AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among: Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Hammer Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation; and Henry Bros. Electronics, Inc., a Delaware corporation
Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION
COPY
among:
Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation;
Hammer
Acquisition Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation; and
Xxxxx Bros.
Electronics, Inc.,
a
Delaware corporation
Dated as
of October 5, 2010
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION
1
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THE
MERGER
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1
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1.1
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Merger
of Merger Sub into the Company
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1
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1.2
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Effect
of the Merger
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1
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1.3
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Closing;
Effective Time
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1
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1.4
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Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers
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2
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1.5
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Conversion
of Securities
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2
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1.6
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Dissenting
Shares
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3
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1.7
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Company
Determinations, Approvals and Recommendations
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3
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SECTION
2
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EXCHANGE
OF SECURITIES
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4
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2.1
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Exchange
of Certificates
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4
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2.2
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Stock
Transfer Books
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5
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2.3
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Further
Action
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6
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SECTION
3
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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6
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3.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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6
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3.2
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Authority;
No Conflict
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6
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3.3
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Capitalization
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8
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3.4
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SEC
Reports
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9
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3.5
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Financial
Statements
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11
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3.6
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Property;
Sufficiency of Assets
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12
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3.7
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Receivables,
Customers
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13
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3.8
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Real
Property; Equipment; Leasehold
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13
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3.9
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Proprietary
Rights
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13
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3.10
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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19
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3.11
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Taxes
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19
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3.12
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Employees
and Employee Benefits
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22
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3.13
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Compliance
with Laws; Governmental Authorizations
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26
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3.14
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Environmental
Matters
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26
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3.15
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Legal
Proceedings
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27
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3.16
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Absence
of Certain Changes and Events
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27
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3.17
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Contracts;
No Defaults
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29
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3.18
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Sale
of Products; Performance of Services
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31
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3.19
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Insurance
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32
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3.20
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Labor
Matters
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32
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3.21
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Business
Relationships
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33
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3.22
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Interests
of Officers and Directors
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33
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3.23
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Anti-Takeover
Law
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33
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3.24
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Opinion
of Financial Advisor
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34
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3.25
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Brokers;
Fees and Expenses
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34
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3.26
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Proxy
Statement
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34
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3.27
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No
Discussions
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34
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SECTION
4
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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4.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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35
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4.2
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Authority;
No Conflict
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35
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4.3
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SEC
Reports
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36
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4.4
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Financial
Statements
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36
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4.5
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Legal
Proceedings
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37
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4.6
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Proxy
Statement.
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37
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4.7
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Funds
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37
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4.8
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Ownership
and Activities of Merger Sub
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37
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4.9
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Ownership
of Company Common Stock
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37
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4.10
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No
Additional Representations
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SECTION
5
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CERTAIN
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
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38
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5.1
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Access
and Investigation
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38
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5.2
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Pre-Closing
Operations; Notification Obligations
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39
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5.3
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Solicitation
of Acquisition Proposals
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44
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5.4
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Stockholder
Approval and Proxy Statement
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48
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5.5
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Regulatory
Approvals
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49
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5.6
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Control
of Other Party’s Business
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49
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5.7
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Disclosure
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49
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5.8
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Section
16 Matters
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50
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5.9
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Company
Equity Awards; Warrants
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50
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5.10
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Indemnification
of Officers and Directors, etc
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51
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5.11
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Takeover
Statutes
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52
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5.12
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Merger
Sub Compliance
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52
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SECTION
6
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CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
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52
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6.1
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
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52
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6.2
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Conditions
to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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53
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6.3
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Company
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54
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SECTION
7
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TERMINATION
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55
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7.1
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Termination
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55
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7.2
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Effect
of Termination
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57
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7.3
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Expenses;
Termination Fees
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SECTION
8
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MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
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58
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8.1
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Amendment
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58
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8.2
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Remedies
Cumulative; Waiver
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58
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8.3
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No
Survival
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59
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8.4
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Entire
Agreement
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59
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8.5
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Execution
of Agreement; Counterparts; Electronic Signatures
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59
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8.6
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Governing
Law
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59
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8.7
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Consent
to Jurisdiction; Venue
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59
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8.8
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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60
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8.9
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Disclosure
Schedules
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60
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8.10
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Attorneys’
Fees
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60
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8.11
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Assignments
and Successors
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60
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8.12
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No
Third Party Rights
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60
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8.13
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Notices
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60
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8.14
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Cooperation;
Further Assurances
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61
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8.15
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Construction;
Usage
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62
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8.16
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Enforcement
of Agreement
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63
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8.17
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Severability
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63
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8.18
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Time
of Essence
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63
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EXECUTION
COPY
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Agreement”)
is made and entered into as of October 5, 2010, by and among: Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”);
Hammer
Acquisition Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (“Merger
Sub”); and Xxxxx Bros.
Electronics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”).
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit
A.
Recitals
WHEREAS,
Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger of Merger Sub into
the Company in accordance with this Agreement and the Delaware General
Corporation Law (“DGCL”)
(the “Merger”).
Upon consummation of the Merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist, and the Company
will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent;
WHEREAS,
the respective boards of directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have
approved this Agreement and approved the Merger;
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a condition
and inducement to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this
Agreement, certain stockholders of the Company are entering into Voting
Agreements with Parent substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each, a
“Voting
Agreement” and collectively, the “Voting
Agreements”).
Agreement
The
parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
SECTION
1
THE
MERGER
1.1 Merger of Merger Sub into
the Company. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into
the Company, and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease. Following the
Effective Time, the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation (the
“Surviving
Corporation”).
1.2 Effect of the Merger.
The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the
applicable provisions of the DGCL.
1.3 Closing; Effective
Time. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(the “Closing”)
shall take place at the offices of Parent, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, at 10:00 a.m. Pacific time on a date to be designated by
Parent (the “Closing
Date”), which shall be no later than the fifth Business Day after the
satisfaction or waiver of the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions
set forth in Section 6 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to
be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such
conditions). Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, a certificate of
merger satisfying the applicable requirements of the DGCL (the “Certificate of
Merger”) shall be duly executed by the Company and, simultaneously with
or as soon as practicable following the Closing, filed with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of
State”). The Merger shall become effective upon the later of: (a) the
date and time of the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of
State, or (b) such later date and time as may be specified in the Certificate of
Merger with the consent of the parties. The date and time the Merger becomes
effective is referred to in this Agreement as the “Effective
Time.” The parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to
consummate the Merger on or prior to December 31, 2010.
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1.4 Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws; Directors and Officers. At the Effective Time:
(a) the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation;
(b) the
Bylaws of the Company shall be the existing Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation;
and
(c) the
directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the
Effective Time shall be the respective individuals who are directors and
officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time.
1.5 Conversion of
Securities.
(a) At
the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on
the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any stockholder of the Company or
Merger Sub:
(i) any
shares of Company Common Stock (the “Shares”)
then held by the Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company (or held
in the Company’s treasury) shall be canceled and shall cease to exist, and no
consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(ii) any
shares of Company Common Stock then held by Parent, Merger Sub or any other
wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent shall be canceled and shall cease to exist,
and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(iii) except
as provided in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)” above, each share of Company Common
Stock then outstanding (other than Dissenting Shares) shall be converted into
the right to receive $7.00 in cash, without interest (the “Merger
Consideration”).
From and after the Effective Time, all such Shares shall no longer be
outstanding and each holder of a Certificate representing any such Shares shall
cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive, upon
surrender of such Certificate in accordance with Section 2.1, the Merger
Consideration pursuant to this Section 1.5(a); and
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(iv) each
share of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Merger Sub then
outstanding shall be converted into one share of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) If,
between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock are changed into a different number or class of
shares by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split,
reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the Merger
Consideration shall be appropriately adjusted to the extent the record date for
any such event is between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time.
1.6 Dissenting Shares. To
the extent required by Law and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that are
held by a Person who shall not have voted to adopt this Agreement and who
properly exercises and perfects appraisal rights for such Shares in accordance
with Section 262 of the DGCL (the “Dissenting
Shares”) will not be converted into a right to receive the applicable
Merger Consideration as described in Section 1.5, but shall be converted into
the right to receive such consideration as may be determined to be due pursuant
to Section 262 of the DGCL; provided, however, that if any such
holder shall fail to perfect or otherwise shall waive, withdraw or lose the
right to appraisal and payment under the DGCL, the right of such holder to such
appraisal of its Dissenting Shares shall cease and such Shares shall be deemed
canceled and converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive the
Merger Consideration as provided in Section 1.5. The Company shall give Parent
(a) prompt notice of any written demands for appraisal received by the Company,
withdrawals of such demands, and any other related instruments served pursuant
to Section 262 of the DGCL and received by the Company and (b) the opportunity
to direct in compliance with all applicable Laws all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to demands for appraisals under the DGCL. The Company
shall not, except with prior written consent of Parent, (i) voluntarily make any
payment with respect to any demands for appraisal for Dissenting Shares, (ii)
offer to settle, or settle, any such demands, (iii) waive any failure to timely
deliver a written demand for appraisal in accordance with the DGCL or (iv) agree
to do any of the foregoing
1.7 Company Determinations,
Approvals and Recommendations. The Company hereby approves of and
consents to the Merger and represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that
the Company Board has, at a meeting duly called and held prior to the execution
of this Agreement, unanimously (a) determined that this Agreement, including the
Merger, is advisable, (b) declared that this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests
of the Company and the Company’s stockholders, (c) approved this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger and the Voting
Agreements, which approval constituted approval (assuming the accuracy of the
representation set forth in Section 4.9 hereof) under the provisions of Section
203(a)(1) of the DGCL as a result of which this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are not and will not be subject to
the restrictions on business combinations set forth in the provisions of Xxxxxxx
000 xx xxx XXXX, (x) directed that the adoption of this Agreement be submitted
to the Company’s stockholders at the Company Stockholders Meeting, and (e)
resolved to recommend that the Company’s stockholders adopt this Agreement (such
recommendation, the “Board
Recommendation”). The Company hereby consents to the inclusion of the
foregoing determinations and approvals in the Proxy Statement, and, subject to
Section 5.3(f), the Company hereby consents to the inclusion of the Board
Recommendation in the Proxy Statement.
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SECTION
2
EXCHANGE
OF SECURITIES
2.1 Exchange of
Certificates.
(a) As
promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or shall
cause to be deposited, with Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A. or another bank or trust
company designated by Parent and reasonably satisfactory to the Company (the
“Exchange
Agent”), for the benefit of the holders of Shares, for exchange in
accordance with this Section 2.1 through the Exchange Agent, an amount of cash
sufficient to deliver to holders of Shares the aggregate Merger Consideration to
which they are entitled pursuant to Section 1.5. Any cash deposited with the
Exchange Agent shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Exchange
Fund.” Pursuant to irrevocable instructions, the Exchange Agent shall
promptly deliver the Merger Consideration from the Exchange Fund to the former
Company stockholders who are entitled thereto pursuant to Section
1.5.
(b) As
soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the
Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record of a certificate formerly
representing Shares (a “Certificate”),
other than Parent or Merger Sub or any wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent or
Merger Sub, (i) a letter of transmittal that shall specify that delivery shall
be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only
upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent, which letter
shall be in customary form and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of
such Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon surrender of a
Certificate to the Exchange Agent, together with such letter of transmittal,
duly executed and completed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and
such other documents as may reasonably be required by the Exchange Agent, the
holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the
Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section
1.5 in respect of the Shares formerly represented by such Certificate, and the
Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. No interest will be paid
or will accrue on any cash payable pursuant to Section 1.5. In the event of a
transfer of ownership of Shares which is not registered in the transfer records
of the Company, the Merger Consideration may be issued and paid with respect to
such Shares to such a transferee if the Certificate formerly representing such
transferred Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent in accordance with this
Section 2.1(b), accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect
such transfer and evidence that any applicable stock transfer Taxes have been
paid.
(c) The
Merger Consideration delivered upon surrender of Certificates in accordance with
the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all
rights pertaining to the Shares formerly represented by such
Certificates.
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(d) Any
portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the holders of
Shares twelve months after the Effective Time shall be returned to Parent, upon
demand, and, from and after such delivery to Parent, any holders of Shares who
have not theretofore complied with this Section 2.1 shall thereafter look only
to Parent for the Merger Consideration payable in respect of such
Shares.
(e) Neither
Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation, the Exchange Agent nor the
Company shall be liable to any holder of Shares for any cash from the Exchange
Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat
or similar Law.
(f)
If 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 the
Surviving Corporation, the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable
amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity against any claim
that may be made against the Surviving Corporation with respect to such
Certificate, the Exchange Agent shall pay in exchange for such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration payable in respect of the Shares
formerly represented by such Certificate.
(g) Parent
or the Exchange Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the
consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of
Shares such amounts as Parent or the Exchange Agent are required to deduct and
withhold under the Code, or any Tax Law, with respect to the making of such
payment. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by Parent or the Exchange
Agent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement
as having been paid to the holder of Shares in respect of whom such deduction
and withholding was made by Parent or the Exchange Agent.
(h) The
Exchange Agent shall invest any cash included in the Exchange Fund, as directed
by Parent, on a daily basis; provided, however, that such
investments shall be in obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of
America, in commercial paper obligations rated A-1 or P-1 or better by Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Corporation, respectively, or
in certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances
of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1 billion (based on the most recent
financial statements of such bank which are then publicly available). Any
interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to
Parent upon termination of the Exchange Fund pursuant to Section 2.1(d). In the
event the cash in the Exchange Fund shall be insufficient to fully satisfy all
of the payment obligations to be made by the Exchange Agent hereunder, Parent
shall promptly deposit cash into the Exchange Fund in an amount that is equal to
the deficiency in the amount of cash required to fully satisfy such payment
obligations.
2.2 Stock Transfer Books. At
the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and
thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of Shares
theretofore outstanding on the records of the Company. From and after the
Effective Time, the holders of Certificates representing Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with
respect to such Shares except as otherwise provided herein or mandated by Law.
On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates presented to the Exchange
Agent, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, for any reason, in accordance with
Section 2.1(b), shall be canceled against delivery of the Merger Consideration
payable in respect of the Shares formerly represented by such Certificates, net
of any required withholding for Tax and without any interest
thereon.
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2.3 Further Action. If,
at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is determined by Parent
to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to
vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession of and to
all rights and property of Merger Sub and the Company, the officers and
directors of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be fully authorized (in
the name of Merger Sub, in the name of the Company and otherwise) to take such
action.
SECTION
3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The
Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as
follows:
3.1 Organization and Good
Standing.
(a) The
Acquired Corporations are corporations or other entities duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the Laws of their respective jurisdictions
of incorporation or organization, with full corporate power or other entity
authority to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted, to own
or use the respective properties and assets that they purport to own or use, and
to perform all their respective obligations under Acquired Corporation
Contracts. Each of the Acquired Corporations is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation or other entity and is in good standing under the Laws of
each state or other jurisdiction in which either the ownership or use of the
properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities conducted by it,
requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations.
(b) Part
3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Acquired Corporations and
indicates as to each the type of entity, its jurisdiction of organization and,
except in the case of the Company, its stockholders or other equity holders.
Part 3.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has
delivered to Parent copies of, the certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws and other organizational documents (collectively, “Organizational
Documents”) of each of the Acquired Corporations, as currently in
effect.
(c) Part
3.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has delivered
to Parent copies of, the charters of each committee of the Company’s board of
directors and any code of conduct or similar policy adopted by the
Company.
3.2 Authority; No
Conflict.
(a) The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver
this Agreement and the other agreements referred to in this Agreement, to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and, subject only to obtaining
the Necessary Consents, to consummate the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby (collectively, and including the execution,
delivery and performance by certain stockholders of the Voting Agreements, the
“Contemplated
Transactions”). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company and the consummation by the Company of the Contemplated Transactions
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to
authorize this Agreement or to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (other
than, to the extent required by applicable Law with respect to the Merger, the
approval and adoption of this Agreement by the holders of a majority of the then
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Required
Company
Stockholder Vote”)), and the filing of appropriate merger documents as
required by the DGCL.
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(b) Except
as set forth in Part 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the
Contemplated Transactions do or will, directly or indirectly (with or without
notice or lapse of time or both), (i) contravene, conflict with, or result in a
violation of (A) any provision of the Organizational Documents of any of the
Acquired Corporations, or (B) any resolution adopted by the board of directors
or the stockholders of any of the Acquired Corporations; (ii) contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental Body or
other Person the right to challenge any of the Contemplated Transactions or to
exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Law or any Order to which
any of the Acquired Corporations, or any of the assets owned or used by any of
the Acquired Corporations, is or may be subject; (iii) contravene, conflict
with, or result in a violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give
any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate,
or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by any of the Acquired
Corporations, or that otherwise relates to the business of, or any of the assets
owned or used by, any of the Acquired Corporations; (iv) cause any of the
Acquired Corporations to become subject to, or to become liable for the payment
of, any Tax; (v) cause any of the assets owned by any of the Acquired
Corporations to be reassessed or revalued by any Taxing Authority or other
Governmental Body; (vi) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or
breach of any provision of, or give any Person the right to declare a default or
exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or
to cancel, terminate, or modify, any Acquired Corporation Contract; (vii)
require a Consent from any Person; or (viii) result in the imposition or
creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the assets owned or
used by any of the Acquired Corporations, except, in the case of clauses (ii),
(iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii), for any such conflicts, violations,
breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not prevent or delay
consummation of the Merger in any material respect, or otherwise prevent the
Company from performing its obligations under this Agreement in any material
respect, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the
aggregate, adversely affect the Acquired Corporations in any material
respect.
(c) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions by the Company will not, require any Consent of, or filing with or
notification to, any Governmental Body, except (i) for (A) applicable
requirements, if any, of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and state
securities or “blue sky” laws (“Blue Sky
Laws”) and (B) filing of a certificate of merger as required by the DGCL
and (ii) where failure to obtain such Consents, or to make such filings or
notifications, would not prevent or delay consummation of the Merger in any
material respect, or otherwise prevent the Company from performing its
obligations under this Agreement in any material respect, and would not
reasonably be expected to, adversely affect the Acquired Corporations in any
material respect. The consents, approvals, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations and filings set forth in (i) above are referred to
herein as the “Necessary
Consents.”
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3.3 Capitalization.
(a) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 20,000,000 shares of Company
Common Stock and 2,000,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock. As of the date
hereof, (a) 6,050,366 shares of Company Common Stock are issued and outstanding
(which does not include (i) 150,000 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of September 2, 2010 with Professional
Security Technologies LLC and (ii) 10,000 shares reserved for issuance pursuant
to the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of October 2, 2006, relating to the
acquisition of CIS Security Systems Corporation), all of which have been duly
authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable, (b)
1,000,499 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon the
exercise of Company Stock Options, (c) 0 shares of Company Common Stock are
reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants of the Company, (d)
0 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for issuance upon settlement of
outstanding restricted stock units (the “Company
Restricted Stock Units”), (e) 0 shares of Company Common Stock are held
in the treasury of the Company, and (f) 163,700 shares of Company Common Stock
are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company Stock Options not yet granted.
No shares of Company Preferred Stock are outstanding. There are not any bonds,
debentures, notes or other indebtedness or, except as described in the
immediately preceding sentence, securities of the Company having the right to
vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to
vote) on any matters on which stockholders of the Company may vote. Except as
set forth in the second sentence of this Section 3.3(a), as of the date hereof,
no shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company are issued,
reserved for issuance or outstanding and no shares of capital stock or other
voting securities of the Company will be issued or become outstanding after the
date hereof other than upon exercise of the Company Stock Options and the
Company warrants outstanding as of the date hereof and the settlement of the
Company Restricted Stock Units outstanding as of the date hereof.
(b) Part
3.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list
of (i) each outstanding Company Stock Option, including with respect to each
such option the holder, date of grant, exercise price, vesting schedule,
expiration date, number of shares of Company Common Stock subject thereto and an
indication of the Company Equity Plan and the form of award pursuant to which
such Company Stock Option was granted, and (ii) all outstanding Company
Restricted Stock Units, including with respect to each such unit the holder,
date of grant, vesting schedule and an indication of the Company Equity Plan and
form of award pursuant to which such Company Restricted Stock Unit was granted.
Each grant of a Company Stock Option was properly disclosed, and accounted for
in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements included in, the Company’s
filings with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act and all other applicable Laws.
No such grant of a Company Stock Option involved any “back dating,” “market
timing”, or similar practices with respect to the effective date of grant
(whether intentionally or otherwise). Each Company Stock Option and Company
Restricted Stock Unit was granted in accordance with the terms of the Company
Equity Plan applicable thereto.
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(c) Except
as set forth in this Section 3.3 or in Part 3.3(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there are no options, stock appreciation rights, warrants or other
rights, Contracts, arrangements or commitments of any character relating to the
issued or unissued capital stock of any of the Acquired Corporations, or
obligating any of the Acquired Corporations to issue, grant or sell any shares
of capital stock of, or other equity interests in, or securities convertible
into equity interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively,
“Options”).
Since September 29, 2010, the Company has not issued any shares of its capital
stock or Options in respect thereof, except upon the conversion of the
securities or the exercise or settlement, as applicable, of the Company Stock
Options and the Company Restricted Stock Units referred to above.
