AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among VIKING HOLDINGS LLC, VIKING ACQUISITION CORPORATION and VIRTUAL RADIOLOGIC CORPORATION May 16, 2010
EXHIBIT
99.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and
among
VIKING
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
and
VIRTUAL
RADIOLOGIC CORPORATION
May 16,
2010
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
I THE MERGER
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1
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SECTION
1.01
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The
Merger
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1
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SECTION
1.02
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Closing
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2
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SECTION
1.03
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Effective
Time
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2
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SECTION
1.04
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Effects
of the Merger
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2
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SECTION
1.05
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Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws
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2
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SECTION
1.06
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Directors
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3
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SECTION
1.07
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Officers
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3
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ARTICLE
II CONVERSION OF SECURITIES; MERGER
CONSIDERATION
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3
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SECTION
2.01
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Effect
on Capital Stock
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3
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SECTION
2.02
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Payment
Procedures
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4
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SECTION
2.03
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Exchange
of Shares; Cancellation of Options
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5
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SECTION
2.04
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Adjustments
to Prevent Dilution
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6
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SECTION
2.05
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Dissenting
Shares.
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7
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ARTICLE
III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
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7
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SECTION
3.01
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Corporate
Organization
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8
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SECTION
3.02
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Capitalization
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9
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SECTION
3.03
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Authority;
No Violation
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10
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SECTION
3.04
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Consents
and Approvals
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11
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SECTION
3.05
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SEC
Filings
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12
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SECTION
3.06
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Financial
Statements
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12
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SECTION
3.07
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Broker’s
Fees
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13
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SECTION
3.08
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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13
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SECTION
3.09
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Legal
Proceedings
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13
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SECTION
3.10
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Taxes
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14
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SECTION
3.11
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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15
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SECTION
3.12
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Compliance
with Applicable Law; Permits
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17
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SECTION
3.13
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Certain
Contracts
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17
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SECTION
3.14
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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18
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SECTION
3.15
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Anti-Takeover
Provisions
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19
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SECTION
3.16
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Company
Information
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19
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SECTION
3.17
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Title
to Property
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19
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SECTION
3.18
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Insurance
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20
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SECTION
3.19
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Environmental
Liability
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20
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SECTION
3.20
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Intellectual
Property
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21
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SECTION
3.21
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Labor
Matters
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21
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SECTION
3.22
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Certain
Business Practices
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22
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SECTION
3.23
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Opinion
of Financial Advisor
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22
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SECTION
3.24
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No
Other Representations or Warranties
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22
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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23
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SECTION
4.01
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Corporate
Organization
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23
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ii
SECTION
4.02
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement
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23
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SECTION
4.03
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Consents
and Approvals; No Violations
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23
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SECTION
4.04
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Litigation
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24
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SECTION
4.05
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Brokers,
Finders and Investment Bankers
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24
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SECTION
4.06
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Parent
Information
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24
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SECTION
4.07
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No
Business Activities by Merger Sub
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24
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SECTION
4.08
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Funds
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25
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SECTION
4.09
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Ownership
of Company Common Stock; No Other Agreements
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25
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SECTION
4.10
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No
Vote Required
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25
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SECTION
4.11
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Solvency
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25
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SECTION
4.12
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Section
203 of the DGCL
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26
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SECTION
4.13
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Acknowledgement
of Parent
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26
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ARTICLE
V COVENANTS
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26
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SECTION
5.01
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Access
to Information
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26
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SECTION
5.02
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Conduct
of Business
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27
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SECTION
5.03
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Certain
Changes or Events
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28
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SECTION
5.04
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No
Control of Company’s Business
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29
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SECTION
5.05
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Proxy
Statement; Other Filings
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29
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SECTION
5.06
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Stockholder
Approval
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31
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SECTION
5.07
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Further
Actions
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31
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SECTION
5.08
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Employees;
Employee Benefit Plans
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32
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SECTION
5.09
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Indemnification;
Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance
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33
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SECTION
5.10
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No
Solicitation
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35
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SECTION
5.11
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Standstill
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38
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SECTION
5.12
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Notification
of Certain Events
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38
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SECTION
5.13
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Takeover
Statutes
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38
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SECTION
5.14
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Section
16 Matters
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38
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SECTION
5.15
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Delisting
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39
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SECTION
5.16
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Additional
Agreements
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39
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SECTION
5.17
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Cooperation
with Financing
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39
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ARTICLE
VI CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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39
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SECTION
6.01
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
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39
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SECTION
6.02
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Conditions
to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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40
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SECTION
6.03
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Company
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40
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ARTICLE
VII TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
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41
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SECTION
7.01
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Termination
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41
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SECTION
7.02
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Company
Termination Fee
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42
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SECTION
7.03
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Effect
of Termination
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43
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ARTICLE
VIII NOTICES
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43
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ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS
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45
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SECTION
9.01
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Non-survival
of Representations and Warranties
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45
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SECTION
9.02
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Publicity
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45
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iii
SECTION
9.03
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Expenses
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45
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SECTION
9.04
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Entire
Agreement
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45
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SECTION
9.05
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Assignment;
Third Party Beneficiaries
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45
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SECTION
9.06
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Governing
Law
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45
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SECTION
9.07
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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46
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SECTION
9.08
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Severability
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46
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SECTION
9.09
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Enforcement
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46
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SECTION
9.10
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Captions
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47
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SECTION
9.11
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Certain
References
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47
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SECTION
9.12
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Guaranty
by Parent
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47
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SECTION
9.13
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Counterparts
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47
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SECTION
9.14
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Amendment
or Supplement
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48
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SECTION
9.15
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Defined
Terms
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48
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SECTION
9.16
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Interpretation
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53
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iv
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
This
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as
of May 16, 2010, is by and among Viking Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“Parent”), Viking
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (“Merger
Sub”), and Virtual Radiologic Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”).
W
I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS,
the parties intend that Merger Sub be merged with and into the Company, with the
Company surviving that merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Directors of the Company has (i) determined that the Merger is
advisable, fair and in the best interests of the Stockholders, (ii) adopted and
approved the Merger upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, and (iii) recommended that the Stockholders adopt this
Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Board of Managers of Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, and
Board of Directors of Merger Sub, have adopted and approved this Agreement, the
Merger and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a
condition of the Company entering into this Agreement; Providence Equity
Partners VI L.P. and Providence Equity Partners VI-A L.P. (together, the “Guarantors”) are
entering into a guarantee in favor of the Company (the “Guarantee”) pursuant
to which the Guarantors are guaranteeing certain of the obligations of Parent
and Merger Sub under this Agreement as set forth in the Guarantee;
WHEREAS,
contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition and
inducement to Parent’s and Merger Sub’s entering into this Agreement, certain
Stockholders have entered into a Voting Agreement with the Parent and Merger Sub
(the “Voting
Agreement”); and
WHEREAS,
the parties desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements in connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and also to prescribe certain conditions to the
Merger.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual agreements,
covenants, representations and warranties herein contained, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
THE
MERGER
SECTION
1.01 The
Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in this Agreement, and in accordance with the DGCL, Merger Sub shall be merged
with and into the Company at the Effective Time (the “Merger”). At
the Effective Time, the separate
corporate
existence of Merger Sub shall cease, and the Company shall continue as the
surviving corporation (the “Surviving
Corporation”) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and shall succeed
to and assume all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub in accordance with
the DGCL.
SECTION
1.02 Closing. The
closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take
place at 10:00 a.m., Minneapolis, Minnesota time, on the date (the “Closing Date”) that
is the second Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver (subject to
applicable Law) of the conditions set forth in Article VI (excluding conditions
that, by their terms, are to be satisfied on the Closing Date but subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of such conditions), unless another time or date is
agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. The Closing shall be held
at the offices of Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, Plaza VII, Suite 3300,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000, unless another place is
agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Business
Day” shall mean each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day
when commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by Law to
close.
SECTION
1.03 Effective
Time. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as
practicable on the Closing Date, the parties shall prepare and execute a
certificate of merger (the “Certificate of
Merger”) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL, and the
Surviving Corporation shall file the same with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. The Merger shall become effective upon the filing
of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware or at such subsequent time or date as Parent and the Company shall
agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger (the “Effective
Time”).
SECTION
1.04 Effects of the
Merger. The effects of the Merger shall be as provided in this
Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time, all the
property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger
Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and
duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and
duties of the Surviving Corporation, all as provided under the applicable Laws
of the State of Delaware. If at any time after the Effective Time any
further action is necessary to vest in the Surviving Corporation the title to
all property or rights of Merger Sub or the Company, the authorized officers and
directors of the Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name of
Merger Sub or the Company, as the case may be, to take, and shall take, any and
all such lawful action.
SECTION
1.05 Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws.
(a) At the
Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
shall be amended and restated in the Merger to read in its entirety as set forth
in Exhibit A
hereto and, as so amended and restated, shall be the certificate of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided
therein or by applicable Law.
(b) At the
Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company as the Surviving Corporation shall be
amended and restated in the Merger to conform in their entirety to the bylaws of
Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time (except that
all references to “Merger Sub” in the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall
be changed to refer
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to
“Virtual Radiologic Corporation”) and as set forth in Exhibit B hereto and,
as so amended and restated, shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
SECTION
1.06 Directors. The
parties hereto shall take, and cause to be taken, all actions necessary so that
the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
directors of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s
certificate of incorporation and the bylaws.
SECTION
1.07 Officers. The
officers of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
officers of the Surviving Corporation until the earlier of their death,
resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s
certificate of incorporation and the bylaws.
ARTICLE
II
CONVERSION
OF SECURITIES; MERGER CONSIDERATION
SECTION
2.01 Effect on Capital
Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the holder of any shares of capital stock of
the Company, Parent or Merger Sub:
(a) Cancellation of Parent and
Merger Sub Owned Company Common Stock; Treasury Stock. Each
share of Company Common Stock that is owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any other
subsidiary of Parent or by the Company as treasury stock immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease
to exist and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange
therefor.
(b) Conversion of Company Common
Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (not including, however,
those shares of Company Common Stock canceled pursuant to Section 2.01(a) and
Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into and become the right to receive an
amount in cash, without interest, equal to $17.25 (the “Merger
Consideration”). All shares of Company Common Stock that have
been converted in the Merger into the right to receive the Merger Consideration
shall be automatically canceled and shall cease to exist, and the holders of
Certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of
Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect to such shares
other than the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with
Section 2.02 of
this Agreement.
(c) Capital Stock of Merger
Sub. Each share of capital stock of Merger Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and
become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, and such shares shall
constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation as of the Effective Time.
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(d) Stock Options and Restricted
Stock.
(i) As of the
Effective Time, each Company Stock Option shall be accelerated in full so that
it becomes fully vested as of the Effective Time and shall without any action on
the part of any holder of any Company Stock Option (an “Optionholder”) be
canceled and the Optionholder will receive as soon as reasonably practicable
following the Effective Time a cash payment (without interest) with respect
thereto equal to the product of (A) the excess, if any, of the Merger
Consideration over the exercise price per share of such Company Stock Option and
(B) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of such
Company Stock Option (collectively, the “Option
Consideration”). (For the avoidance of doubt, each Company
Stock Option with an exercise price at or above the Merger Consideration shall
be canceled without any right to receive any consideration
therefor.) The Option Consideration shall be reduced by any
withholding or other Taxes that may be due as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Section
2.01.
(ii) As of the
Effective Time, the restrictions on each restricted share of Company Common
Stock (collectively, the “Company Restricted
Stock”) granted and then outstanding under the Company Stock Plans shall,
without any action on the part of the holder thereof, lapse immediately prior to
the Effective Time, and each such share of Company Restricted Stock shall be
fully vested in each holder thereof at such time, and each such share of Company
Restricted Stock will be treated at the Effective Time the same as, and have the
same rights, including the right to receive the Merger Consideration, and be
subject to the same conditions as, each share of Company Common Stock not
subject to any restrictions.
(iii) The Board
of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) or
compensation committee of the Company Board shall make such amendments and
adjustments to make such determinations with respect to, and cause to be taken
such actions with respect to, the Company Stock Options and Company Restricted
Stock as are necessary and legally permissible to implement the provisions of
this Section
2.01.
SECTION
2.02 Payment
Procedures.
(a) Parent to Make Merger
Consideration and Option Consideration Available. Prior to the
Effective Time, Parent shall (i) deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with a
bank or trust company designated by Parent and reasonably acceptable to the
Company (the “Paying
Agent”) in a separate fund (the “Exchange Fund”), for
the benefit of (x) the holders of certificates or evidence of shares in
book-entry form which immediately prior to the Effective Time evidence shares of
Company Common Stock (each a “Certificate”) and (y)
Optionholders, an amount in cash sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger
Consideration and the aggregate Option Consideration (collectively, the “Aggregate
Consideration”), and (ii) instruct the Paying Agent to timely pay the
Aggregate Consideration in accordance with this Agreement. The Aggregate
Consideration deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 2.02 shall be
invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent; provided, however, that any
such investment or any payment of earnings from any such investment shall not
(a) delay the receipt by the holders of record of the Certificates of the Merger
Consideration or otherwise impair such holders’ rights hereunder, or (b) delay
the receipt by the Optionholders of the Option Consideration or otherwise impair
such holders’ rights hereunder. Any interest or income produced by such
investments
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shall not
be deemed part of the Exchange Fund and shall be payable to the Surviving
Corporation. In the event that the funds in the Exchange Fund shall
be insufficient to make the payments contemplated by Section 2.01, Parent
shall promptly deposit, or cause to be deposited, additional funds with the
Paying Agent in an amount which is equal to the deficiency in the amount
required to make such payment. The Paying Agent shall cause the
Exchange Fund to be (i) held for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company
Common Stock and Company Stock Options and (ii) applied promptly to making the
payments provided for in Section
2.01. The Exchange Fund shall not be used for any purpose that
is not expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(b) No Further Ownership Rights
in Company Common Stock or Company Stock Options; Transfer
Books. The Merger Consideration and the Option Consideration
paid by the Paying Agent in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.02
upon conversion of any shares of Company Common Stock (including the Company
Restricted Stock) or Company Stock Options, as applicable, shall be deemed to
have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of
Company Common Stock or Company Stock Option, as applicable, and after the
Effective Time there shall be no further registration of transfers on the stock
transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Common Stock or
Company Stock Options that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the
Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent for any reason, they shall be canceled
and exchanged as provided in Section
2.03.
