LIST OF DEFINED TERMS A— Acquisition Proposal 36 Affiliates 6 Agreement 1, 52 Agreement Date 1 Alternative Acquisition Agreement 36 Alternative Financing 41 Antitrust Laws 39 Assignee 48 —B— Balance Sheet Date 18 Bank 40 Benefit Plans 19 Book Entry Shares 11 Business Day 2 —C— CERCLA 25 Certificate of Merger 9 Certificates 11 Change of Recommendation 35 Chestnut Merger Agreement 9 Closing 9 Closing Date 9 Company 1 Company Board 1 Company Board Recommendation 1 Company Bylaws 15 Company Charter 15 Company Common Stock 1 Company Disclosure Documents 16 Company Disclosure Schedule 15 Company Equity Plans 14 Company Material Adverse Effect 15 Company Restricted Stock 14 Company RSUs 14 Company SEC Reports 17 Company Stock Option 14 Company Stockholder Approval 27 Company Stockholders 1 Company’s Knowledge 19 Confidentiality Agreement 34 Consideration Fund 11 Continuing Director 6 Continuing Employees 37 Contract 17 —D— Debt Financing Letter 30 Delisting Period 42 DGCL 8 Dissenting Shares 13 —E— Effective Time 9 End Date 43 Environmental Laws 25 ERISA 19 ESPP 14 Exchange Act 2 Expiration Date 3 —F— FDCA 26 Financing 30 Financing Sources 47 Fully Diluted Basis 2 —G— GAAP 17 Good Manufacturing Practices 26 XXX Xxx 00 —I— Indemnified Parties 38 Initial Expiration Date 3 Insured Parties 38 Intellectual Property 22 IRS 20 —K— Knowledge of the Company 19 Knowledge of the Parent 31 —L— Law 2 License-In Contracts 22 License-Out Contracts 22 Loan Agreement 40 —M— Material Contract 18 Maximum Premium 38 MDD 26 Medical Device 26 Merger 1 Merger Consideration 11 Minimum Condition 2 —N— Notice Period 36 —O— Offer 1 Offer Documents 4 Offer Price 1 Offer to Purchase 2 Offering 14 Option Amount 13 Order 22 —P— Parent 1 Parent Disclosure Schedule 28 Parent Material Adverse Effect 28 Parent’s Knowledge 31 Paying Agent 11 Permits 21 Person 12 Post-Closing SEC Reports 42 Prohibited Payment 21 Proxy Statement 10 Purchaser 1 —Q— Qualifying Transaction 45 —R— Real Property 24 Representatives 33 —S— Schedule 14D-9 5 Schedule TO 4 SEC 3 Section 409A 20 Securities Act 8 Securities Exchange Rule 3 Share Acceptance Time 2 Shares 1 Short Form Threshold 10 Special Meeting 10 Subsequent Offering Period 3 Subsidiary 16 Superior Proposal 36 Surviving Corpo 8 —T— Tax 24 Taxes 23, 24 Taxing Authorities 23 Tender and Voting Agreements 1 Termination Fee 45 Top-Up Option 7 Top-Up Option Shares 7 Transactions 1 AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 1, 2010 (the “Agreement Date”), is by and among ev3 Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Covidien Group S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg company (the “Parent”), and COV Delaware Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Parent (the “Purchaser”).
Definitions and Accounting Matters Section 1.01 Terms Defined Above 1 Section 1.02 Certain Defined Terms 1 Section 1.03 Types of Loans and Borrowings 20 Section 1.04 Terms Generally; Rules of Construction 20 Section 1.05 Accounting Terms and Determinations; GAAP 21
Defined Terms; References Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement. Each reference to "hereof", "hereunder", "herein" and "hereby" and each other similar reference and each reference to "this Agreement" and each other similar reference contained in the Credit Agreement shall, after this Amendment becomes effective, refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
Defined Terms As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
Certain Additional Defined Terms In addition to such terms as are defined in the opening paragraph of and the recitals to this Agreement and in Section 1.1, the following terms are used in this Agreement as defined in the Sections set forth opposite such terms: Defined Term Section Reference ------------ -----------------
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1 SECTION 1.01.
