrictive legend under the Securities Act. (c) Unless different timing is agreed to by Buyer and West Suburban, after receipt of the transmittal materials from the Exchange Agent, each holder of shares of West Suburban Common Stock (other than Extinguished Shares) issued and outstanding shall surrender the Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing such shares to the Exchange Agent and shall promptly after the Effective Time, or the surrender of such Certificate or Certificates (or affidavit of loss and, subject to Section 3.2(b), indemnity bond in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing such shares (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) to the Exchange Agent if later, receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration provided in Section 3.1, without interest, pursuant to this Section 3.2. The Certificate or Certificates of West Suburban Common Stock so surrendered shall be duly endorsed as the Exchange Agent may reasonably require. Buyer shall not be obligated to deliver the Merger Consideration to which any former holder of West Suburban Common Stock is entitled as a result of the Merger until such holder surrenders such holder’s Certificate or Certificates (or affidavit of loss and, subject to Section 3.2(b), indemnity bond in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) for exchange as provided in this Section 3.2. Similarly, no dividends or other distributions in respect of the Buyer Common Stock shall be paid to any holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares until such Certificate or Certificates (or affidavit of loss and, subject to Section 3.2(b), indemnity bond in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) are surrendered for exchange as provided in this Section 3.2. Any other provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, neither any Buyer Entity, nor any West Suburban Entity, nor the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any holder of West Suburban Common Stock for any amounts paid or properly delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat, or similar Law. Notwithstanding anything in Sections 3.2(b) or (c), to the extent any terms and conditions provided for in an agreement between Buyer and the Exchange Agent (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) require a modification of or differ from the procedures provided in Sections 3.2(b) or (c), said terms and conditions contained in the Exchange Agent Agreement shall control, subject to West Suburban’s consent to said terms and conditions of the Exchange Agent Agreement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. (d) Each of Buyer 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 of West Suburban Common Stock such amounts, if any, 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 or by any Governmental Authority. To the extent that any amounts are so withheld by Buyer, the Surviving Corporation, 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 of West Suburban Common Stock, as applicable in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by Buyer, the Surviving Corporation, or the Exchange Agent, as the case may be. (e) Any portion of the Merger Consideration delivered to the Exchange Agent by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.2(a) that remains unclaimed by the holder of shares of West Suburban Common Stock for nine (9) months after the Effective Time (as well as any proceeds from any investment thereof) shall be delivered by the Exchange Agent to Buyer. Any holder of shares of West Suburban Common Stock who has not theretofore complied with Section 3.2(c) shall thereafter look only to Buyer for the consideration deliverable in respect of each share of West Suburban Common Stock such holder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement without any interest thereon. If outstanding Certificates for shares of West Suburban Common Stock or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares are not surrendered or the payment for them is not claimed prior to the date on which such shares of Buyer Common Stock and cash would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority, the unclaimed items shall, to the extent permitted by abandoned property and any other applicable Law, become the property of Buyer (and to the extent not in its possession shall be delivered to it), free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled to such property. Neither the Exchange Agent nor any Party to this Agreement shall be liable to any holder of stock represented by any Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares for any consideration paid to a Governmental Authority pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. Buyer and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the stock transfer books of West Suburban to establish the identity of those persons entitled to receive the Merger Consideration specified in this Agreement, which books shall be conclusive with respect thereto. In the event of a dispute with respect to ownership of stock represented by any Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares, Buyer and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deposit any Merger Consideration represented thereby in escrow with an independent third party and thereafter be relieved with respect to any claims thereto.
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Sources: Merger Agreement (Old Second Bancorp Inc), Merger Agreement (Old Second Bancorp Inc)
2Exchange Procedures. (a) The closing of the Exchange (the “Closing”) will commence upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions and obligations of the Company and the Purchasers to consummate the Exchange set forth in Article IV (other than conditions and obligations with respect to the actions that the Company and the Purchasers, respectively, will take at Closing), or such other date and time as the Company and the Purchasers may mutually determine (the “Closing Date”); provided, however, that in the event the Closing does not occur on or prior to September 23, 2021 (the “Outside Date”), this Agreement shall terminate in its entirety and be of no further effect. No later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date, each Purchaser shall cause the custodian through which such Purchaser holds its Existing Notes to (i) post a DWAC request to the Trustee to effect the cancellation of the Existing Notes in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and (ii) post a DWAC request to the Trustee for free receipt of the aggregate principal amount of Exchange Notes opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I hereto. The delivery of the Existing Notes by each Purchaser will be complete upon receipt by the Trustee on the Closing Date of a DWAC request through DTC (and the Trustee’s confirmation of such DWAC request) and any other required documents.