(d) All
shares of Company Common Stock subject to issuance as described above are or
will be upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instruments
pursuant to which they are issuable, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Part 3.3(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations has any Contract or other obligation
to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Company Common Stock or
any capital stock of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or make any investment
(in the form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) in any of the
Company’s Subsidiaries or any other Person. Each outstanding share of capital
stock of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is duly authorized, validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable and each such share owned by any of the Acquired
Corporations is free and clear of all Encumbrances. None of the outstanding
equity securities or other securities of any of the Acquired Corporations was
issued in violation of the Securities Act or any other Law. None of the Acquired
Corporations owns, or has any Contract or other obligation to acquire, any
equity securities or other securities of any Person (other than Subsidiaries of
the Company) or any direct or indirect equity or ownership interest in any other
business. None of the Acquired Corporations is or has ever been a general
partner of any general or limited partnership.
3.4 SEC
Reports.
(a) The
Company has filed on a timely basis all forms, reports, exhibits, statements and
documents required to be filed by it with the SEC since the beginning of the
fiscal year referred to in clause (i) of the second sentence of this Section
3.4(a). Part 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists and, except to the
extent available in full without redaction on the SEC’s web site through the
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“XXXXX”)
two days prior to the date of this Agreement, the Company has delivered to
Parent copies in the form filed with the SEC (including the full text of any
document filed subject to a request for confidential treatment) of all of the
following: (i) the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for each fiscal year of
the Company beginning on or after January 1, 2008, (ii) the Company’s Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the first three fiscal quarters in each of the
fiscal years of the Company referred to in clause (i), (iii) all proxy and
information statements relating to the Company’s meetings of stockholders
(whether annual or special) held, and all information statements relating to
stockholder consents, since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to
in clause (i), (iv) the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed since the
beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i), (v) all other
forms, reports, registration statements and other documents filed by the Company
with the SEC since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause
(i), (the forms, reports, registration statements and other documents referred
to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, whether or not available
through XXXXX, are, collectively, the “Company SEC
Reports,” and, to the extent available in full without redaction through
XXXXX at least two Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement, the “Filed Company SEC
Reports”), (vi) all certifications and statements required by Rules
13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of SOX, and
the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder, with respect to any
report referred to in clause (i) or (ii) (collectively, the “Certifications”),
and (vii) all comment letters received by the Company from the staff of the SEC
since the beginning of the fiscal year referred to in clause (i) and all
responses to such comment letters by or on behalf of the Company. To the
Company’s Knowledge, except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports or as set
forth on Part 3.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each director and
officer (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) of the Company has
filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder since the beginning of
the fiscal year referred to in clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence.
No Subsidiary of the Company is, or since the beginning of the first fiscal year
referred to in clause (i) of the second sentence of this Section 3.4(a) has
been, required to file any form, report, registration statement or other
document with the SEC. As used in this Section 3.4, the term “file” shall be
broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is
furnished, transmitted or otherwise made available to the SEC.
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(b) Each
of the Company SEC Reports (i) as of the date of the filing of such report,
complied with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as
the case may be, and, to the extent then applicable, SOX, including in each
case, the rules and regulations thereunder, and (ii) as of its filing date (or,
if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, on the
date of such filing) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
(c) The
Certifications complied with Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and
Sections 302 and 906 of SOX, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and the statements contained in the Certifications were true and
correct as of the date of the filing thereof.
(d) The
Acquired Corporations have implemented and maintain disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act),
and such controls and procedures are effective to ensure that (i) all
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files
under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (ii) all such
information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,
including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as
appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Part 3.4(d)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has delivered to
Parent copies of, all written descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and
other documents promulgating, such disclosure controls and procedures. As of the
date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in
comment letters received from the SEC staff with respect to any of the Company
SEC Reports.
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(e) The
Company is, and since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in
clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 3.4(a) has been, in compliance with
(i) the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of
NASDAQ, and (ii) the applicable provisions of SOX. The Company has delivered to
Parent true, correct and complete copies of (i) all correspondence between any
of the Acquired Corporations and the SEC since the beginning of the fiscal year
referred to in clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 3.4(a), and (ii) all
correspondence between any of the Acquired Corporations and NASDAQ since the
beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) of the second
sentence of Section 3.4(a).
(f) Since
the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in clause (i) of the second
sentence of Section 3.4(a), neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or,
to the Company’s Knowledge, any Representative of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries has received or has otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding
the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their internal control over financial
reporting, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or
auditing practices.
(g) The
Acquired Corporations have implemented and maintain a system of internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the
Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements
for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, without limitation,
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain
asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance
with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded
accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
Except as set forth in Part 3.4(g) of the Company’s Disclosure Schedule, since
January 1, 2008, (A) there have not been any changes in the Acquired
Corporations’ internal control over financial reporting that have materially
affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Acquired
Corporations’ internal control over financial reporting, (B) all significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of the Acquired
Corporations’ internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the Acquired Corporations’ ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information have been disclosed to the
Company’s outside auditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of
directors, and (C) there has not been any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
Acquired Corporations’ internal control over financial reporting. Part 3.4(g) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has delivered to Parent
copies of, all reports and other documents concerning internal control filed
with the SEC or delivered to the Company by its auditors since the beginning of
the first fiscal year of the Company referred to in clause (i) of the second
sentence of Section 3.4(a). Part 3.4(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists, and the Company has delivered to Parent copies of, all written
descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating,
such internal accounting controls.
3.5 Financial
Statements.
(a) Each
of the financial statements (including, in each case, any notes thereto)
contained or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Reports complied with
the rules and regulations of the SEC (including Regulation S-X) as of the date
of the filing of such reports, was prepared in accordance with GAAP, and fairly
presented the financial condition and the results of operations, changes in
stockholders’ equity and cash flow of the Acquired Corporations at the
respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such financial
statements, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to (i) the
omission of notes to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X (that, in the case
of interim financial statements included in the Company SEC Reports since the
Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, would not differ materially
from the notes to the financial statements included in such Annual Report) (the
consolidated balance sheet included in such Annual Report, the “Balance
Sheet”), and (ii) normal and recurring year-end adjustments (the effect
of which will not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially adverse to
the Acquired Corporations). The financial statements referred to in this Section
3.5 reflect the consistent application of such accounting principles throughout
the periods involved, except as disclosed in the notes to such financial
statements. No financial statements of any Person other than the Subsidiaries of
the Company are, or, since the beginning of the first fiscal year referred to in
clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 3.4(a) have been, required by GAAP
to be included in the consolidated financial statements of the
Company.
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(b) Part
3.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has delivered
to Parent copies of, the documents creating or governing, all of the Company’s
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements.
(c) Part
3.5(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a description of all
non-audit services performed by the Company’s auditors for the Acquired
Corporations since the beginning of the immediately preceding fiscal year of the
Company and the fees paid for such services. All such non-audit services have
been approved as required by Section 202 of SOX.
3.6 Property; Sufficiency of
Assets. The Acquired Corporations (a) have good and valid title to all
property material to the business of the Acquired Corporations and reflected in
the latest audited financial statements included in the Filed Company SEC
Reports as being owned by the Acquired Corporations or acquired after the date
thereof (except for property sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary
course of business since the date thereof), free and clear of all Encumbrances
except (i) statutory Encumbrances securing payments not yet due and (ii) such
imperfections or irregularities of title or Encumbrances as do not affect the
use of the properties or assets subject thereto or affected thereby or otherwise
materially impair business operations at such properties, in either case in such
a manner as to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations, and
(b) are collectively the lessee of all property material to the business of the
Acquired Corporations and reflected as leased in the latest audited financial
statements included in the Filed Company SEC Reports (or on the books and
records of the Company as of the date thereof) or acquired after the date
thereof (except for leases that have expired by their terms) and are in
possession of the properties purported to be leased thereunder, and each such
lease is valid and in full force and effect without default thereunder by the
lessee or the lessor, other than defaults that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Acquired Corporations.
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3.7 Receivables,
Customers.
(a) All
existing accounts receivable of the Acquired Corporations represent valid
obligations of customers of the Acquired Corporations arising from bona fide
transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business.
(b) Part
3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and sets forth the amount of
revenues received during the most recent fiscal year and fiscal quarter from,
each customer or other Person that accounted for (i) more than $1 million of the
consolidated gross revenues of the Acquired Corporations in the most recently
completed fiscal year, or (ii) more than $500,000 of the consolidated gross
revenues of the Acquired Corporations in the most recently completed fiscal
quarter. No Acquired Corporation has received any notice or other communication
(in writing or otherwise), indicating that any customer or other Person
identified in Part 3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule may cease dealing
with the Acquired Corporations or may otherwise materially reduce the volume of
business transacted by such Person with the Acquired Corporations below
historical levels.
3.8 Real Property; Equipment;
Leasehold. All material items of equipment and other tangible assets
owned by or leased to any of the Acquired Corporations are adequate for the uses
to which they are being put, are in good and safe condition and repair (ordinary
wear and tear excepted) and are adequate for the conduct of the business of the
Acquired Corporations in the manner in which such business is currently being
conducted. Except as set forth in Part 3.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
none of the Acquired Corporations own any material real property or any material
interest in real property. Part 3.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains
an accurate and complete list of all the Acquired Corporations’ material real
property leases.
3.9 Proprietary
Rights.
(a) Except
as set forth in Part 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect to
Proprietary Rights owned by the Acquired Corporations (“Owned Proprietary
Rights”), each of the Acquired Corporations has exclusive right, title
and interest in and to all Owned Proprietary Rights, free and clear of all
Encumbrances, and with respect to Proprietary Rights used by any Acquired
Corporation, other than Owned Proprietary Rights (including, without limitation,
interest acquired through a license or other right to use), each Acquired
Corporation has a valid right to use and otherwise exploit such Proprietary
Rights, in each case in a manner in which such Proprietary Rights are currently
used or currently proposed to be used in the business of such Acquired
Corporation as conducted prior to or on the date of this Agreement, as proposed
to be conducted by such Acquired Corporation and as necessary or appropriate to
make, use, offer for sale, sell or import the Acquired Corporation Product(s).
To the Company’s Knowledge, all Patents, Registered Trademarks, and Registered
Copyrights included in the Owned Proprietary Rights (“Company
Registered IP”) are valid and enforceable. All Company Registered IP that
are material to the business of the Acquired Corporations as currently conducted
and currently proposed to be conducted are in full force and effect. All
Acquired Corporation Contracts relating to any Proprietary Rights used by any
Acquired Corporation, or that any Acquired Corporation is granted a right to
use, license and otherwise exploit Proprietary Rights, are valid and in full
force and effect; and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
will not alter or impair any such rights or the right of the Acquired
Corporations to use and exploit such rights. No claims have been asserted
against any Acquired Corporation (and none of the Acquired Corporations is aware
of any claims which are likely to be asserted against such Acquired Corporation)
by any person challenging the use of any Proprietary Right by any Acquired
Corporation or challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any
license or agreement relating to any Proprietary Right used by any Acquired
Corporation, and there is no valid basis for any such claim. No Acquired
Corporation is currently infringing (directly, contributorily, by inducement, or
otherwise), misappropriating, or otherwise violating any Property Right of any
third person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Acquired
Corporation Product or service manufactured, distributed, provided, used, or
sold by an Acquired Corporation infringes on the rights of, constitutes
misappropriation of, or in any way involves unfair competition with respect to,
any Proprietary Rights of any third person or entity. No infringement,
misappropriation, or similar claim or proceeding is pending or, to the best of
the Company’s Knowledge, threatened against any Acquired Corporation or against
any other person who may be entitled to be indemnified, defended, held harmless,
or reimbursed by any Acquired Corporation with respect to such claim or
proceeding.
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(b) Part
3.9(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists the following with respect to
Proprietary Rights of each Acquired Corporation:
(i) Part
3.9(b)(i)(A) lists all of the Patents owned by or exclusively licensed to any of
the Acquired Corporations, setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which
Issued Patents have been issued and Patent Applications have been filed. Part
3.9(b)(i)(B) lists all of the Patents in which any of the Acquired Corporations
has any right, title or interest (including without limitation interest acquired
through a license or other right to use) other than those owned by the Acquired
Corporations, setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which the Issued
Patents have been issued and Patent Applications have been filed, and the nature
of the right, title or interest held by any of the Acquired
Corporations;
(ii) Part
3.9(b)(ii)(A) lists all of the Registered Trademarks and domain names owned by
or exclusively licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations, setting forth in
each case the jurisdictions in which Registered Trademarks have been registered
and trademark applications for registration have been filed. Part 3.9(b)(ii)(B)
lists all of the Registered Trademarks in which any of the Acquired Corporations
has any right, title or interest, other than those owned by the Acquired
Corporations (including without limitation interest acquired through a license
or other right to use), setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which
Registered Trademarks have been registered and trademark applications for
registration have been filed, and the nature of the right, title or interest
held by any of the Acquired Corporations; and
(iii) Part
3.9(b)(iii)(A) lists all of the Registered Copyrights owned by or exclusively
licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations, setting forth in each case the
jurisdictions in which Copyrights have been registered and applications for
copyright registration have been filed. Part 3.9(b)(iii)(B) lists all of the
Registered Copyrights in which any of the Acquired Corporations has any right,
title or interest, other than those owned by the Acquired Corporations
(including without limitation interest acquired through a license or other right
to use), setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which the Registered
Copyrights have been registered and applications for copyright registration have
been filed, and the nature of the right, title or interest held by any of the
Acquired Corporations.
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(c) The
Acquired Corporations have good and valid title to all of the Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Rights identified in Parts 3.9(b)(i)(A), 3.9(b)(ii)(A)
and 3.9(b)(iii)(A) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and all Trade Secrets
owned by any Acquired Corporation, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except
for (i) any lien for current Taxes not yet due and payable, and (ii) minor liens
that have arisen in the ordinary course of business and that do not
(individually or in the aggregate) materially detract from the value of the
assets subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the Acquired
Corporations. The Acquired Corporations have a valid right to use, license and
otherwise exploit all Proprietary Rights identified in Parts 3.9(b)(i)(B),
3.9(b)(ii)(B), and 3.9(b)(iii)(B) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and all
Trade Secrets used by any Acquired Corporation, other than those owned by the
Acquired Corporations (including without limitation interest acquired through a
license or other right to use). The Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights
identified in Part 3.9(b), together with the Trade Secrets used by any Acquired
Corporation, constitute (A) all Proprietary Rights used or currently proposed to
be used in the business of any of the Acquired Corporations as conducted prior
to or on the date of this Agreement, or as proposed to be conducted by any of
the Acquired Corporations, and (B) all Proprietary Rights necessary or
appropriate to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import the Acquired
Corporation Product(s).
(d) Except
as set forth in Part 3.9(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired
Corporation has granted any third party any right to manufacture, reproduce,
distribute, market or exploit any Acquired Corporation Product or any
enhancements, modifications, or derivative works based on the Acquired
Corporation Products or any portion thereof. Part 3.9(d) lists all oral and
written contracts, agreements, licenses and other arrangements relating to any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights or any Acquired Corporation Product, as
follows:
(i) Part
3.9(d)(i) lists (A) any agreement granting any right to make, have made,
manufacture, use, sell, offer to sell, import, export, or otherwise distribute
an Acquired Corporation Product, with or without the right to sublicense the
same, on an exclusive basis; (B) any license of Proprietary Rights to or from
any of the Acquired Corporations, with or without the right to sublicense the
same, on an exclusive basis; (C) joint development agreements; (D) any agreement
by which any of the Acquired Corporations grants any ownership right to any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights owned by any of the Acquired
Corporations; (E) any agreement under which any of the Acquired Corporations
undertakes any ongoing royalty or payment obligations in excess of $50,000 with
respect to an Acquired Corporation Proprietary Right; (F) any agreement under
which any Acquired Corporation grants an option relating to any Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Right; (G) any agreement under which any party is
granted any right to access Acquired Corporation Source Code or to use Acquired
Corporation Source Code to create derivative works of Acquired Corporation
Products; (H) any agreement pursuant to which any Acquired Corporation has
deposited or is required to deposit with an escrow agent or any other Person any
Acquired Corporation Source Code, and further describes whether the execution of
this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated
hereby would reasonably be expected to result in the release or disclosure of
any Acquired Corporation Source Code; and (I) any agreement or other arrangement
limiting any Acquired Corporation’s ability to transact business in any market,
field or geographic area or with any Person, or that restricts the use,
transfer, delivery or licensing of Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights (or
any tangible embodiment thereof);
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(ii) Part
3.9(d)(ii) lists all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements to which any
Acquired Corporation is a party and pursuant to which any Acquired Corporation
is authorized to use any Proprietary Rights owned by any Person, excluding
standardized nonexclusive licenses for “off the shelf” or other software widely
available through regular commercial distribution channels on standard terms and
conditions and were obtained by any of the Acquired Corporations in the ordinary
course of business, at a cost not exceeding $50,000 per license. Except as set
forth in Part 3.9(d)(ii), there are no royalties, fees or other amounts payable
by any of the Acquired Corporations to any Person by reason of the ownership,
use, sale or disposition of Acquired Corporation Proprietary
Rights;
(iii) except
as set forth in Part 3.9(d)(iii), none of the Acquired Corporations has entered
into any written or oral contract, agreement, license or other arrangement to
indemnify any other person against any charge of infringement of any Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Rights, other than indemnification provisions contained
in standard sales agreements to customers or end users arising in the ordinary
course of business, the forms of which have been delivered to Parent or its
counsel;
(iv) Part
3.9(d)(iv) lists each Acquired Corporation Product that contains any software
that may be subject to an open source or general public license, such as the GNU
Public License, Lesser GNU Public License, or Mozilla Public License that (A)
could require, or could condition the use or distribution of such Acquired
Corporation Product on, the disclosure, licensing, or distribution of any source
code for any portion of such Acquired Corporation Product, or (B) could
otherwise impose any limitation, restriction, or condition on the right or
ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to use or distribute any
Acquired Corporation Product, a description of such Acquired Corporation Product
and such open source or general public license applicable to such Acquired
Corporation Product. None of the Acquired Corporation Products listed on Part
3.9(d)(iv) have utilized open source software in a manner which requires or
could require public disclosure of any Acquired Corporation Source Code;
and
(v) there
are no outstanding obligations other than as disclosed in Part 3.9(d) to pay any
amounts or provide other consideration to any other Person in connection with
any Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights (or any tangible embodiment
thereof).
(e) No
employee of any Acquired Corporation is in violation of any term of any
employment contract, patent disclosure agreement or any other contract or
agreement relating to the relationship of any such employee with such Acquired
Corporation. Except as set forth in Part 3.9(e):
(i) none
of the Acquired Corporations jointly owns, licenses or claims any right, title
or interest with any other Person of any Acquired Corporation Proprietary
Rights. No current or former officer, manager, director, stockholder, member,
employee, consultant or independent contractor of any of the Acquired
Corporations has any right, title or interest in, to or under any Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Rights in which any of the Acquired Corporations has (or
purports to have) any right, title or interest that has not been exclusively
assigned, transferred or licensed to the Acquired Corporations;
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(ii) no
Person has asserted or threatened a claim, nor are there any facts which could
give rise to a claim, which would adversely affect any Acquired Corporation’s
ownership rights to, or rights under, any Acquired Corporation Proprietary
Rights, or any contract, agreement, license or and other arrangement under which
any of the Acquired Corporations claims any right, title or interest under any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights or restricts in any material respect the
use, transfer, delivery or licensing by any Acquired Corporation of the Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Rights or the Acquired Corporation
Products;
(iii) none
of the Acquired Corporations is subject to any proceeding or outstanding decree,
order, judgment or stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer or
licensing of any Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights by any of the Acquired
Corporations, the use, transfer or licensing of any Acquired Corporation Product
by any of the Acquired Corporations, or which may affect the validity, use or
enforceability of any Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights; and
(iv) to
the Company’s Knowledge, no Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights have been
infringed or misappropriated by any Person. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is
no unauthorized use, disclosure or misappropriation of any Acquired Corporation
Proprietary Rights by any current or former officer, manager, director,
stockholder, member, employee, consultant or independent contractor of any of
the Acquired Corporations.
(f) Each
person presently or previously employed by any Acquired Corporation (including
independent contractors, if any) employed in a research and development or other
technical position has executed a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement,
the form of which is attached to Part 3.9(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
Such confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements constitute valid and binding
obligations of such person, enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms. Except as set forth in Part 3.9(f):
(i) all
Patents owned by any of the Acquired Corporations have been duly filed or
registered (as applicable) with the applicable Governmental Body, and
maintained, including the submission of all necessary filings and fees in
accordance with the legal and administrative requirements of the appropriate
Governmental Body, and have not lapsed, expired or been abandoned;
(ii) (A)
all Patents owned by any of the Acquired Corporations have been prosecuted in
good faith and are in good standing, (B) there are no inventorship challenges to
any such Patents, (C) no interference has been declared or provoked relating to
any such Patents, (D) to the Company’s Knowledge, all Issued Patents owned by
any of the Acquired Corporations are valid and enforceable, and (E) all
maintenance and annual fees have been fully paid, and all fees paid during
prosecution and after issuance of any patent have been paid in the correct
entity status amounts, with respect to Issued Patents owned by any of the
Acquired Corporations;
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(iii) to
the Company’s Knowledge, there is no material fact with respect to any Patent
Application owned by any of the Acquired Corporations that would (A) preclude
the issuance of an Issued Patent from such Patent Application, (B) render any
Issued Patent issuing from such Patent Application invalid or unenforceable, or
(C) cause the claims included in such Patent Application to be narrowed;
and
(iv) no
Person has asserted or threatened a claim, nor are there any facts which could
give rise to a claim, that any Acquired Corporation Product (or any Acquired
Corporation Proprietary Right embodied in any Acquired Corporation Product)
infringes or misappropriates any third party Proprietary Rights.