SECTION
2.03 Exchange of Shares;
Cancellation of Options.
(a) As soon
as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Paying Agent shall mail
to each holder of record of a Certificate a form of letter of transmittal (which
shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the
Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Paying
Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates
in exchange for payment of the Merger Consideration. Upon proper surrender of a
Certificate for exchange and cancellation to the Paying Agent, together with a
properly completed letter of transmittal, duly executed, the holder of such
Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger
Consideration that such former holder has the right to receive pursuant to the
provisions of Section
2.01, in each case, in respect of the Certificate surrendered pursuant to
the provisions of this Section 2.03, and the
Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled.
(b) If
payment of the Merger Consideration is to be made to any Person other than the
registered holder of the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor, it shall
be a condition of the payment thereof that the Certificate so surrendered shall
be properly endorsed (or accompanied by an appropriate instrument of transfer)
and otherwise in proper form for transfer, and that the Person requesting such
exchange shall pay to the Paying Agent in advance of any transfer or other
similar Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to
any Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or
required for any other reason relating to such holder or requesting Person, or
shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of the Paying Agent that such Tax
has been paid or is not payable.
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(c) As soon
as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Paying Agent shall
provide notice to each Optionholder which includes (i) a description of the
treatment of the Company Stock Options in accordance with Section 2.01(d) and
(ii) payment of the Option Consideration that such Person has the right to
receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.01(d) in
respect of such Optionholder’s Company Stock Options.
(d) Any
portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the Stockholders or
Optionholders for one (1) year after the Effective Time shall be paid, at the
request of Parent, to Parent. Any Stockholder or Optionholder who has not
theretofore complied with this Section 2.03 or, with
respect to the Optionholders, has not received their Option Consideration, shall
thereafter look only to Parent for payment of the Merger Consideration or Option
Consideration payable in respect of each share of Company Common Stock or
Company Stock Option held by such Person at the Effective Time as determined
pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, without any interest thereon.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of Parent, the
Company, the Paying Agent, Merger Sub or any other Person shall be liable to any
former Stockholder or Optionholder for any amount properly delivered to a public
official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar
laws.
(e) In the
event any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making
of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost,
stolen or destroyed and, if required by Parent, the posting by such Person of a
bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary (such
amount, however, not to exceed 20% of the Merger Consideration that the Person
is entitled to receive in respect of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate)
as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such
Certificate, the Paying Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration deliverable in respect thereof
pursuant to this Agreement.
(f) Parent,
Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent will be entitled to deduct and
withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby to any holder of Company Common Stock or
Company Stock Options such amounts as Parent, or any Affiliate thereof,
Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent are required to deduct and withhold
with respect to the making of such payment under the Code or any applicable
provision of U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. tax Law. To the extent that
such amounts are properly withheld by Parent, Surviving Corporation or the
Paying Agent, (i) Parent, Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent will
promptly pay such withheld amounts to the appropriate taxing authority, and (ii)
such withheld amounts will be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been paid to the Stockholder or Optionholder in respect of whom such
deduction and withholding were made by Parent, Surviving Corporation or the
Paying Agent.
SECTION
2.04 Adjustments to Prevent
Dilution. Without limiting the other provisions of this
Agreement, in the event that the Company changes the number of shares of Company
Common Stock issued and outstanding prior to the Effective Time as a result of a
reclassification, stock split (including a reverse stock split), stock dividend
or distribution, recapitalization, merger, subdivision, issuer tender or
exchange offer, or other similar transaction, the Merger Consideration shall be
equitably adjusted to reflect such change.
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SECTION
2.05 Dissenting
Shares.
(a) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Common Stock
that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by
Stockholders who shall not have voted in favor of the Merger or consented
thereto in writing and who are entitled to demand and shall have demanded
properly in writing appraisal for such shares in accordance, and who comply in
all respect with Section 262 of the DGCL (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”)
shall not be converted into or
represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration set forth in Section
2.01. Such Stockholders shall be entitled to receive only the
fair value of such shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 262 of
the DGCL, unless and until such Stockholders shall have failed to perfect or who
effectively shall have withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal of such
shares under Section 262 of the DGCL. If any holder of Dissenting
Shares shall have failed to perfect or shall have withdrawn or lost his, her, or
its rights to appraisal of such shares under Section 262 of the DGCL, such
shares shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into and to have become
exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive the Merger
Consideration specified in Section 2.01, without
any interest thereon, upon surrender, in the manner provided in Section 2.03, of the
Certificate or Certificates that formerly evidenced such Dissenting Shares and
the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall remain liable for the payment of the
Merger Consideration for such shares of Company Common Stock. At the
Effective Time, any holder of Dissenting Shares shall cease to have any rights
with respect thereto except the rights provided in Section 262 of the DGCL as
described in this Section
2.05.
(b) The
Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any demands for appraisal
received by the Company, withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments
served pursuant to the DGCL and received by the Company and (ii) the
opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands
for appraisal under the DGCL. The Company shall not, except with the
prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to any demands
for appraisal or offer to settle or settle any such demands.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as
set forth (a) other than with respect to the representations and warranties in
Section 3.02
(Capitalization), in reasonable detail in the Company’s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) required by the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act made between December 31, 2008 and the date
hereof (excluding any disclosure set forth therein under the heading “Risk
Factors” (other than factual information contained therein), any disclosures in
any section related to forward-looking statement to the extent that they are
primarily predictive, cautionary or forward looking in nature (other than
factual information contained therein), or any statements in Management’s
Discussion and Analysis) or (b) in the disclosure schedule of the Company
delivered to Parent concurrently herewith (the “Company Disclosure
Schedule”) (with specific reference to the section of this Agreement to
which the information stated in such Company Disclosure Schedule relates;
provided that (i) disclosure in any section of such Company Disclosure Schedule
shall be deemed to be disclosed with respect to any other Section of this
Agreement to the extent that it is reasonably apparent from the face of such
disclosure that such disclosure is applicable or relevant to such other Section
and (ii) the
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mere
inclusion of an item in such Company Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a
representation or warranty shall not be deemed an admission that such item
represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that
such item has had or would have a Company Material Adverse Effect), the Company
hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
SECTION
3.01 Corporate
Organization.
(a) The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has the corporate power and
corporate authority to own or lease all of its properties and assets and to
carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly licensed or
qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business currently conducted by it or the character or location of the
properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing or
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
As used in this Agreement, the term “Company Material Adverse
Effect” means any change, effect, event, circumstance, condition,
occurrence or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or
would be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on (i) the
business, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices taken as a whole
or (ii) the Company’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
on a timely basis; provided, however, that in
determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred, there shall
be excluded any effect on the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated
Medical Practices relating to or arising in connection with (A) the negotiation,
execution, delivery or public announcement or the pendency of this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby or any actions expressly required to be
taken in compliance herewith or otherwise with the written consent of the other
party hereto, including the impact thereof on the relationships of the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Affiliated Medical Practices with
customers, vendors, licensors, consultants, employees or independent contractors
or other third parties with whom the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
the Affiliated Medical Practices has any relationship and including any
litigation brought by any Stockholder in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby, (B) any change in the market price or trading volume of the
Company’s securities or any effect resulting from any such change, (but not, in
each case, the underlying cause of such change or effect), (C) any failure by
the Company to meet any projections or forecasts for any period ending (or for
which revenues or earnings are released) on or after the date hereof (but not,
in each case, the underlying cause of such change or effect), (D) any
change in federal, state, non-U.S. or local Law, regulations, policies or
procedures, or interpretations thereof, (E) any change in United States
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) or regulatory
accounting requirements applicable or potentially applicable to the industries
in which the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
operate, (F) changes generally affecting the industries in which the Company,
its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices operate, (G) changes in
economic conditions (including changes in the prevailing interest rates) in the
United States, in any region thereof, or in any non-U.S. or global economy or
(H) any attack on, or by, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of
terrorism involving, the United States, or any declaration of war by the United
States Congress or any hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster, except
to the extent such effects relating to or arising in connection with matters
described in (x) clauses (D)
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and (F)
above disproportionately affect the teleradiology industry, as compared to other
companies that conduct business in the healthcare industry and (y) clauses (E),
(G) and (H) above disproportionately affect the Company, its Subsidiaries, and
Affiliated Medical Practices, taken as a whole, as compared to other companies
that conduct business in the industries in which the Company, its Subsidiaries
and Affiliated Medical Practices conduct business.
(b) The
copies of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Company which have
previously been made available to Parent are true, complete and correct copies
of such documents as in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
(c) Each
Subsidiary of the Company and each of the Affiliated Medical Practices (i) is
duly organized and validly existing as a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity, as the case may be, under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization, (ii) is duly licensed or qualified to do business
and is in good standing in all jurisdictions (whether federal, state, local or
non-U.S.) where its ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of its
business requires it to be so licensed or qualified and in which the failure to
be so qualified would reasonably be expected to result in, either individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) has all
requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to own or lease
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now
conducted.
(d) The
minute books of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices previously made available to Parent contain true, complete and
correct records in all material respects of all meetings and other material
corporate actions held or taken since January 1, 2008 of their respective
stockholders, members, partners or other equity holders and Boards of Directors
or other governing bodies (including committees of their respective Boards of
Directors or other governing bodies) through the date hereof.
SECTION
3.02 Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of One Hundred Million
(100,000,000) shares of Company Common Stock and Six Million Three Hundred
Seventy Thousand (6,370,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “Company
Preferred Stock”). As of the close of business on May 13, 2010 (the
“Capitalization
Date”), there were Sixteen Million Three Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Six
Hundred and Nine (16,326,609) shares of Company Common Stock outstanding
(including shares of Company Restricted Stock) and no shares of Company
Preferred Stock Outstanding. As of the close of business on the Capitalization
Date, no shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock were reserved
or to be made available for issuance, except as set forth in Section 3.02(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule. All of the issued and outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability
attaching to the ownership thereof. As of the date of this Agreement, except (i)
as set forth in Section 3.02(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, (ii) pursuant to any cashless exercise
provisions of any Company Stock Options or pursuant to the surrender of shares
to the Company or the withholding of shares by the Company to cover Tax
withholding obligations under the Company’s stock plans and arrangements set
forth in Section
3.02(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (collectively, and in each
case as the same may be amended to the date hereof, the “Company Stock
Plans”), and
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(iii) as
set forth elsewhere in this Section 3.02(a), the
Company does not have and is not bound by any outstanding subscriptions,
options, warrants, calls, commitments or agreements of any character calling for
the purchase or issuance of any shares of Company Common Stock or any other
equity securities of the Company or any securities representing the right to
purchase or otherwise receive any shares of the Company Common Stock (including
any rights plan or agreement). Section 3.02(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of
the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the
exercise of each Company Stock Option and each share of Company Restricted Stock
granted under the Company Stock Plans that was outstanding as of the
Capitalization Date and the exercise price for each such Company Stock
Option. Since the Capitalization Date, the Company has not (i) issued
or repurchased any shares of its capital stock or any securities convertible
into or exercisable for any shares of its capital stock, other than upon the
exercise of employee stock options granted prior to such date and disclosed in
this Section
3.02(a) or pursuant to the surrender of shares to the Company or the
withholding of shares by the Company to cover Tax withholding obligations under
the Company Stock Plans, or (ii) issued or awarded any options, restricted
shares or other equity-based awards under the Company Stock Plans or
otherwise.
(b) Section 3.02(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the name, jurisdiction of organization,
authorized and outstanding shares of capital stock and record and beneficial
owners of such capital stock for each Subsidiary of the
Company. Except as set forth in Section 3.02(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or similar interest in, or any interest
convertible into or exchangeable for, any equity or similar interest in, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other similar business association or
entity. Except as set forth in Section 3.02(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of or all other equity
interests in each of the Company’s Subsidiaries free and clear of any Liens, and
all of such shares are duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid,
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, with no personal liability
attaching to the ownership thereof. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has or is bound by any outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, calls, commitments or agreements of any character calling for the
purchase, sale or issuance of any shares of capital stock or any other equity
security of any Subsidiary of the Company or any securities representing the
right to purchase or otherwise receive any shares of capital stock or any other
equity security of any such Subsidiary.
(c) Section 3.02(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the name, jurisdiction of organization,
authorized and outstanding shares of capital stock or membership interests, as
applicable, for each of the Affiliated Medical Practices and the record and
beneficial owners of such capital stock and membership interests.
SECTION
3.03 Authority; No
Violation.
(a) The
Company has full corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and, subject to receipt of the Company Required Vote, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company Board at a duly
held meeting has (i) determined that this Agreement and the Merger are in
the best interests of the Company
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and the
Stockholders and declared this Agreement and the Merger to be advisable,
(ii) approved the Merger, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) subject to
Section 5.10,
recommended that the Stockholders adopt this Agreement and directed that this
Agreement be submitted for consideration by the Stockholders at the Company
Stockholder Meeting. Except for the adoption of this Agreement by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock
entitled to vote at the Company Stockholder Meeting or by written consent of a
majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Company Required
Vote”), no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are
necessary to approve this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Company and (assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by Parent and Merger Sub) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity whether applied in a
court of law or a court of equity and by bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally (the “Bankruptcy and Equity
Exceptions”).
