AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated October 5, 2008 FOR THE ACQUISITION OF INNOTRAC CORPORATION BY GSI COMMERCE, INC.
Exhibit 2.1
Execution Copy
dated October 5, 2008
FOR THE ACQUISITION OF
INNOTRAC CORPORATION
BY
GSI COMMERCE, INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1: MERGER TRANSACTION |
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1.1 Merger of Acquisition Sub into the Company |
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1.2 Effect of the Merger |
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1.3 Closing; Effective Time |
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1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers |
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1.5 Conversion of Shares |
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1.6 Surrender of Certificates; Stock Transfer Books |
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1.7 Dissenters’ Rights |
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1.8 Effect of the Merger on Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Awards and Company
Warrants |
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1.9 Further Action |
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Section 2: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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2.1 Organization |
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2.2 Capital Stock and Ownership |
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2.3 Financial and Corporate Records |
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2.4 Compliance with Law |
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2.5 SEC Filings |
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2.6 Assets |
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2.7 Obligations |
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2.8 Operations |
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2.9 Accounts Receivable |
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2.10 Tangible Property |
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2.11 Real Property |
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2.12 Environmental |
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2.13 Software and Other Intangibles |
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2.14 Contracts |
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2.15 Employees and Independent Contractors |
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2.16 Employee Benefit Plans |
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2.17 Customers and Suppliers |
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2.18 Taxes |
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2.19 Proceedings and Judgments |
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2.20 Insurance |
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2.21 Questionable Payments |
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2.22 Related Party and Affiliate Transactions |
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2.23 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement |
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2.24 Anti-Takeover Laws Not Applicable |
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2.25 Vote Required |
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2.26 Non-Contravention; Consents |
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2.27 Fairness Opinion |
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2.28 Financial Advisory and Other Fees |
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2.29 Financial Advisory Agreements |
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2.30 Full Disclosure |
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Section 3: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION SUB |
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3.1 Due Organization |
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3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement |
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3.3 Non-Contravention; Consents |
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3.4 Capital Stock |
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3.5 Disclosure |
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3.6 Absence of Litigation |
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3.7 Ability to Pay Purchase Price |
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3.8 Brokerage Fees |
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3.9 Compliance with Law |
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3.10 SEC Filings |
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3.11 Obligations |
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3.12 No Parent Material Adverse Effect |
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Section 4: CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY |
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4.1 Access and Investigation |
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4.2 Operation of the Company’s Business |
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4.3 No Solicitation |
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4.4 Certain Resolutions |
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4.5 Dadante Litigation Matters |
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Section 5: ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES |
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5.1 Shareholder Approval; Proxy Statement |
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5.2 Regulatory Approvals |
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5.3 Shareholder Litigation |
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5.4 Employee Benefits |
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5.5 Indemnification of Officers and Directors |
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5.6 Additional Agreements |
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5.7 Disclosure |
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5.8 General Cooperation |
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5.9 Company Current Real Property |
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Section 6: CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE MERGER |
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6.1 Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
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6.2 Conditions Precedent to Parent’s and Acquisition Sub’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
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6.3 Conditions Precedent to Company’s Obligation to Effect the Merger |
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Section 7: TERMINATION |
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7.1 Termination |
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7.2 Effect of Termination |
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7.3 Expenses; Termination Fees |
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Section 8: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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8.1 Amendment |
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8.2 Waiver |
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8.3 No Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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8.4 Entire Agreement; Counterparts; No Third Party Beneficiaries; Exchanges by Facsimile or
Electronic Delivery |
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8.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction
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8.6 Headings |
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8.7 Attorneys’ Fees |
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8.8 Assignability |
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8.9 Notices |
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8.10 Cooperation |
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8.11 Severability |
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8.12 Interpretation of Representations |
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8.13 Reliance by Parent and Acquisition Sub |
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8.14 Bankruptcy Qualification |
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8.15 Construction |
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8.16 Specific Performance |
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EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A
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— | Definitions | ||
Exhibit B
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— | Voting, Cooperation and Indemnification Agreement with Xxxxxxx | ||
Exhibit C
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— | Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreement with Xxxxxxx | ||
Exhibit D
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— | Employment Agreement with Xxxxxxx | ||
Exhibit E
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— | Settlement Agreement with Receiver | ||
COMPANY DISCLOSURE LETTER | ||||
Section 1.5
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— | Change in Control Payments | ||
Section 2.1
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— | Organization | ||
Section 2.2
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— | Capital Stock and Ownership | ||
Section 2.3
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— | Financial and Corporate Records | ||
Section 2.4
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— | Compliance with Law | ||
Section 2.5
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— | SEC Filings | ||
Section 2.6
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— | Assets | ||
Section 2.7
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— | Obligations | ||
Section 2.8
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— | Operations | ||
Section 2.9
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— | Accounts Receivable | ||
Section 2.10
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— | Tangible Property | ||
Section 2.11
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— | Real Property | ||
Section 2.13
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— | Software and Other Intangibles | ||
Section 2.14
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— | Contracts | ||
Section 2.15
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— | Employees and Independent Contractors | ||
Section 2.16
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— | Employee Benefit Plans | ||
Section 2.17
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— | Customers and Suppliers | ||
Section 2.18
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— | Taxes | ||
Section 2.19
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— | Proceedings and Judgments | ||
Section 2.20
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— | Insurance |
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Section 2.22
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— | Related Party and Affiliate Transactions | ||
Section 2.26
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— | Non-Contravention; Consents | ||
Section 2.28
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— | Financial Advisory and Other Fees | ||
Section 4.2(e)
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— | Professional Expenses |
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Parties:
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Innotrac Corporation | |
a Georgia corporation (the “Company”) | ||
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 | ||
GSI Commerce, Inc. | ||
a Delaware corporation (“Parent”) | ||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Bulldog Acquisition Corp. | ||
a Georgia corporation (“Acquisition Sub”) | ||
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 | ||
Date:
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October 5, 2008 |
Background
A. The respective boards of directors of Parent, Acquisition Sub and the Company have each
determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of their respective shareholders for
Parent to acquire the Company upon the terms and provisions of and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
B. In furtherance of the acquisition of the Company by Parent, the respective boards of
directors of Parent, Acquisition Sub and the Company have each approved a merger (the “Merger”) of
Acquisition Sub with and into the Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation, upon the
terms and provisions of and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
C. By resolutions duly adopted, the board of directors of the Company has, in light of and
subject to the terms and conditions hereof: (i) determined that this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and
its shareholders; and (ii) resolved to recommend that the shareholders of the Company vote to
approve this Agreement and the Merger.
E. In order to induce Parent and Acquisition Sub to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby: prior to or concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement: (a) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx (“Xxxxxxx”), the Chairman of the Board, President,
Chief Executive Officer and a principal shareholder of the Company has entered into a Voting,
Cooperation and Indemnification Agreement with Parent attached hereto as Exhibit B, (b) Xxxxxxx has
entered into a Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation Agreement with Parent attached
hereto as Exhibit C (“Noncompetition Agreement”), (c) Xxxxxxx has entered into an Employment
Agreement with Company attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Employment Agreement”) and (d) the
Company and Xxxx X. Dotorre, as receiver of the Assets of IPOF L.P., IPOF Fund, IPOF Fund II, L.P.,
GSI and GSGI (collectively, the “IPOF Funds”), have entered into a Settlement Agreement attached
hereto as Exhibit E (the “Settlement
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Agreement” and collectively with the other agreements referenced in the preceding clauses, the
“Ancillary Agreements”).
F. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in Exhibit
A hereto.
Intending To Be Legally Bound, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained
herein and subject to the satisfaction of the terms and conditions set forth herein, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
Section 1: MERGER TRANSACTION
1.1 Merger of Acquisition Sub into the Company. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the Georgia Business Corporation Code
(the “GBCC”), at the Effective Time, Acquisition Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, the
separate existence of Acquisition Sub shall cease and the Company will continue as the surviving
corporation in the Merger (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 GBCC. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all property of the Company and Acquisition
Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of
the Company and Acquisition Sub shall become debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the
Surviving Corporation.
1.3 Closing; Effective Time. The consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall
take place at the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania offices of Blank Rome LLP, at 10:00 a.m., local time,
on a date to be designated by Parent (the “Closing Date”), which shall be no later than the tenth
(10th) 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 delivery of items to be delivered at
the Closing and other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the
Closing, it being understood that the occurrence of the Closing shall remain subject to the
delivery of such items and the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing), unless
another date, time or place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. Subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, articles of merger satisfying the applicable requirements of the GBCC
shall be duly executed by the Surviving Corporation and, concurrently with or as soon as
practicable following the Closing, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia. The
Merger shall become effective upon the date and time of the filing of such articles of merger with
the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, or at such later time as is specified in the
articles of merger (the “Effective Time”). Not later than the date that the articles of merger are
filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, the Parent shall cause the publication
required by Section 14-2-1105.1 of the GBCC to be made.
1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers. Unless otherwise
determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time:
(a) the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated
as of the Effective Time to conform to the articles of incorporation of Acquisition Sub as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time until thereafter changed or amended in accordance
with the provisions thereof and applicable law;
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(b) the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated as of the Effective
Time to conform to the bylaws of Acquisition Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time until thereafter changed or amended in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable
law;
(c) the directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall be
the respective individuals who are directors of Acquisition Sub immediately prior to the Effective
Time until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective successors are
duly elected and qualified, as the case may be; and
(d) the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time shall be
the respective individuals who are officers of the Acquisition Sub immediately prior to the
Effective Time until the earlier of their resignation or removal or until their respective
successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case may be.
1.5 Conversion of Shares.
(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part
of Parent, Acquisition Sub, the Company or any shareholder of the Company:
(i) any shares of Company Common Stock then held by the Company or any wholly owned Subsidiary
of the Company (or held in the Company’s treasury) shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to
exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(ii) any shares of Company Common Stock, if any, then held by Parent, Acquisition Sub or any
other wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and
no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(iii) except as provided in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)” above and subject to Section 1.7, each
share of Company Common Stock then outstanding shall be converted into the right to receive the Per
Share Merger Consideration, without interest; and
(iv) each of the shares of the common stock of Acquisition Sub then outstanding shall be
converted into one (1) share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) The total consideration payable by Parent and Acquisition Sub in the Merger (sometimes
referred to as the “Merger Consideration”) under this Agreement shall consist of shares of Parent’s
common stock, par value $.01 per share (“Parent Stock”) (the number of shares of Parent Stock to be
issued is defined in Section 1.5(c)(vii) as the “Merger Stock Consideration”) and cash, each as
determined in Section 1.5(c); provided however, that Parent shall have the option (the “Parent Cash
Option”) to pay all or any portion of the Merger Stock Consideration in cash as determined in
Section 1.5(c)(vi) by written notice (the “Parent Cash Option Notice”) to Company delivered on or
before the Closing Date (the “Parent Cash Option Deadline”) which notice shall set forth that
percentage of the Merger Stock Consideration that Parent has elected to pay in cash (the “Optional
Cash Consideration Percentage”) and the percentage that Parent has elected to pay in Parent Stock
(the “Stock Percentage”). In the event that Parent does not deliver the Parent Cash Option Notice
by the Parent Cash Option Deadline, then for the purpose of this Agreement, the Optional Cash
Consideration Percentage shall be zero percent (0%) and the Stock Percentage shall be one hundred
percent (100%).
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(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
(i) “Per Share Merger Consideration” means the sum of the (A) Per Share Merger Cash
Consideration and (B) Per Share Merger Stock Consideration.
(ii) “Per Share Merger Cash Consideration” means an amount in cash equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (A) the Merger Cash Consideration by (B) the Company Outstanding Shares.
(iii) “Per Share Merger Stock Consideration” means that number of shares of Parent Stock
(rounded to four decimal places) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Merger Stock
Consideration by (B) the Company Outstanding Shares.
(iv) “Company Outstanding Shares” means the sum of (I) the number of shares of Company Common
Stock issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (which for clarification
shall include, without duplication, the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to Company
Restricted Stock Awards as of immediately prior to the Effective Time) plus (II) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock subject to In the Money Options as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
(v) “Merger Cash Consideration” means an amount in cash equal to (A) the sum of Twenty-Two
Million Dollars ($22,000,000) plus (B) if Parent has elected the Parent Cash Option, the Merger
Optional Cash Consideration, minus (C) the Change in Control Payments.
(vi) “Merger Optional Cash Consideration” means an amount in cash equal to the product of (A)
the Optional Cash Consideration Percentage multiplied by (B) an amount in cash determined as
follows: (I) if the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price is greater than or equal to $13.03, then an amount in
cash equal to Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000); or (II) if the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price is less
than $13.03, then an amount in cash equal to 2,302,379 shares of Parent Stock multiplied by the
20-Day Parent VWAP Price, provided, however, that if the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price is less than
$11.12 and Parent has delivered the Parent Continuation Notice under Section 7.1(i) and elected to
pay the Merger Optional Cash Consideration, then the amount in cash under this clause (II) shall be
Twenty-Five Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($25,600,000).
(vii) “Merger Stock Consideration” means that number of shares of Parent Stock equal to the
product of (A) the Stock Percentage multiplied by (B) that number of shares of Parent Stock
determined as follows: (I) if the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price is greater than or equal to $13.03 and
less than or equal to $20.85, then the Merger Stock Consideration shall mean that number of shares
of Parent Stock (rounded to the nearest whole number of shares) equal to the quotient of Thirty
Million Dollars ($30,000,000) divided by the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price; (II) if the 20-Day Parent
VWAP Price is less than $13.03, then the Merger Stock Consideration shall mean 2,302,379 shares of
Parent Stock, provided, however, that if the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price is less than $11.12 and
Parent has delivered the Parent Continuation Notice under Section 7.1(i) and elected to pay in
Parent Stock under that Section, then the Merger Stock Consideration under this clause (II) shall
mean that number of shares of Parent Stock (rounded to the nearest whole number of shares) equal to
the quotient of Twenty-Five Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($25,600,000) divided by the
20-Day Parent VWAP
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Price; or (III) if the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price is greater than $20.85, then the Merger Stock
Consideration shall mean 1,438,849 shares of Parent Stock.
(viii) “Change in Control Payments” means (A) any severance, retention, bonus or other similar
payment to any Person under any Contract or Employee Benefit Plan, (B) any increase of any benefits
or other amounts otherwise payable by Company, and (C) any payments to any Person in cancellation
or settlement of any option or right to acquire shares of Company Stock (other than payments of
amounts with respect to In the Money Options as provided in Section 1.8(a) and Company Restricted
Stock Awards as provided in Section 1.8(b)), in each case of clauses (A) and (B) and (C), which
will or may become payable as a result of Company entering into this Agreement or the consummation
of any of the transactions contemplated hereby (either alone or in combination with another event),
all of which payments are listed in Section 1.5(c)(viii) of the Company Disclosure Letter.