(g) The
Acquired Corporations have taken all commercially reasonable and customary
measures and precautions necessary to protect and maintain the confidentiality
of all Trade Secrets in which any Acquired Corporation has any right, title or
interest and otherwise to maintain and protect the full value of all such Trade
Secrets. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth
in Part 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(i) all
current and former employees any of the Acquired Corporations who are or were
involved in, or who have contributed to, the creation or development of any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights material to the business of such
Acquired Corporation have executed and delivered to the applicable Acquired
Corporation an agreement that is substantially identical to the form of
Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement previously delivered
by the Company to Parent in which Proprietary Rights have been assigned to such
Acquired Corporation;
(ii) all
current and former consultants and independent contractors to any of Acquired
Corporations who are or were involved in, or who have contributed to, the
creation or development of any Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights material
to the business of such Acquired Corporation have executed and delivered to the
applicable Acquired Corporation an agreement (containing no exceptions to or
exclusions from the scope of its coverage) that is substantially identical to
the form of Consultant Confidential Information and Invention Assignment
Agreement previously delivered to Parent in which Proprietary Rights have been
assigned to such Acquired Corporation. No current or former employee, officer,
director, stockholder, consultant or independent contractor to any of the
Acquired Corporations has any right, claim or interest in or with respect to any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights; and
(iii) except
as disclosed as required under Section 3.9(d)(i) above, none of the Acquired
Corporations has disclosed or delivered to any Person, or permitted the
disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other Person, of any Acquired
Corporation Source Code. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition
exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time) will, or would reasonably
be expected to, result in the disclosure or delivery to any Person of any
Acquired Corporation Source Code.
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(h) Except
with respect to demonstration or trial copies, no product, system, program or
software module designed, developed, sold, licensed or otherwise made available
by any of the Acquired Corporations to any Person, including without limitation
any Acquired Corporation Product, contains any “back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan
horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” or other software routines or
hardware components designed to permit unauthorized access or to disable or
erase software, hardware or data without the consent of the user.
(i)
No Acquired Corporation is
or has been a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards
body or similar organization that could require or obligate any Acquired
Corporation to grant or offer to any other Person any license or right to any
Acquired Corporation Proprietary Rights.
3.10 No Undisclosed
Liabilities. Except as set forth in Part 3.10 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Acquired Corporations have no liabilities or obligations of any
nature (whether absolute, accrued, contingent, determined, determinable, xxxxxx,
inchoate or otherwise), except for (a) liabilities or obligations reflected or
reserved against in the Balance Sheet, or (b) current liabilities incurred in
the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, since the date
of the Balance Sheet that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations.
3.11 Taxes.
(a) Jurisdiction. Part
3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete
list of all jurisdictions (whether foreign or domestic) in which any of the
Acquired Corporations (or any consolidated, combined or unitary group including
any Acquired Corporation) does or is required to file Tax Returns. No claim has
ever been made by a Governmental Body in a jurisdiction where the Acquired
Corporations do not file Tax Returns that any Acquired Corporation (or any
consolidated, combined or unitary group including any Acquired Corporation) is
or may be subject to taxation or to a requirement to file Tax Returns in that
jurisdiction.
(b) Timely Filing of Tax
Returns. The Acquired Corporations have filed or caused to be filed all
Tax Returns that are or were required to be filed by or with respect to any of
them, either separately or as a member of a consolidated, combined or unitary
group of corporations, pursuant to applicable Laws. All Tax Returns filed by (or
that include on a consolidated, combined or unitary basis) any of the Acquired
Corporations were (and, as to Tax Returns not filed as of the date hereof, will
be) in all respects true, complete and correct and filed on a timely
basis.
(c) Payment of Taxes. The
Acquired Corporations (or any consolidated, combined or unitary group including
any Acquired Corporation) have, within the time and in the manner prescribed by
Law, paid (and until Closing will pay within the time and in the manner
prescribed by Law) all Taxes that are due and payable (whether or not shown on
any Tax Return), except to the extent contested in good faith by proper
proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine or lien resulting
from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have
been set aside for payment thereof on the Company financial statements in
accordance with GAAP.
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(d) Withholding Taxes.
Each of the Acquired Corporations have complied (and until the Closing will
comply) with all applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of
Taxes (including, but not limited to, withholding and reporting requirements
under Sections 1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406, 6041 and 6049 of the Code,
and similar provisions under any other Laws) and have, within the times and in
the manner prescribed by Law, paid all such amounts required to be withheld to
the proper Governmental Bodies.
(e) Audits. Except as set
forth in Part 3.11(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Tax Return of any
of the Acquired Corporations (and no consolidated, combined, or unitary Tax
Return including any Acquired Corporation) is under audit or examination by any
Taxing Authority, and no written or unwritten notice of such an audit or
examination has been received by any of the Acquired Corporations and, the
Company has no Knowledge of any threatened audits, investigations or claims for
or relating to Taxes, and there are no matters under discussion with any Taxing
Authority with respect to Taxes. Except as set forth in Part 3.11(e) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no issues relating to Taxes were raised in writing
by the relevant Taxing Authority during any presently pending audit or
examination, and no issues relating to Taxes were raised in writing by the
relevant Taxing Authority in any completed audit or examination that can
reasonably be expected to recur in a later taxable period. Part 3.11(e) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has delivered to Parent
copies of, all examiner’s or auditor’s reports, notices of proposed adjustments
or similar commissions received by any of the Acquired Corporations from any
Taxing Authority. The U.S. Federal Income Tax Returns of the Acquired
Corporations consolidated in such returns have been examined by and settled with
the Internal Revenue Service for all years, or all years are otherwise closed,
through the taxable year ended December 31, 2006.
(f) Tax Reserves. The
charges, accruals, and reserves with respect to Taxes on the respective books of
each of the Acquired Corporations are adequate (and until Closing will continue
to be adequate) to pay all Taxes not yet due and payable (including Taxes which
the Acquired Corporations are disputing in good faith) and have been determined
in accordance with GAAP. No differences exist between the amounts of the book
basis and the tax basis of assets (net of liabilities) that are not accounted
for on any accrual on the books of the Acquired Corporations for federal income
tax purposes. Except as disclosed in Part 3.11(f) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there exists no proposed assessment of Taxes against any of the
Acquired Corporations.
(g) Tax Liens. No
Encumbrance for Taxes exists with respect to any assets or properties of any of
the Acquired Corporations, nor will any such Encumbrance exist at Closing except
for statutory liens for Taxes not yet due.
(h) Tax Sharing
Agreements. Part 3.11(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and
the Company has delivered to Parent copies of, any Tax sharing agreement, Tax
allocation agreement, Tax indemnity obligation or similar written or unwritten
agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice with respect to Taxes
(including any advance pricing agreement, closing agreement or other agreement
relating to Taxes with any Taxing Authority) to which any of the Acquired
Corporations is a party or by which any of the Acquired Corporations is bound.
No such agreements shall be modified or terminated prior to Closing without the
consent of Parent.
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(i) Extensions of Time for
Filing Tax Returns. None of the Acquired Corporations has
requested, either separately or as a member of a consolidated, combined or
unitary group of corporations, any extension of time within which to file any
Tax Return, which Tax Return has not since been filed.
(j) Waiver of Statutes of
Limitations. None of the Acquired Corporations (nor any
consolidated, combined or unitary group including any Acquired Corporation) has
executed any outstanding waivers, extensions or comparable consents regarding
the application of the statute of limitations with respect to any Taxes or Tax
Returns.
(k) Powers of
Attorney. No power of attorney currently in force has been
granted by any of the Acquired Corporations (or any consolidated, combined or
unitary group including any Acquired Corporation) concerning any Taxes or Tax
Return.
(l) Tax
Rulings. None of the Acquired Corporations has received or
been the subject of a Tax Ruling or a request for a Tax Ruling. None
of the Acquired Corporations (nor any consolidated, combined or unitary group
including any Acquired Corporation) has entered into a Closing Agreement with
any Governmental Body that would have a continuing effect after the Closing
Date.
(m) Availability of Tax
Returns. Part 3.11(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists, and the Company has made available to Parent complete and accurate copies
of, all Tax Returns and any amendments thereto, filed by or on behalf of, or
which include, any of the Acquired Corporations, for all taxable periods
beginning after December 31, 2006 and ending on or prior to the Closing
Date.
(n) Opinions of
Counsel. Part 3.11(n) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists, and the Company has provided to Parent true and complete copies of, all
memoranda and opinions of counsel, whether inside or outside counsel, and all
memoranda and opinions of accountants or other tax advisors, which pertain to
any of the Acquired Corporations with respect to Taxes.
(o) Section 481
Adjustments. None of the Acquired Corporations is required to
include in income any adjustment pursuant to Section 481 of the Code by reason
of a voluntary change in accounting method initiated by any of the Acquired
Corporations (or any consolidated, combined or unitary group including any
Acquired Corporation), and the Internal Revenue Service has not proposed any
such change in accounting method.
(p) Net Operating Loss
Carryovers. Part 3.11(p) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth, as of January 1, 2010, the amount of each Acquired Corporation’s
federal, state and local net operating losses, on a consolidated
basis.
(q) Tax Credit
Carryovers. Part 3.11(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth, as of the date hereof, the amount of each Acquired Corporation’s tax
credit carryover, the nature of those tax credits and the years in which they
arose.
(r) Section 338
Election. No election under Section 338 has been made by or
with respect to any of the Acquired Corporations or any of their respective
assets or properties.
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(s) Intercompany
Transactions. None of the Acquired Corporations has engaged in
any transactions with affiliates which would require the recognition of income
by any of the Acquired Corporations with respect to such transaction for any
period ending on or after the Closing Date. Each transaction between
any Acquired Corporation and its affiliates complies with any applicable
transfer pricing Laws in all material respects.
(t) Real Property Transfer
Tax. Except as set forth in Part 3.11(t) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, none of the Acquired Corporations owns any interest in real
estate as a result of which ownership the Merger or any related transaction
contemplated by this Agreement would be subject to any realty transfer Tax or
similar Tax.
(u) Transfer
Taxes. The Company shall pay all transfer Taxes and other
similar Taxes imposed due to the Merger or any other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(v) Section
162(m). The disallowance of a deduction under Section 162(m)
of the Code (or similar provisions under any other Laws) for employee
remuneration will not apply to any amount paid or payable by any of the Acquired
Corporations under any Acquired Corporation Contract, Benefit Plan, program,
arrangement or understanding currently in effect.
(w)
Section
409A. None of the Acquired Corporations is party to any
agreement, contract or arrangement that could result in the imposition of
additional taxes to any of its current or former service providers under Section
409A of the Code (or similar provisions under any other Laws).
(x) Section
280(G). None of the Acquired Corporations is a party to any
agreement, contract or arrangement that could result separately or in the
aggregate, in the payment of an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code (or similar provisions under any other
Laws).
(y) Section 355
Representation. None of the Acquired Corporations has
constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in
a distribution of stock qualifying for tax free treatment under Section 355 of
the Code (or similar provisions under any other Laws) (i) in the two years prior
to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution which could otherwise
constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the
meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code or similar provisions under any other
Laws) in connection with the Merger.
3.12 Employees and Employee
Benefits.
(a) Except
as required under this Agreement, since December 31, 2009, there has not
been (i) any adoption or material amendment of any Company Employee Plan,
or (ii) any adoption of, or amendment to, or change in employee
participation or coverage under, any Company Employee Plan that would increase
materially the expense of maintaining such Company Employee Plan above the level
of the expense incurred in respect thereof for the fiscal year ended on
December 31, 2009. Except as expressly contemplated hereby,
neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the
Contemplated Transactions will (either alone or in conjunction with any other
event) result in, cause the accelerated vesting or delivery of, or increase the
amount or value of, any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or
other service provider of the Acquired Corporations and all Company Employee
Plans permit assumption by Parent upon consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions without the consent of any participant.
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(b) No
consent or approval of any participant in any Company Employee Plan is required
to effect the Contemplated Transactions.
(c) For
purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions apply: “Controlled Group
Liability” means any and all liabilities under (i) Title IV of
ERISA, (ii) section 302 of ERISA, (iii) sections 412, 430 and 4971 of
the Code, (iv) the continuation coverage requirements of section 601 et seq. of ERISA and section
4980B of the Code, and (v) corresponding or similar provisions of foreign
Laws or regulations and “ERISA
Affiliate” means, with respect to any entity, trade or business, any
other entity, trade or business that is a member of a group described in Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA that includes
the first entity, trade or business, or that is a member of the same “controlled
group” as the first entity, trade or business pursuant to Section 4001(a)(14) of
ERISA.
(d) Part
3.12(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete
list of each written or oral Company Employee Plan.
(e) With
respect to each Company Employee Plan, the Company has delivered to Parent a
true, correct and complete copy of: (i) each writing
constituting a part of such Company Employee Plan, including without limitation
all plan documents, benefit schedules, trust agreements, and insurance contracts
and other funding vehicles; (ii) the three most recent Annual Reports (Form
5500 Series) and accompanying schedules, if any, and SAS 112 letters;
(iii) the current summary plan description and any material modifications
thereto, if any; (iv) the most recent annual financial report, if any;
(v) the most recent actuarial report, if any; (vi) the most recent
determination letter from the IRS, if any; (vii) all material written contracts
relating to each Company Employee Plan, including administrative service
agreements and group insurance contracts; and (viii) all minutes, if any, from
all fiduciary and administrative committee meetings, if any, during the past
three years for all Company Employee Plans that are employee pension benefit
plans within the meaning of ERISA Section 2. Except as specifically
provided in the foregoing documents delivered to Parent, there are no amendments
to any Company Employee Plan or any new Company Employee Plan that have been
adopted or approved nor has the Company undertaken to make any such amendments
or adopt or approve any new Company Employee Plan.
(f) Part
3.12(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies each Company Employee Plan
that is intended to be a “qualified plan” within the meaning of Section 401(a)
of the Code (“Qualified
Plans”). The Internal Revenue Service has issued a favorable
determination letter (or such Plan is relying on a volume submitter (or the
like) qualification letter) with respect to each Qualified Plan that has not
been revoked, and, to the Company’s Knowledge, there are no existing
circumstances nor any events that have occurred that could adversely affect the
qualified status of any Qualified Plan or the related trust. No
Company Employee Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section
501(c)(9).
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(g) All
contributions required to be made to any Company Employee Plan by applicable
Laws or by any plan document or other contractual undertaking, and all premiums
due or payable with respect to insurance policies funding any Company Employee
Plan, for any period through the date hereof have been timely made or paid in
full or, to the extent not required to be made or paid on or before the date
hereof, have been fully reflected on the financial statements contained in the
Company SEC Reports.
(h) Each
Company Employee Plan has been maintained and administered in substantial
compliance with its terms and in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable Laws. There
is not now, nor do any circumstances exist that could give rise to, any
requirement for the posting of security with respect to a Company Employee Plan
or the imposition of any Encumbrance on the assets of the Company under ERISA or
the Code. No prohibited transaction has occurred with respect to any
Company Employee Plan. None of the Acquired Corporations, nor to the
Company’s Knowledge, any other Person have engaged in any transaction with
respect to any Company Employee Plan that could be reasonably likely to subject
any of the Acquired Corporations to any material Tax or penalty (civil or
otherwise) imposed by ERISA, the Code or other applicable Law. No
events have occurred with respect to any Company Employee Plan that could result
in payment or assessment by or against the Company of any excise taxes under the
Code, including Sections 4972, 4975, 4976, 4977, 4979, 4980B, 4980D, 4980E or
5000. Any Company Employee Plan terminated prior to the Closing Date
was in compliance with all applicable qualification requirements at the time of
termination, all applicable Laws were satisfied with respect to such
termination, all participants in such plans were provided with adequate advance
notice of such termination (if required by applicable Law) and, in the case of
any terminated plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code,
the Company filed a request for a final determination letter and received a
favorable determination with respect to the qualification of such plan at
termination, and a copy of each such determination has been provided to the
Parent.
(i) There
are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the any of the Acquired Corporations,
threatened actions, claims, suits, proceedings, investigations or reviews
against or of the Company Employee Plans or the assets of any of the trusts
under any of the foregoing plans or the sponsor, administrator or fiduciary of
any of the Company Employee Plans (other than routine benefit claims), nor do
the Acquired Corporations have any Knowledge of facts that could form the basis
for any such actions, claims, suits, proceedings, investigations or reviews that
would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability.
(j) No
Company Employee Plan is or has in the past six years been subject to Title IV
or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412, 430, or 4971 of the Code. All
liabilities in connection with the termination of any Company Employee Plan that
was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any Acquired Corporation, or with
respect to which any of them had any liability, at any time within the past
three years have been fully satisfied.
(k) Except
as set forth on Part 3.12(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Company
Employee Plan is a “Multiemployer
Plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or a plan that
has two or more contributing sponsors at least two of whom are not under common
control, within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA.
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(l) There
does not now exist, nor do any circumstances exist that could result in, any
Controlled Group Liability that would be a liability of any Acquired Corporation
following the Closing. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, neither any Acquired Corporation nor any ERISA Affiliate of any
Acquired Corporation has engaged in any transaction described in Section 4069 or
Section 4204 of ERISA. Part 3.12(l) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists each ERISA Affiliate of any Acquired Corporation since January 1,
2003.
(m) Except
as set forth in Part 3.12(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except as
otherwise specifically so contemplated in this Agreement, with respect to each
current or former employee or independent contractor of any of the Acquired
Corporations, the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not, either
alone or together with any other event (i) entitle any such person to
severance pay, bonus amounts, retirement benefits, job security benefits or
similar benefits, (ii) trigger or accelerate the time of payment or funding
(through a grantor trust or otherwise) of any compensation or benefits payable
to any such person, (iii) accelerate the vesting of any compensation or benefits
of any such person (including any stock options or other equity-based awards,
any incentive compensation or any deferred compensation entitlement) or (iv)
trigger any other material obligation to any such person. Part
3.12(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists (i) all the agreements,
arrangements and other instruments which give rise to an obligation to make or
set aside amounts payable to or on behalf of the officers of the Acquired
Corporations as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and/or any subsequent employment termination (whether by the Company or the
officer), true and complete copies of which have been provided to Parent prior
to the date of this Agreement and (ii) the maximum aggregate amounts so payable
to each such individual as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and/or any subsequent employment termination (whether by the Company
or the officer).
(n) No
Acquired Corporation has any liability for life, health, medical or other
welfare benefits to former employees or beneficiaries or dependents thereof,
except for health continuation coverage as required by Section 4980B of the Code
or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and at no expense to any Acquired
Corporation. With respect to each Company Employee Plan that is an
employee welfare benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA), all
claims under such Company Employee Plan are (i) insured pursuant to a contract
of insurance whereby the insurance company bears any risk of loss with respect
to such claims, (ii) covered under a contract with a health maintenance
organization (an “HMO”)
pursuant to which the HMO bears the liability for claims or (iii) reflected as a
liability or accrued for on the financial statements.
(o) All
stock options or share appreciation rights granted by any of the Acquired
Corporations were granted using an exercise price or a base price, as the case
may be, of not less than the fair market value of the underlying shares in
accordance with applicable guidance under Section 409A of the Code on the date
of grant, and are not otherwise subject to the requirements of Section 409A of
the Code. None of the Acquired Corporations is subject to any
agreement or contract that would require it to “gross up” or otherwise
compensate any current or former employee, officer, director, or other service
provider because of the imposition of any income, excise, or other tax on a
payment or benefit provided to such person.
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(p) No
Company Employee Plan is subject to Laws other than those of the United States
and/or the States thereof.
(q) Part
3.12(q) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete
list as of the date of this Agreement of all loans and advances in excess of
$20,000 made by any of the Acquired Corporations to any employee, director,
consultant or independent contract, other than routine travel and expense
advances made to employees in the ordinary course of business. None
of the Acquired Corporations have, since January 1, 2007, extended or maintained
credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit,
in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or executive officer (or
equivalent thereof) of and Acquired Corporation. Part 3.12(q) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule identifies any extension of credit maintained by the
Acquired Corporations to which the second sentence of Section 13(k)(1) of the
Exchange Act applies.
(r)
As soon as practicable after the date hereof, the Company’s board of directors
or the appropriate committee thereof shall take all necessary action (including
adopting resolutions or Company Equity Plan amendments, and providing any
required notice to any holder of Company Stock Options) to effect the
requirements, terms and conditions of Section 5.9(a).
