CASH 2018 Special Proxy Statement
(c) The ESOP shall be terminated via duly adopted resolution the day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “ ESOP Termination Date ”). On or prior to the ESOP Termination Date, Company shall direct the ESOP trustee to remit a sufficient number of unallocated shares of the Company Common Shares held by the ESOP’s suspense account to Company or any other lender (as applicable) to repay the full outstanding balance of the ESOP loan(s). None of the unallocated shares used to repay the ESOP loan(s) will be entitled to receive any Merger Consideration. On or prior to the ESOP Termination Date, the Company shall make a contribution to the ESOP and/or take such other actions as requested by Buyer for prior years’ hires in connection with the ESOP, as amended and restated effective January 1, 2016, in either case as may be directed by Buyer. All remaining unallocated Company Common Shares and other unallocated plan assets, if any, held by the ESOP shall be allocated among the participant accounts on the ESOP Termination Date in accordance with the terms of the ESOP, and, as of the Closing, all Company Common Shares held by the ESOP shall be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration. As soon as administratively feasible following the Closing Date, the account balances of the ESOP shall be distributed in accordance with the terms of the ESOP and the requirements of the Code and ERISA. Company shall adopt the necessary amendment(s) and board resolution(s) to effect the provisions of this Section 5.12(b), upon prior written notice and consent of Buyer. From the date of this Agreement until the ESOP Termination Date, contributions by Company to the ESOP shall continue to be accrued and made in accordance with the terms of the ESOP except as otherwise directed by Buyer in accordance with this clause (c). Section 5.13. Notification of Certain Changes . Buyer and Company shall promptly advise the other party of any change or event having, or which could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect or which it believes would, or which could reasonably be expected to, cause or constitute a material breach of any of its or its respective Subsidiaries’ representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, which reasonably could be expected to give rise, individually or in the aggregate, to the failure of a condition in Article 6 to be satisfied on the Closing Date, provided , that any failure to give notice in accordance with the foregoing with respect to any change or event shall not be deemed to constitute a violation of this Section 5.13, or otherwise constitute a breach of this Agreement by the party failing to give such notice, in each case unless the underlying change or event would independently result in a failure of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.01, Section 6.02 or Section 6.03 to be satisfied on the Closing Date. Section 5.14. Transition; Informational Systems Conversion . From and after the date hereof, Buyer and Company shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the integration of Company with the business of Buyer following consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall meet on a regular basis to discuss and plan for the conversion of the data processing and related electronic informational systems of Company and each of its Subsidiaries (the “ Informational Systems Conversion ”), in such a manner sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that a successful Informational Systems Conversion will occur at, as may be elected in writing by Buyer to Company after the date hereof and prior to filing the application for the Regulatory Approvals, (a) the time that is immediately following the Merger and the Bank Merger or (b) such later date as may be specified by Buyer, in each case, subject to any applicable Laws, including Laws regarding the exchange of information and other Laws regarding competition. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company shall, subject to any such applicable Laws: (i) reasonably cooperate with Buyer to establish a project plan as specified by Buyer to effectuate the Informational Systems Conversion; (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to have Company’s outside contractors continue to support both the Informational Systems Conversion effort and its ongoing needs until the Informational Systems Conversion can be established; (iii) provide, or use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain from any outside contractors, all data or other files and layouts reasonably requested by Buyer for use in planning the Informational Systems Conversion, as soon as reasonably practicable; (iv) provide reasonable access to Company’s personnel and facilities and, with the consent of its outside contractors, its outside contractors’ personnel and facilities, to the extent necessary to enable the Informational Systems Conversion effort to be completed on schedule; and (v) give notice of termination, conditioned upon the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, of the contracts of outside data, item and other processing contractors or other third-party vendors to which Company or any of its Subsidiaries are bound if requested to do so by Buyer to the extent permitted by such contracts; provided , that A-52
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