Treatment of Company Equity Awards. (a) Each option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Company Option”), whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall, at the First Effective Time, become fully vested and be converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to (i) the excess, if any of (A) the Merger Consideration Value over (B) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock of such Company Option multiplied by (ii) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time. Parent shall or shall cause the Second Surviving Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to deliver to the holders of Company Options the cash amounts described in the immediately preceding sentence, less such amounts as are required to be withheld or deducted under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law with respect to the making of such payment, promptly but no later than the next scheduled payroll of the Company that is at least four Business Days after the First Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, any Company Option that has an exercise price per share of Company Common Stock that is greater than or equal to the Merger Consideration Value shall be cancelled at the First Effective Time for no consideration or payment.
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Samples: Voting Trust Agreement (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Canadian Pacific Railway LTD/Cn)
Treatment of Company Equity Awards. (a) Each option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Company Option”), whether vested or unvested, that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall, at the First Effective Time, become fully vested and be converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to (i) the excess, if any of (A) the Merger Consideration Value over (B) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock of such Company Option multiplied by (ii) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time. Parent shall or shall cause the Second Surviving Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to deliver to the holders of Company Options the cash amounts described in the immediately preceding sentence, less such amounts as are required to be withheld or deducted under the Code or any provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law with respect to the making of such payment, promptly but no later than the next scheduled payroll of the Company that is at least four Business Days after the First Effective Time. For the avoidance of doubt, any Company Option that has an exercise price per share of Company Common Stock that is greater than or equal to the Merger Consideration Value shall be cancelled at the First Effective Time for no consideration or payment.
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Canadian National Railway Co), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Kansas City Southern)