3.13 Compliance with Laws;
Governmental Authorizations. The Acquired Corporations are,
and at all times have been, in material compliance with each Law that is or was
applicable to any of them or to the conduct or operation of their business or
the ownership or use of any of their assets; no event has occurred or
circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
(a) may constitute or result in a material violation by any of the Acquired
Corporations of, or a substantial failure on the part of any of the Acquired
Corporations to comply with, any Law, or (b) may give rise to any
obligation on the part of any of the Acquired Corporations to undertake, or to
bear all or any portion of the cost of, any substantial remedial action of any
nature; and none of the Acquired Corporations has received, at any time since
January 1, 2006, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written)
from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding (i) any actual,
alleged, possible, or potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any
Law, or (ii) any actual, alleged, possible, or potential obligation on the
part of any of the Acquired Corporations to undertake, or to bear all or any
portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature. Part 3.13
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and the Company has delivered to
Parent copies of, all reports made by any attorney to the Company’s chief legal
officer, chief executive officer, board of directors (or committee thereof) or
other representative pursuant to 17 CFR Part 205, and all responses
thereto.
3.14 Environmental
Matters. Each of the Acquired Corporations is, and at all
times has been, in substantial compliance with, and has not been and is not in
material violation of or subject to any material liability under, any
Environmental Law. None of the Acquired Corporations has any basis to
expect, nor has any of them or any other Person for whose conduct they are or
may be held to be responsible received, any actual or threatened Order, notice,
or other communication from (a) any Governmental Body or private citizen
acting in the public interest, or (b) the current or prior owner or
operator of any Facilities, of any actual or potential material violation of or
failure to comply with any Environmental Law, or of any actual or threatened
material obligation to undertake or bear the cost of any Environmental, Health,
and Safety Liabilities with respect to any of the Facilities or any other
properties or assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which any of the
Acquired Corporations has or has had an interest, or with respect to any
property or Facility at or to which Hazardous Materials were generated,
manufactured, refined, transferred, imported, used, or processed by any of the
Acquired Corporations or any other Person for whose conduct they are or may be
held responsible, or from which Hazardous Materials have been transported,
treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled, or
received.
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3.15 Legal
Proceedings.
(a) Except
as set forth in Part 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no
pending Legal Proceeding (i) that has been commenced by or against any of
the Acquired Corporations or that otherwise relates to or may affect the
business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, any of the Acquired
Corporations, except for such Legal Proceedings as are normally incident to the
business carried on by the Acquired Corporations and would not reasonably be
expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse
Effect on the Acquired Corporations, (ii) that challenges, or that may have
the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering
with, any of the Contemplated Transactions, or (iii) against any director
or officer of any of the Acquired Corporations pursuant to Section 8A or 20(b)
of the Securities Act or Section 21(d) or 21C of the Exchange Act.
(b) To
the Company’s Knowledge, (i) no Legal Proceeding that if pending would be
required to be disclosed under the preceding paragraph has been threatened, and
(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may give rise to or
serve as a basis for the commencement of any such Legal Proceeding.
3.16 Absence of Certain Changes
and Events. Except as set forth in Part 3.16 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, since June 30, 2010, the Acquired Corporations have
conducted their businesses only in the ordinary course of business, consistent
with past practices and there has not been any Material Adverse Effect on the
Acquired Corporations, and no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may
result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations, including any
action or event described in Section 5.2(a)(b)(c) or (e) or any of the
following:
(a) any
material loss, damage or destruction to, or any material interruption in the use
of, any of the assets of any of the Acquired Corporations (whether or not
covered by insurance) that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations;
(b) (i) any
declaration, accrual, set aside or payment of any dividend or any other
distribution in respect of any shares of capital stock of any Acquired
Corporation, or (ii) any repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by any
Acquired Corporation of any shares of capital stock or other
securities;
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(c) any
sale, issuance or grant, or authorization of the issuance of, (i) any
capital stock or other security of any Acquired Corporation (except for Company
Common Stock issued upon the valid exercise of outstanding Company Stock Options
or the valid settlement of outstanding Company Restricted Stock Units),
(ii) any option, warrant or right to acquire any capital stock or any other
security of any Acquired Corporation (except for Company Stock Options described
in Section 3.3), or (iii) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable
for any capital stock or other security of any Acquired
Corporation;
(d) any
amendment or waiver of any of the rights of any Acquired Corporation under, or
acceleration of vesting under, (i) any provision of any of the Company’s
stock option plans, (ii) any provision of any Contract evidencing any
outstanding Company Stock Option or Company Restricted Stock Unit, or
(iii) any restricted stock purchase agreement;
(e) any
amendment to any Organizational Document of any of the Acquired Corporations,
any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination,
recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split
or similar transaction involving any Acquired Corporation;
(f) any
receipt by the Acquired Corporations of any Acquisition Proposal;
(g) any
creation of any Subsidiary of an Acquired Corporation or acquisition by any
Acquired Corporation of any equity interest or other interest in any other
Person;
(h) any
capital expenditure by any Acquired Corporation which, when added to all other
capital expenditures made on behalf of the Acquired Corporations since the date
of the Balance Sheet, exceeds $25,000 in the aggregate;
(i) except
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, any action
by any Acquired Corporation to (i) enter into or suffer any of the assets
owned or used by it to become bound by any Material Contract, or (ii) amend
or terminate, or waive any material right or remedy under any Material
Contract;
(j) any
(i) acquisition, lease or license by any Acquired Corporation of any
material right or other material asset from any other Person, (ii) sale or
other disposal or lease or license by any Acquired Corporation of any material
right or other material asset to any other Person, or (iii) waiver or
relinquishment by any Acquired Corporation of any right, except for rights or
other assets acquired, leased, licensed, sold or disposed of in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practices;
(k) any
write-off as uncollectible of, or establishment of any extraordinary reserve
with respect to, any account receivable or other indebtedness of an Acquired
Corporation;
(l) any
pledge of any assets of or sufferance of any of the assets of an Acquired
Corporation to become subject to any Encumbrance, except for pledges of
immaterial assets made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practices;
(m) any
(i) loan by an Acquired Corporation to any Person or (ii) incurrence
or guarantee by an Acquired Corporation of any indebtedness for borrowed
money;
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(n) any
(i) adoption, establishment, entry into or amendment by an Acquired
Corporation of any Company Employee Plan or (ii) payment of any bonus or
any profit sharing or similar payment to, or material increase in the amount of
the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation or
remuneration payable to, any of the directors, officers or employees of any
Acquired Corporation;
(o) any
change of the methods of accounting or accounting practices of any Acquired
Corporation in any material respect;
(p) any
material Tax election by, or pertaining to, any Acquired
Corporation;
(q) any
commencement or settlement of any Legal Proceeding by any Acquired Corporation;
or
(r) any
agreement or commitment to take any of the actions referred to in clauses (b)
through (q) above.
3.17 Contracts; No
Defaults.
(a) Part
3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists, and, except to the extent
filed in full without redaction as an exhibit to a Filed Company SEC Report, the
Company has delivered to Parent copies of, each Acquired Corporation Contract
and other instrument or document (including any amendment to any of the
following):
(i) described
in paragraphs (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(9) or (b)(10) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K of
the SEC;
(ii) with
any director, officer or affiliate of any Acquired Corporation;
(iii) evidencing,
governing or relating to indebtedness for borrowed money;
(iv) not
entered into in the ordinary course of business that involves expenditures or
receipts in excess of $25,000;
(v) that
in any way purports to restrict the business activity of any Acquired
Corporation or any of their affiliates, or to limit the freedom of any Acquired
Corporation or any of their affiliates to engage in any line of business or to
compete with any Person or in any geographic area or to hire or retain any
Person;
(vi) relating
to the employment of, or the performance of services by, any employee or
consultant, or pursuant to which any of the Acquired Corporations is or may
become obligated to make any severance, termination or similar payment to any
current or former employee or director, or pursuant to which any of the Acquired
Corporations is or may become obligated to make any bonus or similar payment
(other than payments constituting base salary) in excess of $10,000 to any
current or former employee or director;
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(vii) (A)
relating to the acquisition, transfer, development, sharing or licensing of any
Proprietary Rights (except for any Contract pursuant to which (1) any
Proprietary Right is licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations under any
third-party software license generally available to the public, or (2) any
Proprietary Right is licensed by any of the Acquired Corporations to any Person
on a nonexclusive basis); or (B) of the type referred to in Section
3.9(e);
(viii) providing
for indemnification of any officer, director, employee or agent;
(ix) (A) relating
to the acquisition, issuance, voting, registration, sale or transfer of any
securities, (B) providing any Person with any preemptive right, right of
participation, right of maintenance or any similar right with respect to any
securities, or (C) providing any of the Acquired Corporations with any
right of first refusal with respect to, or right to repurchase or redeem, any
securities, except for Contracts evidencing Company Stock Options;
(x) incorporating
or relating to any guaranty, any warranty or any indemnity or similar
obligation, except for Contracts substantially identical to the standard forms
of end user licenses previously delivered by the Company to Parent;
(xi) relating
to any currency hedging;
(xii) (A) imposing
any confidentiality obligation on any of the Acquired Corporations or any other
Person, or (B) containing “standstill” or similar provisions;
(xiii) except
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices
(A) to which any Governmental Body is a party or under which any
Governmental Body has any rights or obligations, or (B) directly or
indirectly benefiting any Governmental Body (including any subcontract or other
Contract between any Acquired Corporation and any contractor or subcontractor to
any Governmental Body);
(xiv) requiring
that any of the Acquired Corporations give any notice or provide any information
to any Person prior to considering or accepting any Acquisition Proposal or
similar proposal, or prior to entering into any discussions, agreement,
arrangement or understanding relating to any Acquisition Transaction or similar
transaction;
(xv) contemplating
or involving the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount
or having a value in excess of $1 million in the aggregate, or contemplating or
involving the performance of services having a value in excess of $500,000 in
the aggregate;
(xvi) that
would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the business,
condition, capitalization, assets, liabilities, operations or financial
performance of any of the Acquired Corporations or on any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; and
(xvii) any
other Contract, if a breach of such Contract would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired Corporations.
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Each of
the foregoing is a “Material
Contract.”
(b) Each
Material Contract is valid and in full force and effect, and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
(c) Except
as set forth in Part 3.17(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule: (i) none of the Acquired Corporations has violated or
breached, or committed any default under, any Acquired Corporation Contract,
except for violations, breaches and defaults that have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations; and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no other Person has violated or
breached, or committed any default under, any Acquired Corporation Contract,
except for violations, breaches and defaults that have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations; (ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred, and
no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of
time) will or would reasonably be expected to, (A) result in a violation or
breach of any of the provisions of any Acquired Corporation Contract,
(B) give any Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy
under any Acquired Corporation Contract, (C) give any Person the right to
receive or require a rebate, chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule
under any Acquired Corporation Contract, (D) give any Person the right to
accelerate the maturity or performance of any Acquired Corporation Contract,
(E) result in the disclosure, release or delivery of any Acquired
Corporation Source Code, or (F) give any Person the right to cancel,
terminate or modify any Acquired Corporation Contract, except in each such case
for defaults, acceleration rights, termination rights and other rights that have
not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Acquired Corporations; and (iii) since January 1, 2010, none of the
Acquired Corporations has received any notice or other communication regarding
any actual or possible violation or breach of, or default under, any Acquired
Corporation Contract, except in each such case for defaults, acceleration
rights, termination rights and other rights that have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations.
3.18 Sale of Products;
Performance of Services.
(a) Except
as set forth in Part 3.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each product,
system, program, Proprietary Right or other asset designed, developed,
manufactured, assembled, sold, installed, repaired, licensed or otherwise made
available by any of the Acquired Corporations to any Person: (i)
conformed and complied in all material respects with the terms and requirements
of any applicable warranty or other Contract and with all applicable Laws; and
(ii) to any Acquired Corporation’s Knowledge, was free of any bug, virus, design
defect or other defect or deficiency at the time it was sold or otherwise made
available, other than any immaterial bug or similar defect that would not
adversely affect in any material respect such product, system, program,
Proprietary Right or other asset (or the operation or performance
thereof).
(b) All
installation services, programming services, repair services, maintenance
services, support services, training services, upgrade services and other
services that have been performed by the Acquired Corporations were performed
properly and in full conformity with the terms and requirements of all
applicable warranties and other Contracts and with all applicable
Laws.
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(c) Except
as set forth in Part 3.18(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no customer or
other Person has asserted or threatened to assert any claim against any of the
Acquired Corporations (i) under or based upon any warranty provided by or
on behalf of any of the Acquired Corporations, or (ii) under or based upon
any other warranty relating to any product, system, program, Proprietary Right
or other asset designed, developed, manufactured, assembled, sold, installed,
repaired, licensed or otherwise made available by any of the Acquired
Corporations or any services performed by any of the Acquired Corporations,
except in each such case for claims that have not had and would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations.
3.19 Insurance. The
Acquired Corporations are covered by valid and currently effective insurance
policies issued in favor of the Company that are customary for companies of
similar size and financial condition. All such policies are in full
force and effect, all premiums due thereon have been paid and the Acquired
Corporations have complied with the provisions of such policies. The
Acquired Corporations have not been advised of any defense to coverage in
connection with any claim to coverage asserted or noticed by the Acquired
Corporations under or in connection with any of their extant insurance
policies. The Acquired Corporations have not received any written
notice from or on behalf of any insurance carrier issuing policies or binders
relating to or covering any of the Acquired Corporations that there will be a
cancellation or non-renewal of existing policies or binders, or that alteration
of any equipment or any improvements to real estate occupied by or leased to or
by any of the Acquired Corporations, purchase of additional equipment, or
material modification of any of the methods of doing business, will be
required.
3.20 Labor
Matters. Except as disclosed in the Filed Company SEC Reports,
(a) none of the Acquired Corporations has been a party to or subject to, or
is currently negotiating in connection with entering into, any collective
bargaining agreement or other labor agreement with any union or labor
organization, and there has not been any activity or proceeding of any labor
organization or employee group to organize any such employees; (b) to the
Company’s Knowledge, none of the Acquired Corporations is the subject of any
Legal Proceeding asserting that any of the Acquired Corporations has committed
an unfair labor practice or seeking to compel it to bargain with any labor
organization as to wages or conditions of employment; (c) there is no
strike, work stoppage or other labor dispute involving any of the Acquired
Corporations pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened; (d) to the
Company’s Knowledge, no complaint, charge or Legal Proceeding by or before any
Governmental Body brought by or on behalf of any employee, prospective employee,
former employee, retiree, labor organization or other representative of its
employees is pending or threatened against any of the Acquired Corporations;
(e) to the Company’s Knowledge, no grievance is pending or threatened
against any of the Acquired Corporations; and (f) none of the Acquired
Corporations is a party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, or
citation by, any Governmental Body relating to employees or employment
practices. No labor organization or group of employees of the
Acquired Corporations has made a pending demand for recognition or
certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or
petitions seeking a representation proceeding presently pending or threatened to
be brought or filed, with the National Labor Relations Board or any other labor
relations tribunal or authority. Each of the Acquired Corporations
has complied with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Act and any similar state Law, such as California Labor Code Section
1400, et seq
(collectively, the “WARN Act
“) and during the 5 years preceding and including the Closing Date none of the
Acquired Corporations has effectuated (i) a “plant closing” (as defined in the
WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or
operating units within any site of employment or facility of the any of the
Acquired Corporations; (ii) a “mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act); or
(iii) such other transaction, layoff, reduction in force or employment
terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of the WARN
Act. Each of the Acquired Corporations has been and is in material
compliance with all applicable Laws respecting employment and employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment, including, without limitation,
wages and hours, labor relations, employment discrimination, disability rights
or benefits, equal opportunity, plant closure or mass layoff issues, affirmative
action, leaves of absence, occupational health and safety, workers compensation
and unemployment insurance. None of the current or former independent
contractors of the Acquired Corporations was improperly classified as a
non-employee and no current or former employees classified as “exempt” from
overtime requirements were improperly classified as exempt. None of
the Acquired Corporations engage any individual to perform services pursuant to
an employee leasing or similar agreement with any outside
agency. None of the employees of the Acquired Corporations is or has
been employed outside of the United States by or on behalf of any of the
Acquired Corporations. Part 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists each Employment Loss with annual compensation in excess of $50,000,
occurring during the preceding 90 days (and will be updated by the Company to
reflect such Employment Losses occurring during the 90 days preceding the
Closing Date) and sets forth the name of each Person suffering such an
employment loss and the location at which he or she worked.
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3.21 Business
Relationships. The relationships of the Acquired Corporations
with their customers, distributors, licensors, designers and suppliers are
satisfactory in all material respects.
3.22 Interests of Officers and
Directors. None of the officers or directors of any of the
Acquired Corporations or any of their respective affiliates (other than the
Acquired Corporations), or any “associate” (as such term is defined in Rule
14a-1 under the Exchange Act) of any such officer or director, has any interest
in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, used in or pertaining
to the business of the Acquired Corporations, or in any supplier, distributor or
customer of the Acquired Corporations, or any other relationship, contract,
agreement, arrangement or understanding with the Acquired Corporations, except
as disclosed in the Filed Company SEC Reports and except for the normal rights
of a stockholder and rights under the Company Employee Plans, Company Equity
Plans, Company Stock Options and the Company Restricted Stock
Units. Each officer, director and stockholder beneficially owning 5%
or more of the Company’s Common Stock is set forth in Part 3.22 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
3.23 Anti-Takeover
Law. The respective boards of directors of the Acquired
Corporations have taken all action necessary or required to (i) render
inapplicable to this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger and the other
Contemplated Transactions the restrictions contained in (a) any state takeover
Law that may purport to be applicable to this Agreement and the consummation of
the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions, including, but not limited
to, Section 203 of the DGCL, (b) any takeover provision in the Organizational
Documents and (c) any takeover provision in any Acquired Corporation
Contract and (ii) approve the Voting Agreements under Section 203 of the DGCL
prior to execution.
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3.24 Opinion of Financial
Advisor. The Company’s board of directors has received the
opinion of Imperial Capital, LLC (the “Company Financial
Advisor”) (a copy of whose engagement letter has been provided to Parent)
dated October 4, 2010, to the effect that, as of such date, the consideration to
be received by the holders of the Shares in the proposed Merger is fair to the
Company’s stockholders from a financial point of view. A copy of that
opinion has been delivered to Parent. The Company has been authorized
by the Company Financial Advisor to permit the inclusion of such opinion in its
entirety and a discussion of the Company Financial Advisor’s analysis in
preparing such opinion in the Proxy Statement.
3.25 Brokers; Fees and
Expenses. No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person
(other than the Company Financial Advisor) is entitled to any brokerage,
finder’s other similar fee or commission in connection with the Merger and the
other Contemplated Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
any Acquired Corporation. The Company has heretofore furnished to
Parent copies of all Acquired Corporation Contracts between the Company and the
Company Financial Advisor pursuant to which such firm would be entitled to any
payment relating to the Contemplated Transactions. The fees and
expenses of any broker, finder, or investment banker retained by the Company in
connection with the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions incurred or
to be incurred by the Company in connection with the Merger and the other
Contemplated Transactions will not be inconsistent with the fees and expenses
set forth in Part 3.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
3.26 Proxy
Statement. None of the information supplied or to be supplied
by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in
the Proxy Statement will, at the time the Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC,
on the date of mailing to the Company’s stockholders or at the time of the
Company Stockholders Meeting, 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 Proxy Statement will comply as to
form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. If at any time prior to
the Effective Time any event relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates,
officers or directors should be discovered by the Company which is required to
be set forth in a supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Company shall promptly
inform Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no
representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied in writing
by Parent or Merger Sub expressly for the purpose of inclusion or incorporation
by reference in the Proxy Statement.
3.27 No
Discussions. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the
Acquired Corporations, their respective boards of directors, or any of its or
their respective Affiliates or Representatives, is engaged, directly or
indirectly, in any discussions or negotiations with any other Person relating to
any Acquisition Proposal. None of the Acquired Corporations has
terminated or waived any rights under any confidentiality, “standstill”
non-solicitation or similar agreement with any third party to which any of the
Acquired Corporations is or was a party or under which any of the Acquired
Corporations has or had any rights.
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SECTION
4
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB.
Parent
and Merger Sub, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
4.1 Organization and Good
Standing. Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are corporations
duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of their
respective jurisdictions of incorporation, with full corporate power and
authority to conduct their respective businesses as now being conducted, to own
or use the respective properties and assets that they purport to own or use, and
to perform all their respective obligations under Contracts to which Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries is party or by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective assets are bound. Parent and each of its
Subsidiaries are duly qualified to do business as foreign corporations and are
in good standing under the Laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which
either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by them, or the
nature of the activities conducted by them, requires such qualification, except
where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
4.2 Authority; No
Conflict.
(a) Each
of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to
consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The execution and delivery
of this Agreement by each of Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by each
of Parent and Merger Sub of the Contemplated Transactions have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this
Agreement or to consummate the Contemplated Transactions (other than, with
respect to the Merger, the filing of a Certificate of Merger as required by the
DGCL and the adoption of this Agreement by Parent as sole stockholder of Merger
Sub which shall occur immediately after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement). This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by Parent, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Company, constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its
terms.