(b) On the Closing Date, Buyer shall deposit with an exchange agent selected by Buyer and reasonably acceptable to West Suburban the Company, or Trustee at the Company’s direction, will (the “Exchange Agent”), for exchange in accordance with this Section 3.2, the Merger Consideration and cash in an aggregate amount sufficient for payment in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock to which holders of West Suburban Common Stock may be entitled pursuant to Section 3.5 (collectively, the “Exchange Fund”). In the event the cash in the Exchange Fund shall be insufficient to fully satisfy all of the payment obligations to be made by the Exchange Agent hereunder (including pursuant to Section 3.5), Buyer shall promptly make available to the Exchange Agent the amounts so required to satisfy such payment obligations in full. The Exchange Agent shall deliver the Merger Consideration and cash in lieu of any fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock out of the Exchange Fund. Except as contemplated by this Section 3.2 and Section 3.5, the Exchange Fund will not be used for any other purpose.
(bi) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, West Suburban shall assist Buyer with the collection of West Suburban’s shareholders’ Certificate or Certificates representing such shareholders’ shares in an effort to minimize the need for the execution and delivery of lost stock affidavits in lieu of the delivery of Certificates with applicable letters of transmittal that will be delivered to the Exchange Agent as provided herein. Unless different timing is agreed to by Buyer and West Suburban, to the extent practicable and subject to the terms of the Exchange Agent Agreement, not later than 20 days prior to the anticipated the Effective Time, Buyer shall cause the Exchange Agent Notes to mail be credited to the shareholders DTC accounts identified by each Purchaser (as specified on its signature page hereof) against delivery of West Suburban appropriate transmittal materials the Existing Notes, as set forth on Schedule I hereof and (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, ii) cause the payment of the Cash Consideration and risk the Accrued Interest by wire transfer of loss and title immediately available funds to the Certificates or other instruments theretofore representing shares of West Suburban Common Stock shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such Certificates or other instruments to the Exchange Agent, and which shall include a covenant from each shareholder that delivers completed transmittal materials prior to the Effective Time that such shareholder shall not transfer any of their shares of West Suburban Common Stock without providing email notice to the Buyer and the Exchange Agent of such transfer on the same day thereof). In the event of a transfer of ownership of shares of West Suburban Common Stock represented by one or more Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares that are not registered in the transfer records of West Suburban, the Per Share Purchase Price payable for such shares as accounts previously provided in Section 3.1 may be issued to a transferee if the Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing such shares are delivered to the Exchange Agent, accompanied writing by all documents required to evidence such transfer and by evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Exchange Agent that such transfer is proper and that any applicable stock transfer taxes have been paid. In the event any Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing West Suburban Common Stock shall have been lost, mutilated, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares to be lost, stolen, mutilated, destroyed or are otherwise missing, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, mutilated, stolen, or destroyed Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares the Per Share Purchase Price as provided for in Section 3.1; provided that, if the circumstances of the lack of delivery of a Certificate, following consultation with Buyer and West Suburban, reasonably merit utilization of an indemnity bond; Buyer, in coordination with West Suburban, will work with the Exchange Agent to obtain such indemnity bond for the minimal reasonable cost as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate. The Exchange Agent may establish such other reasonable and customary rules and procedures in connection with its duties as it may deem appropriate. Buyer shall pay all charges and expenses, including those of the Exchange Agent in connection with the distribution of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 3.1. Buyer or its Exchange Agent will maintain a book entry list of Buyer Common Stock to which each former holder of West Suburban Common Stock is entitled. Certificates evidencing Buyer Common Stock into which West Suburban Common Stock has been converted will not be issued. The shares of Buyer Common Stock to which each former holder of West Suburban Common Stock is entitled will not be restricted securities, as such term is used in Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, and the shares of Buyer Common Stock into which West Suburban Common Stock has been converted will not require a restrictive legend under the Securities ActPurchaser.