(b) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company nor the consummation
by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger),
nor compliance by the Company with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will
(i) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
the Company or any of the similar governing documents of any of its Subsidiaries
or the Affiliated Medical Practices or (ii) assuming that the consents,
approvals and filings referred to in Section 3.04 are duly
obtained or made, (A) violate any statute, code, ordinance, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ, decree or injunction applicable to the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, any of the Affiliated Medical Practices or any of their
respective properties or assets, or (B) violate, conflict with, result in a
breach of any provision of, or require redemption or repurchase or otherwise
require the purchase or sale of any securities, constitute a default (or an
event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default)
under, result in the termination of or a right of termination or cancellation
under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the creation of any
Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliated Medical Practices under, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust,
license, lease, agreement or other instrument or obligation to which the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliated Medical Practices is a
party, or by which they or any of their respective properties or assets may be
bound or affected, except (in the case of clause (ii) above) for such
violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults or other events which, either
individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in
a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.04 Consents and
Approvals. No consents or approvals of, or filings or
registrations with, any federal or state court, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality or self-regulatory
organization of competent jurisdiction (each a “Governmental Entity”)
or with any third Person are necessary in connection with the execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) any
notices required to be filed under the HSR Act, (b) the filing with the SEC of a
proxy statement in definitive form relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting
(the “Proxy
Statement”) as well
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as any
other filings required to be made with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act, (c) any filings required by the rules and regulations of the
Nasdaq Stock Market (d) the filing of the Certificate of Merger in accordance
with the DGCL, and (e) consents or approvals of, or filings or registrations
with, Governmental Entities or third Persons, the failure of which to be
obtained or made would not be reasonably expected to result in, individually or
in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.05 SEC
Filings. The Company has filed all forms, reports, statements,
certifications and other documents (including all exhibits, amendments and
supplements thereto) required to be filed by it with the SEC since January 1,
2008 (collectively, the “Company SEC
Reports”). Each of the Company SEC Reports, as amended prior
to the date of this Agreement, complied as to form in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”) and
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), each
as in effect on the date so filed (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior
to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such subsequent
filing). None of the Company SEC Reports contained, when filed or, if
amended or supplemented prior to the date hereof, as of the date of such
amendment or supplement, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated or incorporated by reference therein
or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
SECTION
3.06 Financial
Statements.
(a) Each of
the financial statements included (or incorporated by reference) in the Company
SEC Reports (including the related notes, where applicable), after giving effect
to any restatements made by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement,
fairly present in all material respects (subject, in the case of the unaudited
statements, to normal recurring adjustments, none of which would be reasonably
expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect) the results of the consolidated operations and changes in
stockholders’ equity and consolidated financial position of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices for the respective fiscal
periods or as of the respective dates therein set forth. Each of such financial
statements (including the related notes, where applicable), after giving effect
to any restatements made by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement,
complies in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and
with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto and
each of such financial statements (including the related notes, where
applicable) has been prepared in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on the date
or for the period with respect to which such principles are applied, in all
material respects consistently applied during the periods involved, except in
each case as indicated in such statements or in the notes thereto or, in the
case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q. The books and records
of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices have been,
and are being, maintained in all material respects in accordance with GAAP and
any other applicable legal and accounting requirements.
(b) The
records, systems, controls, data and information of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices are recorded, stored,
maintained and operated
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under
means (including any electronic, mechanical or photographic process, whether
computerized or not) that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control
of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices or
accountants (including all means of access thereto and therefrom), except for
any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the system of internal accounting
controls described below in this Section 3.06(b). The
Company (i) has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) to ensure that
material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated
Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices, is made known to the chief
executive officer and the chief financial officer of the Company by others
within those entities and (ii) has disclosed, based on its most recent
evaluation prior to the date hereof, to the Company’s outside auditors and the
audit committee of the Company Board (A) any significant deficiencies and
material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over
financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange
Act) which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial
reporting.
SECTION
3.07 Broker’s
Fees. Except for the Company’s engagement of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
& Co., neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of the
Affiliated Medical Practices has employed any broker or finder or incurred any
liability for any broker’s fees, commissions or finder’s fees in connection with
any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION
3.08 Absence of Certain Changes
or Events.
(a) Except as
set forth in Section
3.08(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since January 1, 2010, no
event has occurred which would reasonably be expected to result in, individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as
set forth in Section
3.08(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as contemplated by this
Agreement or permitted under Section 5.03, since
January 1, 2010, the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical
Practices have carried on their respective businesses in all material respects
in the Ordinary Course of Business.
SECTION
3.09 Legal
Proceedings.
(a) As of the
date of this Agreement, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated
Medical Practices is a party to any, and there are no pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened, material legal, administrative, arbitral
or other proceedings, claims, actions or governmental or regulatory
investigations of any nature (i) against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
any of the Affiliated Medical Practices that would reasonably be expected to
result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect
or (ii) challenging the validity or propriety of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. “Knowledge of the
Company” means the actual knowledge of the directors and executive
officers of the Company listed in Section 3.09(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, in each
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case
without such individual being obligated to conduct any special inquiry or
investigation into the affairs or records of the Company, its Subsidiaries or
the Affiliated Medical Practices. The directors and executive officers of the
Company listed in Section 3.09(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule shall not be deemed to have knowledge (actual,
constructive or otherwise) of any fact, event, condition or occurrence known or
deemed to be known by any other person other than as expressly set forth in the
foregoing sentence.
(b) As of the
date of this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 3.09(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries,
any of the Affiliated Medical Practices or any of their respective businesses or
properties are subject to or bound by any injunction, order, judgment, decree or
regulatory restriction of any Governmental Entity specifically imposed upon the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any of the Affiliated Medical Practices or
their respective assets which would reasonably be expected to result in,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.10 Taxes.
(a) Except as
set forth in Section
3.10(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule: (i) each of the Company, its
Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices has (A) duly and timely filed
(including pursuant to applicable extensions granted without penalty) all
material Tax Returns required to be filed by it, and such Tax Returns are true,
correct and complete in all material respects, (B) timely paid in full all
material amounts of Taxes due and owing (whether or not shown on any Tax Return)
except for Taxes being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which adequate reserves have been established on the latest audited
financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and (C) made adequate provision in
its financial statements in accordance with GAAP for payment of all material
amounts of Taxes that are not yet due and payable; (ii) no material deficiencies
for any Taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed in writing against the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Affiliated Medical Practices
which deficiencies have not since been resolved; and (iii) there are no
material Liens for Taxes upon any of the assets of the Company, its Subsidiaries
or the Affiliated Medical Practices except for statutory liens for current Taxes
not yet due, or Liens for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established on
the latest financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
(b) Except as
set forth in Section
3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company, its
Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices (i) is or has ever been a
member of an “affiliated group” (other than, with respect to the Company, a
group the common parent of which is the Company) filing an affiliated,
consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return, or (ii) has any liability for
Taxes of any Person (other than, with respect to, the Company, and its
Subsidiaries) arising from the application of Treasury Regulation section
1.1502-6 or any analogous provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law, as a
transferee or successor, or by contract (other than customary Tax
indemnifications contained in commercial agreements the primary purpose of which
does not relate to Taxes).
(c) No
closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision
of state, local or non-U.S. Law) has been entered into by or with respect to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical
Practices.
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(d) None of
the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices has been a
“distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in any distribution
occurring during the last two (2) years in which the parties to such
distribution treated the distribution as one to which Section 355 of the Code is
applicable.
(e) All Taxes
required to be withheld, collected or deposited by or with respect to the
Company and each Subsidiary and Affiliated Medical Practice have been timely
withheld, collected or deposited as the case may be, and to the extent required,
have been paid to the relevant taxing authority, except for failures to so
withhold, collect or deposit that are immaterial, individually and in the
aggregate, or for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance
with GAAP.
(f) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices (i)
has granted any waiver of any federal, state, local or non-U.S. statute of
limitations with respect to, or granted any extension of a period for the
assessment of, any Tax, which waiver or extension has not since expired; (ii) is
a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement; (iii) has engaged in any
listed transaction described in Treasury Regulation section 1.6011-4(b)(2); or
(iv) has received written notice from a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction
where the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
do not file Tax Returns claiming that the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or
the Affiliated Medical Practices is or may be subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction.
(g) As used
herein, “Taxes”
shall mean all taxes, charges, levies, fees or other assessments imposed by any
United States federal, state, local or non-U.S. taxing authority, including
income, excise, property, sales, transfer, franchise, payroll, withholding,
social security or other similar taxes, including any interest, penalties or
additions to tax attributable thereto.
(h) As used
herein, “Tax
Return” shall mean any return, report, information return or other
document (including any related or supporting information) filed or required to
be filed with any taxing authority with respect to Taxes, including all
information returns relating to Taxes of third parties, any claims for refunds
of Taxes and any amendments or supplements to any of the foregoing.
SECTION
3.11 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Section 3.11(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list or
description of each material employee benefit plan, arrangement, policy, program
or agreement and any amendments or modifications thereof (including any stock
purchase, stock option, stock incentive, severance, employment,
change-in-control, health/welfare plans, fringe benefit, bonus, incentive,
deferred compensation, pension and other agreements, programs, policies and
arrangements, whether formal or informal, oral or written, whether or not
subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”)) that
is sponsored, maintained or contributed to as of the date of this Agreement by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
(collectively, the “Company Benefit
Plans”).
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(b) Except as
set forth in Section
3.11(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company has previously
provided or made available to Parent true and complete copies of each of the
Company Benefit Plans and each of the following (if applicable): (i) the
most recent actuarial valuation report for each Company Benefit Plan, (ii) the
most recent determination letter from the IRS for each Company Benefit Plan,
(iii) any summary plan description by the Company, its Subsidiaries or the
Affiliated Medical Practices concerning the extent of the benefits provided
under a Company Benefit Plan, (iv) any related trust agreement or other funding
instrument, and (v) the most recent Form 5500, including the attached schedules,
required to have been filed with the IRS.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any Person treated as a single employer with the Company under
Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code maintains or is required to
contribute to any Company Benefit Plan that (i) is a “multiemployer plan” as
defined in Sections 3(37) of ERISA, (ii) is subject to the funding requirements
of Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, or (iii) provides for
post-retirement medical, life insurance or other welfare-type benefits (other
than as required by Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or Section 4980B of
the Code or under a similar state Law).
(d) The
Company Benefit Plans and their related trusts intended to qualify under
Sections 401 and 501(a) of the Code are subject to current favorable
determination or opinion letters from the IRS and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, nothing has occurred that is reasonably likely to result in the
revocation of such letter, except where the failure to so comply would not
reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(e) The
Company Benefit Plans have been maintained and administered in all material
respects in accordance with their terms and applicable laws except where the
failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(f) There are
no suits, actions, disputes, claims (other than routine claims for benefits),
arbitrations, administrative or other proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Company, threatened with respect to any Company Benefit Plan or any
related trust or other funding medium thereunder or with respect to the Company
as the sponsor or fiduciary thereof or with respect to any other fiduciary
thereof, which would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
(g) None of
the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliated Medical Practices is a party to any
contract, agreement, plan or arrangement covering any employee or former
employee thereof that, individually or collectively, could give rise to
imposition of any excise tax or the payment of any amount that would not be
deductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code. Except (i) as set
forth in Section
3.11(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (ii) as would not result in
any Taxes or other liabilities to the Company, its Subsidiaries or any employees
of the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $100,000, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not by itself (x) result in
any payment of severance or other compensation becoming due to any current or
former employee or independent contractor, (y) increase any benefits under any
Company Benefit Plan, or (z) result
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in the
acceleration of the time of payment, vesting or funding of any such benefits
under any Company Benefit Plan.
SECTION
3.12 Compliance with Applicable
Law; Permits.
(a) None of
the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices is in
violation of, or has violated, any applicable provisions of any applicable Law
or requirements of any Governmental Entity, except for any such violations
which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Each of
the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices holds all
permits, licenses, approvals, authorization, registrations, franchises,
certificates, notifications, exemptions and other authorizations from all
Governmental Entities (“Permits”) required to
operate and to carry on its business as currently conducted, except where the
failure to hold such Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and
would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect. All Permits are in all material respects, in full force and
effect and since January 1, 2008, none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the
Affiliated Medical Practices has received any written notice from any
Governmental Entity asserting that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
Affiliated Medical Practices is not in material compliance with any Law or
material Permit or threatening to suspend, revoke, revise, limit or terminate
any material Permit held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
Affiliated Medical Practices.
(c) Except
where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Company
Material Adverse Effect, each of the physicians who provides radiology services
for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
(i) is, solely with respect to providing radiology services for the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices, licensed to
practice medicine in each of the states in which (1) such physician practices
medicine and (2) the patients for which such physician provides radiology
interpretations received imaging services, (ii) has, solely with respect to
providing radiology services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the
Affiliated Medical Practices, obtained medical staff privileges at any hospitals
at which such physician provides radiology interpretations, and (iii) to the
Knowledge of the Company, is not now or has never been during the time such
physician has performed radiology services for the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices, excluded by any Federal Health
Care Program.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Section 3.12, no
representation or warranty shall be deemed to be made in this Section 3.12 in
respect of the matters referenced in Sections 3.05 or
3.06 or in
respect of environmental, Tax, employee benefits or labor Law matters, each of
which matters is addressed by other sections of this Agreement.
SECTION
3.13 Certain
Contracts.
(a) Except
for this Agreement, the Company Benefit Plans and as set forth in Section 3.13(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, as of the date hereof, none of the Company, its
Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices is a party to nor is bound by
any
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contract,
arrangement, commitment or understanding (whether written or oral)
(i) which is a material contract (as defined in Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K of the SEC) to be performed after the date of this Agreement,
(ii) which materially restricts the rights of the Company, its Subsidiaries or
the Affiliated Medical Practices to compete in any line of business in any
geographic area or with any Person, or which requires exclusive referrals of
business or requires the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical
Practices to offer specified products or services to their customers on a
priority or exclusive basis, (iii) with or to a labor union or guild (including
any collective bargaining agreement), (iv) which relates to the incurrence
of Indebtedness in the principal amount of $100,000 or more, (v) which grants
any Person a right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with
respect to any material properties, assets or businesses of the Company, its
Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices, or (vi) which involves the
purchase or sale of assets with an aggregate purchase price of $100,000 or
more. Each contract, arrangement, commitment or understanding of the
type described in this Section 3.13(a),
whether or not publicly disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the
date hereof or set forth in Section 3.13(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, is referred to herein as a “Company Contract”,
and none of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
has received written notice of any material violation of a Company Contract by
any of the other parties thereto. The Company has made available all contracts
which involved payments by the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated
Medical Practices in fiscal year 2009 of more than $100,000 or which could
reasonably be expected to involve such payments during fiscal year 2010 of more
than $100,000, other than any such contract that is terminable at will on sixty
(60) days or less notice without payment of a penalty in excess of $50,000, or
other than any contract entered into on or after the date hereof that is
permitted under the provisions of Section
5.03.