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(b) Except
for violations and defaults that would not materially and adversely affect
Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, neither the execution and delivery of
this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the Contemplated Transactions
will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time or both)
(i) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of (A) any
provision of the Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
or (B) any resolution adopted by the board of directors or the stockholders
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) contravene, conflict with, or result
in a violation of, or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to
challenge any of the Contemplated Transactions or to exercise any remedy or
obtain any relief under, any Law or any Order to which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of the assets owned or used by Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, may be subject; (iii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a
violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any Governmental Body
the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any
Governmental Authorization that is held by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or
that otherwise relates to the business of, or any of the assets owned or used
by, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (iv) cause Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries to become subject to, or to become liable for the payment of, any
Tax; (v) cause any of the assets owned by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to
be reassessed or revalued by any Taxing Authority or other Governmental Body;
(vi) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any
provision of, or give any Person the right to declare a default or exercise any
remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel,
terminate, or modify, any Contract to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is
party or by which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
assets are bound; (vii) require a Consent from any Person; or (viii) result in
the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the
assets owned or used by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case
of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii) and (viii), for any such
conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences that would not
prevent or delay consummation of the Merger in any material respect, or
otherwise prevent Parent from performing its obligations under this Agreement in
any material respect, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or
in the aggregate, adversely affect Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, in any material respect.
(c) The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent do not, and the performance
of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions by
Parent will not, require any Consent of, or filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Body, except (i) for (A) applicable requirements, if any, of
the Exchange Act, the Securities Act and Blue Sky Laws, and (B) filing of
appropriate merger documents as required by the DGCL and (ii) where failure
to obtain such Consents, or to make such filings or notifications, would not
prevent or delay consummation of the Merger in any material respect, or
otherwise prevent Parent from performing its obligations under this Agreement in
any material respect, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or
in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
4.3 SEC
Reports. Parent has filed on a timely basis all forms,
reports, exhibits, statements and documents required to be filed by it with the
SEC since January 1, 2008 (“Parent SEC
Reports”). Each of the Parent SEC Reports (i) as of the
date of the filing of such report, complied with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and, to the extent then
applicable, SOX, including in each case, the rules and regulations thereunder,
and (ii) as of its filing date (or, if amended or superseded by a
subsequent filing prior to the date hereof, on the date of such filing) did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
4.4 Financial
Statements. Each of the financial statements (including, in
each case, any notes thereto) contained or incorporated by reference in the
Parent SEC Reports complied with the rules and regulations of the SEC (including
Regulation S-X) as of the date of the filing of such reports, was prepared in
accordance with GAAP, and fairly presented the financial condition and the
results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flow of Parent
at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such financial
statements, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to
(i) the omission of notes to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X (that,
in the case of interim financial statements included in the Parent SEC Reports
since Parent’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, would not differ
materially from the notes to the financial statements included in such Annual
Report) (the consolidated balance sheet included in such Annual Report, the
“Parent
Balance Sheet”), and (ii) normal and recurring year-end adjustments
(the effect of which will not, individually or in the aggregate, be materially
adverse to Parent).
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4.5 Legal
Proceedings.
(a) Except
as set forth in Part 4.5 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, there is no pending
Legal Proceeding (i) that has been commenced by or against Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent, and (ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect
of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of
the Contemplated Transactions.
(b) To
Parent’s Knowledge, (i) no Legal Proceeding that if pending would be
required to be disclosed under the preceding paragraph has been threatened, and
(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that may give rise to or
serve as a basis for the commencement of any such Legal Proceeding.
4.6 Proxy Statement. None
of the information supplied by Parent, Merger Sub or their officers, directors,
representatives, agents or employees for inclusion or incorporation by reference
in the Proxy Statement will, on the date the Proxy Statement is first sent to
the Company’s stockholders, at the time of the Company Stockholders Meeting or
at the Effective Time, 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.
4.7 Funds. Parent
has, and upon the Effective Time, Parent and Merger Sub will have sufficient
funds to cause the Surviving Corporation to consummate the Merger, to make the
payments contemplated by this Agreement and to pay all fees and expenses in
connection therewith.
4.8 Ownership and Activities of
Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of
engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has engaged in no
other business activities and has conducted its operations only as contemplated
by this Agreement.
The
authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of 1,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share, all of which have been validly issued, are fully paid
and nonassessable and are owned by Parent free and clear of any
Encumbrance.
4.9 Ownership of Company Common
Stock. None of Parent or Merger Sub or any of their affiliates
owns (directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record) any Company Common
Stock or holds any rights to acquire any Company Common Stock except pursuant to
this Agreement.
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4.10 No Additional
Representations. Each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges
and agrees that except as expressly set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective
representatives has made any representation or warranty, express or implied, to
Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective representatives in connection with
this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of Parent and Merger Sub
acknowledges and agrees that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor
any of their respective representatives has made any representation or warranty,
express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any information
regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries made available to Parent,
Merger Sub and their representatives, except as expressly set forth in Section 3
of this Agreement, and neither the Company nor any other Person shall be subject
to any liability to Parent or any other Person resulting from the Company’s
having made available to Parent, Merger Sub or their representatives such
information, including in the “data room,” management presentations (formal or
informal) or in any other form in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective representatives makes any
representation or warranty to Parent, Merger Sub or their representatives with
respect to any financial projection or forecast relating to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION
5
CERTAIN
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
5.1 Access and
Investigation.
(a) During
the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time (the
“Pre-Closing
Period”), subject to (i) applicable Antitrust Laws relating to the
exchange of information, (ii) applicable Laws protecting the privacy of
employees and personnel files, (iii) applicable undertakings given by the
Company to others requiring confidential treatment of documents, and (iv)
appropriate limitations on the disclosure of other information to maintain
attorney-client privilege, the Company shall, and shall cause the Acquired
Corporation’s Representatives, (1) to provide Parent and Parent’s
Representatives with reasonable access to the Acquired Corporations’
Representatives, personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax
Returns, work papers and other documents, and with such additional financial,
operating and other data and information regarding the Acquired Corporations and
(2) to cause its officers to confer regularly with Parent concerning the
status of the Company’s business, in each case as Parent may reasonably
request. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the
Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall promptly provide Parent with, or afford
Parent the right to make, copies of (A) all material operating and financial
reports prepared by the Company and its Subsidiaries for the Company’s senior
management, including copies of the unaudited monthly consolidated financial
statements; (B) any written materials or communications sent by or on behalf of
the Company to its stockholders; (C) any notice, report or other document filed
with or sent to any Governmental Body in connection with the Merger or any of
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (D) any material
notice of alleged violations or legal non-compliance received by any of the
Acquired Corporations from any Governmental Body.
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5.2 Pre-Closing Operations;
Notification Obligations.
(a) During
the Pre-Closing Period the Company shall:
(i) ensure
that each of the Acquired Corporations (A) conducts its business and operations
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and
(B) complies with all applicable Laws and all Material Contracts (which for
the purpose of this Section 5.2 shall include any Contract that would be a
Material Contract if existing on the date of this Agreement);
(ii) use
commercially reasonable efforts so that each of the Acquired Corporations
preserves intact its current business organization, keeps available the services
of its current officers and employees and maintains its relations and goodwill
with all suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, licensors, licensees,
employees and other Persons having business relationships with the respective
Acquired Corporations;
(iii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to keep in full force all insurance policies
referred to in Section 3.19;
(b) During
the Pre-Closing Period (except with the prior written consent of Parent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the Company
shall not, and shall not permit any of the other Acquired Corporations
to:
(i) (A)
declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distributions
(whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of its capital stock or
other equity or voting interests, except for dividends by a direct or indirect
wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company to its Parent, (B) split, combine or
reclassify any of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests, or
issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu
of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting
interests, (C) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital
stock or any other securities of any Acquired Corporation or any options,
warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities
(including any Company Stock Options or shares of restricted stock except
pursuant to forfeiture conditions of such restricted stock) or (D) take any
action that would result in any change of any term (including any conversion
price thereof) of any debt security of any Acquired Corporation;
(ii) issue,
deliver, sell, pledge or otherwise encumber any shares of its capital stock, any
other equity or voting interests or any securities convertible into, or
exchangeable for, or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire or
receive, any such shares, interests or securities or any stock appreciation
rights, phantom stock awards or other rights, other than the issuance of shares
of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Stock Options in accordance
with their present terms and shares reserved for issuance noted in Section
3.3(a);
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(iii) amend
or propose to amend its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or similar
organizational documents) or effect or become a party to any merger,
consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization or similar
transaction;
(iv) acquire
by merger or consolidation, or by purchasing all or a substantial portion of the
assets of, or by purchasing all or a substantial equity or voting interest in,
or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, limited
liability Company, joint venture, association or other entity or division
thereof;
(v) acquire
any material assets or a license therefor other than in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices or incur any capital expenditures, or
any obligations or liabilities in connection therewith, except pursuant to
existing Contracts or that, in the aggregate, would not exceed $75,000 during
any fiscal quarter;
(vi) enter
into any lease or sublease of real property (whether as a lessor, sublessor,
lessee or sublessee) or change, terminate or fail to exercise any right to renew
any lease or sublease of real property;
(vii) sell,
grant a license in, mortgage or otherwise encumber or subject to any Encumbrance
or otherwise dispose of any of its material properties or assets other than the
sale of inventory and the granting of licenses in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices;
(viii) other
than contract bonding requirements in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices, repurchase, prepay or incur any indebtedness or guarantee
any indebtedness of another person or issue or sell any debt securities or
options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of any
Acquired Corporation, guarantee any debt securities of another person, enter
into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement
condition of another Person or enter into any arrangement having the economic
effect of any of the foregoing;
(ix) make
any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other
Person, other than the Company or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Company and except for customary travel advances to
employees;
(x) (a)
pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any material claims (including claims of
stockholders and any stockholder litigation relating to this Agreement, the
Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise),
liabilities or obligations (whether absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted,
contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge, settlement or
satisfaction in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices
or as required by their terms as in effect on the date of this Agreement of
claims, liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in the most
recent audited financial statements (or the notes thereto) of the Company
included in the Company SEC Reports (for amounts not in excess of such reserves)
or incurred since the date of such financial statements in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practices, (b) waive, release, grant or
transfer any right of material value under a Material Contract other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or (c) commence any
Legal Proceeding;
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(xi) enter
into any Material Contract (a) except in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices, (b) if consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or compliance by the Company with the provisions
of this Agreement will conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of,
or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or give rise
to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation or acceleration of any
obligation or to a loss of a material benefit under, or result in the creation
of any Encumbrance in or upon any of the properties or assets of any Acquired
Corporation or Parent or any of its Subsidiaries under, or give rise to any
increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed rights or entitlements under,
any provision of such Contract; (c) containing any restriction on the
ability of any Acquired Corporation to assign all or any portion of its rights,
interests or obligations there under, unless such restriction expressly excludes
any assignment to Parent and its Subsidiaries in connection with or following
the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; or (d) of the type described in Section 3.17(a);
(xii) change
or terminate any Contract to which any Acquired Corporation is a party, or
waive, release or assign any rights or claims there under, in each case in a
manner materially adverse to the Acquired Corporations, taken as a
whole;
(xiii) except
as required by applicable Law, adopt or enter into any collective bargaining
agreement or other labor union Contract applicable to the employees of any
Acquired Corporation or cause more than 20 Employment Losses to occur at any
single site of employment;
(xiv) hire
any new employee at the level of manager or above or with an annual base salary
in excess of $100,000, promote any employee except in order to fill a position
vacated after the date of this Agreement, or engage any independent contractor
whose engagement may not be terminated by the Company on 30 days’ notice or
less;
(xv) increase
in any manner the compensation or benefits of, or pay any bonus to, any
employee, officer, director or independent contractor of any Acquired
Corporation, except for increases in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices in base compensation for any employee, officer, director or
independent contractor that were communicated to such employee, officer,
director or independent contractor prior to the date hereof;
(xvi) except
as required to comply with applicable Law or any Contract or Company Employee
Plan in effect on the date of this Agreement, (A) pay to any employee, officer,
director or independent contractor of any Acquired Corporation any benefit not
provided for under any Contract or Company Employee Plan in effect on the date
of this Agreement, (B) grant any awards under any Company Employee Plan
(including the grant of Company Stock Options, stock appreciation rights, stock
based or stock related awards, performance units or restricted stock or the
removal of existing restrictions in any Contract or Company Employee Plan or
awards made there under), (C) take any action to fund or in any other way secure
the payment of compensation or benefits under any Contract or Company Employee
Plan, (D) take any action to accelerate the vesting or payment of any
compensation or benefit under any Contract or Company Employee Plan, (E) adopt,
enter into or amend any Company Employee Plan other than offer letters entered
into with new employees in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices that provide, except as required by applicable Law, for “at will
employment” with no severance benefits or (F) make any material determination
under any Company Employee Plan that is not in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices;
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(xvii) (A)
fail to accrue a reserve in its books and records and financial statements in
accordance with past practice for Taxes payable by, or with respect to, the
Acquired Corporations, (B) settle or compromise any Legal Proceeding
relating to any material Tax or (C) make or revoke any material Tax
election;
(xviii) except
as required by GAAP or applicable Law, change its fiscal year, revalue any of
its material assets or make any changes in financial or Tax accounting methods,
principles or practices;
(xix) take
any action (or omit to take any action) if such action (or omission) would, or
would be reasonably likely to result in (A) any representation and warranty of
the Company set forth in this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality
becoming untrue (as so qualified) or (B) any such representation and warranty
that is not so qualified becoming untrue in any material respect;
(xx) engage
in (A) any trade loading practices or any other promotional sales or discount
activity with any customers or distributors with the effect of accelerating to
prior fiscal quarters (including the current fiscal quarter) sales to the trade
or otherwise that would otherwise be expected (based on past practices) to occur
in subsequent fiscal quarters, (B) any practice which would have the effect
of accelerating to prior fiscal quarters (including the current fiscal quarter)
collections of receivables that would otherwise be expected (based on past
practices) to be made in subsequent fiscal quarters or (C) any practice which
would have the effect of postponing to subsequent fiscal quarters expenses by
any Acquired Corporation that would otherwise be expected (based on past
practices) to be accrued in prior fiscal quarters (including the current fiscal
quarter);
(xxi) change
any of its pricing policies, product return policies, product maintenance
polices, service policies, product modification or upgrade policies, personnel
policies or other business policies, in any material respect;
(xxii) permit,
or take any action or fail to take any action that could result in or increase
the likelihood of, (A) any transfer or disclosure by any Acquired Corporation of
any Acquired Corporation Source Code or (B) a release from any escrow of any
Acquired Corporation Source Code that has been deposited or is required to be
deposited in escrow under the terms of such Acquired Corporation Contract;
and
(xxiii) authorize
any of, or commit, resolve or agree to take any of, the foregoing
actions.
(c)
During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall promptly
notify Parent in writing of:
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(i)
the discovery by the
Company of any event, condition, fact or circumstance that occurred or existed
on or prior to the date of this Agreement and that caused or constitutes a
material inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by the Company in
this Agreement;
(ii) any
event, condition, fact or circumstance that occurs, arises or exists after the
date of this Agreement and that would cause or constitute a material inaccuracy
in any representation or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement if such
representation or warranty had been made as of the time of the occurrence,
existence or discovery of such event, condition, fact or
circumstance;
(iii) any
material breach of any covenant of the Company;
(iv) any
material Legal Proceeding pending against or with respect to the Acquired
Corporations in respect of any Tax matter;
(v) any
event, condition, fact or circumstance that would make the timely satisfaction
of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6 impossible or unlikely or that
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Acquired Corporations; and
(vi) (A)
any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the Consent of
such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and (B) any Legal Proceeding or material claim
threatened, commenced or asserted against or with respect to any of the Acquired
Corporations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No
notification given to Parent pursuant to this Section 5.2(c) shall limit or
otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement.
(d) During
the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall promptly notify the Company in writing
of:
(i)
the discovery
by Parent of any event, condition, fact or circumstance that occurred or existed
on or prior to the date of this Agreement and that caused or constitutes a
material inaccuracy in any representation or warranty made by Parent in this
Agreement;
(ii) any
event, condition, fact or circumstance that occurs, arises or exists after the
date of this Agreement and that would cause or constitute a material inaccuracy
in any representation or warranty made by Parent in this Agreement if such
representation or warranty had been made as of the time of the occurrence,
existence or discovery of such event, condition, fact or
circumstance;
(iii) any
material breach of any covenant of Parent;
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(iv) any
event, condition, fact or circumstance that would make the timely satisfaction
of any of the conditions set forth in Section 6 impossible or unlikely or that
has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent; and
(v) (A)
any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the Consent of
such Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and (B) any Legal Proceeding or material claim
threatened, commenced or asserted against or with respect to Parent or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
No
notification given to the Company pursuant to this Section 5.2(d) shall limit or
otherwise affect any of the representations, warranties, covenants or
obligations of Parent contained in this Agreement.
(e) During
the Pre-Closing Period and at least one Business Day prior to the Closing the
Company shall take or cause to be taken all required action (including adopting
appropriate resolutions of the board of directors and plan amendments) to
terminate the benefit plans set forth on Schedule 5.2(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule in a manner reasonably acceptable to Parent.
5.3 Solicitation of Acquisition
Proposals.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, during the period
beginning on the date of this Agreement and continuing until 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on the 40th calendar day after the date of this Agreement (the “No-Shop Period
Start Date”), the Acquired Corporations and their respective
Representatives shall have the right to: (i) initiate, solicit,
facilitate, induce and encourage any inquiry or the making, submission or
announcement of any proposals or offers that constitute Acquisition Proposals,
including by way of providing access to nonpublic information to any Person
pursuant to confidentiality agreements on terms with respect to confidentiality
not more favorable to such Person than those contained in the Confidentiality
Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2010, between the Company and Parent (the
“Confidentiality
Agreement”); provided, however, that the Company
shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours thereafter) make available to
Parent and Merger Sub any nonpublic information concerning the Acquired
Corporations that the Company provides to any Person given such access that was
not previously made available to Parent or Merger Sub, and (ii) engage or enter
into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with
any Persons or groups of Persons with respect to any Acquisition Proposals or
otherwise cooperate with or assist or participate in, or facilitate any such
inquiries, proposals, discussions or negotiations or any effort or attempt to
make any Acquisition Proposals.
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(b) Except
as expressly permitted by this Section 5.3, from the No-Shop Period Start Date
until the Effective Time or, if earlier, the termination of this Agreement in
accordance with Section 7.1, the Company shall not directly or indirectly, and
shall not authorize or permit any of the other Acquired Corporations or any
Representative of any of the Acquired Corporations directly or indirectly to
(except that the Company may take actions described in clauses (ii) and (iii) in
connection with the continuation of discussions with any Person who shall have
submitted an Acquisition Proposal prior to the No-Shop Period Start Date),
(i) solicit, initiate or knowingly encourage, induce or facilitate the
making, submission or announcement of any Acquisition Proposal or take any
action that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal,
(ii) furnish any information regarding any of the Acquired Corporations to
any Person in connection with or in response to an Acquisition Proposal or an
inquiry or indication of interest that would reasonably be expected to lead to
an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with
any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) approve, endorse
or recommend any Acquisition Proposal or (v) enter into any Acquisition
Agreement; provided,
however, that prior to
the adoption of this Agreement by the Required Company Stockholder Vote, this
Section 5.3(b) shall not prohibit the Company from furnishing nonpublic
information regarding the Acquired Corporations to, or entering into discussions
with, any Person in response to a Superior Proposal or an Acquisition Proposal
that is reasonably likely to result in a Superior Proposal if (1) neither
the Company nor any Representative of any of the Acquired Corporations shall
have knowingly and intentionally violated, in any material respect, any of the
restrictions set forth in this Section 5.3, (2) the Company Board concludes
in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that such
action is required in order for the Company Board to comply with its fiduciary
obligations to the Company’s stockholders under applicable Law, (3) at
least 24 hours prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information to, or
entering into discussions with, such Person, the Company gives Parent written
notice of the identity of such Person and of the Company’s intention to furnish
nonpublic information to, or enter into discussions with, such Person, and the
Company receives from such Person an executed confidentiality agreement
containing limitations on the use and disclosure of all nonpublic written and
oral information furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company, and
(4) at least 24 hours prior to furnishing any such nonpublic information to
such Person, the Company furnishes such nonpublic information to Parent (to the
extent such nonpublic information has not been previously furnished or made
available by the Company to Parent). Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any violation of the
restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence by any Representative of any of
the Acquired Corporations, shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this
Section 5.3 by the Company.
(c) From
the date of this Agreement and until the No-Shop Period Start Date, the Company
shall advise Parent orally and in writing of the receipt by the Company of any
written Acquisition Proposal, or a material modification to such written
Acquisition Proposal, no later than two Business Days after the receipt of such
written Acquisition Proposal or material modification thereto and shall keep
Parent reasonably informed with respect to the status of any such Acquisition
Proposal and any modification or proposed modification thereto. From
and after the No-Shop Period Start Date, the Company shall promptly (and in no
event later than two Business Days after receipt of any Acquisition Proposal,
any inquiry or indication of interest that would reasonably be expected to lead
to an Acquisition Proposal) advise Parent orally and in writing of any
Acquisition Proposal or any inquiry or indication of interest that would
reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal (including the
identity of the Person making or submitting such Acquisition Proposal, inquiry,
or indication of interest, and the terms thereof) that is made or submitted by
any Person during the Pre-Closing Period. From and after the No-Shop
Period Start Date, the Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed with
respect to the status of any such Acquisition Proposal, inquiry or indication of
interest and any modification or proposed modification thereto.