(ix) “In the Money Option” means any Company Option for which the exercise price at the
Effective Time is less than the Per Share Merger Consideration. For the purpose of this paragraph,
the Per Share Merger Consideration shall equal the sum of (A) the Per Share Cash Consideration plus
(B) the product of (I) the Per Share Merger Stock Consideration and (II) the 20-Day Parent VWAP
Price.
(d) If, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of
Parent Stock are changed into a different number or class of shares by reason of any stock split,
division or subdivision of shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares,
reclassification, recapitalization or other similar event, then the number of shares of Parent
Stock and the 20-Day Parent VWAP Prices set forth in this Agreement, including in Section
1.5(c)(vi), Section 1.5(c)(vii) and Section 7.1(i), shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such
change.
(e) No certificates or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Stock shall be issued in
connection with the Merger, and such fractional interests will not entitle the owner thereof to any
rights as a shareholder of the Parent. In lieu of issuing a fractional interest in a share of
Parent Stock otherwise required to be paid under this Agreement, each record holder of Company
Stock converted pursuant to Section 1.5(a) or In the Money Option converted pursuant to Section
1.8(a) who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Stock
shall receive cash (without interest) in an amount equal to the product of such fractional interest
multiplied by the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price.
(f) Prior to Closing, Company shall prepare and deliver a detailed calculation of the Company
Outstanding Shares, Change in Control Payments, In the Money Options and Per Share Merger
Consideration, which calculation, after review and approval by Parent, shall be certified on behalf
of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company (the
“Final Merger Consideration Certificate”) and delivered to Parent at Closing.
(g) Parent shall prepare and send to Company a calculation of the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price
within one Business Day following the end of such 20 day period.
1.6 Surrender of Certificates; Stock Transfer Books.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company reasonably
acceptable to the Company to act as agent (the “Paying Agent”) for the holders of shares of Company
Common Stock to receive the Merger Consideration to which
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holders of such shares shall become entitled pursuant to Section 1.5. Promptly after the
Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or shall cause to be deposited, with the Paying Agent shares
of Parent Stock and cash sufficient to pay the Merger Consideration payable to holders of Company
Common Stock. The cash portion shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by the Parent or
the Surviving Corporation. Earnings from such investments shall be the sole and exclusive property
of Parent and the Surviving Corporation, and no part of such earnings shall accrue to the benefit
of holders of shares of Company Common Stock.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation
shall cause to be mailed to each Person who was, at the Effective Time, a holder of
record of shares of Company Common Stock entitled to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 1.5, a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall
be effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates evidencing such shares (the
“Certificates”) shall pass, only upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent) and
instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates pursuant to such letter of
transmittal. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent of a Certificate, together with such letter of
transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and
such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such
Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Per Share Merger Consideration
for each share of Company Common Stock formerly evidenced by such Certificate, and such Certificate
shall then be canceled. No interest shall accrue or be paid on the Per Share Merger Consideration
payable upon the surrender of any Certificate for the benefit of the holder of such Certificate. If
the payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person
in whose name the surrendered Certificate formerly evidencing shares of Company Common Stock is
registered on the stock transfer books of the Company, it shall be a condition of payment that the
Certificate so surrendered be endorsed properly or otherwise be in proper form for transfer and
that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid all transfer and other similar Taxes
required by reason of the payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration to a Person other than the
registered holder of the Certificate surrendered, or shall have established to the satisfaction of
Parent that such Taxes either have been paid or are not applicable. Until surrendered as
contemplated by this Section 1.6(b), each Certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective
Time, to represent only the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration for each share of
Company Common Stock formerly evidenced by such Certificate. If any Certificate shall have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
payment of the Per Share Merger Consideration for each share of Company Common Stock formerly
evidenced by such Certificate, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate to
provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a bond (in such sum as Parent may reasonably
direct) as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Paying Agent, Parent or the
Surviving Corporation with respect to such Certificate.
(c) At any time following the twelfth (12th) month after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any Merger
Consideration which had been made available to the Paying Agent and not disbursed to holders of
shares of Company Common Stock (including, without limitation, all interest and other income
received by the Paying Agent in respect of all funds made available to it), and, thereafter, such
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holders shall be entitled to look to Parent and the Surviving Corporation (subject to
abandoned property, escheat and other similar laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect
to any Per Share Merger Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of the Certificates
held by them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving Corporation, Parent or the
Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a share of Company Common Stock for any Per Share
Merger Consideration delivered in respect of such share to a public official pursuant to any
abandoned property, escheat or other similar law. If any Certificates shall not have been
surrendered prior to five (5) years after the Effective Time (or immediately prior to such earlier
date on which any Per Share Merger Consideration in respect of such Certificate would otherwise
escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Body), any amounts payable in respect of such
Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, become the property of the Surviving
Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(d) At the close of business on the day of the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the
Company with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock shall be closed and thereafter there
shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock on the records of
the Company. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to
such shares except as otherwise provided herein or by applicable Law.
(e) Each of the Surviving Corporation, Parent and Acquisition Sub shall be entitled to deduct
and withhold (or cause the Paying Agent to deduct and withhold) from the consideration otherwise
payable in the Merger to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock such amounts as it is
required to deduct and withhold under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax
Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all
purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the shares of Company Common Stock
in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.
1.7 Dissenters’ Rights.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any shares of
Company Common Stock that, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, are held by holders who
have as of such time preserved dissenters’ rights under Section 14-2-1302 et seq. of the GBCC with
respect to such shares shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive the Per Share
Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 1.5(a)(iii), and the holder or holders of such
shares shall be entitled only to such rights as may be granted to such holder or holders pursuant
to Section 14-2-1302 et seq. of the GBCC; provided, however, that if such dissenters’ rights
shall not be perfected or the holders of such shares shall otherwise lose their dissenters’ rights
with respect to such shares, then, as of the later of the Effective Time or the time of the failure
to perfect such status or the loss of such rights, such shares shall automatically be converted
into and shall represent only the right to receive (upon the surrender of such holder’s
Certificate(s) in accordance with Section 1.6) the Per Share Merger Consideration in accordance
with Section 1.5(a)(iii).
(b) The Company shall give Parent: (i) prompt notice of any written demand for, or notice of
intent to demand, payment for shares of Company Common Stock received by the Company prior to the
Effective Time pursuant to Section 14-2-1302 et seq. of the GBCC and of any other demand, notice or
instrument delivered to the Company prior to the Effective Time
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pursuant to the GBCC; and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to any such demand, notice or instrument. The Company shall not make any
payment or settlement offer prior to the Effective Time with respect to any such demand unless
Parent shall have consented in writing to such payment or settlement offer.
