Merger Documents. (a) Within twenty (20) days following the delivery of a Merger Notice, Positive shall prepare and deliver to Diversus such documentation as shall be reasonably required to accomplish the Merger, including without limitation: (i) the documents necessary to merge Diversus with Positive ________________________ 1 Add any other shareholder of Positive that would need to be party to this agreement - including any Management, Directors, or Diversus Shareholders who participated in the Offering. 2 The date that is two years after the date of this agreement, which will be the closing date of the Conversions. 3 The date that is two years after the date of this agreement. Merger Sub, including an agreement and plan of merger that provides that in such merger each Diversus Shareholder will receive either cash or the number of shares of Positive common stock as determined in accordance with Section 1.5, (ii) any filings or requests for consent or approval required by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department or any other federal or state court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality (collectively “Governmental Agencies”) in order to effect the Merger, (iii) a shareholder agreement of Positive to be entered into by ICG; Diversus management, directors and shareholders who participated in the Offering; and the owners of Diversus common stock or preferred stock who have voted to approve the Merger and receive stock of Positive, and (iv) any board or shareholder resolutions required to approve the Merger, in each case, on terms and conditions consistent with the terms of this Agreement (such documentation, the “Merger Documents”). The parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon the Merger Documents, which shall contain customary and reasonable terms and conditions, within sixty (60) days following the delivery of a Merger Notice; provided that if the parties cannot agree the form of the Merger Document by such date, then the Merger Notice shall be deemed withdrawn and cancelled. (b) The Merger Documents shall provide that: (i) (A) it shall be a condition to the closing of the Merger that provision shall be made for the existing debt of Positive and Diversus and each subsidiary thereof in existence prior to the Merger to remain in place following the Merger without triggering a default or other adverse consequence under the terms of such debt (including, without limitation, the obtaining of consents or waivers from the applicable lenders, as necessary) and neither Positive nor Diversus (nor their respective affiliates or subsidiaries prior to the closing of the Merger) shall be required to guaranty the debt of the other (or its respective affiliates), and (B) if such condition has not been satisfied prior to the deadline for the Merger set forth in the Merger Notice, either Positive or Diversus may terminate the Merger process, in which case the parties shall abandon the Merger, unless Positive and Diversus agree to waive such condition; provided, however, that no person may terminate the Merger process if the applicable condition has not been satisfied as the result of the action or omission of such person; (ii) In connection with the Merger, each share of Diversus preferred equity and option exercisable for Diversus common stock shall be converted into the right to receive such amount of cash or such number of shares of Positive common stock as if such share of Diversus preferred stock or option had been converted into or exercised for shares of Diversus common stock immediately prior to the effective date of the Merger, and such amount of cash or number of shares shall be issued to the holders of such preferred shares or options at the closing of the Merger in exchange for the surrender or other cancellation of such preferred shares or options; and [Note: The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a merger entered into “in a transaction or series of transactions involving a plan of conversion” is a mandatory conversion event from preferred to common.] (iii) If shares of Diversus capital stock are exchanged for shares of Positive common stock in connection with the Merger and within five years following the closing of the Merger no (A) public offering by selling shareholders of Positive, (B) acquisition of all of the assets or shares of Positive for cash or marketable securities or (C) the acquisition of all of the shares of Positive held by Diversus Shareholders for cash or marketable securities (a “Liquidity Event”) has occurred, the board of Positive will, upon the written request of a majority of the Diversus Shareholders (measured based upon the shares of Positive held by such Diversus Shareholders) take such steps are may be reasonably necessary to cause a Liquidity Event (including, without limitation, the hiring of an investment bank to conduct such a process). (c) Diversus agrees to reimburse Positive for fifty percent (50%) of the actual costs incurred by Positive in preparing the Merger Documentation.
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Sources: Option Agreement (Positive Physicians Holdings,inc.), Option Agreement (Positive Physicians Holdings,inc.)