Definitions and Basic Provisions The following definitions and basic provisions shall be used in conjunction with and limited by the reference thereto in the provisions of this lease:
Definitions and References Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement. All references to the Credit Agreement contained in the Collateral Documents and the other Loan Documents, as amended or amended and restated, shall, upon the execution of this Amendment, mean the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
Glossary of Defined Terms Defined Terms Where Defined 9.1(c) Jurisdiction Section 9.1(d) Acquisition Proposal Section 8.3(f) Action Section 8.15(a) Agreement Preamble Applicable Laws Section 5.4(a) Assumed Awards Section 4.1(j) Assumed RSUs Section 4.1(g) Bonus Plan Participant Section 8.16(d) Book Entry Share Section 4.1(b) Cameron Preamble Cameron Assets Section 8.6(d) Cameron Benefit Plans Section 5.12(a) Cameron Board Section 5.2(b) Cameron Common Stock Section 4.1(a) Cameron Deferred Compensation Plans Section 5.3(a) Cameron Deferred Stock Unit Awards Section 4.1(h) Cameron Disclosure Letter Article 5 Preface Cameron Environmental Permits Section 5.15(b) Cameron ERISA affiliate Section 5.12(b)(x) Cameron Excluded Shares Section 4.1(b) Cameron Foreign Benefit Plan Section 5.12(f) Cameron Material Adverse Effect Section 11.11(d) Cameron Option Section 4.1(f) Cameron Performance Share Awards Section 4.1(i) Cameron Permits Section 5.4(b) Cameron Post-Signing Option Section 4.1(f) Cameron Post-Signing Restricted Stock Unit Awards Section 4.1(g) Cameron Preferred Stock Section 5.3(a) Cameron Recommendation Section 5.2(b) Cameron Reports Section 5.6(a) Cameron Restricted Stock Unit Awards Section 4.1(g) Cameron Securities Section 5.3(a) Cameron Stock Plans Section 4.1(f) Cameron Stockholder Approval Section 5.21 Cameron Stockholders Meeting Section 8.2 Cameron Subsidiary Securities Section 5.3(c) Cameron Surviving Shares Section 4.1(b) Cameron U.S. Benefit Plan Section 5.12(b) Certificate of Merger Section 1.3 Certificates Section 4.1(b) Change in Recommendation Section 8.3(b) Closing Section 1.2 Closing Date Section 1.2 COBRA Section 5.12(b)(xii) Code Recitals Confidentiality Agreement Section 8.3(a) Contract Section 5.22 Converted Option Section 4.1(f) Converted Performance Shares Section 4.1(i) Covered Employees Section 8.16(a) Debt Section 11.11(b) Delaware Court Section 11.7 Delaware LLC Act Recitals DGCL Recitals Dissenting Shares Section 4.4 Dissenting Stockholder Section 4.4 EC Merger Regulation Section 5.5(b) Effective Time Section 1.3 Environmental Laws Section 5.15(a) Equity Award Exchange Ratio Section 4.1(f) ERISA Section 5.12(a) Exchange Act Section 5.5(b) Exchange Agent Section 4.2(a) Exchange Fund Section 4.2(a) Exchange Ratio Section 4.1(a) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Section 5.24(a) Foreign Government Official Section 5.24(a) Form S-4 Section 8.2 GAAP Section 5.6(b) Governmental Entity Section 11.11(c) Hazardous Materials Section 5.15(a) HSR Act Section 5.5(b) Indemnified Party Section 8.15(a) Initial Termination Date Section 10.2(a) Intellectual Property Rights Section 5.16 IRS Section 5.12(a) Joint Venture Article 5 Preface knowledge Section 11.11(a) Letter of Transmittal Section 4.2(b) Liens Section 5.3(b) Material Adverse Effect Section 11.11(d) Material Contract Section 5.22 Merger Recitals Merger Consideration Section 4.1(a) Merger Sub Preamble New Plans Section 8.16(b) Non-Schlumberger US Subsidiaries Section 7.3 NYSE Section 5.5(b) OFAC Section 5.23(a) Old Plans Section 8.16(b) Per Share Cash Amount Section 4.1(c) Permitted Lien Section 11.11(e) person Section 11.11(f) PPACA Section 5.12(b)(xii) Proceeding Section 8.1(b)(xii) Prohibited Person Section 5.23(a) Proxy Statement/Prospectus Section 8.2 Regulatory Laws Section 8.6(f) Related Persons Section 10.5(a) Representatives Section 8.3(a) Returns Section 5.11(a) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act Section 5.7(a) Schlumberger Preamble Schlumberger Assets Section 8.6(d) Schlumberger Common Stock Recitals