1.8 Effect of the Merger on Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Awards and Company
Warrants.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee
administering the Company’s stock option and other equity incentive plans, programs and
arrangements, including, without limitation, the Company’s 1997 Stock Option and Incentive Award
Plan and 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Award Plan (collectively, the “Company Stock Plans”) shall
take all actions necessary (including amending any and all Company Stock Plans and any and all
awards under such Plans) so that (i) all outstanding options to acquire shares of Company Common
Stock, whether under the Company Stock Plans or otherwise (including commitments to issue options)
(the “Company Options”) shall be cancelled as of the Effective Time, and (ii) at the Effective
Time, each holder of In the Money Options, whether or not then vested or exercisable, shall be
entitled to receive, in cancellation and settlement for each In the Money Option, without interest
(i) an amount of cash equal to the positive difference, if any, of (x) the Per Share Merger Cash
Consideration minus (y) the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock subject to such In the
Money Option (the “Exercise Price Per Share”), and (ii) the Per Share Merger Stock Consideration
minus an amount of shares of Parent Stock, valued at the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price, equal to the
positive difference, if any, of (x) the Exercise Price Per Share with respect to such In the Money
Option minus (y) the Per Share Merger Cash Consideration. Nothing in this Section 1.8(a) shall be
construed to extend or otherwise waive the expiration of any Company Option which have otherwise
expired in accordance with their terms. The Surviving Corporation shall pay, and Parent shall
cause the Surviving Corporation to pay, the holders of In the Money Options the Parent Stock and
cash payments described in this Section 1.8(a) on or as soon as reasonably practicable after the
Effective Time (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days). For clarification, the definition
of Company Options shall not include Company Warrants (as defined in Section 1.8(f)).
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee
administering the Company Stock Plans shall take all actions necessary (including amending any and
all Company Stock Plans and any and all awards under such Plans) so that (i) all outstanding
restricted stock awards payable in Company Common Stock (the “Company Restricted Stock Awards”)
shall be canceled as of the Effective Time and (ii) at the Effective Time, each holder of each
Company Restricted Stock Award, whether or not vested, shall be entitled to receive, without
interest, the Per Share Merger Consideration multiplied by the total number of shares of Company
Common Stock subject to such Company Restricted Stock Award. Nothing in this Section 1.8(a) shall
be construed to extend or otherwise waive the expiration of any Company Restricted Stock Award
which have otherwise expired in accordance with their terms. The Surviving Corporation shall pay,
and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to pay, the holders of the Company Restricted
Stock Awards the Parent Stock and cash payments described in this Section 1.8(b) on or as soon as
reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days).
(c) Without limiting the generality of Section 1.8(a), Section 1.8(b) and Section 1.8(d),
Company shall obtain the written consent of each holder of a Company Option (including holders of
Company Options that are not In the Money Options) and Company Restricted Stock Awards to the
cancellation of their awards (collectively, the “Cancellation
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Consents”) as contemplated by Section 1.8(a), Section 1.8(b) and Section 1.8(d). For
clarification, any payment, other than a payment contemplated by Section 1.8(a) and Section 1.8(b),
to any holder of a Company Option or Company Restricted Stock Award to obtain their Cancellation
Consent shall be deemed a Change in Control Payment for the purpose of this Agreement.
(d) The Company Stock Plans and all awards thereunder shall terminate as of the Effective
Time, and the provisions in any other agreement, arrangement or benefit plan providing for the
issuance, transfer or grant of any capital stock of the Company or any interest in respect of any
capital stock of the Company shall be deleted as of the Effective Time, and the Company shall take
all such action as is necessary, and obtain all necessary consents, to ensure the foregoing and
that, after the Effective Time, no holder of a Company Option or Company Restricted Stock Award or
any participant in or a party to any Company Stock Plan or other agreement, arrangement or benefit
plan shall have any right thereunder to acquire any capital stock or any interest in respect of any
capital stock of the Surviving Corporation or of the Parent (other than as provided in Section
1.8(f) with respect to Company Warrants).
(e) The Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the amounts
otherwise payable pursuant to this Section 1.8 to any holder of Company Options or Company
Restricted Stock Awards such amounts as the Surviving Corporation is required to deduct and
withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state,
local or foreign tax Law, and the Surviving Corporation shall make any required filings with and
payments to tax authorities relating to any such deduction or withholding. To the extent that
amounts are so deducted and withheld by the Surviving Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Company Options
and Company Restricted Stock in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the
Surviving Corporation.
(f) From and after the Effective Time, each warrant to purchase Company Common Stock that is
outstanding as of the Effective Time (the “Company Warrants”) pursuant to any warrant agreements or
otherwise shall entitle the holder to receive, upon exercise of the Company Warrant and payment of
the applicable exercise price, the product of (i) the Per Share Merger Consideration multiplied by
(ii) the total number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Warrant. The
Company shall take or cause to be taken, including as appropriate by its Board of Directors or the
appropriate committee thereof, all steps necessary or desirable to give effect to the provisions of
this Section 1.8(f), including sending any notices required under the Company Warrants. From and
after the Effective Time, holders of Company Warrants shall have no rights with respect to their
Company Warrants other than specifically provided in this Section 1.8(f). Nothing in this Section
1.8(f) shall be construed to extend or otherwise waive the expiration of any Company Warrant which
has otherwise expired in accordance with its terms
1.9 Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is
determined by Parent to be reasonably 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 Acquisition Sub and the Company, the officers and directors of the Surviving
Corporation and Parent shall be fully authorized (in the name of Acquisition Sub, in the name of
the Company and otherwise) to take such action.
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Section 2: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter (it being acknowledged that disclosure in
the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to any particular Section of the Agreement shall be
deemed disclosure with respect to another Section of the Agreement only if the applicability of
such disclosure to the subject matter of such other Section is reasonably apparent on its face),
knowing that Parent and Acquisition Sub rely thereon, the Company represents and warrants to Parent
and Acquisition Sub, and covenants with Parent and Acquisition Sub, as follows:
2.1 Organization. The Company is a corporation, duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the Law of the State of Georgia. The Company possesses the full corporate
power and authority to own its Assets and to conduct its business as and where presently conducted.
The Company is duly qualified or registered to do business in each jurisdiction where such
qualification or registration is required by applicable Law, except where the failure to be so
qualified or registered would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no
Subsidiaries and does not own any securities of any corporation or any other interest in any
Person. The Company has no predecessors, and has not acquired or succeeded to all or substantially
all of the Assets of any Person, other than as set forth in Section 2.1 of the Company Disclosure
Letter. Section 2.1 of the Company Disclosure Letter states, for the Company (a) its exact legal
name; (b) its corporate business form and jurisdiction and date of formation; (c) its federal
employer identification number; (d) its headquarters address, telephone number and facsimile
number; (e) its directors and executive officers, indicating all current title(s) of each
individual; (f) all fictitious, assumed or other names of any type that are registered or used by
it or under which it has done business at any time since its date of incorporation or formation;
and (g) any name changes, recapitalizations, mergers, reorganizations or similar events since its
date of incorporation or formation. The Company has not agreed and is not obligated to make, and
is not bound by any Contract under which it may become obligated to make, any future equity or
similar investment in or capital contribution to any other Person. Accurate and complete copies of
articles or certificates of incorporation, bylaws and other organization and related documents,
each as amended to date, and all Contracts relating to the acquisition of the Company or any of its
predecessors have been delivered to Parent. The Company has paid all applicable material foreign,
federal, state or local organization fees, qualification fees, annual report fees and filing fees
required to be paid by it.
