CASH 2018 Special Proxy Statement
attorney to execute and deliver, in such official corporate capacities, all such deeds, assignments or assurances in Law or any other acts as are necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, and the officers and directors of each of the Buyer Parties, as applicable, are authorized in the name of each of the Company Parties and their respective Subsidiaries to take any and all such action. Section 1.07. Reservation of Right to Revise Structure . Prior to the Effective Time, the Buyer Parties may at any time, and without the approval of the Company Parties, change the method of effecting the business combination contemplated by this Agreement if and to the extent that it deems such a change to be desirable; provided , however , that no such change shall (i) alter the kind or amount of the consideration to be issued to any holder of Company Common Shares as Merger Consideration or holder of Company Options, (ii) materially delay receipt of Regulatory Approval, (iii) adversely affect the federal income tax treatment of holders of Company Common Shares in connection with the Merger from what such treatment would have been absent such change or (iv) cause any closing condition in Article 6 not to be capable of being fulfilled (unless duly waived by the party entitled to the benefits thereof). In the event that the Buyer Parties elect to make such a change in structure, the parties agree to execute appropriate documents to reflect the change. ARTICLE 2. MERGER CONSIDERATION; EXCHANGE PROCEDURES Section 2.01. Merger Consideration. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and the MBCA, at the Effective Time, automatically by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Buyer Parties, the Company Parties or any holder of their respective securities: (a) Each Company Common Share owned directly by Buyer, Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than shares in trust accounts, managed accounts and the like for the benefit of customers) immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and retired at the Effective Time without any conversion thereof, and no payment shall be made with respect thereto. (b) Except as set forth in Section 2.03 with respect to fractional Company Common Shares, each Company Common Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares described in Section 2.01(a) above) shall be converted into the right to receive such number of shares of Buyer Common Stock determined by multiplying (i) one (1) by (ii) the Exchange Ratio (the “ Merger Consideration ”). (c) Each share of Buyer Common Stock shall remain outstanding without change following the Effective Time as shares of the Surviving Entity. Section 2.02. Rights as Shareholders; Share Transfers . At the Effective Time, all Company Common Shares, when converted in accordance with Section 2.01, shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each Certificate or Book-Entry Share previously evidencing such shares shall thereafter represent only the right to receive for each such Company Common Share, the Merger Consideration (and any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock as set forth in Section 2.03) in accordance with this Article 2. At the Effective Time, holders of Company Common Shares shall cease to be, and shall have no rights as, shareholders of Company, other than the right to receive the Merger Consideration (and any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock as set forth in Section 2.03) in accordance with this Article 2. After the Effective Time, there shall be no registration of transfers of Company Common Shares on the share transfer books of Company. Section 2.03. Fractional Shares . Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no fractional shares of Buyer Common Stock and no certificates or scrip therefor, or other evidence of ownership thereof, will be issued in the Merger. In lieu thereof, Buyer shall pay or cause to be paid to each Person who would otherwise be a holder of a A-3
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