(b) Except as
set forth in Section
3.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) each Company Contract is
valid and binding on the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical
Practices, as applicable, and in full force and effect (other than due to the
ordinary expiration of the term thereof), and, to the Knowledge of the Company,
is valid and binding on the other parties thereto, in each case, as
enforceability may be limited by the Bankruptcy and Equity Exceptions, (ii) each
of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices has
performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under
each Company Contract, and (iii) no event or condition exists which constitutes
or, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default
on the part of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
under any such Company Contract, except, in each case, with respect to the
foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) as would not reasonably be expected to
result in, either individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
3.14 Undisclosed
Liabilities. Except for (a) liabilities that are fully
reflected or reserved against on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company
included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
Xxxxx 00, 0000, (x) liabilities incurred since March 31, 2010 in the Ordinary
Course of Business, (c) liabilities arising under the terms of (but not from any
breach or default under) any agreement, contract, commitment, license, permit,
lease or other instrument or obligation that is either (i) disclosed in the
Company Disclosure Schedule or (ii) not required to be so disclosed by the terms
of this Agreement (and including any of the foregoing types of instruments or
obligations that are entered into or obtained after the date of this Agreement,
as long such action does not result in a breach of this
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Agreement),
(d) liabilities incurred pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or (e) liabilities that would not
reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of
the Affiliated Medical Practices has any liability of any nature whatsoever
(whether absolute, accrued or contingent or otherwise and whether due or to
become due) that would be required by GAAP to be reflected in the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company.
SECTION
3.15 Anti-Takeover
Provisions. To the Knowledge of the Company and subject to the
accuracy of Parent’s and Merger Sub’s representations and warranties contained
in Section 4.11
below, no Takeover Statute or similar statute or regulation applies or purports
to apply to the Company with respect to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION
3.16 Company
Information. The information relating to the Company, its
Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices to be included in the Proxy
Statement will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement
(except for such portions thereof that relate only to Parent, Merger Sub or any
of their respective Subsidiaries) will comply as to form in all material
respects with the Exchange Act.
SECTION
3.17 Title to
Property.
(a) Real
Property. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries nor the
Affiliated Medical Practices owns, or has ever owned, any real
property.
(b) Personal
Property. The Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices have good, valid and marketable title to all tangible personal
property owned by it on the date hereof, free and clear of all Liens other than
Permitted Liens, except where the failure to have such title would not
reasonably be expected to result in, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. With respect to personal property used in the
business of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices
which is leased rather than owned, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary or
Affiliated Medical Practice is in default under the terms of any such lease the
loss of which would reasonably be expected to result in, either individually or
in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Leased
Property. All leases of real property and all other leases
material to the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices
under which the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliated Medical Practice, as lessee,
leases real or personal property are valid and binding in accordance with their
respective terms, there is not under such lease any material existing default by
the Company or such Subsidiary or Affiliated Medical Practice or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, the lessors thereunder, or any event which with notice
or lapse of time would constitute such a default, and in the case of real estate
leases the Company or such Subsidiary or Affiliated Medical Practice quietly
enjoys the premises provided for in such lease except, in each case, as would
not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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As used herein, “Permitted Liens”
means (i) Liens publicly disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the
date hereof, (ii) Liens disclosed in Section 3.17 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, (iii) Liens for current Taxes not yet due and
payable and other standard exceptions commonly found in title policies in the
jurisdiction where the property is located, (iv) such encumbrances and
imperfections of title, if any, as do not materially detract from the value of
the properties and do not materially interfere with the present or proposed use
of such properties or otherwise materially impair such operations, (v) Liens
imposed or promulgated by laws with respect to real property and improvements,
including zoning regulations, (vi) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s
and similar Liens incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business or (vii) Liens
that would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.18 Insurance. The
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices are insured with
reputable insurers against such risks and in such amounts as the management of
the Company reasonably has determined to be prudent in accordance with industry
practice (taking into account the cost and availability of such insurance)
except as would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices are in compliance with its
insurance policies and is not in default under any of the terms thereof, except
for any such non-compliance or default that would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each such policy is outstanding and
in full force and effect (other than due to the ordinary expiration of the term
thereof). All premiums and other payments due under any such policy have been
paid.
SECTION
3.19 Environmental
Liability. Except in each case as would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect:
(a) The
operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices
are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance
includes obtaining, maintaining and complying with any Permits required under
all applicable Environmental Laws necessary to operate their respective
businesses (“Environmental
Permits”);
(b) The
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices are not subject
to any pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claim alleging
that the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices may be in
violation of any Environmental Law or any Environmental Permit or may have any
liability under any Environmental Law; and
(c) There are
no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened investigations of the
businesses of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
or any currently or, to the Knowledge of the Company, previously owned or leased
property of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices
under Environmental Laws, which would reasonably be expected to result in the
Company, its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices incurring any
material liability pursuant to any Environmental Law.
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SECTION
3.20 Intellectual
Property. The Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices own, or have rights to use, all inventions, know-how, patents,
patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, trade
names, copyrights, domain names, trade secrets and other similar rights that are
used in the conduct of their respective businesses as currently operated which
the failure to so have would have or reasonably be expected to result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect (collectively, the “Intellectual Property
Rights”). Section 3.20 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of the
Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ and the Affiliated Medical Practices’ material
Intellectual Property Rights. The Intellectual Property Rights have not expired
or terminated, nor are they expected to expire or terminate, within three (3)
years from the date of this Agreement. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries or
the Affiliated Medical Practices has received written notice that any
Intellectual Property Right used by the Company, its Subsidiaries or the
Affiliated Medical Practices violates or infringes upon the rights of any third
Person. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property Rights do not
infringe any patent, copyright, trademark, trade name or other proprietary
rights of any third Person, and there is no claim, action or proceeding being
made or brought against, or to the Knowledge of the Company, being threatened
against, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical
Practices or any of the Intellectual Property Rights. To the Knowledge of the
Company, there is no infringement by another Person of any of its Intellectual
Property Rights and none of its Intellectual Property Rights are unenforceable.
The Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices have taken
commercially reasonable security measures to protect the secrecy,
confidentiality and value of all of the Intellectual Property
Rights.
SECTION
3.21 Labor
Matters.
(a) None of
the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ employees is covered by a collective
bargaining agreement and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no union or
other organization seeking or claiming to represent any such
employees.
(b) There is
no labor dispute, strike, work stoppage or lockout, or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, threat thereof, by or with respect to any of the Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ employees.
(c) The
Company and its Subsidiaries have not engaged in any unfair labor practice, and
to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or threatened labor board
proceeding of any kind, including any such proceeding against the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(d) No
grievance or arbitration demand or proceeding has been filed, or to the
Company’s Knowledge, is threatened against the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
(e) No
citation has been issued by OSHA against the Company or its Subsidiaries and no
notice of contest, claim, complaint, charge, investigation or other
administrative enforcement proceeding involving the Company or its Subsidiaries
has been filed or is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against
the Company or its Subsidiaries under OSHA or any other applicable Law relating
to occupational safety and health.
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(f) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action that would
constitute a “mass layoff,” “mass termination” or “plant closing” within the
meaning of the United States Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
or otherwise trigger notice requirements or liability under any federal, local,
state or foreign plant closing notice or collective dismissal Law.
(g) To the
Company’s Knowledge, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance
with all applicable laws, regulations and orders governing or concerning labor
relations, union and collective bargaining, conditions of employment, employment
discrimination and harassment, wages, hours or occupational safety and health,
including, without limitation, ERISA, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of
1986, the National Labor Relations Act, the Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1964,
the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with
Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act, OSHA, the Xxxxx-Xxxxx Act, the Xxxxx-Xxxxx Act, the
Service Contract Act, Executive Order 11246, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
and all regulations under such acts, except where such non-compliance would not
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
3.22 Certain Business
Practices. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, the
Affiliated Medical Practices or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any directors
or officers, agents or employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries or the
Affiliated Medical Practices, has (a) used any funds for unlawful contributions,
gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses related to political activity;
(b) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees or to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated
any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; or (c)
made any payment in the nature of criminal bribery.
SECTION
3.23 Opinion of Financial
Advisor. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. has delivered to
the Company Board its opinion to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion
and subject to the assumptions and qualifications set forth therein, the Merger
Consideration to be received by the Stockholders is fair, from a financial point
of view, to such Stockholders.
SECTION
3.24 No Other Representations or
Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties
expressly contained in this Article III (as
modified by the Company Disclosure Schedule), neither the Company nor any other
Person makes any other express or implied representation or warranty with
respect to the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, the Affiliated Medical
Practices or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the Company
disclaims any other representations or warranties, whether made by the Company
or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents or
representatives. Except for the representations and warranties expressly
contained in this Article III, the
Company hereby disclaims all liability and responsibility for any
representation, warranty, projection, forecast, statement, or information made,
communicated, or furnished (orally or in writing) to Parent, Merger Sub or any
of their Affiliates or representatives (including any opinion, information,
projection, or advice that may have been or may be provided to Parent by any
director, officer, employee, agent, consultant, or representative of the Company
or any of its Affiliates).
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ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Parent
and Merger Sub, jointly and severally, hereby represent and warrant as
follows:
SECTION
4.01 Organization. Each
of Parent and Merger Sub is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation. Each of
Parent and Merger Sub has the power and authority to own or lease all of its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted,
and is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which
the nature of the business currently conducted by it or the character or
location of the properties and assets owned or leased by it makes such licensing
or qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed or
qualified would not reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material
Adverse Effect. The copies of the formation documents of Parent and
Merger Sub which have previously been made available to the Company are true,
complete and correct copies of such documents as in effect as of the date of
this Agreement. As used in this Agreement, a “Parent Material Adverse
Effect” means a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or
Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a
timely manner or otherwise prevent or materially delay Parent or Merger Sub from
performing any of its material obligations under this Agreement.
SECTION
4.02 Authority Relative to this
Agreement. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite
right and power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the documents and
instruments to be executed and delivered by it pursuant hereto, and to perform
its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and
performance by Parent or Merger Sub of this Agreement and the documents and
instruments to be executed and delivered by them pursuant hereto have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action, as
applicable. This Agreement and the documents and instruments to be
executed and delivered pursuant hereto by Parent or Merger Sub are and will be
the legal, valid and binding obligations of Parent and Merger Sub, respectively,
enforceable against them in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement
may be limited by the Bankruptcy and Equity Exceptions.
SECTION
4.03 Consents and Approvals; No
Violations.
(a) Except
for applicable requirements of the HSR Act, and the filing of the Certificate of
Merger in accordance with the DGCL, no filing or registration with, and no
permit, authorization, consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity or third
Person is necessary for (i) the execution and delivery by Parent or Merger Sub
of this Agreement and the adoption of this Agreement by Parent, in its capacity
as sole stockholder of Merger Sub or (ii) the consummation by Parent or Merger
Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) Neither
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the documents and instruments to
be executed and delivered pursuant hereto by Parent or Merger Sub nor the
consummation by Parent or Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, nor
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compliance
by Parent or Merger Sub with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will (i)
conflict with or result in any breach of any provision of the respective
organizational documents of Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) assuming the filings,
consents and approvals referred to in Section 4.03(a) are
duly obtained or made (A) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute
(with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default or give rise to
any right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of or loss of a material
benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien in or upon any of the
properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub under, or require any consent,
approval or notice under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any
note, bond, mortgage, indenture, license, contract, agreement, lease or other
instrument or obligation to which either Parent or Merger Sub is a party or (B)
violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or any of their properties or
assets.
SECTION
4.04 Litigation.
(a) There is
no legal action, suit, arbitration, or other legal or administrative proceeding
or investigation before any Governmental Entity pending or, to the Knowledge of
Parent, threatened, that questions the validity of this Agreement or any other
documents or instruments to be executed and delivered by Parent or Merger Sub
pursuant hereto, or the right of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this
Agreement or any such other documents or instruments, or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. As used herein, “to the Knowledge of
Parent” shall mean the actual knowledge of the officers of Parent or
Merger Sub.
(b) There is
no injunction, order, judgment, decree or regulatory restriction of any
Governmental Entity specifically imposed upon Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or the assets of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
respective Subsidiaries which has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to
result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
4.05 Brokers, Finders and
Investment Bankers. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has employed
any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any broker’s fees,
commissions or finder’s fees in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION
4.06 Parent
Information. The information relating to Parent and its
Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub) to be provided by Parent to be contained in
the Proxy Statement, any filing pursuant to Rule 14a-12 or Rule 14a-6 under the
Exchange Act or in any other document filed with any other Governmental Entity
in connection herewith, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.
SECTION
4.07 No Business Activities by
Merger Sub. All of the outstanding capital stock of Merger Sub
is owned by Parent. Other than this Agreement, the Voting Agreement and any
other agreement entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, Merger Sub is not a party to any contract and has not conducted any
activities other than in connection with the organization of Merger Sub, the
negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Merger Sub has no
Subsidiaries.
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SECTION
4.08 Funds. Immediately
prior to the Effective Time, Parent will have sufficient immediately available
funds to enable Parent to pay in full the Aggregate Consideration and all fees
and expenses payable by Parent in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, Parent’s ability to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby is not contingent on Parent’s ability to complete any public offering or
private placement of equity or debt securities or to obtain any other type of
financing prior to or on the Effective Time.
SECTION
4.09 Ownership of Company Common
Stock; No Other Agreements. Neither Parent, Merger Sub nor any
of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates or
associates (as such term is defined under the Exchange Act)
(a) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, or (b) is a party to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
voting or disposing of, in case of either clause (a) or (b), any Company Common
Stock, in each case, except in accordance with this Agreement, including the
Merger, and the Voting Agreement. Neither Parent, Merger Sub nor any
of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates or
associates (as such term is defined under the Exchange Act) has entered into any
contract or agreement with any officer or director of the Company in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the Voting
Agreement.
SECTION
4.10
No Vote
Required. No approval of the stockholders of Parent is
required to approve this Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated hereby, other than those obtained prior to the date
hereof.
SECTION
4.11 Solvency. As
of the Effective Time and immediately after giving effect to all of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger and all
payments contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the Merger and
payment of all related fees and expenses of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and
their respective Subsidiaries in connection therewith, and assuming (i) the
accuracy as of the Effective Time in all material respects of the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article III (ignoring
all Company Material Adverse Effect qualifiers) and (ii) any projections made
available to Parent by the Company have been prepared in good faith based upon
reasonable assumptions: (a) the amount of the “fair saleable value” of the
assets of the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
will exceed (i) the value of all liabilities of the Surviving Corporation
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and (ii) the amount that will
be required to pay the liabilities of the Surviving Corporation and its
Subsidiaries on their existing debts as such debts become absolute and matured,
(b) the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
will not have an unreasonably small amount of capital for the operation of the
businesses in which they are engaged or proposed to be engaged, and (c) the
Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis will be able
to pay their liabilities, as they mature. For purposes of the foregoing, “not
have an unreasonably small amount of capital for the operation of the businesses
in which they are engaged or proposed to be engaged” and “able to pay their
liabilities, as they mature” means that such Person will be able to generate
enough cash from operations, asset dispositions or refinancing, or a combination
thereof, to meet its obligations as they become due.