2.2 Capital Stock and Ownership.
(a) As of October 2, 2008, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: (i)
50,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 12,600,759 shares were issued and outstanding
and of which no shares were held by the Company in its treasury; and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of
preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share, of which 500,000 shares were designated as Series A
Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock and no shares were issued, outstanding or held by the
Company in its treasury. Except as set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter:
(i) none of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock is entitled or subject to any preemptive
right, right of participation, right of maintenance or any similar right; (ii) none of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock is subject to any right of first refusal in favor of the
Company; and (iii) there is no Contract to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or
any of its business or Assets is bound relating to the voting or registration of, or restricting
any Person from purchasing, selling, pledging or otherwise disposing of (or granting any option or
similar right with respect to), any shares of Company
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Common Stock. The Company is under no obligation and is not bound by any Contract pursuant to
which it may become obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock. Except as set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter,
since January 1, 2003, the Company has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired any shares
of Company Common Stock.
(b) As of October 2, 2008: (i) 1,092,033 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to
issuance pursuant to the exercise of Company Options; (ii) 265,956 shares of Company Common Stock
are issued but subject to forfeiture pending the satisfaction of vesting conditions as Company
Restricted Stock Awards; (iii) 150,000 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to issuance
pursuant to the exercise of Company Warrants; and (iv) 625,594 shares of Company Common Stock are
reserved for future grants of equity awards pursuant to the Company’s 2000 Stock Option and
Incentive Award Plan. No further equity awards may be made under the 1997 Stock Option and
Incentive Award Plan. Section 2.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the following
information with respect to each Company Option outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (i)
the particular plan pursuant to which such Company Option was granted (or whether such option was a
non-plan grant) and whether such Company Option is an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of
the Code; (ii) the name of the optionee; (iii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject
to such Company Option; (iv) the exercise price of such Company Option; (v) the date on which such
Company Option was granted; (vi) the applicable vesting schedules (if not fully vested and
exercisable), and the extent to which such Company Option is vested and exercisable as of the date
set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter; and (vii) the date on which such Company Option
expires.
(c) Section 2.2(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the following information with
respect to each Company Restricted Stock Award outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (i)
the particular plan pursuant to which such Company Restricted Stock Award was granted (or whether
such Restricted Stock Award was a non-plan grant); (ii) the name of the grantee; (iii) the number
of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Restricted Stock Award; (iv) the date on
which such Company Restricted Stock Award was granted; and (v) the applicable vesting schedules,
and the extent to which such Company Restricted Stock Award is vested as of the date set forth in
the Company Disclosure Letter.
(d) Section 2.2(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the following information with
respect to each Company Warrant outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (i) the name of the
warrant holder; (iii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Warrant;
(iv) the exercise price of such Company Warrant; (v) the date on which such Company Warrant was
granted; (vi) the applicable vesting schedules, and the extent to which such Company Warrant is
vested and exercisable as of the date set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter; and (vii) the
date on which such Company Warrant expires.
(e) The Company has no plans or arrangements for the issuance of equity awards other than the
Company Stock Plans and the Company Warrants. The Company has delivered to Parent and Acquisition
Sub accurate and complete copies of the Company Stock Plans, the Company Warrants, and all other
equity award plans pursuant to which Company has granted currently outstanding equity awards, could
have granted equity awards since its formation or currently can grant equity awards, and the forms
of all agreements evidencing such equity awards.
(f) Except for the Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Awards and Company Warrants set
forth on the appropriate section of the Company Disclosure
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Letter, there is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or
not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other securities of
Company; (ii) outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into
or exchangeable for any shares of the capital stock or other securities of Company; or (iii)
shareholder rights plan (or similar plan commonly referred to as a “poison pill”) or Contract under
which Company is or may become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any shares of its capital stock
or any other securities. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and nonassessable, with no
liability attaching to the ownership thereof. All issuances and grants of all outstanding Company
Options, Company Restricted Stock Awards and Company Warrants, and all offerings, sales and
issuances by the Company of any shares of capital stock, including the Company Common Stock, were
conducted in compliance with all applicable Law and all requirements set forth in all applicable
Contracts.
(g) The Rights Plan has expired by its terms as of January 1, 2008 and the rights thereunder
are not exercisable.
(h) Except for privately negotiated repurchases and the surrender to the Company or
withholding by the Company of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to option exercises or in
satisfaction of tax withholding obligations upon the vesting of restricted stock or in connection
with stock options, all repurchases of the Company Common Stock by the Company have been made in
compliance with Rule 10b-18 promulgated under the Exchange Act and in compliance with the
provisions of Rule 10b5-1(c) promulgated under the Exchange Act.
2.3 Financial and Corporate Records. The books of account, minute books, stock and
membership interest record books and other similar records of the Company are complete and correct
in all material respects and have been maintained in accordance with GAAP, sound business
practices and the requirements of Section 13(b)(2) of the Exchange Act, including, except as
described in Section 2.5 (e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, an adequate system of internal
controls. Complete and correct copies of minutes of the board of directors and committees thereof
since February 11, 2002 have been delivered to Parent, except that minutes that relate solely to
the transactions contemplated hereby have been redacted or omitted and certain minutes are in draft
form pending final approval by the board of directors. Section 2.3 of the Company Disclosure
Letter is an accurate and complete list of all bank accounts, other accounts, certificates of
deposit, marketable securities, other investments, safe deposit boxes, lock boxes and safes of the
Company, and the names of all officers, employees or other individuals who have access thereto or
are authorized to make withdrawals therefrom or dispositions thereof.
2.4 Compliance with Law.
(a) The operations of the Company, the conduct of its business, as and where such business has
been or presently is conducted, and the ownership, possession and use of its Assets have complied
in all material respects and currently do comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws,
except as set forth in Section 2.4 of the Company Disclosure Letter. Since January 1, 2003, the
Company has not received any notice from any Governmental Body regarding any actual or possible
material violation of, or failure to comply in any material respect with, any Law.
(b) The Company holds all material Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable the Company
to conduct its businesses in the manner in which such businesses are
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currently being conducted, including all material Governmental Authorizations required under
Environmental Laws, each of which is listed on Section 2.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter. All
such Governmental Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect. The Company is, and at all
times since January 1, 2003 has been, in compliance in all material respects with the terms and
requirements of such Governmental Authorizations. Since January 1, 2003, the Company has not
received any written notice from any Governmental Body regarding: (i) any actual or possible
material violation of or failure to comply in any material respect with any term or requirement of
any material Governmental Authorization; or (ii) any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal,
suspension, cancellation, termination or modification of any material Governmental Authorization.
2.5 SEC Filings.
(a) The Company has made available to Parent and Acquisition Sub, or the Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (XXXXX) database of the SEC contains in a publicly available
format, accurate and complete copies of all registration statements, definitive proxy statements
and other statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents (and all amendments or
supplements thereto excluding exhibits thereto) filed or furnished by Company with the SEC since
January 1, 2007 (the “Company SEC Documents”). Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, all statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to have
been filed or furnished by Company with the SEC since January 1, 2007 have been so filed or
furnished and in a timely manner. Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, as of the time it was filed with or furnished to the SEC (or, if amended, supplemented or
superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing): (i)
each of the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be) including, without
limitation, with the provisions of SOX; and (ii) none of the Company SEC Documents contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the certifications and statements relating to
the Company SEC Documents required by: (1) Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act; or (2) 18
U.S.C. § 1350 (Section 906 of SOX) (collectively, the “Company Certifications”) was accurate and
complete, and complied as to form and content with all applicable Law in effect at the time such
Company Certification was filed with or furnished to the SEC.
