Change of Control Transaction If the Company or its successor terminates the Employment upon a merger, consolidation, or transfer or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company with or to any other individual(s) or entity (the “Change of Control Transaction”), the Executive shall be entitled to the following severance payments and benefits upon such termination: (1) a lump sum cash payment equal to 12 months of the Executive’s base salary at a rate equal to the greater of his/her annual salary in effect immediate1y prior to the termination, or his/her then current annua1 salary as of the date of such termination; (2) a lump sum cash payment equal to a pro-rated amount of his/her target annual bonus for the year immediately preceding the termination; and (3) immediate vesting of 100% of the then-unvested portion of any outstanding equity awards held by the Executive.
Conversion of Company Shares (i) At and as of the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Company Common Stock (other than Dissenting Shares and shares of Company Common Stock held by Buyer, Holdings, the Company or Merger Sub, or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Buyer, Holdings, the Company or Merger Sub) shall be converted into the right to receive an amount (the “Merger Consideration”) equal to $27.85 in cash (without interest), upon surrender of the certificate representing such outstanding share of Company Common Stock (the “Company Stock Certificate”) in the manner set forth in Section 2.5, and as of the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Company Common Stock shall no longer be issued and outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a Company Stock Certificate shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration (or, if applicable, to be treated as a Dissenting Share as described in Section 2.4(g)); provided, however, that the Merger Consideration shall be subject to equitable adjustment in the event of any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or other change in the number of Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time, it being understood that (i) the intent of such equitable adjustment is to provide the holders of Company Common Stock, Company Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to any such change and (ii) nothing herein shall be construed to permit the Company to take any action with respect to its securities that is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) At and as of the Effective Time, each Dissenting Share shall be treated as described in Section 2.4(g).
(iii) At and as of the Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock held by Buyer, Holdings, the Company or Merger Sub, or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Buyer, Holdings, the Company or Merger Sub shall be cancelled and extinguished without the payment of any consideration therefor.
Conversion of Merger Sub Capital Stock Each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one newly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Purchase of Assets, etc The Borrower will not, nor will permit any of its respective Subsidiaries to, wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property or assets, or enter into any sale-leaseback transactions, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of related transactions) any part of the property or assets (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment in the ordinary course of business) of any Person or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time, except that the following shall be permitted:
(i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may lease (as lessee) or license (as licensee) real or personal property (including intellectual property) in the ordinary course of business (so long as any such lease or license does not create a Capitalized Lease Obligation);
(ii) Capital Expenditures by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(iii) any Investments permitted pursuant to Section 10.05;
(iv) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may, in the ordinary course of business, sell or otherwise dispose of assets (excluding capital stock of, or other Equity Interests in, Subsidiaries and joint ventures) which, in the reasonable opinion of such Person, are obsolete, uneconomic or worn-out;
(v) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell assets (other than (I) the capital stock or other Equity Interests of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary unless all of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary are sold in accordance with this clause (v) and (II) assets subject to a Contemplated Asset Sale (which shall be governed by Section 10.02(xviii)), so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is in an arm’s-length transaction and the Borrower or the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (x) except for customary post-closing adjustments (to be paid in cash within 180 days following the closing of the respective sale or disposition), at least 75% of the total consideration received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale or disposition (provided that sales of assets for aggregate consideration of $20,000,000 (taking the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration) in any Fiscal Year of the Borrower shall not be subject to the minimum cash requirement set forth above in this subclause (x)), (y) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section 5.02(b) and (z) the aggregate amount of the proceeds received from all assets sold pursuant to this clause (v) shall not exceed $150,000,000 in any Fiscal Year of the Borrower;
(vi) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, overdue accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not as part of any financing transaction;
(vii) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may grant licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases to other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case so long as no such grant otherwise affects the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the asset or property subject thereto;
(viii) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), transfers of assets (w) pursuant to the Foreign Asset Transfer, (x) among the Qualified Obligors, (y) by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Qualified Obligor, and (z) by any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower, in the case of any such transfer, so long as (I) no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect to the respective transfer, (II) any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the relevant Security Documents in the assets so transferred shall remain in full force and effect and perfected and enforceable (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such transfer) and (III) if the respective transferor is party to a Subsidiaries Guaranty, the nature and scope of the obligations of such transferor under its Subsidiaries Guaranty are substantially identical to the nature and scope of the obligations of the respective transferee under its Subsidiaries Guaranty;