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SECTION
4.12 Section 203 of the
DGCL. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor Merger Sub nor
any of their respective “affiliates” or “associates” is, and at no time during
the last three (3) years has been, an “interested stockholder” of the Company,
as such terms are defined in Section 203 of the DGCL.
SECTION
4.13 Acknowledgement of
Parent. Parent acknowledges and agrees that it has conducted
its own independent review and analysis of the business, assets, condition and
operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical
Practices. In entering into this Agreement, Parent has relied solely upon its
own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties, covenants
and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement and Parent
(a) acknowledges that, other than as set forth in this Agreement, none of
the Company nor any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or
representatives makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express
or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information
provided or made available to Parent or its agents or representatives prior to
the execution of this Agreement (including, without limitation, any projected
financial statements, cash flow projections and other forward-looking data of
the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices and certain
business plan information of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices), (b) agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, that
none of the Company nor any of its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates,
agents or representatives shall have any liability or responsibility whatsoever
to Parent on any basis (including in contract, tort or otherwise) based upon any
information provided or made available, or statements made, to Parent prior to
the execution of this Agreement, and (c) acknowledges that it is not aware of
any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in Article III of this
Agreement being untrue or inaccurate.
ARTICLE
V
COVENANTS
SECTION
5.01 Access to
Information.
(a) Prior to
the Closing Date, upon reasonable notice to the Company (and, with respect
to sensitive information of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices with respect to their respective operations or business
opportunities directly competitive with Parent or any of Parent’s Subsidiaries,
upon the consent of the Company, not to be unreasonably withheld), Parent shall
be entitled, through its officers, employees and representatives (including its
legal advisors and accountants), to make such investigation of the properties,
businesses and operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices and such examination of the books and records of the Company,
its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices as it reasonably requests
and, at Parent’s cost and expense, to make extracts and copies of such books and
records. Any such investigation and examination shall be conducted
during regular business hours and under reasonable circumstances and shall be
subject to restrictions under applicable Law. The Company shall cause
the officers, employees, consultants, agents, accountants, attorneys and other
representatives of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical
Practices to cooperate with Parent and Parent’s representatives in connection
with such investigation and examination, and Parent and its representatives
shall cooperate with the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical
Practices and their respective representatives and shall use their reasonable
efforts to minimize
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any
disruption to the businesses of the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical Practices shall
be required to provide access to or to disclose information where such access or
disclosure would (i) violate or prejudice the rights of its customers,
(ii) waive the attorney-client privilege of the institution in possession
or control of such information, (iii) contravene any Law, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, decree, fiduciary duty or binding agreement entered into prior
to the date of this Agreement in the Ordinary Course of Business or (iv) be
adverse to the interests of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the
Affiliated Medical Practices in any pending or threatened litigation between the
parties hereto over the terms of this Agreement; provided that for purposes of
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the Company has used its commercially
reasonable efforts to provide the requested information in a way that would not
result in such violation, waiver or contravention, as applicable.
(b) All
information and materials furnished pursuant to this Agreement shall be subject
to the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement, dated February 10, 2010,
between Parent and the Company (the “Confidentiality
Agreement”). The Company makes no representation or warranty
as to the accuracy of any information provided pursuant to Section 5.01(a), and
neither Parent nor Merger Sub may rely on the accuracy of any such information,
in each case other than as expressly set forth in the Company’s representations
and warranties contained in Article
III.
SECTION
5.02 Conduct of
Business. Except as set forth in Section 5.02 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or as permitted under Section 5.03 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or Section 9.15 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, from the date hereof until the Closing, the
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices shall conduct
their respective businesses in accordance with past practice and in the Ordinary
Course of Business, maintain the current business organization and goodwill, use
all commercially reasonable efforts to continue to retain the services of the
Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ and the Affiliated Medical Practices’ present
officers, employees, consultants, and independent contractors and preserve the
Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ and the Affiliated Medical Practices’ goodwill and
relationship with vendors, suppliers, dealers, distributors, customers and
others having business dealings with the Company, its Subsidiaries and the
Affiliated Medical Practices, and the Company, its Subsidiaries and the
Affiliated Medical Practices shall not enter into any transaction or perform any
act which would constitute a breach of its representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained herein. The Company shall notify
Parent promptly, but in all cases within three (3) Business Days after the
Company gains Knowledge, of (a) any event or circumstance which is
reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (b) any
material change in the normal course of business or in the operation of the
assets of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Affiliated Medical
Practices, (c) the resignation or written notice of resignation or
termination of any officer of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the
Affiliated Medical Practices, or (d) any material governmental complaints,
investigations or hearings (or communications indicating that the same may be
contemplated) or any adjudicatory proceedings, directed at or involving the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Affiliated Medical Practices or
their respective employees or independent contractors in their capacities as
such.
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SECTION
5.03 Certain Changes or
Events. From the date hereof until the Closing, except with
the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld, delayed or conditioned) or except as set forth on Section 5.03 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall not, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices not to:
(a) take any
action to amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other governing
instruments;
(b) issue,
sell or otherwise dispose of any of its authorized but unissued capital stock
other than in connection with the exercise of a Company Option, or issue any
option to acquire its capital stock, or any securities convertible into or
exchangeable for its capital stock or split, combine or reclassify any shares of
its capital stock, or create any phantom stock, stock appreciation rights plan
or similar plan;
(c) declare
or pay any dividend or make any other distribution in cash or property on any
capital stock;
(d) merge or
consolidate with or into any Person;
(e) sell or
otherwise dispose of or encumber any of its properties or assets other than in
sales or dispositions in the Ordinary Course of Business or in connection with
normal repairs, renewals and replacements;
(f) create
any subsidiary, acquire any capital stock or other equity securities of any
third party or acquire any equity or ownership interest in any business or
entity, except as set forth on Schedule
9.15(a);
(g) (i) create,
incur or assume any Indebtedness for borrowed money or secured by real or
personal property, except for trade payables incurred in the Ordinary Course of
Business, (ii) grant or incur any Liens on any real or personal property that
did not exist on the date hereof except in the Ordinary Course of Business,
(iii) incur any liability or obligation (absolute, accrued or contingent) not
covered by clause (i) except in the Ordinary Course of Business, (iv) write-off
any guaranteed checks, notes or accounts receivable except in the Ordinary
Course of Business, (v) write-down the value of any asset or investment on its
books or records, except for depreciation and amortization in the Ordinary
Course of Business, (vi) make any commitment for any capital expenditure in
excess of $500,000 in the case of any single expenditure or $1,500,000 in the
case of all capital expenditures except with respect to any capitalized internal
software development, (vii) enter into any contract or agreement, except those
that are (x) entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business and involve an
expenditure of less than $100,000 for any such contract or agreement (exclusive
of any indemnification obligations under such contract or agreement for which no
claims have been asserted as of the date thereof), or (y) cancelable without
premium or penalty on not more than thirty (30) days’ notice, or (viii) enter
into any contract, agreement or commitment related to a radiology practice
alliance, strategic partnership or similar corporate development program, except
in as set forth on Schedule
9.15(a);
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(h) (i)
increase in any manner the compensation of (including bonus), or fringe benefits
of, or enter into any new, or modify any existing, bonus, severance or incentive
agreement or arrangement with, any of its current or former officers, directors,
management-level employees or independent contractors, or (ii) hire or fire any
officers;
(i) establish,
adopt, enter into, materially amend, or terminate any Company Benefit Plan or
any plan, arrangement, program, policy, trust, fund or other arrangement that
would constitute a Company Benefit Plan if it were in existence as of the date
of this Agreement, except as required by Law or increase the benefits provided
under any Company Benefit Plan, or promise or commit to undertake any of the
foregoing in the future;
(j) fail to
perform its material obligations under, or default or suffer to exist any event
or condition which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a
material default under, any Company Contract (except those being contested in
good faith) or enter into, assume or amend any contract or commitment that is or
would be a Company Contract, except in the Ordinary Course of Business or as
permitted under Section 5.03 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or Section 9.15 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule;
(k) fail to
maintain in full force and effect policies of insurance comparable in amount and
scope to those it currently maintains;
(l) make or
change any material Tax election, settle or compromise any material Tax claim or
assessment, change an annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any material
Tax accounting method, file any material amended Tax Return, waive or extend the
limitation period applicable to any material Tax liability or assessment (other
than pursuant to extensions or time to file Tax returns obtained in the Ordinary
Course of Business), enter into any closing agreement with respect to
a material amount of Taxes or surrender any right to claim a refund of a
material amount of Taxes; or
(m) enter
into any contract, agreement or commitment with respect to, or propose or
authorize, any of the actions described in the foregoing clauses (a) through
(l).
SECTION
5.04 No Control of Company’s
Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to
give Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, the right to control or
direct the Company’s, its Subsidiaries’ or the Affiliated Medical Practices’
operations prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the
Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices shall exercise,
consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and
supervision over their respective businesses, assets and
operations.
SECTION
5.05 Proxy Statement; Other
Filings.
(a) As
promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement (and in any event
within 15 days), (a) the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC a
preliminary form of the Proxy Statement or Information Statement, as applicable,
and (b) each of the Company and Parent shall, or shall cause their respective
Affiliates to, prepare and file with the SEC any other filings that are required
to be filed by such party with the SEC (“Other Filings”) in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the
Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself and its
Affiliates, and with respect to the Company, the
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Affiliated
Medical Practices, that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement or
Information Statement, as applicable, or, to the extent applicable, the Other
Filings, or that is customarily included in proxy statements or information
statements, as applicable, or other filings prepared in connection with
transactions of the type contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the
Company and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to respond as
promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC with respect to the Proxy
Statement or Information Statement, as applicable, or the Other Filings, and the
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the definitive
Proxy Statement or Information Statement, as applicable, to be mailed to the
Stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this
Agreement. Each party shall promptly notify the other parties upon
the receipt of any comments from the SEC or its staff or any request from the
SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or
Information Statement, as applicable, or the Other Filings and shall provide the
other party with copies of all correspondence between it and its
representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC and its staff, on the other hand
relating to the Proxy Statement or Information Statement, as applicable, or the
Other Filings. If at any time prior to the Company Stockholder
Meeting, any information relating to the Company, its Subsidiaries, the
Affiliated Medical Practices, Merger Sub, Parent or any of their respective
Affiliates, officers or directors, should be discovered by the Company or Parent
which should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement
or Information Statement, as applicable, or the Other Filings, so that the Proxy
Statement or Information Statement, as applicable, or the Other Filings shall
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not
misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the
other parties, and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such
information shall be filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by
applicable Law, disseminated to the Stockholders. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary stated above, prior to filing or mailing the Proxy
Statement or Information Statement, as applicable, or filing the Other Filings
(or, in each case, any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any
comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the party responsible for filing or
mailing such document shall provide the other party a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment on such document or response.
(b) Subject
to the other provisions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall cooperate
with each other and use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly prepare and
file all necessary documentation, to effect all applications, notices, petitions
and filings, to obtain as promptly as practicable all material permits,
consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental
Entities which are necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger) and to comply with the
terms and conditions of all such permits, consents, approvals and authorizations
of all such third parties and Governmental Entities.
(c) Parent
and the Company shall, upon request, furnish each other with all information
concerning themselves, their Subsidiaries, the Affiliated Medical Practices
(with respect to the Company), directors, officers and stockholders and such
other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with a
statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Parent, its
Subsidiaries or the Company to any Governmental Entity in connection with the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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(d) Nothing
in this Section
5.05 shall be deemed to prevent the Company or the Company Board from
taking any action they are permitted or required to take under, and in
compliance with, Section 5.10 or are
required to take under applicable Law.
SECTION
5.06 Stockholder
Approval. Subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Company shall take all necessary action in accordance with the
DGCL and the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company to duly
call, give notice of, convene and hold a special meeting of the Stockholders
(the “Company
Stockholder Meeting”), as promptly as reasonably practicable after the
mailing of the Proxy Statement, for the purpose of voting upon the adoption of
this Agreement. Subject to Section 5.10, the
Company Board shall recommend to the Stockholders that they adopt this Agreement
(the “Company
Recommendation”) and shall include the Company Recommendation in the
Proxy Statement. Subject to Section 5.10, the
Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit from the
Stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and will take
all other action reasonably necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent
of the Stockholders required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market or
applicable Law to obtain such adoption. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a
written consent constituting the Company Required Vote as promptly as possible
after the date hereof in accordance with the DGCL and the Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company to adopt this Agreement, in lieu of
holding the Company Stockholder Meeting; provided that such efforts shall not
affect the covenant with respect to the Company Stockholder Meeting set forth in
the first sentence of this Section
5.06.
SECTION
5.07 Further
Actions.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries and the
Affiliated Medical Practices (with respect to the Company) to, use their
commercially reasonable efforts (i) to take, or cause to be taken, all actions
necessary, proper or advisable to comply promptly with all legal requirements
which may be imposed on such party or its Subsidiaries with respect to the
Merger and, subject to the conditions set forth in Article VI hereof, to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) to obtain
(and to cooperate with the other party to obtain) any consent, authorization,
order or approval of, or any exemption by, any Governmental Entity and any other
third Person which is required to be obtained by the Company, Merger Sub or
Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the Affiliated Medical
Practices (with respect to the Company) in connection with the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, each party shall, within five (5) Business Days
after the execution of this Agreement, file all necessary documentation required
to obtain all requisite approvals or termination of applicable waiting periods
for the transactions contemplated hereby under the HSR Act. Parent
will bear the expenses and costs incurred by the parties hereto in connection
with any HSR Act filings or other such competition filings and submissions which
may be required by such party for the consummation of the Merger pursuant to
this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, Parent agrees to take any
and all steps necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment under
any antitrust or competition Law that may be asserted by any
Governmental
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Entity or
any other third Person so as to enable the parties hereto to consummate the
Merger as soon as practicable, including committing to and/or effecting, by
consent decree, hold separate orders, or otherwise, the sale or disposition of
such of the shares of Company Common Stock, or its or the Company’s or their
respective Subsidiaries’ assets, as are required to be divested or entering into
such other arrangements as are required in order to avoid the entry of, or to
effect the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other
order in any suit or proceeding, which would otherwise have the effect of
preventing or materially delaying the consummation of the Merger.