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(d) The
Company agrees not to release or permit the release of any Person from, or to
waive or permit the waiver of any provision of, any confidentiality,
“standstill” or similar agreement to which any of the Acquired Corporations is a
party, and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to enforce or cause to
be enforced each such agreement at the request of Parent. The Company
also will promptly request each Person that has executed, within 12 months prior
to the date of this Agreement, a confidentiality agreement in connection with
its consideration of a possible Acquisition Transaction or equity investment to
return or destroy all confidential information heretofore furnished to such
Person by or on behalf of any of the Acquired Corporations and will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to enforce or cause to be enforced any
obligation to do so.
(e) Except
as expressly provided by Section 5.3(f), at any time after the date hereof
(whether before or after the No-Shop Period Start Date), neither the Company
Board nor any committee thereof shall: (i) (A) withhold, withdraw,
qualify or modify (or publicly propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw, qualify
or modify), in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub, the Board
Recommendation, (B) adopt, approve or recommend or propose to adopt, approve or
recommend (publicly or otherwise) an Acquisition Proposal, (C) after the public
announcement of the submission of an Acquisition Proposal, fail to publicly
reaffirm the Board Recommendation within 10 Business Days after Parent so
requests in writing, (D) fail to recommend against any Acquisition Proposal
subject to Regulation 14D under the Exchange Act in a
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 within 10 Business Days
after the commencement of such Acquisition Proposal on a Schedule TO or (E) fail
to include the Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement (any action described
in clauses (A) through (E), a “Recommendation
Change”); or (ii) cause or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
to enter into any Acquisition Agreement.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, at any time prior to
obtaining the Required Company Stockholder Vote, the Company may effect a
Recommendation Change if:
(i) the
Company Board has received an Acquisition Proposal that it determines in good
faith (after consultation with its independent financial advisors and outside
legal counsel) constitutes a Superior Proposal and the failure to take such
action would reasonably be expected to be a breach of its fiduciary duties,
provided that (A) the
Company has not knowingly and intentionally violated, in any material respect,
the terms of Section 5.3, (B) the Company shall have given Parent at least three
(3) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action
(which notice shall specify the material terms and conditions of any such
Superior Proposal) and, no later than the time of such notice, provided Parent a
copy of the relevant proposed transaction agreement and other material documents
with the party making such Superior Proposal, (C) if requested by Parent,
the Company shall have negotiated in good faith with Parent during such three
(3) Business Day notice period (so long as Parent and its Representatives are
negotiating in good faith) to enable Parent to propose changes to the terms of
this Agreement that would cause such Superior Proposal to no longer constitute a
Superior Proposal, (D) the Company Board shall have considered in good faith
(after consultation with independent financial advisors and outside legal
counsel) any changes to this Agreement proposed by Parent in a written offer
capable of acceptance and determined that the Superior Proposal would continue
to constitute a Superior Proposal if such changes were to be given effect, and
(E) in the event of any material change to the financial or other material terms
of such Superior Proposal, the Company shall, in each case, have delivered to
Parent an additional notice and copies of the relevant proposed transaction
agreement and other material documents and the three (3) Business Day notice
period shall have recommenced; or
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(ii) a
material fact, event, change, development or set of circumstances that was not
known by the Company Board as of or at any time prior to the date of this
Agreement (other than, and not relating in any way to, an Acquisition Proposal,
it being understood and hereby agreed that the Company Board may only effect a
Recommendation Change in response to or in connection with an Acquisition
Proposal pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.3(f)(i)) (such material
fact, event, change, development or set of circumstances, an “Intervening
Event”) shall have occurred and be continuing; provided that (A) the Company
Board determines in good faith (after consultation with independent financial
advisors and outside legal counsel) that the failure to take such action in
light of the Intervening Event would reasonably be expected to be a breach of
its fiduciary duties, (B) the Company shall have given Parent at least three (3)
Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action and, no
later than the time of such notice, provided Parent with a written explanation
of the Company Board’s basis for proposing to effect such Recommendation Change,
(C) if requested by Parent, the Company shall have negotiated in good faith with
Parent during such three (3) Business Day notice period (so long as Parent and
its Representatives are negotiating in good faith) to enable Parent to propose
changes to the terms of this Agreement that would obviate the need for the
Company Board to effect such Recommendation Change, (D) the Company Board shall
have considered in good faith (after consultation with independent financial
advisors and outside legal counsel) any changes to this Agreement proposed in
writing by Parent and determined that the failure to take such action would
reasonably be expected to be a breach of its fiduciary duties if such changes
were to be given effect, and (E) in the event of any material change to the
facts and circumstances relating to such Intervening Event, the Company shall
have delivered to Parent an additional notice and the three (3) Business Day
notice period shall have recommenced.
(g) Nothing
contained in this Section 5.3 shall be deemed to prohibit the Company or the
Company Board from (i) taking and disclosing to its stockholders a position
contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act, (ii) making
any “stop-look-and-listen” communication or similar communication of the type
contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act, or (iii) making any
disclosure to the Company’s stockholders if, in the good faith judgment of the
Company Board, after consultation with outside counsel, failure so to disclose
would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law; provided,
however, in no event shall the Company or the Company Board or
any committee thereof take, agree or resolve to take any action prohibited by
Section 5.3(e) (it being understood that neither any “stop, look and listen”
letter or similar communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under
the Exchange Act, nor any accurate disclosure of factual information to the
Company’s stockholders that is required to be made to such stockholders under
applicable Law or in satisfaction of the Company Board’s fiduciary duties or
applicable Law, shall be deemed a modification of the Company Board’s approval
or recommendation of the Merger and this Agreement).
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5.4 Stockholder Approval and
Proxy Statement.
(a) The
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the
SEC, within 15 calendar days of the date hereof, a proxy statement in
preliminary form relating to the Company Stockholders Meeting (such proxy
statement, including any amendment or supplement thereto, the “Proxy
Statement”). The Company will use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause the definitive Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Company’s
stockholders as promptly as practicable after filing with the SEC. No
filing of, or amendment or supplement to, or correspondence to the SEC or its
staff with respect to the Proxy Statement will be made by the Company, without
providing Parent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment
thereon. The Company will advise Parent, promptly after it receives
notice thereof, of any request by the SEC for the amendment of the Proxy
Statement or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for
additional information. If at any time prior to the Effective Time
any information relating to the Company or 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,
so that any of such documents would not include any misstatement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the
other parties hereto and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such
information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by
Laws, disseminated to the Company’s stockholders.
(b) The
Company shall establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene
and hold a meeting of the holders of Company Common Stock for the purpose of
considering the approval and adoption of this Agreement (the “Company
Stockholders Meeting”), a proposal to adjourn the Company Stockholders
Meeting as deemed advisable by the Company Board, the election of directors and
(with the consent of Parent) such other matters as may in the reasonable
judgment of the Company be appropriate for consideration at the Company
Stockholders Meeting. The Company Stockholders Meeting shall be held
within 30 calendar days of the date of mailing the definitive Proxy Statement;
provided, however, for the avoidance of
doubt, the Company, at the request of Parent, or if the Company Board deems
appropriate (in each case with the consent of Parent in case of the Company
Board’s determination, and with the consent of the Company, in case of Parent’s
request, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall
postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholders Meeting (i) for the absence of a
quorum; (ii) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing and mailing of
any supplemental or amended disclosure prior to the Company Stockholders
Meeting; (iii) if required by Law; or (iv) if the Company has provided a
written notice to Parent and Merger Sub pursuant to Section 5.3(f) that it
intends to make a Recommendation Change in connection with a Superior Proposal
or an Intervening Event and the applicable deadline contemplated by Section
5.3(f) with respect to such notice has not been reached. Subject to
Section 5.3, the Company Board shall include the Board Recommendation in the
Proxy Statement. Unless the Company Board shall have made a
Recommendation Change in compliance with Section 5.3, the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to take all actions necessary or advisable to
secure the vote or consent of stockholders required by the DGCL to effect the
Merger. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement,
the Company’s obligation to establish a record date for, call, give notice of,
convene and hold the Company Stockholders Meeting in accordance with this
Section 5.4(b) shall not be limited by or otherwise affected by the
commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission of any Acquisition Proposal
or a Recommendation Change.
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(c) The
Company agrees and acknowledges that it will nominate for election as directors
at the Company Stockholders Meeting only individuals who have agreed and
acknowledged in writing to abide by the terms of this Agreement.
5.5 Regulatory
Approvals.
(a) Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or
cause to be taken, all actions necessary to consummate the Merger and make
effective the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company (i) shall make all filings (if any) and give all
notices (if any) required to be made and given by such party in connection with
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and shall
submit promptly any additional information requested in connection with such
filings and notices, (ii) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain each Consent (if any) required to be obtained (pursuant to any applicable
Law or Contract, or otherwise) by such party in connection with the Merger or
any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
(iii) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to oppose or to lift, as
the case may be, any restraint, injunction or other legal bar to the
Merger. Each party shall promptly deliver to the other parties a copy
of each such filing made, each such notice given and each such Consent obtained
by such party during the Pre-Closing Period.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent shall not have any
obligation under this Agreement: (i) to dispose, transfer or
hold separate, or cause any of its Subsidiaries to dispose, transfer or hold
separate any assets or operations, or to commit or to cause any of the Acquired
Corporations to dispose of any assets; (ii) to discontinue or cause any of
its Subsidiaries to discontinue offering any product or service, or to commit to
cause any of the Acquired Corporations to discontinue offering any product or
service; (iii) to make or cause any of its Subsidiaries to make any
commitment (to any Governmental Body or otherwise) regarding its future
operations or the future operations of any of the Acquired
Corporations.
5.6 Control of Other Party’s
Business. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give
Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the
operations of the Company prior to the consummation of the
Merger. Prior to the consummation of the Merger, the Company shall
exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete
control and supervision over its operations.
5.7 Disclosure.
(a) Parent
and the Company will provide each other a reasonable opportunity to review and
make reasonable comment upon, any press release or other public statement with
respect to this Agreement and the business combination contemplated hereby and,
except as may be required by applicable Law or any listing agreement with, or
regulation of, any securities exchange on which the Shares or the Parent Company
Stock, as applicable, are listed, will not issue any such press release or make
any such public statement prior to receiving the other party’s consent (which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that each
of Parent and the Company may make (a) public disclosure reasonably
required in the public SEC filings made by the respective parties in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) public statements in
response to specific questions by the press, analysts, investors or those
attending industry conferences or financial analyst conference calls, so long as
any such statements are not inconsistent with previous press releases, public
disclosures or public statements made by Parent and the Company in compliance
with this Section 5.7.
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(b) Before
any written communications related to the Merger of any party hereto or any of
their respective “participants” (as defined in Rule 165 of the Securities
Act) is (i) disseminated to any investor, analyst, member of the media,
employee, client, customer or other third-party or otherwise made accessible on
the website of such party or any such participant, as applicable (whether in
written, video or oral form via webcast, hyperlink or otherwise), or
(ii) used by any executive officer, key employee or advisor of such party
or any such participant, as applicable, as a script in discussions or meetings
with any such third parties, Parent or the Company, as the case may be, shall
(or shall cause any such participant to) cooperate in good faith with respect to
any such written communications related to the Merger for purposes
of, among other things, determining whether that communication is required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 425 of the Securities Act or Rule 14a-12 of the Exchange
Act, as applicable. Each party shall (or shall cause any such
participant to) give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments
made by the other such party or parties and their counsel on any such written
communications related to the Merger. For purposes of the foregoing, written
communications related to the Merger shall include, with respect to any Person,
any document or other written communication prepared by or on behalf of that
Person, or any document or other material or information posted or made
accessible on the website of that Person (whether in written, video or oral form
via webcast, hyperlink or otherwise).
5.8 Section 16
Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board shall
adopt a resolution consistent with the interpretive guidance of the SEC so that
the disposition by any officer or director of the Company who is subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act of Shares or Company Stock Options pursuant
to this Agreement or the Merger shall be an exempt transaction for purposes of
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
5.9 Company Equity Awards;
Warrants.
(a) At
the Effective Time, all rights with respect to Company Common Stock under each
Company Stock Option then outstanding shall be converted into and become rights
with respect to Parent Common Stock, and Parent shall assume each such Company
Stock Option in accordance with the terms and conditions (as in effect as of the
date of this Agreement) of the stock option plan under which it was issued and
the terms and conditions of the stock option agreement by which it is
evidenced. From and after the Effective Time, (i) each Company Stock
Option assumed by Parent may be exercised solely for shares of Parent Common
Stock, (ii) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each
such Company Stock Option shall be equal to the number of shares of Company
Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option immediately prior to the
Effective Time multiplied by the Option Exchange Ratio, rounding down to the
nearest whole share, (iii) the per share exercise price under each such Company
Stock Option shall be adjusted by dividing the per share exercise price under
such Company Stock Option by the Option Exchange Ratio and rounding up to the
nearest cent, and (iv) any restriction on the exercise of any such Company Stock
Option shall continue in full force and effect and the term, exercisability,
vesting schedule and other provisions of such Company Stock Option shall
otherwise remain unchanged; provided, however, that each Company Stock Option
assumed by Parent in accordance with this Section 5.9(a) shall, in accordance
with its terms, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate to reflect any
stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected subsequent to the
Effective Time. The “Option Exchange
Ratio” shall be 0.6552, which represents the fraction obtained by
dividing $7.00 by the average closing sales price for one share of Parent Common
Stock on the Nasdaq National Market for the ten (10) trading-day period
ending on the first business day immediately preceding the date
hereof. Parent shall at all times after the Effective Time maintain
an effective S-8 registration statement with respect to all Company Stock
Options assumed hereunder for so long as any such Company Stock Options are
outstanding.
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(b) Prior
to the Closing, the Company shall take all action necessary to ensure that as of
the Effective Time, each warrant to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (a
“Company
Warrant”) then outstanding, whether or not then exercisable or vested,
shall be canceled by the Company in consideration for which the holder thereof
shall thereupon be entitled to receive promptly after the Effective Time, cash
without interest thereon in an amount (if any) equal to the difference of (i)
the product of (A) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such
Company Warrant, and (B) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over
the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock subject to such Company
Warrant, minus (ii) all applicable federal, state and local Taxes required to be
withheld, if any. If the terms of any Company Warrant do not
themselves provide for or authorize the treatment thereof set forth in this
Section 5.9(b), the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain
the consent of the holder thereof to such treatment; provided, however, that without
Parent’s consent, the Company shall not pay any additional consideration to any
such holder to obtain such consent.
5.10 Indemnification of Officers
and Directors, etc.
(a) All
rights to indemnification under the Company’s certificate of incorporation,
bylaws or indemnification contracts or undertakings existing in favor of those
Persons who are, or were, directors and officers of the Company at or prior to
the date of this Agreement (each, a “Covered
Party”) shall survive the Merger and shall be observed by the Surviving
Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law for a period of six
years from the Effective Time.
(b) The
Company shall purchase one or more prepaid policies to provide to the Company’s
current directors and officers an insurance and indemnification policy that
provides for six years from the Effective Time, coverage for events occurring
prior to the Effective Time that is no less favorable than the Company’s
existing policy or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is
unavailable, the best available coverage for the period of six years from the
Effective Time; provided, however, that the total cost to the Company for such
prepaid policies shall not exceed 300% of the current annual
premium.
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(c) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, if any claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether arising before, at or after the Effective Time) is made
against any Covered Party, on or prior to the sixth anniversary of the Effective
Time, the provisions of this Section 5.10 shall continue in effect until the
final disposition of such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation.
(d) The
covenants contained in this Section are intended to be for the benefit of, and
shall be enforceable by, each of the Covered Parties and their respective heirs
and legal representatives and shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which a Covered Party is entitled, whether pursuant to law, contract or
otherwise.
(e) In
the event that Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of its successors or
assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and shall not be
the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or
merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties
and assets to any person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be
made so that the successors or assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation,
as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section
5.10.
5.11 Takeover
Statutes. If any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share
acquisition” or other form of antitakeover statute or regulation or any similar
provision of the Organizational Documents shall become applicable to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company Board shall grant such
approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the transactions
described herein may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms
described herein and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such
statute, regulation or provision on the transactions described
herein.
5.12 Merger Sub
Compliance. Parent shall cause Merger Sub to comply with all
of Merger Sub’s obligations under this Agreement and Merger Sub shall not engage
in any activities of any nature except as provided in or contemplated by this
Agreement.
SECTION
6
CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
6.1 Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligation to Effect the Merger. The obligations of each party
to effect the Merger and otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing, of
each of the following conditions, any or all of which may be waived in whole or
in part to the extent permitted by applicable Laws:
(a) Stockholder
Approval. This Agreement shall have been duly adopted, and the
Merger shall have been duly approved, by the Required Company Stockholder
Vote.
(b) No
Restraints. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order preventing the consummation of the Merger
shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or any other
Governmental Body and shall remain in effect, and there shall not be any Law
enacted, promulgated, adopted or deemed applicable to the Merger that makes
consummation of the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibits or interferes with the
consummation of the Merger.
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(c) No
Litigation. There shall not be pending or threatened any Legal
Proceeding by a Governmental Body challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit
the consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
6.2 Conditions to Obligations of
Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger
Sub to effect the Merger and otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement are further subject to the satisfaction, on or before the
Closing, of each of the following conditions, any or all of which may be waived
in whole or in part to the extent permitted by applicable Laws:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement, other than those contained in Section 3.3, shall
have been accurate in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be
accurate in all respects as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the
Closing Date (except as to such representations and warranties made as of a
specific date, which shall have been accurate in all respects as of such date),
except that, in each case, any inaccuracies in such representations and
warranties will be disregarded if, after aggregating all inaccuracies of such
representations and warranties as of the date of this Agreement and as of the
Closing Date (without duplication), such inaccuracies and the circumstances
giving rise to all such inaccuracies do not constitute a Material Adverse Effect
on the Acquired Corporations (it being understood that, for purposes of
determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties, (i) all
“Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and other materiality qualifications,
contained in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded, and (ii)
any update of or modification to the Company Disclosure Schedule made or
purported to have been made after the date of this Agreement shall be
disregarded). The representations and warranties of the Company
contained in Section 3.3 shall have been accurate in all respects as of the date
of this Agreement and shall be accurate in all respects as of the Closing Date
as if made on and as of the Closing Date, except for de minimus
inaccuracies.
(b) Performance of Obligations
of the Company. The Company shall have performed and complied
in all material respects with each of its agreements, obligations and covenants
under the Agreement; provided, however, that this condition
shall be deemed satisfied if any failure to perform or comply with such other
agreements, obligations or covenants shall have been cured to the good faith
satisfaction of Parent.
(c) No Legal
Restraints. No Law or Order shall have been enacted, enforced,
promulgated, amended, issued or deemed applicable to the Merger by any
Governmental Body, that has had or is reasonably likely to have, any of the
following consequences:
(i) make
illegal, or restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Merger;
(ii) obtain
material damages in connection with the Merger;
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(iii) restrain,
prohibit, adversely affect or limit the ownership or operation by Parent, Merger
Sub or any of their respective Affiliates, of the business conducted by the
Company or any of its Affiliates, or materially restrict the exercise or use, of
all or any material portion of the business or assets of the Company or any its
Affiliates, or compel Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates
to dispose of, license or hold separate all or any material portion of the
business or assets of the Company or any its Affiliates, or seek to impose any
material limitations on the ability of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their
respective Affiliates to conduct the Company’s business or own such assets;
or
(iv) impose
material limitations on the ability of Parent, Merger Sub or any of Parent’s
other Affiliates effectively to acquire, hold or exercise full rights of
ownership of the Shares or any shares of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation acquired by Parent, Merger Sub or any of Parent’s other Affiliates
on all matters properly presented to the Company’s stockholders.
(d) No
Litigation. There shall not have been instituted, pending or
overtly threatened in writing, indicating a present intention and capability to
initiate, any action or proceeding by or before any Governmental Body that has
resulted or is reasonably likely to result in any of the consequences referred
to in clauses (i), (iii) and (iv) of Section 6.2(c); except for any legal
proceedings made or brought by any stockholders of the Company (on their own
behalf or on behalf of the Company) arising out of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(e) No Material Adverse
Effect. No Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations shall have occurred following the execution and delivery of the
Agreement that has not been cured prior to the Closing Date.
6.3 Conditions to Obligations of
the Company. The obligations of the Company to effect the
Merger and otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
are further subject to the satisfaction, on or before the Closing, of each of
the following conditions, any or all of which may be waived in whole or in part
to the extent permitted by applicable Laws:
(a) Representations and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and
Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall have been accurate in all respects
as of the date of this Agreement and shall be accurate in all respects as of the
Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (except as to such
representations and warranties made as of a specific date, which shall have been
accurate in all respects as of such date), except that, in each case, any
inaccuracies in such representations and warranties will be disregarded if,
after aggregating all inaccuracies of such representations and warranties as of
the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date (without duplication),
such inaccuracies and the circumstances giving rise to all such inaccuracies do
not constitute a Material Adverse Effect on Parent (it being understood that,
for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties,
(i) all “Material Adverse Effect” qualifications and other materiality
qualifications, contained in such representations and warranties shall be
disregarded, and (ii) any update of or modification to the Parent Disclosure
Schedule made or purported to have been made after the date of this Agreement
shall be disregarded).