(b) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15
under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that all
material information concerning the Company required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports
that it is required to file, submit or furnish under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed,
summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. The Company
has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all written descriptions of, and all
policies, manuals and other documents promulgating, such disclosure controls and procedures. Except
as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is, and has at all times
since January 1, 2003 been, in compliance with the applicable listing and other rules and
regulations of the NASDAQ Global Market, and has not since January 1, 2003 received any notice from
the NASDAQ Global Market or any similar body asserting any non-compliance with any of such rules
and regulations.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the financial
statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by reference in the
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Company SEC Documents: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published
rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered (except as may be indicated in the
notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form
10-Q of the SEC, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes and
are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that will not, individually or in the
aggregate, be material in amount), and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of Company as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows
of Company for the periods covered thereby. The unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of
June 30, 2008 included in the Company’s Quarterly Report for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 is
sometimes referred to as the “Latest Balance Sheet”. Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, no financial statements of any Person other than the Company are
required by GAAP to be included in the financial statements of the Company.
(d) To the knowledge of the Company, the Company’s outside auditor has at all times since the
date of enactment of SOX been: (i) a registered public accounting firm (as defined in Section
2(a)(12) of SOX); (ii) “independent” with respect to the Company within the meaning of Regulation
S-X under the Exchange Act; and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, in compliance with
subsections (g) through (l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the SEC thereunder and related or companion rules and regulations promulgated by the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board thereunder. Section 2.5(d) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule contains a description of all non-audit services (as defined in Section 2(a)(8) of SOX)
performed by the Company’s outside auditors for the Company since January 1, 2004 and the fees paid
for such services. All such non-audit services were approved as required by Section 10A(h) of the
Exchange Act.
(e) Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company maintains
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, and includes those policies and procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of
records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions
of the Assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and that receipts
and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors
of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s Assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete
copies of all written descriptions of, and all policies, manuals and other documents promulgating,
such internal accounting controls. Except as set forth in Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, since December 31, 2006, there have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Except as set forth in Section
2.5(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor
its independent auditors have (A) identified any significant deficiency or material weakness in the
design or operation of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (all of which have
been or are currently being remediated as described in Section 2.5(e) of the Company Disclosure
Letter), (B) identified any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a role in the preparation of the financial statements of the Company or the
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Company’s internal control over financial reporting, or (C) received any claim or allegation
regarding any of the foregoing.
(f) The Company has not effected any securitization transactions since January 1, 2006 and has
not effected any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation S-K
under the Exchange Act) since January 1, 2003.
(g) Except as set forth in Section 2.5 (g) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no
outstanding or unresolved comment letters from the SEC or Nasdaq with respect to any of the Company
SEC Documents or any other matters. The Company has provided to Parent copies of all
correspondence and written communications with the SEC or Nasdaq since January 1, 2003, including
any correspondence with respect to Proceedings or potential Proceedings (including the Dadante
Litigation Matters).
(h) The Company has obtained a written letter from the staff of the SEC to the effect that the
staff does not object to the omission of the audited financial statements of the operating Assets
and business acquired by the Company from ClientLogic Corporation and its operating subsidiary,
ClientLogic Operating Corporation (collectively, “ClientLogic”), as required by Regulation S-X,
(the “ClientLogic Audited Financial Statements”) from the Form S-4 and the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus (the “SEC Waiver”).
2.6 Assets. The Company owns, has good and marketable title to, and has the right to
transfer all right, title and interest in and to, all Assets purported to be owned by it and
reflected on the Latest Balance Sheet (other than Assets disposed of in the ordinary course of
business since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet), in each case free and clear of any
Encumbrance other than (i) Encumbrances set forth in the Latest Balance Sheet or otherwise
disclosed in the Company SEC Documents, (ii) Permitted Encumbrances or (iii) Encumbrances set forth
in Section 2.6 of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company is the lessee of, and holds valid
leasehold interests in, all Assets purported to be leased by it and reflected as leased on the
Latest Balance Sheet, and enjoys undisturbed possession of such leased Assets, subject to Permitted
Encumbrances. The Company owns or leases all material Assets necessary to operate, or which are
material to the operation of, its businesses as currently conducted.
2.7 Obligations. Except as set forth in Section 2.7 of the Company Disclosure Letter,
the Company has no Obligations other than (i) Obligations identified on the Latest Balance Sheet
(including the notes thereto); (ii) Obligations incurred since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet
and which were not incurred in breach of any of the representations and warranties made in Section
2.8; and (iii) Obligations under Contracts, provided that no such Obligation consisted of or
resulted from a default under or violation of any such Contract. Except as described in Section
2.7 of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Obligations of the Company are guaranteed by any
Person. Except as set forth in Section 2.7 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has no
borrowed indebtedness including, without limitation, capitalized leases.
2.8 Operations.
(a) Since December 31, 2007 (i) there has not been any Company Material Adverse Effect and no
event has occurred, and no circumstance has arisen, that alone or in combination with any other
events or circumstances, had or would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Company
Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) there has not been any material loss, damage or destruction to,
or any material interruption in the use of, any of the material Assets of the Company (whether or
not covered by insurance);
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(b) Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Company SEC
Documents filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC since June 30, 2008, from June 30, 2008 to
the date of this Agreement:
(i) The Company has not incurred or guaranteed any Obligation (for purposes of this Section
2.8(b) the term Obligation shall refer to an Obligation that is not required by GAAP to be set
forth as a liability on the balance sheet of the Company), acquired or disposed of any business or
Assets, or entered into any Contract (other than customer Contracts) or other transaction,
involving an amount exceeding $50,000 in any single case or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(ii) The Company has not: (A) written off as uncollectible, or established any extraordinary
reserve with respect to, any material account receivable or other material indebtedness; or (B)
lent any material amount of money to any Person (other than extensions of credit to trade
creditors, short-term advances made to non-executive officer employees which have subsequently been
repaid and routine travel advances made to employees, in each case in the ordinary course of
business);
(c) Except as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Company SEC
Documents filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC since December 31, 2007, from December 31,
2007 to the date of this Agreement:
(i) The Company has not (A) incurred or guaranteed any borrowed indebtedness including,
without limitation, any capitalized lease; or (B) incurred or guaranteed any long-term Obligation
in any amount that is required by GAAP to be set forth as a liability on the balance sheet of the
Company;
(ii) The Company has not sold, issued or granted, or authorized the issuance of, (A) any
capital stock or other security (except for Company Common Stock issued upon the exercise of
outstanding Company Options and Company Restricted Stock Awards), (B) any option, warrant or right
to acquire any capital stock or any other security or (C) any instrument convertible into or
exchangeable for any capital stock or other security;
(iii) The Company has not amended or waived any of its rights or obligations under, or
permitted the acceleration of vesting under: (A) any provision of any of the Company Stock Plans,
Company Restricted Stock Awards or Company Warrants; (B) any provision of any Contract evidencing
any outstanding Company Option, Company Restricted Stock Awards or Company Warrants; or (C) any
other Contract evidencing or relating to any equity award (whether payable in cash or stock);
(iv) The Company has not: (A) entered into a Specified Contract, except in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practices, (B) adopted or entered into any new Employee
Benefit Plan or amended any existing Employee Benefit Plan except to comply with Law or otherwise
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, (C) materially increased the
amount of the wages, salary, commissions, target bonuses, equity compensation, severance, fringe
benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to any Senior Management Employee or (D)
increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, target bonuses, equity compensation,
severance, fringe benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to any employee (excluding
Senior Management Employees) or independent contractor except in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with past practices;
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(v) The Company has not: (A) been a party to or participated in any merger, consolidation,
reorganization, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, reclassification of shares,
stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction, (B) acquired the business or any bulk
Assets of any other Person, (C) completely or partially liquidated or dissolved, (D) terminated any
part of its business, (E) changed any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices in any
respect, (F) made any material Tax election, or (G) commenced or settled any Proceeding.
