Escrow Clause Samples

Escrow a. Escrow Agent shall hold and disburse the Deposit in accordance with the following provisions: i. If the Closing occurs, then the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Deposit to Seller. ii. If for any reason the Closing does not occur and either party makes a written demand upon Escrow Agent for payment of the Deposit, Escrow Agent shall give written notice to the other party of such demand. If Escrow Agent does not receive a written objection from the other party to the proposed payment within TEN (10) days after the giving of such notice, Escrow Agent is hereby authorized to make such payment. If Escrow Agent does receive such written objection within such TEN (10) day period or if for any other reason Escrow Agent in good faith shall elect not to make such payment, Escrow Agent shall continue to hold such amount until otherwise directed by written instructions from the parties to this Agreement or a final judgment in court. However, Escrow Agent shall have the right at any time to deposit the escrowed proceeds and interest thereon, if any, with the clerk of the Court of Orange County, Florida. Escrow Agent shall give written notice of such deposit to Seller and Purchaser. Upon such deposit, Escrow Agent shall be relieved and discharged of all further obligations and responsibilities hereunder. iii. Escrow Agent has signed this Agreement for the sole purpose of agreeing to act as Escrow Agent in accordance with this Article. Escrow Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those set forth in this Agreement and Seller and Purchaser agree and acknowledge that Escrow Agent shall act hereunder as a depository only. iv. Escrow Agent shall be protected in relying upon the accuracy, acting in reliance upon the contents, and assuming the genuineness of any notice, demand, certificate, signature, instrument or other document which is given to Escrow Agent without verifying the truth or accuracy of any such notice, demand, certificate, signature, instrument or other document. v. The parties acknowledge that Escrow Agent is acting solely as a stakeholder at their request and for their convenience, that the duties of the Escrow Agent hereunder are purely ministerial in nature and shall be expressly limited to the safekeeping and disposition of the Deposit in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by Escrow Agent in good faith and believed by Escrow Agent to be authorized or within it...

Escrow. The escrow agent is not (i) a party to this contract and does not have liability for the performance or nonperformance of any party to this contract, (ii) liable for interest on the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money and (iii) liable for the loss of any ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money caused by the failure of any financial institution in which the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money has been deposited unless the financial institution is acting as escrow agent.

Escrow. The Participant shall, upon the execution of this Agreement, execute Joint Escrow Instructions in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A. The Joint Escrow Instructions shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Company, as escrow agent thereunder. The Participant shall deliver to such escrow agent a stock assignment duly endorsed in blank, in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit B, and hereby instructs the Company to deliver to such escrow agent, on behalf of the Participant, the certificate(s) evidencing the Shares issued hereunder. Such materials shall be held by such escrow agent pursuant to the terms of such Joint Escrow Instructions.

Escrow. The Escrow Deposit shall be held by the Escrow Agent for a period ending on the Escrow Release Date, except the Escrow Deposit may be withheld after the Escrow Release Date for so long as is reasonably necessary to satisfy claims for indemnification which are the subject to a Claims Notice delivered prior to the Escrow Release Date. The Escrow Deposit shall be held and disbursed by the Escrow Agent in accordance with an Escrow Agreement. If the Closing occurs, Parent agrees that the right to indemnification pursuant to this Article XII shall constitute Parent’s sole and exclusive remedy and recourse against the Shareholders for Losses attributable to any Indemnifiable Matters. Except with respect to the Excluded Obligations the maximum aggregate liability of any Shareholder individually shall be limited to such Shareholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the Escrow Deposit and the maximum aggregate liability of the Shareholders collectively for the Excluded Obligations (other than the Section 3.12 Indemnifiable Matters) shall be limited to the Cash Consideration (and for the Employee Shareholders also the value of the Restricted Equity Consideration) and of any Shareholder individually for the Excluded Obligations (other than the Section 3.12 Indemnifiable Matters) shall be limited to such Shareholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the Losses up to the aggregate amount of the Cash Consideration which such Shareholder is entitled (and for an Employee Shareholder the value of his share of the Restricted Equity Consideration). The maximum aggregate liability of the Stockholders for the Section 3.12 Indemnifiable Matters shall be limited as follows: (a) for Section 3.12 Indemnifiable Matters arising during the period beginning on the Closing Date and continuing until the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date, the maximum liability of each Stockholder shall be limited to such Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000), (b) for Section 3.12 Indemnifiable Matters arising during the period beginning on the day after the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date and continuing until the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Closing Date, the maximum liability of each Stockholder shall be limited to such Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000), (c) for Section 3.12 Indemnifiable Matters arising during the period beginning on the day after the eighteen (18) month anniversary of the Closing Date and continuing unt...

Escrow. Escrow shall be opened by Seller and funds deposited in escrow upon acceptance of this Agreement by both parties. The escrow holder will be a nationally-recognized escrow company selected by Seller. A copy of this Agreement will be delivered to the escrow holder and will serve as escrow instructions together with the escrow holder's standard instructions and any additional instructions required by the escrow holder to clarify its rights and duties (and the parties agree to sign these additional instructions). If there is any conflict between these other instructions and this Agreement, this Agreement will control.

Escrow. (a) Employee hereby authorizes and directs the secretary of the Company, or such other person designated by the Company from time to time, to transfer any Unreleased Shares which are forfeited pursuant to Section 2 above from Employee to the Company. (b) To insure the availability for delivery of Employee’s Unreleased Shares upon forfeiture under Section 2, Employee hereby appoints the secretary, or any other person designated by the Company as escrow agent from time to time, as its attorney-in-fact to sell, assign and transfer unto the Company, such Unreleased Shares, if any, forfeited by Employee pursuant to Section 2 and shall, upon execution of this Agreement, deliver and deposit with the secretary of the Company, or such other person designated by the Company, the share certificate(s) representing the Unreleased Shares, together with the stock assignment duly endorsed in blank, attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Unreleased Shares and stock assignment shall be held by the secretary in escrow, pursuant to the Joint Escrow Instructions of the Company and Employee attached as Exhibit B hereto, until the Shares are forfeited as provided in Section 2, until such Unreleased Shares are fully released from the Forfeiture Restriction, or until such time as this Agreement no longer is in effect. Upon release of the Unreleased Shares from the Forfeiture Restriction, the escrow agent shall promptly deliver to Employee the certificate or certificates representing such Shares in the escrow agent’s possession belonging to Employee, and the escrow agent shall be discharged of all further obligations hereunder; provided, however, that the escrow agent shall nevertheless retain such certificate or certificates as escrow agent if so required pursuant to other restrictions imposed pursuant to this Agreement. (c) The Company, or its designee, shall not be liable for any act it may do or omit to do with respect to holding the Shares in escrow and while acting in good faith and in the exercise of its judgment.

Escrow. 1.1 Appointment of Escrow Agent 1.2 Deposit of Escrow Securities in Escrow 1.3 Direction to Escrow Agent

Escrow. The Corporation shall have the right to hold the Purchased Shares in escrow until those shares have vested in accordance with the Vesting Schedule.

Escrow. The Secretary or such other escrow holder as the Committee may appoint shall retain physical custody of the certificates representing Restricted Stock, including shares of Restricted Stock issued pursuant to Section 3.5, until all of the Restrictions expire or shall have been removed; provided, however, that in no event shall the Employee retain physical custody of any certificates representing Restricted Stock issued to him.