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(b) Performance of Obligations
of Parent and Merger. Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall have
performed and complied in all material respects with each of its agreements,
obligations and covenants under the Agreement; provided, however, that this condition
shall be deemed satisfied if any failure to perform or comply with such other
agreements, obligations or covenants shall have been cured to the good faith
satisfaction of the Company.
SECTION
7
TERMINATION
7.1 Termination. This
Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective Time (whether before or,
subject to the terms hereof, after adoption of this Agreement by the Company’s
stockholders):
(a) by
mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by
either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated on or
before February 28, 2011 (the “Outside
Date”); provided,
however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section
7.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose failure to fulfill any
obligation under this Agreement has been the principal cause of, or resulted in,
the failure of the Merger to be consummated on or before the Outside
Date;
(c) by
either Parent or the Company if a court of competent jurisdiction or other
Governmental Body shall have issued a final and nonappealable order, decree or
ruling, or shall have taken any other action, having the effect of permanently
restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger;
(d) by
either Parent or the Company if (i) the Company Stockholders Meeting
(including any adjournments and postponements thereof) shall have been held and
completed and the Company’s stockholders shall have voted on a proposal to adopt
this Agreement, and (ii) this Agreement shall not have been adopted at such
meeting (and shall not have been adopted at any adjournment or postponement
thereof) by the Required Company Stockholder Vote; provided, however, that a party
shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
7.1(d) if the failure to obtain such stockholder approval is attributable to a
failure on the part of such party to perform any material obligation required to
be performed by such party at or prior to the Effective Time;
(e) by
the Company:
(i) if
the Company is not in material breach of its obligations or its representations
and warranties under this Agreement, and (A) there shall have been a breach of
any covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this
Agreement or (B) any of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger
Sub set forth in this Agreement shall have been inaccurate when made or shall
have become inaccurate, that would have, in either case, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to
consummate the Merger; provided, however, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that such breach by Parent or Merger Sub or such
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of Parent or Merger Sub are
curable by Parent or Merger Sub through the exercise of commercially reasonable
efforts, then the Company shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 7.1(e)(i) until the earlier of (x) 11 calendar days
after delivery of written notice from the Company to Parent of such breach or
inaccuracy, as applicable, or (y) the Outside Date;
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(ii) if,
at any time prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Required Company
Stockholder Vote, (i) the Company Board has received an Acquisition Proposal
that it determines in good faith (after consultation with its independent
financial advisors and outside legal counsel) constitutes a Superior Proposal
and the failure to enter into a definitive agreement relating to such Superior
Proposal would reasonably be expected to be a breach of its fiduciary duties,
(ii) the Company has not violated, in any material respect, the terms of Section
5.3, (iii) the Company shall have given Parent at least three (3) Business Days’
prior written notice of its intention to take such action (which notice shall
specify the material terms and conditions of any such Superior Proposal) and, no
later than the time of such notice, provided Parent a copy of the relevant
proposed transaction agreement and other material documents with the party
making such Superior Proposal, (iv) if requested by Parent, the Company shall
have negotiated in good faith with Parent during such three (3) Business Day
period (so long as Parent and its Representatives are negotiating in good faith)
to enable Parent to propose changes to the terms of this Agreement that would
cause such Superior Proposal to no longer constitute a Superior Proposal, (v)
the Company Board shall have considered in good faith (after consultation with
independent financial advisors and outside legal counsel) any changes to this
Agreement proposed by Parent in a written offer capable of acceptance, and
determined that the Superior Proposal would continue to constitute a Superior
Proposal if such changes were accepted by the Company, (vi) in the event of any
material change to the financial or other material terms of such Superior
Proposal, the Company shall, in each case, have delivered to Parent, an
additional notice and copies of the relevant proposed transaction agreement and
other material documents and have provided to Parent another three (3) Business
Day notice period and (vii) concurrently with the termination of this Agreement,
the Company pays Parent the Company Termination Fee in accordance with Section
7.3(b)(i); or
(f) by
Parent:
(i) if
Parent is not in material breach of its obligations or its representations and
warranties under this Agreement, and (A) there shall have been a breach of any
covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement or
(B) any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement
shall have been inaccurate when made or shall have become inaccurate, that would
have, in either case, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company’s ability to
consummate the Merger; provided, however, that notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event that such breach by the Company or such inaccuracies
in the representations and warranties of the Company are curable by the Company
through the exercise of commercially reasonable efforts (it being understood
that a failure to comply with Section 5.3 shall be deemed incapable of being
cured), then Parent shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant
to this Section 7.1(f)(i) until the earlier of (x) 15 calendar days after
delivery of written notice from the Company to Parent of such breach or
inaccuracy, as applicable, or (y) the Outside Date;
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(ii) at
any time prior to the adoption of this Agreement by the Required Company
Stockholder Vote, in the event that a Company Triggering Event shall have
occurred; or
(iii) if,
since the date of this Agreement, there shall have occurred any Material Adverse
Effect on the Acquired Corporations, or there shall have occurred any event or
circumstance that, in combination with any other events or circumstances, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Acquired
Corporations.
7.2 Effect of
Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement
as provided in Section 7.1, this Agreement shall be of no further force or
effect; provided, however, that (a) this
Section 7.2, Section 7.3 and Section 8 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and shall remain in full force and effect, and (b) the
termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party from any liability for
any material inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or any material
breach of any warranty, covenant or other provision contained in this
Agreement.
7.3 Expenses; Termination
Fees.
(a) Except
as set forth in this Section 7.3, all fees and expenses incurred in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be
paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not the Merger is
consummated.
(b) The
Company shall pay to Parent a termination fee of $1,788,000.00 (the “Company
Termination Fee”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds in the
event that this Agreement is terminated as follows:
(i) if
the Company shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(e)(ii), the
Company shall pay to Parent the Company Termination Fee prior to or at the time
of the termination of this Agreement;
(ii) if
Parent shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(f)(ii), the
Company shall pay to Parent the Company Termination Fee within five Business
Days of such termination; and
(iii) if
(x) Parent shall terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(b) or
7.1(f)(i) or (y) Parent or the Company shall terminate this Agreement pursuant
to Section 7.1(d) and (A) at the time of termination, an Acquisition Proposal
with respect to the Company shall have been made to the Company Board or the
Company or publicly announced and not irrevocably withdrawn, and (B) the Company
enters into an Acquisition Agreement with respect to, or consummates, an
Acquisition Proposal within 6 months following the date this Agreement is
terminated, the Company shall pay to Parent the Company Termination Fee within
five Business Days of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such
Acquisition Agreement. For purposes of this Section 7.3(b)(iii),
“Acquisition Proposal” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Exhibit A
except that references in the definition of “Acquisition Proposal” to “15%”
shall be replaced by “50%”.
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(c) If
the Company fails to pay when due any amount payable under this Section 7.3,
then (i) the Company shall reimburse Parent for all costs and expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with the
collection of such overdue amount and the enforcement by Parent of its rights
under this Section 7.3, and (ii) the Company shall pay to Parent interest on
such overdue amount (for the period commencing as of the date such overdue
amount was originally required to be paid and ending on the date such overdue
amount is actually paid to Parent in full) at a rate per annum equal to 3% over
the “prime rate” (as announced by Xxxxx Fargo Bank N.A.) in effect on the date
such overdue amount was originally required to be paid.
SECTION
8
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
8.1 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended at any time prior to the Effective Time by the parties
hereto, by action taken or authorized by their respective boards of directors,
whether before or after adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the
Company; provided,
however, that after any
such stockholder approval of this Agreement, no amendment shall be made to this
Agreement that by Law requires further approval or authorization by the
stockholders of the Company without such further approval or
authorization. This Agreement may not be amended, except by an
instrument in writing signed by or on behalf of each of the parties
hereto.
8.2 Remedies Cumulative;
Waiver.
(a) The
rights and remedies of the parties to this Agreement are cumulative and not
alternative. Neither any failure nor any delay by any party in
exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement or any of the
documents referred to in this Agreement will operate as a waiver of such right,
power or privilege and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or
privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. To
the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, (i) no waiver that may be given
by a party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is
given; and (ii) no notice to or demand on one party will be deemed to be a
waiver of any obligation of that party or of the right of the party giving such
notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in
this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement.
(b) At
any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent (with respect to the Company) and
the Company (with respect to Parent and Merger Sub), may, to the extent legally
allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or
other acts of such party to this Agreement, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the
representation and warranties contained in this Agreement or any document
delivered pursuant to this Agreement and (iii) waive compliance with any
covenants, obligations or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any
agreement on the part of a party to this Agreement to any such extension or
waiver shall be valid only if set forth in a written instrument signed on behalf
of such party.
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8.3 No
Survival. None of the representations and warranties, or any
covenant to be performed prior to the Effective Time, contained in this
Agreement shall survive the Effective Time.
8.4 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement (including the documents relating to
the Merger referred to in this Agreement) and the Confidentiality Agreement
constitute the entire agreement among the parties to this Agreement and
supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral,
among or between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and thereof.
8.5 Execution of Agreement;
Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.
(a) This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and
shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the parties
and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need
not sign the same counterpart.
(b) The
exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile
transmission (whether directly from one facsimile device to another by means of
a dial-up connection or whether mediated by the worldwide web), by electronic
mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or by any other electronic
means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a
document, or by a combination of such means, shall constitute effective
execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties and may be used in
lieu of an original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the
parties transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed to be their original signatures
for all purposes.
(c) Notwithstanding
the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Sec.
7001 et seq.), the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act, or any other Law relating to or enabling the creation,
execution, delivery, or recordation of any contract or signature by electronic
means, and notwithstanding any course of conduct engaged in by the parties, no
party shall be deemed to have executed this Agreement or any other document
contemplated by this Agreement (including any amendment or other change thereto)
unless and until such party shall have executed this Agreement or such document
on paper by a handwritten original signature or any other symbol executed or
adopted by a party with current intention to authenticate this Agreement or such
other document contemplated.
8.6 Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that
might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law
thereof.
8.7 Consent to Jurisdiction;
Venue. In any action or proceeding between any of the parties
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, each of the
parties: (a) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and
submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Court of Chancery of the
State of Delaware; and (b) agrees that all claims in respect of such action
or proceeding may be heard and determined exclusively in the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware.
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8.8 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL
RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BETWEEN THE PARTIES ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS
AGREEMENT.
8.9 Disclosure
Schedules.
(a) The
Company Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in separate Parts corresponding to
the numbered and lettered sections contained in Section 3. The
information disclosed in any numbered or lettered Part shall, unless it shall be
reasonably apparent from its context, be deemed to relate to and to qualify only
the particular representation or warranty set forth in the corresponding
numbered or lettered section in Section 3, as the case may be, and shall not be
deemed to relate to or to qualify any other representation or
warranty.
(b) If
there is any inconsistency between the statements in this Agreement and those in
the Company Disclosure Schedule (other than an exception set forth as such in
the Company Disclosure Schedule), the statements in this Agreement will
control.
(c) Every
statement made in the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to be a
representation of the Company in this Agreement as if set forth in Section
3.
8.10 Attorneys’
Fees. In any action at law or suit in equity to enforce this
Agreement or the rights of any of the parties hereunder and except as provided
in Section 7.3(c), the prevailing party in such action or suit shall be entitled
to receive a reasonable sum for its attorneys’ fees and all other reasonable
costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.
8.11 Assignments and
Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be
enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither this
Agreement nor any of a party’s rights hereunder may be assigned by such party
without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto. Any
attempted assignment of this Agreement or of any such rights by the Company,
Parent or Merger Sub without the consent of the other parties hereto shall be
void and of no effect.
8.12 No Third Party
Rights. There are no third party beneficiaries of this
Agreement, except (a) as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 5.10, and (b)
for the right of holders of Shares to pursue claims for damages and other relief
(including equitable relief) for any breach of this Agreement by Parent or
Merger Sub after the Effective Time.
8.13 Notices. All
notices, Consents, waivers and other communications required or permitted by
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given to a party when
(a) delivered to the appropriate address by hand or by nationally
recognized overnight courier service (costs prepaid); or (b) sent by facsimile
or e-mail with confirmation of transmission by the transmitting equipment
confirmed with a copy delivered as provided in clause (a), in each case to the
following addresses, facsimile numbers or e-mail addresses and marked to the
attention of the person (by name or title) designated below (or to such other
address, facsimile number, e-mail address or person as a party may designate by
notice to the other parties):
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Company
(before the Closing):
Xxxxx
Bros. Electronics, Inc.
Attention:
|
Xx.
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Vice-Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer,
Treasurer and Director
00-00
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail
Address: xxxxxx@xxx-xxx.xxx
with a
copy to:
Moses
& Singer LLP
Attention: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
The
Chrysler Building
000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail
Address: XXxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Parent
and Merger Sub:
Kratos
Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Attention: Chief
Financial Officer
0000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail
Address: xxxxxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
with a
copy to:
Paul,
Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
Attention: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxx X. X’Xxxxx, Esq.
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Fax
No.: (000) 000-0000
E-mail
Address: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
8.14 Cooperation; Further
Assurances. Each party hereto agrees to cooperate fully with
the other parties hereto and to execute and deliver such further documents,
certificates, agreements and instruments and to take such other actions as may
be reasonably requested by such other parties to evidence or reflect the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to carry out the intent and
purposes of this Agreement.
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8.15 Construction;
Usage.
(a) Interpretation. In
this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears:
(i) the
singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(ii) reference
to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable,
only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and
reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such Person in any other
capacity or individually;
(iii) reference
to any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference
to any agreement, document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof;
(v) reference
to any Law means such Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or reenacted,
in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and reference to any section or other
provision of any Law means that provision of such Law from time to time in
effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification,
replacement or reenactment of such section or other provision;
(vi) “hereunder,”
“hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to
this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other provision
hereof;
(vii) “including”
(and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the
generality of any description preceding such term;
(viii)
“or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or”;
(ix)
with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means
“from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”; and
(x)
references to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to
refer as well to all addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments
thereto.
(b) Legal Representation of the
Parties. This Agreement was negotiated by the parties with the
benefit of legal representation and any rule of construction or interpretation
otherwise requiring this Agreement to be construed or interpreted against any
party shall not apply to any construction or interpretation hereof.
(c)
Headings. The
headings contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only,
shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to
in connection with the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.
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8.16 Enforcement of
Agreement. Each party acknowledges and agrees that the other
parties would be irreparably damaged if any of the provisions of this Agreement
are not performed in accordance with their specific terms and that any breach of
this Agreement by such party could not be adequately compensated in all cases by
monetary damages alone. Accordingly, in addition to any other right
or remedy to which the other parties may be entitled, at law or in equity, such
parties shall be entitled to enforce any provision of this Agreement by a decree
of specific performance and temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive
relief to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of any of the provisions of
this Agreement, without posting any bond or other undertaking.
8.17 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of
competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in
full force and effect. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid
or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to
the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.
8.18 Time of
Essence. With regard to all dates and time periods set forth
or referred to in this Agreement, time is of the essence.
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In Witness
Whereof, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the
date first above written.
Kratos
Defense & Security
|
|
Solutions,
Inc.
|
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By:
|
/s/ Xxxx XxXxxxx |
Name:
|
Xxxx XxXxxxx |
Title:
|
President & CEO |
Hammer
Acquisition Inc.
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxx XxXxxxx |
Name:
|
Xxxx XxXxxxx |
Title:
|
President & CEO |
Xxxxx
Bros. Electronics, Inc.
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Name:
|
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Title:
|
CEO |
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EXHIBIT
A
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of the Agreement (including this Exhibit A):
“Acquired
Corporation” shall mean the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and
“Acquired Corporations” shall mean the Company and all of its
Subsidiaries.
“Acquired
Corporation Contract(s)” shall mean any Contract (a) to which any of
the Acquired Corporations is a party; (b) by which any of the Acquired
Corporations or any asset of any of the Acquired Corporations is or may become
bound or under which any of the Acquired Corporations has, or may become subject
to, any obligation; or (c) under which any of the Acquired Corporations has
or may acquire any right or interest.
“Acquired
Corporation Product(s)” shall mean each and all of the products of any
Acquired Corporation (including without limitation all software products),
whether currently being distributed, currently under development, or otherwise
anticipated to be distributed under any product “road map” of an Acquired
Corporation.
“Acquired
Corporation Source Code” shall mean any source code, or any portion,
aspect or segment of any source code, relating to any Proprietary Rights owned
by or licensed to any of the Acquired Corporations or otherwise used by any of
the Acquired Corporations.
“Acquisition
Agreement” shall mean any letter of intent, agreement in principle,
merger agreement, stock purchase agreement, asset purchase agreement,
acquisition agreement, option agreement or similar agreement relating to an
Acquisition Proposal.
“Acquisition
Proposal” shall mean any offer, proposal, inquiry or indication of
interest (other than an offer, proposal, inquiry or indication of interest by
Parent) contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition
Transaction.
“Acquisition
Transaction” shall mean any transaction or series of transactions
involving: (a) any merger, consolidation, share exchange,
business combination, issuance of securities, acquisition of securities, tender
offer, exchange offer or other similar transaction (i) in which any of the
Acquired Corporations is a constituent corporation, (ii) in which a Person
or “group” (as defined in the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder)
of Persons directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or record ownership of
securities representing more than 15% of the outstanding securities of any class
of voting securities of any of the Acquired Corporations, or (iii) in which
any of the Acquired Corporations issues or sells securities representing more
than 15% of the outstanding securities of any class of voting securities of any
of the Acquired Corporations; or (b) any sale (other than sales of
inventory in the ordinary course of business), lease (other than in the ordinary
course of business), exchange, transfer (other than sales of inventory in the
ordinary course of business), license (other than nonexclusive licenses in the
ordinary course of business), acquisition or disposition of any business or
businesses or assets that constitute or account for 15% or more of the
consolidated net revenues, net income or assets of the Acquired
Corporations.
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“Affiliate”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person with
the meaning of the Securities Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“Agreement”
shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger to which this Exhibit A is attached,
as it may be amended from time to time.
“Antitrust
Laws” shall mean the HSR Act and any other antitrust, unfair competition,
merger or acquisition notification, or merger or acquisition control Laws under
any applicable jurisdictions, whether federal, state, local or
foreign.
“Balance
Sheet” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a).
“Blue Sky
Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(c).
“Board
Recommendation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.7.
“Business
Day” shall mean a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
banks located in New York City are authorized or required by law to
close.
“Certificate”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).
“Certificate of
Merger” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Certifications”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Closing”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Closing
Agreement” shall mean a written and legally binding agreement with a
Governmental Body relating to Taxes.
“Closing
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company
Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.
“Company Common
Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the
Company.
“Company
Disclosure Schedule” shall mean the disclosure schedule that has been
prepared by the Company in accordance with the requirements of Section 8.9 and
that has been delivered by the Company to Parent on the date of this
Agreement.
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“Company Employee
Plan” shall mean an (i) “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section
3(3) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA), employment, bonus, deferred
compensation, incentive compensation, stock purchase, stock option, stock
appreciation right or other equity-based incentive, retention, severance,
change-in-control, or termination pay plan or arrangement, medical, disability,
life or other insurance (including any self-insured arrangements), employee
assistance program, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit-sharing, fringe
benefit, pension or other retirement, vacation, or sick leave program, agreement
or arrangement and (ii) other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or
arrangement, in either case, which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to or
required to be contributed to by any of the Acquired Corporations or any ERISA
Affiliate of the Acquired Corporations.
“Company Equity
Plans” shall mean: (a) the Incentive Stock Option Plan of Integcom Corp.;
(b) the Diversified Security Solutions, Inc. 2002 Stock Option Plan; (c) the
Xxxxx Bros. Electronics, Inc. 2006 Stock Option Plan; and (d) the Xxxxx Bros.
Electronics, Inc. 2007 Stock Option Plan.
“Company Financial
Advisor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.24.
“Company Preferred
Stock” shall mean the Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the
Company.
“Company
Registered IP”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(a).
“Company
Restricted Stock Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.3(a).
“Company SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Company Stock
Certificate” shall mean a valid certificate previously representing any
shares of Company Common Stock.
“Company Stock
Options” shall mean options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock
from the Company (whether granted by the Company pursuant to the Company Equity
Plans, assumed by the Company or otherwise).
“Company
Stockholders Meeting” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.4(b).
“Company
Termination Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(b).