(vi) The Company has not: (A) redeemed, retired or purchased, or created, sold, granted or
issued any capital stock or other security, any options, warrants or other Contracts or Contract
Rights with respect to, any shares of capital stock or other securities, or created, sold, granted
or issued any stock options, stock appreciation rights, phantom shares or other similar rights
(other than forfeitures, expirations or exercises of equity awards under the Company Stock Plans in
accordance with the terms of such awards and the expiration of the Rights Plan); (B) declared,
accrued, set aside or paid any dividend or made any distribution with respect to any shares of
capital stock; (C) formed any subsidiary or acquired any equity or other interest in any Person;
(D) amended its articles or certificate of incorporation or formation, bylaws or other organization
documents; (E) bought, sold or engaged in any other transaction involving capital stock of Parent,
other securities of Parent or any equity interests in Parent, other than the Merger, (F) waived any
“standstill” or similar Contract or provision; or (G) entered into any Contract that commits or
committed it to take any action or omit to take any action that would constitute a breach of any of
the provisions of this Agreement.
(d) The Company has not has agreed or committed to take any of the actions referred to in
clauses (b) through (c) above.
2.9 Accounts Receivable. All Accounts Receivable of the Company arose in the ordinary
course of business and are proper and valid accounts receivable, and to the knowledge of the
Company, except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, can be collected by
the Company in full (without any counterclaim or setoff), subject to reserves for doubtful
accounts. To the knowledge of the Company, except as set forth in Section 2.9 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, there are no refunds, discounts, rights of setoff or assignment affecting any
such Accounts Receivable. Proper amounts of deferred revenues appear on the books and records of
the Company, in accordance with GAAP, with respect to the Company’s (a) billed but unearned
Accounts Receivable; (b) previously billed and collected Accounts Receivable still unearned; and
(c) unearned customer deposits.
2.10 Tangible Property. All of the material Tangible Property of the Company is
located at the Company’s offices or facilities, or the Company has the full and unqualified right
to require the immediate return of any of its material Tangible Property which is not located at
its offices or facilities. Except as set forth on Section 2.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter,
all material Tangible Property of the Company, wherever located, (a) is in suitable condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted, (b) is structurally sound and free of any material defect and
deficiency (ordinary wear and tear excepted), (c) complies in all material respects with, and is
being operated and otherwise used in compliance in all material respects with, all applicable Laws,
and (d) is sufficient for the Company’s operations and business as presently conducted.
2.11 Real Property.
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(a) The Company does not own nor has it ever owned any Real Property. Set forth on Section
2.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter is an accurate and complete list of: (i) any Real Property
currently leased (either as landlord or tenant), subleased (either as sublandlord or subtenant)
occupied, managed, operated or used by the Company (“Company Current Real Property”), showing
location, and in the case of leased property, the date of the lease and/or sublease and all
amendments thereto, rental cost, commencement and expiration dates, renewal and extension options,
security deposit amounts, expansion options, subleases and assignments, and landlord, tenant,
sublandlord or subtenant, as applicable; and (ii) a list of any Real Property previously leased
(either as landlord or tenant), subleased (either as sublandlord or subtenant) occupied, managed,
operated or used by the Company or any of its predecessors (“Company Prior Real Property” and,
together with the Company Current Real Property, the “Company Real Property”), showing location,
method of disposition and any continuing Obligations with respect thereto; provided however, that
only Company Prior Real Property in which the Company has held an interest since January 1, 2003 is
required to be listed on Section 2.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company has no
Obligations with respect to any Company Prior Real Property not adequately reserved in the Latest
Balance Sheet. Except as set forth on Section 2.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter, all Company
Current Real Property is in suitable condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and is sufficient
for the current operations of the Company. To the knowledge of Company, except as set forth on
Section 2.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Company Real Property, nor the occupancy,
maintenance or use thereof, is or was in material violation of, or material breach or default
under, any Contract or Law. No notice or, to the knowledge of Company, threat from any landlord,
tenant, sublandlord or subtenant, Governmental Body or other Person has been received by the
Company or served in connection with any Company Real Property claiming any material violation of,
or material breach, default or liability under, any Contract or Law, or requiring or calling
attention to the need for any material work, repairs, construction, alteration, installations or
environmental remediation. To the knowledge of Company, no Proceedings are pending which would
affect the zoning, use or development of any Company Current Real Property. To the knowledge of
Company, no portion of Company Current Real Property is within an identified flood plain or other
designated flood hazard area as established under any Law or otherwise by any Governmental Body.
All of the Company Current Real Property has direct legal access to, abuts, and is served by a
publicly dedicated and maintained road, which road provides a valid means of ingress and egress
thereto and therefrom, without additional expense. All utilities, including water, gas, telephone,
electricity, sanitary and storm sewers, are public and are currently available to all Company
Current Real Property, and are adequate to serve the Company Current Real Property for the
Company’s current use thereof.
(b) To the knowledge of Company and except as set forth in Section 2.11 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, the Company Current Real Property (i) is not, nor at Closing, will be deemed
part of a larger parcel of ground so as to require any form of subdivision approval; or (ii)
subject to any understanding or unfulfilled commitment with, or to any unsatisfied conditions
imposed by, any Governmental Body.
(c) To the knowledge of Company: (i) the zoning classification of the Company Current Real
Property and the construction, operation, and use of the Company Current Real Property is in
material compliance with all zoning, subdivision, land use, building, fire, safety and similar
Laws, codes and regulations; (ii) the present uses of the Company Current Real Property are
permitted as a matter of right, without the necessity of any variance or special exception (other
than variances and exceptions which have been obtained) and do not constitute non-conforming uses;
and (iii) none of the buildings comprising the Company Current Real Property constitute
non-conforming structures.
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(d) There are no Proceedings pending nor, to the knowledge of Company, threatened against or
affecting the Company Current Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein in the
nature of or in lieu of condemnation or eminent domain Proceedings.
(e) To the knowledge of Company, there are no assessments by any Governmental Body imposed,
contemplated or confirmed and ratified against any of the Company Current Real Property for public
or private improvements which are now or hereafter payable by the Company.
(f) To the knowledge of Company, unqualified, certificates of occupancy have been issued with
respect to each location comprising the Company Current Real Property.
(g) Set forth on Schedule 2.11 is a list of any tenant allowances available under the leases
for the Company Current Real Property and a description of the permitted uses for such allowances
and respective dates by which such allowances must be used.