(c) Unless different timing is agreed The Purchasers shall cease to by Buyer and West Suburban, after receipt own the Existing Notes exchanged pursuant to Section 1.1 hereto as of the transmittal materials from crediting of the Exchange Agent, each holder of shares of West Suburban Common Stock (other than Extinguished Shares) issued and outstanding shall surrender the Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing such shares Notes to the Exchange Agent DTC accounts identified by the Purchasers and shall promptly after the Effective Time, or payment of the surrender of such Certificate or Certificates (or affidavit of loss and, subject to Section 3.2(b), indemnity bond in lieu thereof Cash Consideration and the Accrued Interest by wire transfer as provided in Section 3.2(b)clause (b) or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares representing such shares (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) to the Exchange Agent if laterabove, receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration provided in Section 3.1, without interest, pursuant to this Section 3.2. The Certificate or Certificates of West Suburban Common Stock so surrendered shall be duly endorsed as the Exchange Agent may reasonably require. Buyer shall not be obligated to deliver the Merger Consideration to which any former holder of West Suburban Common Stock is entitled as a result of the Merger until such holder surrenders such holder’s Certificate or Certificates (or affidavit of loss and, subject to Section 3.2(b), indemnity bond in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) for exchange as provided in this Section 3.2. Similarly, no dividends or other distributions in respect of the Buyer Common Stock shall be paid to any holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares until such Certificate or Certificates (or affidavit of loss and, subject to Section 3.2(b), indemnity bond in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof as provided in Section 3.2(b)) are surrendered for exchange as provided in this Section 3.2. Any other provision of this Agreement notwithstanding, neither any Buyer Entity, nor any West Suburban Entity, nor the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any holder of West Suburban Common Stock for any amounts paid or properly delivered in good faith to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat, or similar Law. Notwithstanding anything in Sections 3.2(b) or (c), to the extent any terms and conditions provided for in an agreement between Buyer and the Exchange Agent (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) require a modification of or differ from the procedures provided in Sections 3.2(b) or (c), said terms and conditions contained in the Exchange Agent Agreement shall control, subject to West Suburban’s consent to said terms and conditions of the Exchange Agent Agreement, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(d) Each of Buyer and the Exchange Agent Company shall be entitled to deduct instruct the appropriate parties to immediately thereafter cancel the Existing Notes on the books and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares of West Suburban Common Stock such amounts, if any, 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 or by any Governmental Authority. To the extent that any amounts are so withheld by Buyer, the Surviving Corporation, 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 records of the shares of West Suburban Common Stock, as applicable in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by Buyer, the Surviving Corporation, or the Exchange Agent, as the case may beCompany.
(e) Any portion of the Merger Consideration delivered to the Exchange Agent by Buyer pursuant to Section 3.2(a) that remains unclaimed by the holder of shares of West Suburban Common Stock for nine (9) months after the Effective Time (as well as any proceeds from any investment thereof) shall be delivered by the Exchange Agent to Buyer. Any holder of shares of West Suburban Common Stock who has not theretofore complied with Section 3.2(c) shall thereafter look only to Buyer for the consideration deliverable in respect of each share of West Suburban Common Stock such holder holds as determined pursuant to this Agreement without any interest thereon. If outstanding Certificates for shares of West Suburban Common Stock or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares are not surrendered or the payment for them is not claimed prior to the date on which such shares of Buyer Common Stock and cash would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority, the unclaimed items shall, to the extent permitted by abandoned property and any other applicable Law, become the property of Buyer (and to the extent not in its possession shall be delivered to it), free and clear of all claims or interest of any person previously entitled to such property. Neither the Exchange Agent nor any Party to this Agreement shall be liable to any holder of stock represented by any Certificate or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares for any consideration paid to a Governmental Authority pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. Buyer and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the stock transfer books of West Suburban to establish the identity of those persons entitled to receive the Merger Consideration specified in this Agreement, which books shall be conclusive with respect thereto. In the event of a dispute with respect to ownership of stock represented by any Certificate or Certificates or West Suburban Book-Entry Shares, Buyer and the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deposit any Merger Consideration represented thereby in escrow with an independent third party and thereafter be relieved with respect to any claims thereto.
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Sources: Exchange Agreement (Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.)