(c) Nothing
in this Section
5.07 shall be deemed to prevent the Company or the Company Board from
taking any action they are permitted or required to take under, and in
compliance with, Section 5.10 or are
required to take under applicable Law.
SECTION
5.08 Employees; Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Parent
shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to, (i)
give those employees who are, as of the Effective Time, employed by the Company
and its Subsidiaries (the “Continuing
Employees”) full credit for purposes of eligibility, vesting and benefit
accruals under any employee benefit plans or arrangements maintained by Parent,
the Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary of Parent or the Surviving
Corporation (collectively, the “Parent Plans”) for
such Continuing Employees’ service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(or any predecessor entity) to the same extent recognized by the Company and its
Subsidiaries; (ii) waive all limitations as to preexisting conditions,
exclusions and waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage
requirements applicable to the Continuing Employees under any Parent Plan that
is a welfare benefit plan that such employees may be eligible to participate in
after the Effective Time; (iii) provide credit under any such welfare plan for
any co-payments, deductibles and out-of-pocket expenditures for the remainder of
the coverage period during which any transfer of coverage occurs; provided, however, that no such
service shall be recognized to the extent such recognition would result in the
duplication of benefits; and (iv) honor, for a period of no less than one year
following the Effective Time, in accordance with their terms all employee
benefit plans or arrangements maintained by the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
(b) From and
after the Effective Time until the one year anniversary of the Effective Time,
and subject to the immediately following sentence, Parent shall, or shall cause
the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to, provide to the Continuing
Employees compensation and benefit arrangements that are no less favorable in
the aggregate than the compensation and benefit arrangements that are provided
to similarly situated employees of Parent; provided, however, that in no
event shall such Continuing Employees’ compensation and benefit arrangements be
less favorable in the aggregate than such Continuing Employees’ current
compensation and benefit arrangements. As soon as practicable after
the Effective Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and
its Subsidiaries to, cause the Continuing Employees to commence participation in
such Parent Plans as are provided to similarly situated employees of Parent.
From and after the Effective Time until the one year anniversary of the
Effective Time and unless otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties in
writing, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall keep in full force and
effect, and comply with the terms and conditions of, any agreement in effect as
of the date of this Agreement between or among the
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Company
or any of its Subsidiaries and any of its or their employees relating to
severance pay or similar benefits.
(c) The
provisions of this Section 5.08 are for
the sole benefit of the parties to this Agreement and nothing herein, expressed
or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give to any
Person (including for the avoidance of doubt any Continuing Employees, present
or former employees or directors, consultants or independent contractors of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or on or
after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries),
other than the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and
assigns, any legal or equitable or other rights or remedies (with respect to the
matters provided for in this Section 5.08) under
or by reason of any provision of this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Section 5.08 or
elsewhere in the Agreement shall be construed to prevent, from and after the
Effective Time, the termination of employment of any individual Continuing
Employee or, subject to the provisions of Section 5.08(a), any
change in the employee benefits available to any Continuing Employee or the
amendment or termination of any particular Plan in accordance with its
terms.
SECTION
5.09 Indemnification; Directors’
and Officers’ Insurance.
(a) From and
after the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall
jointly and severally: (i) indemnify and hold harmless each individual who
served as a director and/or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
prior to the Effective Time (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”)
to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by Delaware law, as now or
hereafter in effect, in connection with any Claim and any judgments, fines
(including excise taxes), penalties and amounts paid in settlement (including
all interest, assessments and other charges paid or payable in connection with
or in respect of such judgments, fines, penalties or amounts paid in settlement)
resulting therefrom; and (ii) promptly pay on behalf of or, within thirty (30)
days after any request for advancement, advance to each of the Indemnified
Parties, to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by Delaware law, as now
or hereafter in effect, any Expenses incurred in defending, serving as a witness
with respect to or otherwise participating in any Claim in advance of the final
disposition of such Claim, including payment on behalf of or advancement to the
Indemnified Party of any Expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party in
connection with enforcing any rights with respect to such indemnification and/or
advancement, in each case without the requirement of any bond or other security,
but in the case of advancement of Expenses upon receipt of an undertaking, to
the extent required by applicable Law, from such Indemnified Party to repay such
advanced Expenses if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a
final order that such Indemnified Party was not entitled to indemnification
hereunder with respect to such Expenses. In the event any Claim is
brought against any Indemnified Party, Parent and the Surviving Corporation
shall each use all commercially reasonable efforts to assist in the vigorous
defense of such matter, provided that neither Parent nor the Surviving
Corporation shall settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in
any Claim (and in which indemnification could be sought by such Indemnified
Party hereunder) without the prior written consent of such Indemnified Party if
and to the extent the claimant seeks any non-monetary relief from such
Indemnified Party, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld. The indemnification and advancement obligations of Parent
and the Surviving Corporation pursuant to this Section 5.09(a) shall
extend to acts or omissions occurring at or before the Effective Time and any
Claim relating thereto (including with respect
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to any
acts or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and any Claim
relating thereto) and all rights to indemnification and advancement conferred
hereunder shall continue as to an individual who has ceased to be a director or
officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time and shall
inure to the benefit of such individual’s heirs, executors and personal and
legal representatives. In connection with any determination as to
whether the Indemnified Parties are entitled to the benefits of this Section 5.09, the
burden of proof shall be on Parent and the Surviving Corporation to establish
that an Indemnified Party is not so entitled. As used in this Section 5.09(a),
(i) the term “Claim” means any
threatened, asserted, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, or any
inquiry or investigation, whether instituted by the Company, any Governmental
Entity or any other party, that any Indemnified Party in good faith believes
might lead to the institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, including any
arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution mechanism, arising out of or
pertaining to matters that relate to such Indemnified Party’s duties or service
as a director, officer, trustee, employee, agent, or fiduciary of the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan maintained by any of the
foregoing at or prior to the Effective Time and any other Person at the request
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (ii) the term “Expenses” means
attorneys’ fees and all other costs, expenses and obligations (including
experts’ fees, travel expenses, court costs, retainers, transcript fees,
duplicating, printing and binding costs, as well as telecommunications, postage
and courier charges) paid or incurred in connection with investigating,
defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or
preparing to investigate, defend, be a witness in or participate in, any Claim
for which indemnification is authorized pursuant to this Section 5.09(a),
including any action relating to a claim for indemnification or advancement
brought by an Indemnified Party.
(b) Without
limiting any of the obligations under paragraph (a) of this Section 5.09, from
and after the Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall keep in
full force and effect, and comply with the terms and conditions of, any
agreement in effect as of the date of this Agreement between or among the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Indemnified Party providing for the
indemnification of such Indemnified Party.
(c) Without
limiting any of the obligations under paragraph (a) of this Section 5.09,
Parent agrees that all rights to indemnification and all limitations of
liability existing in favor of the Indemnified Parties as provided in the
Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or in the corresponding
documents of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries as in effect as of the date of
this Agreement with respect to matters occurring on or prior to the Effective
Time shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect
thereafter, without any amendment thereto.
(d) If Parent
or the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or assigns shall (i)
consolidate with or merge into any other Person and shall not be the continuing
or surviving Person of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfer all or
substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such
case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors and assigns of
Parent and the Surviving Corporation, as the case may be (including Parent’s
ultimate parent entity, if applicable), assume all of the obligations of Parent
and the Surviving Corporation set forth in this Section
5.09.
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(e) As of the
Effective Time, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Company (with the
election being at Parent’s option) shall have purchased and shall maintain in
full force and effect for a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date (or,
if any Claim is asserted or made within such six-year period, Parent shall
ensure that such insurance remains in effect until final disposition of such
Claim) a prepaid directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy or policies
providing each individual currently covered by the Company’s directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance coverage for events occurring at or prior to the
Effective Time (including acts or omissions relating to the approval of this
Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby) that is no
less favorable than the Company’s existing policy; provided, however, that Parent
may substitute therefor policies of at least the same coverage and amounts
containing terms and conditions which are in the aggregate no less advantageous
to such directors and officers of the Company than the terms and conditions of
the existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy of the Company
from reputable carriers having a rating comparable to the Company’s current
carrier.
(f) The
provisions of this Section 5.09 shall
survive the consummation of the Merger and (i) are intended to be for the
benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Indemnified Party and his or her
heirs and representatives and (ii) are in addition to, and not in substitution
for, any other rights to indemnification or contribution that any such Person
may have by contract or otherwise. The obligations of Parent or the Surviving
Corporation under this Section 5.09 shall
not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect the rights
of any Indemnified Party under this Section 5.09 without
the consent of such affected Indemnified Party. Parent shall cause
the Surviving Corporation to perform all of the obligations of the Surviving
Corporation under this Section
5.09.
SECTION
5.10 No
Solicitation.
(a) The
Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, and shall cause their
respective officers, directors, representatives and agents (including any
investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its
Subsidiaries) (collectively, “Company
Representatives”) to, (i) immediately cease any existing discussions or
negotiations, if any, with any third Person that may be ongoing with respect to
any actual or potential Acquisition Proposal and (ii) with respect to parties
with whom discussions have been terminated, the Company shall use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain the return or the destruction of, in accordance with the
terms of the applicable confidentiality agreement, confidential information
previously furnished by the Company, its Subsidiaries or Company
Representatives. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, and
shall not authorize or permit any Company Representative to, directly or
indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage an Acquisition
Proposal, (ii) furnish or disclose to any third Person non-public information
with respect to an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) negotiate or engage in
discussions with any third Person with respect to an Acquisition Proposal (other
than to advise such Person of the Company’s obligations under this Section 5.10) or (iv)
enter into any agreement (whether or not binding) or agreement in principle with
respect to, or approve or recommend, an Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that at any
time prior to obtaining approval of the Merger by the Company Required Vote (but
not thereafter), in response to a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal that
was not solicited by the Company or any of its Representatives and which the
Company Board determines in good faith, after consulting with its financial
advisors and outside legal counsel, constitutes, or could
reasonably
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be
expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal, the Company may (A) furnish
information with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated
Medical Practices to the Person making such Acquisition Proposal (and its
officers, directors, employees, accountants, consultants, legal counsel,
advisors, agents and other representatives), and (B) participate in discussions
or negotiations with, and provide draft documents and agreements to, the Person
making such Acquisition Proposal (and its officers, directors, employees,
accountants, consultants, legal counsel, advisors, agents and other
representatives) regarding such Acquisition Proposal, if (prior to furnishing
such information to, or entering into such discussions or negotiations with,
such Person) the Company (1) provides reasonable prior notice to Parent to
the effect that it is furnishing information to, or entering into discussions or
negotiations with, such Person (but excluding the identity of such Person),
(2) provides Parent with all information to be provided to such Person
which Parent has not previously been provided, and (3) receives from such
Person an executed confidentiality agreement reasonably satisfactory to the
Company Board and with terms substantially similar to and no less favorable to
the Company, in the aggregate, than those contained in the Confidentiality
Agreement.
(b) Except as
set forth in this Section 5.10(b),
neither the Company Board or any committee thereof shall (i) withdraw,
qualify, withhold or modify, or propose to withdraw, qualify, withhold or
modify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Recommendation, (ii) approve
or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal,
(iii) enter into any agreement (whether or not binding) or agreement in
principle with respect to any Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality
agreement referred to in Section 5.10(a)) or
(iv) take any other action or make any recommendation or public statement in
connection with a tender offer or exchange offer other than a recommendation
against such offer or otherwise take any action inconsistent with the Company
Recommendation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at any time prior
to obtaining approval of the Merger by the Company Required Vote, the Company
Board determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel
and financial advisors that the failure to do so would violate its fiduciary
duties to the Stockholders under applicable Law, then the Company Board may
withdraw, modify, or change in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company
Recommendation (a “Company Recommendation
Change”); provided, however, that if any
such action is (A) not in response to a Superior Proposal, then a Company
Recommendation Change may only be made if directly related to an event, fact,
circumstance, development or occurrence that affects the assets or operations of
the Company that is unknown to the Company Board as of the date of this
Agreement but becomes known to the Company Board prior to obtaining approval of
the Merger by the Company Required Vote or (B) in response to a Superior
Proposal (that was not solicited in breach of this Section 5.10) as
determined by the Company Board in good faith after consultation with outside
counsel and its financial advisors, prior to making any Company Recommendation
Change or terminating this Agreement in accordance with Section 7.01(d), the
Company shall, in all such cases, provide Parent with at least three (3)
Business Days advance written notice (such period, the “Notice Period”),
advising Parent of its intention to make a Company Recommendation Change or to
terminate the Agreement to enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a
Superior Proposal, (ii) provide Parent in writing the material terms and
conditions of such Superior Proposal and a copy of the relevant proposed
transaction documents with the party making such Superior Proposal and other
material documents (but excluding the identity of such Person) and (iii) discuss
with Parent, to the extent Parent wishes to discuss, any proposed changes by
Parent to the terms of this Agreement as to permit the Company not to effect a
Company Recommendation or
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to
terminate this Agreement in response to such a Superior Proposal and following
the Notice Period, and taking into account any revised proposal made by Parent
since the commencement of the Notice Period, determines in good faith after
consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisors that the
Company Board is required to make a Company Recommendation Change in the
exercise of its fiduciary duties, and if it is in connection with a Superior
Proposal, the Superior Proposal remains a Superior Proposal. In the
event of any material change to the material terms of such Superior Proposal
(any change in price shall be deemed a material change of a material term), the
Company Board shall deliver to Parent an additional notice and shall comply with
this Section
5.10(b) with respect to such new notice, except that if the only material
change is a change in price, then the deadline for such new written notice shall
be 36 hours (rather than the three (3) Business Days otherwise contemplated by
this Section
5.10(b)). None of the Company Board, any committee thereof or
the Company shall enter into any binding agreement with any Person to limit or
not provide prior notice to Parent of its intent to make a Company
Recommendation Change or to terminate this Agreement in response to any Superior
Proposal.