(ix) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), (x) any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, consolidated or liquidated with or into the Borrower (so long as the Borrower is the surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or liquidation) or any Subsidiary Guarantor (so long as a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or liquidation), and (y) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged, consolidated or liquidated with or into any Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as such Wholly-Owned Foreign Subsidiary is the surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or liquidation; provided that any such merger, consolidation or liquidation shall only be permitted pursuant to this Section 10.02 (ix), so long as (I) no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, (II) any security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors in the assets (and Equity Interests) of any such Person subject to any such transaction shall remain in full force and effect and perfected and enforceable (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or liquidation) and (III) if the Person to be merged, consolidated or liquidated into another Person as contemplated above is party to a Subsidiaries Guaranty, the nature and scope of the obligations of such Person under its Subsidiaries Guaranty are substantially identical to the nature and scope of the obligations of such other Person under its Subsidiaries Guaranty;
(x) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may transfer inventory in a non-cash or cash transfer to Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Qualified Obligors, in each case so long as (I) any such transfer is made in the ordinary course of its business and consistent with past practice of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as in effect on the Effective Date, (II) if the respective transfer is being made to any Credit Party, all actions needed to maintain the perfection, priority and enforceability of the security interests, if any, of the Collateral Agent in the assets so transferred are taken at the time of the respective transfer, (III) the Borrower reasonably determines that the transfer is not reasonably likely to be adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect and (IV) no Specified Default and no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect to the respective transfer;
(xi) subject to Sections 10.01(b) and (c), so long as no Specified Default and no Event of Default exists at the time of the respective transfer or immediately after giving effect thereto, Qualified Obligors shall be permitted to transfer additional assets (other than inventory, cash, Cash Equivalents and Equity Interests in any Credit Party) to other Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as cash in an amount at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets so transferred is received by the respective transferor;
(xii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or exchange specific items of equipment, so long as the purpose of each such sale or exchange is to acquire (and results within 90 days of such sale or exchange in the acquisition of) replacement items of equipment which are useful in a Permitted Business;
(xiii) the U.S. Xxxx Group shall be permitted to make Permitted Acquisitions, so long as such Permitted Acquisitions are effected in accordance with the requirements of Section 9.14;
(xiv) one or more Subsidiaries identified to the Agents may sell all of the Equity Interests of a certain Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by such Subsidiaries and identified to the Agents, so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is in an arm’s-length transaction and the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (x) except for customary post-closing adjustments, at least 20% of the total consideration received by such Subsidiaries (in the aggregate) is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale or disposition, (y) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section 5.02(b) and (z) the aggregate amount of the consideration (taking the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration) received from all assets sold pursuant to Section (xiv), together with the sale or sales made pursuant to Section 10.02(xx), shall not exceed $50,000,000;
(xv) the Sale-Lease Back Transaction;
(xvi) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or liquidate Cash Equivalents, in each case for cash at fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower or the respective Subsidiary);
(xvii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell inventory to their respective customers in the ordinary course of business;
(xviii) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may effect Contemplated Asset Sales, so long as (i) no Event of Default then exists or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, (ii) each such sale is an arms’-length transaction and the Borrower or the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (iii) the consideration therefor consists solely of cash and/or Permitted Installment Notes (to the extent same may be issued in accordance with the definition thereof), (iv) at least 50% of the total consideration received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale, and (v) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied as, and to the extent, required by Section 5.02(b);
(xix) the Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries may sell and leaseback (i) Real Property located in Xxxxxx County, North Carolina (the “Xxxxxx Property”), to the extent same is not a Principal Property and (ii) Principal Properties, so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is made pursuant to an arm’s-length transaction, (x) 100% of the total consideration received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale, (y) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom equal at least 90% of the Fair Market Value of the Property subject to such sale-leaseback transaction and (z) the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are applied as a mandatory repayment and/or commitment reduction and/or reinvested, in any case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 5.02(b); and
(xx) certain Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified to the Agents may sell the Equity Interests of certain other Domestic Subsidiaries identified to the Agents which own Real Property located in California, and certain Domestic Subsidiaries identified to the Agents which own Real Property located in California may sell Real Property and other assets, in each case, so long as (v) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (w) each such sale is in an arm’s-length transaction and the respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (x) except for customary post-closing adjustments, at least 75% of the total consideration received by such Subsidiaries (in the aggregate) is paid in cash at the time of the closing of such sale, (y) unless on-loaned to an Affiliate of a Borrower in accordance with the requirements of Sections 10.05 and 10.07 promptly following the consummation of such sale, any Net Sale Proceeds therefrom received by a Subsidiary of a Borrower (exclusive of any portion thereof which is distributed to a minority shareholder of such Subsidiary in accordance with the requirements of Section 10.06) are applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section 5.02(b) and (z) the aggregate amount of the consideration (taking the Fair Market Value of any non-cash consideration) received from such sale or sales pursuant to Section (xx), together with the sale or sales made pursuant to Section 10.02(xiv) shall not exceed $50,000,000 (the “California Disposition”).
Conversion of Company Stock (i) Each share of Series A Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(f) and any Dissenting Shares) pursuant to the terms thereof will be deemed converted to Company Common Stock and such Company Common Stock will be automatically converted (subject to Section 2.6(h)) into the right to receive such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the Exchange Ratio, upon surrender of the certificate representing such share of Series A Preferred Stock in the manner provided in Section 2.8 and subject to the deposit of the Escrow Shares pursuant to Section 2.9.