“Company
Triggering Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if, prior to the
Effective Time, any of the following shall have occurred: (a) the
Company Board or any committee thereof shall have for any reason effected a
Recommendation Change or resolved to do so; (b) the Company shall have failed to
include in the Proxy Statement the Board Recommendation; (c) the Company Board
fails to reaffirm (without material qualification, which would be viewed by a
reasonable stockholder as having the effect of failing to reaffirm the Board
Recommendation) the Board Recommendation, or fails to publicly state that Merger
is in the best interests of the Company’s stockholders, within 10 Business Days
after Parent requests in writing, after the public announcement of the
submission of an Acquisition Proposal, that such action be taken; (d) the
Company Board or any committee thereof shall have approved, endorsed or
recommended any Acquisition Proposal (whether or not a Superior Proposal);
(e) the Company shall have entered into any Acquisition Agreement (whether
or not relating to a Superior Proposal); (f) a tender or exchange offer
relating to securities of the Company shall have been commenced and the Company
shall not have sent to its securityholders, within 10 Business Days after the
commencement of such tender or exchange offer, a statement disclosing that the
board of directors recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; (g) an
Acquisition Proposal is publicly announced, and the Company fails to issue a
press release announcing its opposition to such Acquisition Proposal within 10
Business Days after such Acquisition Proposal is announced; or (h) any of
the Acquired Corporations or any Representative of any of the Acquired
Corporations shall have, in any material respect, breached or taken any action
inconsistent with any of the provisions set forth in Section
5.3.
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“Company
Warrant” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(b).
“Consent”
shall mean any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or
authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).
“Confidentiality
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.3(a).
“Contemplated
Transactions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(a).
“Contract”
shall mean any written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease,
understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license,
sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan or legally binding commitment or
undertaking of any nature.
“Controlled Group
Liability” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.12(c).
“Copyrights”
shall mean all copyrights, copyrightable works, semiconductor topography and
mask work rights, and applications for registration thereof, including all
rights of authorship, use, publication, reproduction, distribution, performance
transformation, moral rights and rights of ownership of copyrightable works,
semiconductor topography works and mask works, and all rights to register and
obtain renewals and extensions of registrations, together with all other
interests accruing by reason of international copyright, semiconductor
topography and mask work conventions.
“Covered
Party” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a).
“DGCL”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Dissenting
Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.6.
“XXXXX”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Effective
Time” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Employment
Loss” means
(i) an employment termination, other than a discharge for cause, voluntary
departure or retirement, (ii) a layoff, (iii) a reduction in hours of work of
more than fifty percent (50%) or (iv) any other event that, if aggregated with
enough such other events, would trigger the notification requirements of the
WARN Act.
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“Encumbrance”
shall mean any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest,
encumbrance, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal,
preemptive right, community property interest or restriction of any nature
(including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the
transfer of any security or other asset, any restriction on the receipt of any
income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use of any asset and any
restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of
ownership of any asset).
“Entity”
shall mean any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general
partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture,
estate, trust, company (including any company limited by shares, limited
liability company or joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise,
association, organization or entity.
“Environmental,
Health, and Safety Liabilities” shall mean any cost, damages, expense,
liability, obligation, or other responsibility arising from or
under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law and
consisting of or relating to: (a) any environmental, health, or
safety matters or conditions (including on-site or off-site contamination,
occupational safety and health, and regulation of chemical substances or
products); (b) fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, legal or
administrative Legal Proceedings, damages, losses, claims, demands and
responses, investigative, remedial, or inspection costs and expenses arising
under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
(c) financial responsibility under Environmental Law or Occupational Safety
and Health Law for cleanup costs or corrective action, including any
investigation, cleanup, removal, containment, or other remediation or response
actions (“Cleanup”)
required by applicable Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law
(whether or not such Cleanup has been required or requested by any Governmental
Body or any other Person) and for any natural resource damages; or (d) any
other compliance, corrective, investigative, or remedial measures required under
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law.
“Environmental
Law” shall mean any Law that requires or relates
to: (a) advising appropriate authorities, employees, and the
public of intended or actual releases of pollutants or hazardous substances or
materials, violations of discharge limits, or other prohibitions and of the
commencements of activities, such as resource extraction or construction, that
could have significant impact on the environment; (b) preventing or
reducing to acceptable levels the release of pollutants or hazardous substances
or materials into the environment; (c) reducing the quantities, preventing
the release, or minimizing the hazardous characteristics of wastes that are
generated; (d) assuring that products are designed, formulated, packaged,
and used so that they do not present unreasonable risks to human health or the
environment when used or disposed of; (e) protecting resources, species, or
ecological amenities; (f) reducing to acceptable levels the risks inherent
in the transportation of hazardous substances, pollutants, oil, or other
potentially harmful substances; (g) cleaning up pollutants that have been
released, preventing the threat of release, or paying the costs of such cleanup
or prevention; or (h) making responsible parties pay private parties, or
groups of them, for damages done to their health or the environment, or
permitting self-appointed representatives of the public interest to recover for
injuries done to public assets.
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“ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
the regulations thereunder.
“ERISA
Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.12(c).
“Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Exchange
Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Exchange
Fund” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Filed Company SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Filed Parent SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.5(a).
“GAAP”
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles for financial reporting in
the United States,
applied on a basis consistent with the basis on which the financial statements
referred to in Sections 3.5 and 4.4 were prepared.
“Governmental
Authorization” shall mean any: (a) permit, license,
certificate, franchise, permission, variance, clearance, registration,
qualification or authorization issued, granted, given or otherwise made
available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any
Law; or (b) right under any Contract with any Governmental
Body.
“Governmental
Body” shall mean any (a) nation, state, commonwealth, province,
territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature;
(b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; or
(c) governmental or quasi-Governmental Body of any nature (including any
governmental division, department, agency, commission, instrumentality,
official, organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other
tribunal).
“Hazardous
Materials” shall mean any waste or other substance that is listed,
defined, designated, or classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous,
radioactive, or toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any
Environmental Law, including any admixture or solution thereof, and specifically
including petroleum and all derivatives thereof, or synthetic substitutes
therefor, and asbestos or asbestos-containing materials.
“HMO” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(n).
“HSR Act”
shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as
amended.
“Intervening
Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.3(f)(ii).
“Issued
Patents” shall mean all issued, reissued or reexamined patents, revivals
of patents, utility models, certificates of invention, registrations of patents
and extensions thereof, regardless of country or formal name, issued by the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and any other applicable Governmental
Body.
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“Knowledge”
shall mean the actual knowledge, after reasonable inquiry and investigation, of
the executive officers of each of the Acquired Corporations.
“Law” shall
mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, order, code,
edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted,
promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority
of any Governmental Body (or under the authority of NASDAQ).
“Legal
Proceeding” shall mean any action, suit, litigation, arbitration,
proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
appellate proceeding), hearing, inquiry, audit, examination or investigation
commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any
court or other Governmental Body or any arbitrator or arbitration
panel.
“Material Adverse
Effect on the Acquired Corporations” shall mean an event, violation,
inaccuracy, circumstance or other matter if such event, violation, inaccuracy,
circumstance or other matter (considered together with all other matters that
would constitute exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in
the Agreement but for the presence of “Material Adverse Effect” or other
materiality qualifications, or any similar qualifications, in such
representations and warranties) had or would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition, assets,
operations or financial performance of the Acquired Corporations taken as a
whole, or (b) the ability of the Company to consummate the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by the Agreement or to perform any of its
obligations under the Agreement; but excluding any such event, change,
development or occurrence resulting from or arising out of (i) changes in Law,
GAAP or the adoption or amendment of financial accounting standards by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board, (ii) changes in the financial markets
generally in the United States or that are the result of acts of war or
terrorism that do not have a disproportionate effect (relative to other industry
participants) on the Acquired Corporations taken as a whole, (iii)
conditions affecting the security integration industry, general national or
international economic, financial or business conditions affecting generally the
security integration industry, that, in each case, do not have a
disproportionate effect (relative to other industry participants) on the
Acquired Corporations taken as a whole, (iv) political conditions (or changes in
such conditions) in the United States or any other country or region in the
world or acts of war (including, but not limited to, thermonuclear war),
sabotage or terrorism (including any escalation or general worsening of any such
acts of war, sabotage or terrorism) in the United States or any other country or
region in the world, (v) earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods,
mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters, weather conditions and other
force majeure events in the United States or any other country or region in the
world, (vi) any actions taken or failure to take action, in each case, which
Parent has approved, consented to or requested; or compliance with the terms of,
or the taking of any action required or contemplated by, this Agreement; or the
failure to take any action prohibited by this Agreement, (vii) changes in the
Company’s stock price or the trading volume of the Company’s stock, and (viii)
any legal proceedings made or brought by stockholders of the Company (on their
own behalf or on behalf of the Company) against the Company, arising out of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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“Material Adverse
Effect on Parent”
shall mean an event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or other matter
if such event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or other matter (considered
together with all other matters that would constitute exceptions to the
representations and warranties set forth in the Agreement but for the presence
of “Material Adverse Effect” or other materiality qualifications, or any similar
qualifications, in such representations and warranties) had or would reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
condition, capitalization, assets, liabilities, operations or financial
performance of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (b) the ability of Parent to consummate the Merger or any of
the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement or to perform any of its
obligations under the Agreement; but excluding any such
event, change, development or occurrence resulting from or arising out of (i)
changes in Law, GAAP or the adoption or amendment of financial accounting
standards by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (ii) changes in the
financial markets generally in the United States or that are the result of acts
of war or terrorism that do not have a disproportionate effect (relative to
other industry participants) on Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, (iii) conditions affecting the security integration industry,
general national or international economic, financial or business conditions
affecting generally the security integration industry, that, in each case, do
not have a disproportionate effect (relative to other industry participants) on
Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (iv) political conditions (or
changes in such conditions) in the United States or any other country or region
in the world or acts of war (including, but not limited to, thermonuclear war),
sabotage or terrorism (including any escalation or general worsening of any such
acts of war, sabotage or terrorism) in the United States or any other country or
region in the world, (v) earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, floods,
mudslides, wild fires or other natural disasters, weather conditions and other
force majeure events in the United States or any other country or region in the
world, (vi) any actions taken or failure to take action, in each case, which the
Company has approved, consented to or requested; or compliance with the terms
of, or the taking of any action required or contemplated by, this Agreement; or
the failure to take any action prohibited by this Agreement, (vii) changes in
the Parent’s stock price or the trading volume of the Parent’s stock, and (viii)
any legal proceedings made or brought by stockholders of Parent or the Company
(on their own behalf or on behalf of Parent or the Company) against the Parent,
arising out of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Material
Contract” shall mean any contract listed in Section 3.17(a) of the
Agreement.
“Merger”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Merger
Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.5(a)(iii).
“Merger
Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Multiemployer
Plan” shall have the meaning defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA.
“Multiple Employer
Plan” shall mean a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors, at
least two of whom are not under common control, within the meaning of Section
4063 of ERISA.
“NASDAQ”
shall mean the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC.
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“Necessary
Consents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(c).
“No-Shop Period
Start Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.3(a).
“Occupational
Safety and Health Law” shall mean any Law designed to provide safe and
healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health
hazards, and any program, whether governmental or private (including those
promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and insurance companies),
designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions.
“Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement” shall mean with respect to any Person, any securitization
transaction to which that Person or its Subsidiaries is party and any other
transaction, agreement or other contractual arrangement to which an entity
unconsolidated with that Person is a party, under which that Person or its
Subsidiaries, whether or not a party to the arrangement, has, or in the future
may have: (a) any obligation under a direct or indirect
guarantee or similar arrangement; (b) a retained or contingent interest in
assets transferred to an unconsolidated entity or similar arrangement;
(c) derivatives to the extent that the fair value thereof is not fully
reflected as a liability or asset in the financial statements; or (d) any
obligation or liability, including a contingent obligation or liability, to the
extent that it is not fully reflected in the financial statements (excluding the
footnotes thereto) (for this purpose, obligations or liabilities that are not
fully reflected in the financial statements (excluding the footnotes thereto)
include, without limitation, (i) obligations that are not classified as a
liability according to generally accepted accounting principles;
(ii) contingent liabilities as to which, as of the date of the financial
statements, it is not probable that a loss has been incurred or, if probable, is
not reasonably estimable; or (iii) liabilities as to which the amount
recognized in the financial statements is less than the reasonably possible
maximum exposure to loss under the obligation as of the date of the financial
statements, but exclude contingent liabilities arising out of litigation,
arbitration or regulatory actions (not otherwise related to off-balance sheet
arrangements)).
“Option Exchange
Ratio” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.9(a).
“Options”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(c).
“Order”
shall mean any Law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution,
ordinance, code, edict, decision, decree, rule, regulation or ruling issued,
enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or
under the authority of any Governmental Body.
“Organizational
Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.1(b).
“Outside
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b).
“Owned Proprietary
Rights” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9(a).
“Parent”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Parent Balance
Sheet” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.4.
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“Parent Common
Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, of
Parent.
“Parent
Contract(s)” shall mean any Contract (a) to which Parent is a party;
(b) by which Parent or any asset of Parent is or may become bound or under
which parent has, or may become subject to, any obligation; or (c) under
which Parent has or may acquire any right or interest.
“Parent Disclosure
Schedule” shall mean the disclosure schedule that has been prepared by
Parent and delivered by Parent to the Company on the date of this
Agreement.
“Parent SEC
Reports” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.3.
“Part”
shall mean a part or section of the Company Disclosure Schedule or the Parent
Disclosure Schedule.
“Patents”
shall mean Issued Patents and Patent Applications.
“Patent
Applications” shall mean all published or unpublished non-provisional and
provisional patent applications, reexamination proceedings, invention
disclosures and records of invention.
“Person”
shall mean any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.
“Pre-Closing
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).
“Proprietary
Rights” shall mean any (a)(i) Issued Patents, (ii) Patent
Applications, (iii) Trademarks, fictitious business names and domain name
registrations, (iv) Copyrights, (v) Trade Secrets, (vi) all other
ideas, inventions, designs, manufacturing and operating specifications,
technical data, and other intangible assets, intellectual properties and rights
(whether or not appropriate steps have been taken to protect, under applicable
Laws, such other intangible assets, properties or rights); or (b) any right
to use or exploit any of the foregoing in any jurisdiction throughout the
world.
“Proxy
Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.4(a).
“Qualified
Plans” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(f).
“Recommendation
Change” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(e).
“Registered
Copyrights” shall mean all Copyrights for which registrations have been
obtained or applications for registration have been filed in the United States
Copyright Office and any other applicable Governmental Body.
“Registered
Trademarks” shall mean all Trademarks for which registrations have been
obtained or applications for registration have been filed in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and any other applicable Governmental
Body.
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“Representatives”
shall mean officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants,
advisors and representatives.
“Required
Company
Stockholder Vote” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.2(a).
“SEC” shall
mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secretary of
State” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shares”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(a)(i).
“SOX” shall
mean the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002.
“Subsidiary”
an entity shall be deemed to be a “Subsidiary” of another Person if such Person
directly or indirectly owns, beneficially or of record, (a) an amount of voting
securities or other interests in such Entity that is sufficient to enable such
Person to elect at least a majority of the members of such Entity’s board of
directors or other governing body, or (b) at least 50% of the outstanding
equity or financial interests of such Entity.
“Superior
Proposal” shall mean a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal made by a
third party (in the absence of any material violation of Section 5.3) that the
Company Board determines, in its good faith judgment, (a) after consultation
with an independent financial advisor, to be more favorable from a financial
point of view to the Company’s stockholders than the terms of the Merger or, if
applicable, any proposal by Parent to amend the terms of this Agreement, taking
into account all the terms and conditions of such proposal and this Agreement
that the Company Board determines to be relevant (including, but not limited to,
(i) the expected timing and likelihood of consummation, (ii) any governmental,
regulatory and other approval requirements and (iii) any terms relating to
break-up fees and expense reimbursement) and (b) to be reasonably capable of
being consummated; provided, however, that any such offer
shall not be deemed to be a “Superior Proposal” if any financing required to
consummate the transaction contemplated by such offer is not committed and, in
the good faith judgment of the Company Board, is not otherwise reasonably
capable of being obtained by such third party; provided, further, however, that for
purposes of the definition of “Superior Proposal”, the references to “15%” in
the definition of Acquisition Transaction shall be deemed to be references to
“50%.”
“Surviving
Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.1.
“Tax” shall
mean (a) any federal, state, local or foreign tax (including, but not
limited to, income, franchise, business, corporate, capital, excise, gross
receipts, ad valorem, property, sales, use, turnover, value added, stamp and
transfer taxes), deduction, withholding, levy, charge, assessment, tariff, duty,
impost, deficiency or other fee of any kind imposed by any Governmental Body,
(b) all interest, penalties, fines, additions to tax or additional amounts
imposed by any Governmental Body in connection with any item described in
clause (a) or for failure to file any Tax Return, (c) any successor or
transferee liability in respect of any items described in clauses (a) and/or (b)
under Treasury Regulation 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign Law) and (d) any amounts payable under any Tax sharing agreement or
other contractual arrangement.
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“Tax
Return” shall mean any return (including any information return), report,
statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form,
election, certificate or other document or information (including any
amendments, attachments or supplements thereto) filed with or submitted to, or
required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection
with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in
connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or
compliance with any Law relating to any Tax.
“Tax
Ruling” shall mean a written ruling of a Governmental Body with respect
to Taxes.
“Taxing
Authority” shall mean any Governmental Body charged with the
responsibility for the assessment and collection of Taxes and the administration
or enforcement of Tax Law.
“Trade
Secrets” means all product specifications, data, know-how, formulae,
compositions, processes, designs, sketches, photographs, graphs, drawings,
samples, inventions and ideas, research and development, manufacturing or
distribution methods and processes, customer lists, current and anticipated
customer requirements, price lists, market studies, business plans, computer
software and programs (including object code), computer software and database
technologies, systems, structures and architectures (and related processes,
formulae, composition, improvements, devices, know-how, inventions, discoveries,
concepts, ideas, designs, methods and information), and any other information,
however documented, that is a trade secret within the meaning of the
applicable trade-secret protection
Law.
“Trademarks”
shall mean all (a) trademarks, service marks, marks, logos, insignias,
designs, names or other symbols, whether or not registered or applied for
registration, (b) applications for registration of trademarks, service
marks, marks, logos, insignias, designs, names or other symbols, and
(c) trademarks, service marks, marks, logos, insignias, designs, names or
other symbols for which registration has been obtained.
“Voting
Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“WARN Act”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20.
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Exhibit
B
Form of
Voting Agreement
The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.
Index
to Disclosure Schedules*
Schedule
3.1(b)
Acquired
Corporations
Schedule
3.1(c)
Charters
and Policies
Schedule
3.2(b)
No
Conflicts
Schedule
3.3(b)
Outstanding
Stock Options
Schedule
3.3(c)
Other HBE
Options or Securities
Schedule
3.3(d)
Repurchase,
Redemption, or Acquisition of HBE Common Stock
Schedule
3.4(a)
HBE SEC
Filings
Schedule
3.4(d)
HBE
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Schedule
3.4(g)
Acquired
Corporation Internal Controls
Schedule
3.5(b)
HBE
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Schedule
3.5(c)
Non-Audit
Services
Schedule
3.7(b)
Receivables,
Customers
Schedule
3.8
Acquired
Corporation Material Real Property Leases
Schedule
3.9(a)
Proprietary
Rights
Schedule
3.9(b)
Proprietary
Rights
Schedule
3.9(d)
Proprietary
Rights Agreements
Schedule
3.9(e)
Third
Party Proprietary Rights and Claims
Schedule
3.9(f)
Confidentiality
and Non-Disclosure Agreement; Validity of Acquired Corporation Proprietary
Rights
Schedule
3.9(g)
Acquired
Corporation Employee Proprietary Rights
Schedule
3.10
Undisclosed
Liabilities
Schedule
3.11(a)
Jurisdictions
of Acquired Corporations for Filing Tax Returns
Schedule
3.11(e)
Acquired
Corporation Audits
Schedule
3.11(f)
Tax
Reserves
Schedule
3.11(h)
Tax
Sharing Agreements
Schedule
3.11(m)
Availability
of Tax Returns
Schedule
3.11(n)
Opinions
of Counsel
Schedule
3.11(p)
Acquired
Corporation Net Operating Loss Carryovers
Schedule
3.11(q)
Acquired
Corporation Tax Credit Carryovers
Schedule
3.11(t)
Acquired
Corporation Real Property Transfer Tax
Schedule
3.12(d)
HBE
Employee Plans
Schedule
3.12(f)
HBE
Employee Qualified Plans
Schedule
3.12(k)
HBE
Multiemployer Plans
Schedule
3.12(l)
ERISA
Affiliates
Schedule
3.12(m)
Amounts
Payable to Employees and Others as a Result of the Transaction
Schedule
3.12(q)
Acquired
Corporation Loans, Advances and Extensions of Credit
Schedule
3.13
Attorney
Reports and HBE’s Responses Thereto
Schedule
3.15
Pending
Legal Proceedings By or Against Acquired Corporations
Schedule
3.16
Acquired
Corporation Changes and Events
Schedule
3.17(a)
Acquired
Corporation Material Contracts
Schedule
3.17(c)
Breach of
Material Contracts
Schedule
3.18(a)
Product
Non-Compliance and Defects
Schedule
3.18(c)
Claims
Against Acquired Corporations
Schedule
3.20
HBE
Employee Losses
Schedule
3.22
Interests
of Officers and Directors of Acquired Corporations
Schedule
3.25
Fees and
Expenses
Schedule
4.5
Legal
Proceedings
Schedule
5.2(e)
Benefit
Plans to Be Terminated by HBE
* The
Company has omitted exhibits and disclosure schedules in accordance with
Regulation S-K 601(b)(2). The Company will furnish the omitted
exhibits and disclosure schedules to the SEC upon request.