(c) Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company or the Company Board from
(i) taking and disclosing to the Stockholders a position contemplated by Rule
14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act or (ii) making any disclosure to the
Stockholders if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation
with outside legal counsel, that such disclosure is required by applicable
securities law; provided, that, any such disclosure (other than a “stop, look
and listen” letter or similar communication of the type contemplated by Rule
14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act) shall be deemed a Company Recommendation
Change.
(d) As used
in this Agreement:
(i) “Acquisition Proposal”
means any inquiry, proposal or offer (including any proposal from or to the
Stockholders from any person or “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) of the
Exchange Act) other than Parent or its Affiliates) relating to (A) the
acquisition , in any single transaction or series of related transactions, of
more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock
or any other voting securities of the Company by any Person or group of Persons,
(B) a merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, share
exchange, sale of assets, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar
transaction which would result in any Person acquiring twenty-five percent (25%)
or more of the fair market value of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (including capital stock of Subsidiaries of the
Company) by any Person or group of Persons, (C) any other transaction which
would result in a Person or group of Persons acquiring twenty-five percent (25%)
or more of the fair market value of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (including capital stock of Subsidiaries of the
Company), immediately prior to such transaction (whether by purchase of assets,
acquisition of stock of a Subsidiary or otherwise) or (D) any combination of the
foregoing.
(ii) “Superior Proposal”
means an Acquisition Proposal (with all of the percentages included in the
definition of Acquisition Proposal increased to fifty percent (50%)) on terms
which the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with its
financial advisors and outside legal counsel and consideration of all terms and
conditions of such
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Acquisition
Proposal, including the conditionality and the timing and likelihood of
consummation of such Acquisition Proposal) to be more favorable to the holders
of Company Common Stock, including from a financial point of view, than those
set forth in this Agreement or the terms of any other proposal or revised
proposal made by Parent pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.10(b)
above.
SECTION
5.11 Standstill. Until
the earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, neither
Parent nor any of its Affiliates shall (a) purchase any shares of Company Common
Stock or any security of the Company that is convertible into Company Common
Stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions or (b) form,
join or in any way participate in a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of
the Exchange Act) in connection with any of the foregoing or (c) prior to the
termination of this Agreement, commence a tender offer or exchange offer at a
price per share below the Merger Consideration.
SECTION
5.12 Notification of Certain
Events. The Company will notify Parent and Merger Sub, and
Parent and Merger Sub will notify the Company, promptly of (a) any material
written communications from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person
is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, provided that the foregoing shall not apply in respect of any
immaterial consents, (b) any written communication from any Governmental Entity
in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than
any such communication from a Governmental Entity in its capacity as a
counterparty to any contract with the Company thereof), (c) any legal,
administrative, arbitral or other proceedings, claims or actions commenced
against the Company or Parent or their respective Subsidiaries or the Affiliated
Medical Practices, as applicable, that are related to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (d) any event, change or effect between the
date of this Agreement and the Effective Time which causes or is reasonably
likely to cause the conditions set forth in Sections 6.02(a)
or 6.02(b) of
this Agreement (in the case of the Company) or Sections 6.03(a) or
6.03(b) of this
Agreement (in the case of Parent and its Subsidiaries).
SECTION
5.13 Takeover
Statutes. If any Takeover Statute becomes or is deemed to be
applicable to the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, the Merger or any other
transaction contemplated by this Agreement, then each of the Company, Parent,
Merger Sub, and their respective Boards of Directors shall grant such approvals
and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions contemplated
hereby may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated
hereby and otherwise act to render such Takeover Statute inapplicable to the
foregoing. “Takeover Statute”
shall mean any restrictive provision of any applicable “fair price,”
“moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “interested stockholder” or other
similar anti-takeover Law, including Section 203 of the DGCL.
SECTION
5.14 Section 16
Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board shall
take all such steps as may be required and permitted to cause the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, including any dispositions of shares of Company
Common Stock (including derivative securities with respect to such Company
Common Stock) by each individual who is or will be subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company,
to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
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SECTION
5.15 Delisting. Each
of the parties agrees to cooperate with each other in taking, or causing to be
taken, all actions necessary to delist the Company Common Stock from the Nasdaq
Stock Market and terminate registration under the Exchange Act, provided that
such delisting and termination shall not be effective until or after the
Effective Time.
SECTION
5.16 Additional
Agreements. In case at any time after the Effective Time any
further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full title to all
properties, assets, rights, approvals, immunities and franchises of either of
the Company or Merger Sub, the proper officers and directors of each party to
this Agreement shall use reasonable best efforts to take all such necessary
action.
SECTION
5.17 Cooperation with
Financing. If Parent determines to seek financing (through
loans from financial institutions or otherwise) in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby (each a “Parent Financing”), the Company shall,
and shall cause its Subsidiaries, the Affiliated Medical Practices and its and
their directors, officers, employees, accountants, agents, advisors and other
representatives to, reasonably cooperate with Parent in connection therewith and
use their commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions reasonably
requested by Parent in connection therewith (in each case, at Parent’s expense),
including (a) participating in marketing efforts (including lender meetings and
calls), due diligence sessions and rating agency presentations; (b) assisting
Parent in its preparation of rating agency presentations, bank books,
confidential information memoranda or similar documents; (c) delivering to
Parent information with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries and the
Affiliated Medical Practices as is reasonably requested in connection with the
Parent Financing, including, at the request of Parent, delivery within 15 days
of the close of each fiscal month, monthly financial statements of the Company,
its Subsidiaries and the Affiliated Medical Practices (including a balance sheet
and income statement); (d) facilitating the pledge and perfection of liens
securing the Parent Financing; and (e) taking all other actions as are
reasonably requested by Parent to facilitate the satisfaction on a timely basis
of all conditions to obtaining the Parent Financing; provided, however, that the
cooperation and actions required by the Company pursuant to this Section 5.17 shall
not unreasonably interfere with the ordinary course operation of the Company’s,
its Subsidiaries’ or the Affiliated Medical Practices’ businesses.
ARTICLE
VI
CONDITIONS
TO CLOSING
SECTION
6.01 Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective obligations of
each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior
to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder
Approval. This Agreement shall have been adopted by the
Company Required Vote.
(b) HSR
Compliance. Any waiting period (or extension thereof)
applicable to the consummation of the Merger under the HSR Act shall have
expired or been terminated and all regulatory clearances in any relevant
jurisdiction shall have been obtained in respect of the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby.
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(c) No
Order. No Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall
have (i) enacted a Law that is in effect and renders the Merger illegal in the
United States or any State thereof, or (ii) formally issued an injunction that
is in effect and prohibits the Merger in the United States or any State
thereof.
SECTION
6.02 Conditions to Obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger
Sub to effect the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or
prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The(i) representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.01
(Corporate Organization), 3.02(a) and (c) (Capitalization),
3.03(a)
(Authority); and 3.07 (Broker’s Fees)
shall be true and correct in all respects and (ii) other representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct
in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the extent such
representations and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing
Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that for
purposes of determining the satisfaction of the condition in clause (ii), no
effect shall be given to any exception in such representations and warranties
relating to materiality or a Company Material Adverse Effect, and such
representations and warranties shall be deemed to be true and correct
in all respects unless the failure or failures of such representations and
warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, results
or would be reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by its
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to the foregoing
effect.
(b) Performance of
Obligations. The Company shall have performed in all material
respects all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement at
or prior to the Closing Date, and Parent shall have received a certificate
signed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer to such effect.
(c) Absence of a Company
Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2009, there shall
not have been any change, effect, event, circumstance, condition, occurrence or
development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would be
reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION
6.03 Conditions to Obligations of
the Company. The obligation of the Company to effect the
Merger is also subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the
Effective Time of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects
as of the date of this Agreement and (except to the extent such representations
and warranties speak as of an earlier date) as of the Closing Date as though
made on and as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that for
purposes of determining the satisfaction of this condition, no effect shall be
given to any exception in such representations and warranties relating to
materiality or a Parent Material Adverse Effect; provided, further, that, for
purposes of this condition, such representations and warranties shall be deemed
to be true and correct in all respects unless the failure or failures of such
representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually
or
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in the
aggregate, results or would result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect. The
Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by its
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to the foregoing
effect.
(b) Performance of
Obligations. Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall have
performed in all material respects all of its respective obligations required to
be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date, and the
Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by its
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to such effect.
ARTICLE
VII
TERMINATION
OF AGREEMENT
SECTION
7.01 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time
(notwithstanding if the Company Required Vote has been obtained or Parent has
adopted this Agreement as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub):
(a) by the
mutual written consent of the Company and Parent;
(b) by the
Company or Parent, in the event that any Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction shall have (i) enacted a Law that is in effect at the time of such
termination and renders the Merger illegal in the United States or any State
thereof at the time of such termination, or (ii) formally issued a permanent,
final and non-appealable injunction, ruling, decree or order that prohibits the
Merger in the United States or any State thereof; provided, however, that the
party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (b) shall not
have initiated such proceeding or taken any action in support of such
proceeding;
(c) by the
Company or Parent, if at the Company Stockholder Meeting (giving effect to any
adjournment or postponement thereof), the Company Required Vote shall not have
been obtained;
(d) at any
time prior to the Company Required Vote having been obtained by the Company in
order to enter into an acquisition agreement for a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that this
Agreement may not be so terminated unless (i) the Company shall have complied
with the procedures set forth in Section 5.06 and
Section 5.10
and (ii) the payment required by Section 7.02 has been
made in full to Parent;
(e) by Parent
if (i) there shall have been a Company Recommendation Change, or (ii) the
Company shall have knowingly and materially breached any of its obligations
under Section
5.06 or Section
5.10;
(f) by the
Company or Parent, if the Merger shall not have been consummated prior to
November 30, 2010 (the “Outside Termination
Date”); provided, however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.01(f) shall
not be available to any party hereto whose actions or omissions have primarily
been the cause of, or resulted in, either (A) the failure to satisfy the
conditions to the obligations of the terminating party to
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consummate
the Merger set forth in Article VI prior to
the Outside Termination Date, or (B) the failure of the Effective Time to have
occurred prior to the Outside Termination Date;
(g) by
Parent, if there shall have been any breach of any representation or warranty,
or any such representation or warranty of the Company shall have become untrue
and incapable of being cured prior to the Effective Time, or any breach of any
covenant or agreement of the Company hereunder, such that a condition in Section 6.02(a) or
Section 6.02(b)
would not be satisfied, and such breach or condition is not curable or, if
curable, shall not have been remedied within thirty (30) days after receipt by
the Company of notice in writing from Parent, specifying the nature of such
breach and requesting that it be remedied; or
(h) by
Company, if there shall have been any breach of any representation or warranty,
or any such representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub shall have become
untrue and incapable of being cured prior to the Effective Time, or any breach
of any covenant or agreement of Parent or the Merger Sub hereunder, such that a
condition in Section
6.03(a) or Section 6.03(b) would
not be satisfied, and such breach or condition is not curable or, if curable,
shall not have been remedied within thirty (30) days after receipt by Parent of
notice in writing from the Company, specifying the nature of such breach and
requesting that it be remedied.
The party
desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of this Section 7.01 shall
give written notice of such termination to the other party in accordance with
Article VIII,
specifying the provision or provisions hereof pursuant to which termination is
effected. The right of any party hereto to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of any party hereto, or any of their respective Affiliates
or representatives, whether prior to or after the execution of this
Agreement.
SECTION
7.02 Company Termination
Fee.
(a) If this
Agreement is terminated (i) by the Company pursuant to Section 7.01(d) or
(ii) by Parent or the Company, as applicable, pursuant to Section 7.01(c),
7.01(e), 7.01(f) (unless the
actions or omissions of Parent or Merger Sub have been the primary cause of, or
resulted in either (A) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the obligations
of the Company to consummate the Merger set forth in Article VI prior to
the Outside Termination Date, or (B) the failure of the Effective Time to have
occurred prior to the Outside Termination Date) or 7.01(g), the Company
shall pay Parent or its designee the Company Termination Fee by wire transfer of
immediately available funds; (x) in the case of any termination pursuant to
clause (i) above, prior to or contemporaneous with such termination, and (y) in
the case of any termination pursuant to clause (ii) above, only if (A) prior to
such termination but after the date hereof, an Acquisition Proposal is made
known to the Company or publicly announced by any Person (other than Parent,
Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates) and (B) an Acquisition Proposal is
consummated or the Company enters into an acquisition agreement for an
Acquisition Proposal with any Person, in any case, within twelve (12) months
following such termination, in which case such payment shall be made prior to or
contemporaneous with the consummation of, or entering into an acquisition
agreement for, an Acquisition Proposal. For the avoidance of doubt,
in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay, or cause to be paid, the
Company Termination Fee on more than one (1) occasion.
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(b) In the
event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.01(c) or
Section
7.01(g), the Company shall reimburse Parent or its designee for the
documented reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by Parent, Merger
Sub or any of their Affiliates in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby up to an aggregate amount of $2,400,000, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds not later than five (5) Business
Days after delivery to the Company of an itemization setting forth in reasonable
detail all such reimbursable expenses; provided that any amounts paid by the
Company of Parent pursuant to this Section 7.02(b) shall
reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis any Company Termination Fee that becomes due
and payable pursuant to Section
7.02(a). The parties acknowledge that (i) the agreements
contained in this Section 7.02 are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, (ii) the
damages resulting from termination of this Agreement under circumstances where a
Company Termination Fee is payable are uncertain and incapable of accurate
calculation and therefore, the amounts payable pursuant to Section 7.02(a) are
not a penalty but rather constitute liquidated damages in a reasonable amount
that will compensate Parent for the efforts and resources expended and
opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this
Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and (iii) without the agreements contained in this Section 7.02, the
parties would not have entered into this Agreement.
SECTION
7.03 Effect of
Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement by
either Parent or the Company as provided in this Article VII, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, and none of Parent,
Merger Sub, the Company, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of the
officers or directors of any of them shall have any liability of any nature
whatsoever hereunder, or in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby; provided, however, that
(i) Sections
5.01(b), Article VII, Article VIII, and
Article
IX and, in accordance with its terms, the Guarantee shall
survive any termination of this Agreement and (ii) Subject
to Section
9.09, neither Parent, Merger Sub nor the Company shall be relieved or
released from any liabilities or damages arising out of its knowing and material
breach of this Agreement; provided, however, that receipt
of the Company Termination Fee as provided herein shall be the sole and
exclusive remedy of Parent and Merger Sub under circumstances where the
Termination Fee is payable by the Company.