Merger Documents. (a) Within twenty (20) days following the delivery of a Merger Notice, Positive shall prepare and deliver to Diversus such documentation as shall be reasonably required to accomplish the Merger, including without limitation: (i) the documents necessary to merge Diversus with Positive ________________________ 1 Add any other shareholder of Positive that would need to be party to this agreement - including any Management, Directors, or Diversus Shareholders who participated in the Offering. 2 The date that is two years after the date of this agreement, which will be the closing date of the Conversions. 3 The date that is two years after the date of this agreement. Merger Sub, including an agreement and plan of merger that provides that in such merger each Diversus Shareholder will receive either cash or the number of shares of Positive common stock as determined in accordance with Section 1.5, (ii) any filings or requests for consent or approval required by the Pennsylvania Insurance Department or any other federal or state court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality (collectively “Governmental Agencies”) in order to effect the Merger, (iii) a shareholder agreement of Positive to be entered into by ICG; Diversus management, directors and shareholders who participated in the Offering; and the owners of Diversus common stock or preferred stock who have voted to approve the Merger and receive stock of Positive, and (iv) any board or shareholder resolutions required to approve the Merger, in each case, on terms and conditions consistent with the terms of this Agreement (such documentation, the “Merger Documents”). The parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon the Merger Documents, which shall contain customary and reasonable terms and conditions, within sixty (60) days following the delivery of a Merger Notice; provided that if the parties cannot agree the form of the Merger Document by such date, then the Merger Notice shall be deemed withdrawn and cancelled.
(b) The Merger Documents shall provide that:
(i) (A) it shall be a condition to the closing of the Merger that provision shall be made for the existing debt of Positive and Diversus and each subsidiary thereof in existence prior to the Merger to remain in place following the Merger without triggering a default or other adverse consequence under the terms of such debt (including, without limitation, the obtaining of consents or waivers from the applicable lenders, as necessary) and neither Positive nor Diversus (nor their respective affiliates or subsidiaries prior to the closing of the Merger) shall be required to guaranty the debt of the other (or its respective affiliates), and (B) if such condition has not been satisfied prior to the deadline for the Merger set forth in the Merger Notice, either Positive or Diversus may terminate the Merger process, in which case the parties shall abandon the Merger, unless Positive and Diversus agree to waive such condition; provided, however, that no person may terminate the Merger process if the applicable condition has not been satisfied as the result of the action or omission of such person;
(ii) In connection with the Merger, each share of Diversus preferred equity and option exercisable for Diversus common stock shall be converted into the right to receive such amount of cash or such number of shares of Positive common stock as if such share of Diversus preferred stock or option had been converted into or exercised for shares of Diversus common stock immediately prior to the effective date of the Merger, and such amount of cash or number of shares shall be issued to the holders of such preferred shares or options at the closing of the Merger in exchange for the surrender or other cancellation of such preferred shares or options; and [Note: The Certificate of Incorporation provides that a merger entered into “in a transaction or series of transactions involving a plan of conversion” is a mandatory conversion event from preferred to common.]and
(iii) If shares of Diversus capital stock are exchanged for shares of Positive common stock in connection with the Merger and within five years following the closing of the Merger no (A) public offering by selling shareholders of Positive, (B) acquisition of all of the assets or shares of Positive for cash or marketable securities or (C) the acquisition of all of the shares of Positive held by Diversus Shareholders for cash or marketable securities (a “Liquidity Event”) has occurred, the board of Positive will, upon the written request of a majority of the Diversus Shareholders (measured based upon the shares of Positive held by such Diversus Shareholders) take such steps are may be reasonably necessary to cause a Liquidity Event (including, without limitation, the hiring of an investment bank to conduct such a process).
(c) Diversus agrees to reimburse Positive for fifty percent (50%) of the actual costs incurred by Positive in preparing the Merger Documentation.
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Sources: Option Agreement (Positive Physicians Holdings,inc.)