(ii) Each share of Series B Preferred Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(f) and any Dissenting Shares) pursuant to the terms thereof will be deemed converted to Company Common Stock and such Company Common Stock will be automatically converted (subject to Section 2.6(h)) into the right to receive such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the Exchange Ratio, upon surrender of the certificate representing such share of Series B Preferred Stock in the manner provided in Section 2.8 and subject to the deposit of the Escrow Shares pursuant to Section 2.9.
(iii) Each share of Company Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(f) and any Dissenting Shares), will be automatically converted (subject to Section 2.6(h)) into the right to receive such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the Exchange Ratio, upon surrender of the certificate representing such share of Company Common Stock in the manner provided in Section 2.8 and subject to the deposit of the Escrow Shares pursuant to Section 2.9. The shares of Parent Common Stock exchangeable for any shares of Restricted Stock will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions as the Restricted Stock, including with regards to vesting.
(iv) No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock will be issued by virtue of the Merger, but in lieu thereof, a cash payment shall be made pursuant to Section 2.6(g).
Conversion of Merger Sub Common Stock At the Effective Time, each share of Merger Sub Common Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Surviving Corporation, and the shares of the Surviving Corporation into which the shares of Merger Sub Common Stock are so converted shall be the only shares of Company Common Stock that are issued and outstanding immediately after the Effective Time.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Conversion of Company Securities At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holder of any of the following securities:
(a) Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Company Common Stock”) and of each series of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Company Preferred Stock” and, together with the Company Common Stock, the “Company Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Dissenting Shares and shares of Company Stock held by Unaccredited Investors (each as defined below)), shall be converted into and represent the right to receive (subject to the provisions of Section 1.6) such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to the applicable “Conversion Ratio” specified with respect to such class or series on Schedule 1.5(a) hereto (the “Applicable Conversion Ratio”). An aggregate of 6,499,268 shares of Parent Common Stock (including Dissenting Shares), subject to adjustment as necessary due to rounding as set forth in Section 1.7, shall be issuable to the stockholders of record of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (the “Company Stockholders”) in connection with the Merger. The shares of Parent Common Stock into which the shares of Company Common Stock are converted pursuant to this Section shall be referred to herein as the “Merger Shares.”
(b) The Parent shall deliver certificates for the Merger Shares to each Company Stockholder entitled thereto who shall have presented a certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented Company Stock to be converted into Merger Shares pursuant to this Section 1.5 (the “Company Stock Certificates”) to the Parent’s transfer agent. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Parent’s transfer agent may, in its sole discretion and as a condition to the issuance of any certificates representing Merger Shares, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit with respect to such Company Stock Certificate.
(c) Each issued and outstanding share of Company Stock held by Unaccredited Investors (other than Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to $5.00 multiplied by the Applicable Conversation Ratio (the “Cash Merger Consideration”). “Unaccredited Investor” shall mean a Company Stockholder who does not complete and deliver to the Company and Parent prior to the Closing Date an investor questionnaire reasonably acceptable to the Company certifying that such Company Stockholder is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”); provided that the Company and Parent may mutually determine any Company Stockholder is an “accredited investor” without having received such an investor questionnaire if they reasonably believe that such Company Stockholder qualifies as an “accredited investor”.
Conversion of Company Capital Stock Subject to Section 3.2 and Section 3.3, (i) each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Common Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Common Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and any shares of Common Stock which are held by Dissenting Stockholders) shall be converted into the right to receive the Common Per-Share Merger Consideration in cash, payable to the holder thereof, without interest, (ii) each share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Series A Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and any shares of Series A Preferred Stock which are held by Dissenting Stockholders) shall be converted into the right to receive the Series A Preferred Per-Share Merger Consideration in cash, payable to the holder thereof, without interest, (iii) each share of Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Series B Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Series B Preferred Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and any shares of Series B Preferred Stock which are held by Dissenting Stockholders) shall be converted into the right to receive the Series B Preferred Per-Share Merger Consideration in cash, payable to the holder thereof, without interest, (iv) each share of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Series C Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and any shares of Series C Preferred Stock which are held by Dissenting Stockholders) shall be converted into the right to receive the Series C Preferred Per-Share Merger Consideration, payable to the holder thereof, without interest and (v) each share of Series C-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“Series C-1 Preferred Stock” and, together with the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock, the “Preferred Stock”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares of Series C-1 Preferred Stock to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.6(b) and any shares of Series C-1 Preferred Stock which are held by Dissenting Stockholders) shall be converted into the right to receive the Series C-1 Preferred Per-Share Merger Consideration in cash, payable to the holder thereof, without interest. All such shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (collectively, the “Company Capital Stock”) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each Certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented such shares shall thereafter represent the right to receive the portion of the Merger Consideration payable therefor. Certificates previously representing shares of Company Capital Stock shall be exchanged for the portion of the Merger Consideration payable in respect of such Certificates upon the surrender of such Certificates in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1.
Adjustment upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date subdivides (by any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately increased. If the Company at any time on or after the Subscription Date combines (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased and the number of Warrant Shares will be proportionately decreased. Any adjustment under this Section 2(c) shall become effective at the close of business on the date the subdivision or combination becomes effective.