ARTICLE
VIII
NOTICES
Any
notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and
shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be
notified, on the next Business Day after delivery to a nationally recognized
overnight courier service, when sent by confirmed facsimile if sent during
normal business hours of the recipient, if not, then on the next Business Day,
or five (5) days after deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to the party to be notified at
the address or facsimile number indicated below for such party, or at such other
address as such party may designate upon written notice to the other parties
(except that notice of change of address shall be deemed given upon
receipt).
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(a) In the
case of Parent or Merger Sub:
c/o
Providence Equity Partners L.L.C.
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
and
c/o
Providence Equity Partners L.L.C.
0 Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
X. Du Xxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
with a copy to:
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
and
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
(b) In the
case of the Company:
Virtual
Radiologic Corporation
00000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx, General Counsel
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx & Xxxxxxxx XXX
Xxxxx
XXX, Xxxxx 0000
00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq. and
Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
9.01 Non-survival of
Representations and Warranties. None of the representations
and warranties in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall survive the Effective Time. This Section 9.01 shall
not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties in this Agreement that by its
terms contemplates performance after the Effective Time.
SECTION
9.02 Publicity. Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing any
press release with respect to the Merger or this Agreement and shall not issue
any such press release or make any such public statement without the prior
consent of the other party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed;
provided, however, that a party
may, without the prior consent of the other party (but after prior consultation,
to the extent practicable in the circumstances) issue such press release or make
such public statement or SEC filing as may upon the advice of outside counsel be
required by Law or the rules and regulations of any applicable stock exchange
(including the Nasdaq Stock Market). The parties have agreed upon the form of a
joint press release announcing the Merger and the execution of this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.03 Expenses. Except
as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each party will bear its own expenses
and costs incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, whether or not such transactions will be consummated (for
the sake of clarity, Parent shall be responsible for the HSR Act filing
fees).
SECTION
9.04 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Exhibits and
Schedules annexed hereto, the Guarantee and the Voting Agreement, constitutes
the entire understanding and agreement by and among the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior negotiations,
agreements and understandings among such parties.
SECTION
9.05 Assignment; Third Party
Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations of any party hereunder shall be assigned by any of the
parties hereto (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior
written consent of the other party. Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as
otherwise specifically provided in Section 5.09
(Indemnification; Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance) or Section 9.09
(Enforcement), this Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred
to herein) is not intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties
hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.
SECTION
9.06 Governing
Law. This Agreement, including the validity hereof and the
rights and obligations of the parties hereunder, and all amendments and
supplements hereof and all waivers and consents hereunder, shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the domestic substantive laws of the State of
Delaware without giving effect to any choice of law or conflicts of law
provision or rule that would cause the application of the domestic substantive
laws of any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably
submit to the non-exclusive
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jurisdiction
of any federal or state court located within the State of Delaware over any
dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby and each party hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in
respect of such dispute or any suit, action or proceeding related thereto may be
heard and determined in such courts. The parties hereby irrevocably
waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any objection which
they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such dispute
brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance
of such dispute. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a judgment in
any such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or in any other manner provided by Law.
SECTION
9.07 Waiver of Jury
Trial. Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy
which may arise under this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and
difficult issues and, therefore, each such party irrevocably and unconditionally
waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any legal action
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Each party to this Agreement certifies and acknowledges that (a)
no representative of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise,
that such other party would not seek to enforce the foregoing waiver in the
event of a legal action, (b) such party has considered the implications of this
waiver, (c) such party makes this waiver voluntarily, and (d) such party has
been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual
waivers and certifications in this Section
9.07.
SECTION
9.08 Severability. Any
term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
hereof. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid, illegal or unenforceable,
the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the
power to limit the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to
replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or provision with a term or
provision that is valid, legal and enforceable and that comes closest to
expressing the intention of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable term or
provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified. In
the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior
sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid, illegal or
unenforceable term or provision with a valid, legal and enforceable term or
provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and
other purposes of such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term.
SECTION
9.09 Enforcement.
(a) The
parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any
provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms
hereof and that Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall be entitled to specific
performance of the terms and provisions hereof (including the obligation to
consummate the Merger, subject in each case to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement), including an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this
Agreement by the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, in addition to any other remedy
at law or equity. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub each hereby waive
(a) any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the
defense that a remedy at Law would be adequate and (b) any requirement
under any Law to post a bond or other security as a prerequisite to obtaining
equitable relief. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in
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this
Agreement, Parent acknowledges and agrees that in the event of any breach or
wrongful repudiation of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub, the actual
damages incurred by the Company for purposes of determining damages to the
extent available as a remedy to the Company under Section 9.09(c) would
include the actual damages incurred by the Company’s stockholders in the event
such stockholders would not receive the benefit of the bargain negotiated by the
Company on their behalf as set forth in this Agreement.
(b) The
Company hereby agrees that specific performance as provided for in Section 9.09(a) shall
be its sole and exclusive remedy with respect to breaches by Parent, Merger Sub,
or any other Person or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) and
except as provided in Section 9.09(c)
below, that it may not seek or accept any other form of relief that may be
available for breach under this Agreement or otherwise in connection with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including monetary
damages).
(c) If a
court of competent jurisdiction has declined to specifically enforce the
obligations of Parent to consummate the Merger pursuant to a claim for specific
performance brought against Parent pursuant to this Section 9.09 and has
instead granted an award of damages for such alleged breach against Parent, the
Company may enforce such award and accept damages for such alleged breach only
if, within two (2) weeks following such determination the Company confirms to
Parent in writing that it is prepared and willing to consummate the Merger in
accordance with this Agreement, and Parent is not willing to consummate the
Merger within such two (2) week period in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. In addition, the Company agrees to
cause any legal proceeding still proceeding to be dismissed with prejudice at
such time as Parent consummates the Merger in accordance with Article II of this
Agreement or is otherwise willing to do so.
SECTION
9.10 Captions. The
headings and captions used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and
are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this
Agreement.
SECTION
9.11 Certain
References. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used
in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter
forms, and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the
plural and vice versa. The terms “herein”, “hereof” or “hereunder” or
similar terms as used in this Agreement refer to this entire Agreement and not
to the particular provision in which the term is used. Unless
otherwise stated, all references herein to Articles, Sections, subsections or
other provisions are references to Articles, Sections, subsections or other
provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.12 Guaranty by
Parent. By its signature below, Parent hereby guarantees the
obligations of Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement to be performed on or prior
to the Closing Date.
SECTION
9.13 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by facsimile or portable document format (pdf)
transmission and in separate
counterparts, each such counterpart
being deemed to be an original instrument, and all such
counterparts will together constitute
the same agreement.
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SECTION
9.14 Amendment or
Supplement. At any time prior to the Effective Time, this
Agreement may be amended or supplemented in any and all respects, whether before
or after receipt of the Company Required Vote, by written agreement of the
parties hereto, by action taken by their respective Boards of Directors; provided, however, that
following approval of the Merger by the Stockholders, there shall be no
amendment or change to the provisions hereof which by Law would require further
approval by the Stockholders without such approval.
SECTION
9.15 Defined
Terms. The following terms used in this Agreement shall have
the following meanings or the meanings set forth in the corresponding Sections
or subsections of this Agreement:
“Acquisition Proposal”
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Section
5.10(d)(i)
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“Affiliate” means with respect to any
Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control
with, such Person, and the term “control” (including the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”) means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through owners of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
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“Affiliated Medical Practices” means,
collectively, the following Persons: Virtual Radiologic
Professionals, LLC, Virtual Radiologic Professionals of
California, P.A., Virtual Radiologic Professionals of
Illinois, S.C., Virtual Radiologic Professionals of
Michigan, P.C., Virtual Radiologic Professionals of
Minnesota, P.A., Virtual Radiologic Professionals of
New York, P.A., and Virtual Radiologic Professionals of
Texas, P.A.
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“Aggregate Consideration”
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Section
2.02(a)
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“Agreement”
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Preamble
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“Bankruptcy and Equity
Exceptions”
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Section
3.03(a)
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“Business Day”
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Section
1.02
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“Capitalization Date”
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Section
3.02(a)
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“Certificate”
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Section
2.02(a)
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“Certificate of Merger”
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Section
1.03
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“Claim”
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Section
5.09(a)
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“Closing”
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Section
1.02
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“Closing Date”
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Section
1.02
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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
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“Company”
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Preamble
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“Company Benefit Plans”
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Section
3.11(a)
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“Company Board”
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Section
2.01(d)(iii)
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“Company Common Stock” means the common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
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“Company Contract”
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Section
3.13(a)
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“Company Disclosure
Schedule”
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Article
III
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“Company Material Adverse
Effect”
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Section
3.01(a)
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“Company Preferred Stock”
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Section
3.02(a)
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“Company Recommendation”
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Section
5.06
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“Company Recommendation
Change”
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Section
5.10(b)
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“Company Representatives”
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Section
5.10(a)
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“Company Required Vote”
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Section
3.03(a)
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“Company Restricted Stock”
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Section
2.01(d)(ii)
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“Company SEC Reports”
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Section
3.05
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“Company Stock Option” means each option to
purchase a share of Company Common Stock, which option is issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
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“Company Stock Plans”
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Section
3.02(a)
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“Company Stockholder
Meeting”
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Section
5.06
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“Company Termination Fee” means
$9,000,000.
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“Confidentiality Agreement”
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Section
5.01(b)
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“Continuing Employees”
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Section
5.08(a)
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“DGCL” means the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as amended.
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“Dissenting Shares”
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Section
2.05(a)
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“Effective Time”
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Section
1.03
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“Environmental Law” means any foreign,
federal, state or local statute, regulation, ordinance, rule of common law
or other legal requirement, as now or hereafter in effect, in any way
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or
natural resources including, without limitation, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
§ 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1801 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.
§ 1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
§ 7401 et seq.) the Toxic Substances Control Act (15
U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.), and the Occupational Safety and
Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651 et
seq.), as each has been or may be
amended and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto.
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“Environmental Permits”
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Section
3.19(a)
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“ERISA”
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Section
3.11(a)
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“Exchange Act”
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Section
3.05
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“Exchange Fund”
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Section
2.02(a)
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“Expenses”
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Section
5.09(a)
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“Federal Health Care Program” means any plan
or program that provides health benefits, whether directly, through
insurance, or otherwise, which is funded directly, in whole or in part, by
the United States Government, or any state health care program either
approved under the Social Security Act or receiving federal
funds.
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“GAAP”
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Section
3.01(a)
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“Governmental Entity”
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Section
3.04
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“Guarantee”
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Preamble
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“Guarantors”
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Preamble
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“HSR Act” means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
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“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without
duplication, (i) the principal of, accrued interest of, premium (if
any) in respect of and prepayment and other penalties, charges, expenses
and fees associated with (A) indebtedness of such Person for money
borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds
or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is
responsible or liable; (ii) all obligations of such Person issued or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale
obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any
title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other
accrued current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice); (iii) all obligations of such Person
for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s
acceptance or similar credit transaction; (iv) all obligations of the
type referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) of other Persons for
the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, as obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including
guarantees of such obligations; and (vi) all obligations of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of other Persons secured by
any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such
obligation is assumed by such Person).
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“Indemnified Parties”
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Section
5.09(a)
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“Intellectual Property
Rights”
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Section
3.20
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“IRS” means the Internal Revenue
Service.
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“Knowledge of the Company”
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3.09(a)
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“Knowledge of Parent”
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4.04(a)
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“Law” means any federal, state, local or
foreign law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule,
regulation or other requirement.
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“Liens” means any lien, encumbrance,
security interest, charge, pledge, mortgage, deed of trust, claim, lease,
option, right of first refusal, easement, servitude or transfer
restriction, except for (a) liens for current Taxes not yet due and
payable or for Taxes the validity of which is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been
established on the latest audited financial statements in accordance with
GAAP, and (b) liens to secure indebtedness reflected on the Company’s
most recent balance sheet or indebtedness incurred in the Ordinary Course
of Business after the date thereof.
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“Merger”
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Section
1.01
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“Merger Consideration”
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Section
2.01(b)
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“Merger Sub”
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Preamble
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“Notice Period”
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Section
5.10(b)(i)
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“Option Consideration”
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Section
2.01(d)(i)
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“Optionholder”
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Section
2.01(d)(i)
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“Ordinary Course of Business” means, with
respect to any Person, the ordinary and usual course of business of such
Person consistent with past practices.
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“OSHA” means the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
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“Other Filings”
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Section
5.05(a)
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“Outside Termination Date”
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Section
7.01(f)
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“Parent”
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Preamble
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“Parent Disclosure Schedule”
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Article
IV
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“Parent Financing”
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Section
5.17
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“Parent Material Adverse
Effect”
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Section
4.01
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“Parent Plans”
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Section
5.08(a)
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“Paying Agent”
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Section
2.02(a)
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“Permits”
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Section
3.12(b)
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“Permitted Liens”
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Section
3.17(c)
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“Person” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, firm, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, Governmental Entity or other
entity.
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“Proxy Statement”
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Section
3.04
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“SEC”
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Article
III
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“Securities Act”
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Section
3.05
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“Stockholder” means the holders of the
Company Common Stock.
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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to Company,
Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, any entity, whether incorporated
or unincorporated, of which at least a majority of the securities or
ownership interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar
functions is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such party or
by one or more of its respective Subsidiaries or by such party and any one
or more of its respective Subsidiaries.
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“Superior Proposal”
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Section
5.10(d)(ii)
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“Surviving Corporation”
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Section
1.01
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“Takeover Statute”
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Section
5.13
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“Tax Return”
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Section
3.10(h)
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“Taxes”
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Section
3.10(g)
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SECTION
9.16 Interpretation. This
Agreement shall be construed reasonably to carry out its intent without
presumption against or in favor of either party.
[Signature Page
Follows]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.
MERGER
SUB:
VIKING
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Du Bey | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx Du Xxx | ||
Title:
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President | ||
PARENT:
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Du Bey | ||
Name:
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Xxxxx Du Xxx | ||
Title:
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President |
[Signature
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COMPANY:
VIRTUAL
RADIOLOGIC CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Kill | ||
Name:
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Xxxxxx X. Kill | ||
Title:
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Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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