2.12 Environmental. The Company is, and has been, in compliance, in all material
respects, with applicable Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, holding all material
Governmental Authorizations required pursuant to such laws for the ownership and operation of its
business as currently conducted and compliance, in all material respects, with the terms thereof,
and the Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances that would prevent, interfere with,
or materially increase the cost of maintaining such compliance in the future. To the knowledge of
Company, any Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with the Company was in compliance with
Environmental Laws in all material respects at the time of closing. The Company has not (i)
placed, held, located, stored, released, transported, processed or disposed of any Hazardous
Substance on, under, from or at any of the Company Real Property other than in a manner that would
not require remediation pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws or subject the Company to any
material Obligation or penalty, (ii) any knowledge of the presence of any Hazardous Substances that
have been released into the environment on, under or at any of the Company Real Property other than
that which would not require remediation pursuant to Environmental Laws or subject the Company to
any material Obligation or penalty, or (iii) received any written notice (A) of any material
violation of any Environmental Laws that has not been resolved, (B) of the institution or pendency
of any material suit, action, claim, proceeding or investigation by any Governmental Body or any
third party in connection with any such violation, (C) requiring the response to or remediation of
a release of Hazardous Substances at or arising from any of the Company Real Property, (D) alleging
non-compliance by the Company with the terms of any Governmental Authorization required under any
Environmental Laws in any manner reasonably likely to require material expenditures or to result in
material liability or (E) demanding payment of a material amount for response to or remediation of
a release of Hazardous Substances at or arising from any of the Company Real Property. There are
no past or present facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of
any Proceeding relating to the violation of Environmental Laws against the Company, except where
such Proceeding, if made, would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has
provided to Parent all material assessments, reports, data, results of investigations or audits,
and other material information that is in the possession of or reasonably available to the Company
regarding environmental matters or the environmental condition of the business of the Company, or
the compliance (or noncompliance) by the Company with any Environmental Laws.
2.13 Software and Other Intangibles.
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(a) Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete list and
description of all Company Intangibles consisting of trademarks, trade names, service marks, logos
and other indicia of origin, including any applications to register and registrations thereof,
patents and patent applications, works of authorship, including any registered copyrights and
copyright registration and Software, in each case whether and the precise extent to which the
Company owns or licenses such Company Intangibles, and, in the case of Software owned by the
Company, a product description thereof, the language in which it is written, the name or names of
the Persons by whom it was written and the type of hardware platform(s) on which it runs, and in
the case of third-party Software or other Software not owned by the Company, the name of the owner
or licensor thereof and the number of user licenses held by the Companies. Except as set forth on
Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no other material Software or Intangibles are used
to operate the Company’s business.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has good
and valid title to, and has the full right to use, all of the Software and Intangibles owned,
purported to be owned, developed or designed, or under development or design by or on behalf of the
Company (“Owned Software and Intangibles”) and the full right to use all other Software and
Intangibles held or used by the Company (including Intangibles that appear on any Company Web Sites
(as defined below) or in its catalogs, brochures and other marketing materials) (“Licensed Software
and Intangibles”), in each case free and clear of any Encumbrance. Except as set forth on Section
2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no rights of any third party are necessary to market,
license, sell, modify, update, and/or create derivative works for the Owned Software and
Intangibles or, additionally except to the extent set forth in any Specified Contract, the Licensed
Software and Intangibles. The Owned Software and Intangibles and Licensed Software and Intangibles
are sufficient for the Company’s operations and business as presently conducted. Except for
Off-the-Shelf Software or as set forth on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of
the Owned Software and Intangibles and Licensed Software and Intangibles requires the Consent of
any Person (including notice to any Person) in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the performance of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, except
for such Consent or notices the failure of which to obtain or give would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) With respect to any Software included in the Owned Software and Intangibles and Software
embedded or otherwise included in any Owned Software or necessary to provide any products or
services as part of the Company Business (the “Embedded Software”), (i) the Company maintains
machine-readable master-reproducible copies, source code listings, user manuals, suitable for
internal training purposes only, for the most current releases and versions thereof and for all
earlier releases or versions thereof currently being supported by them; (ii) in each case, the
machine-readable copy conforms to the corresponding source code listing; (iii) it is written in the
language set forth on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter for use on the hardware set
forth on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter with standard operating systems; (iv) it can
be maintained and modified by reasonably competent programmers familiar with such language,
hardware and operating systems; (v) in each case, it operates in accordance with the user manual
therefor without material operating defects; and (vi) except as set forth on Section 2.13 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, none of the Company’s services or products or Company Intangibles is or
contains, uses, includes, is based upon, is integrated or bundled with, is derived from, or
incorporates (A) any version of any software that contains, or is derived in any manner (in whole
or in part) from, any software that is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g.,
Linux), public software, or via similar licensing or distribution models (including GNU’s General
Public License or Lesser/Library GPL, the Artistic License (e.g., PERL), the Mozilla Public
License, the Netscape Public License, the
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Sun Community Source License (SCSL), or the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL), (B) any
version of any software that requires as a condition of use, modification or distribution that
other software distributed with such software (i) be disclosed or distributed in source code form,
(ii) be licensed for the purpose of making derivative works, or (iii) be redistributable at no
charge, or (C) any version of any software the design or development of which was funded in whole
or in part by any Government Body;
(d) Except as set forth on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, all of the Owned
Software and Intangibles were created as a work for hire (as defined under U.S. copyright law) by
regular full time employees of the Company or, to the extent that any author, contributor, or
developer of the Owned Software and Intangibles was not a regular full-time employee of the Company
at the time such person authored, contributed to, or developed any Owned Software and Intangibles,
or did not author, contribute to, or develop such Owned Software and Intangibles in the course and
scope of his or her employment with the Company, such author, contributor, or developer has
irrevocably assigned to the Company in writing all Intellectual Property Rights and other
proprietary rights in such Person’s work with respect to such Owned Software and Intangibles. All
of the other Software used by the Company has been properly licensed (including with respect to the
number of users) and all related fees have been paid. Except as set forth on Section 2.13 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, there are no material annual license fees, maintenance fees and any
other material fees or costs associated with either the Owned Software and Intangibles or the
Licensed Software and Intangibles.
(e) Any license, sublicense or other Contract covering or relating to any Licensed Software
and Intangibles is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect in all material
respects, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will continue to be legal,
valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect in all material respects on terms
identical to those in effect immediately prior to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, the other party thereto is in
breach of or default under any license, sublicense or other Contract covering or relating to any
Licensed Software and Intangibles or has performed any act or omitted to perform any act which,
with notice or lapse of time or both, will become or result in a material violation, breach or
default thereunder. No Proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, is being or has
been threatened nor has any claim or demand been made, which challenges the legality, validity,
enforceability or ownership of any license, sublicense or other Contract covering or relating to
any Licensed Software and Intangibles.
(f) None of the Owned Software and Intangibles (including any images, phrases or other
writings incorporated into or included with or on any product of the Company or included or shown
on any Company Web Site, print catalog or other marketing materials (collectively, “Product
Images”) and none of the other Software or Intangibles (including any Product Images) held or used
by the Company or their respective past or current uses, has misappropriated, violated, interfered
with, or infringed upon, or is misappropriating, violating, interfering with, or infringing upon,
any Software, technology, patent, copyright, trade secret or other Intangible of any Person. None
of the Owned Software and Intangibles (including any Product Images) and none of the other Software
or Intangibles (including any Product Images) held or used by the Company, is subject to any
Judgment. Except as set forth on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Proceeding is
pending or, to the knowledge of Company, is threatened, nor has any claim or demand been made,
which challenges or challenged the legality, validity, enforceability, use or exclusive ownership
by the Company of any of the Owned Software and Intangibles (including any Product Images) or the
other Software and Intangibles (including any Product Images) held or used by the Company. To the
knowledge of Company,
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no Person is misappropriating, violating, interfering with, or infringing upon, or has
misappropriated, violated, interfered with, or infringed upon at any time, any of the Owned
Software and Intangibles (including any Product Images).
(g) The Company has adequately maintained all material trade secrets and copyrights and other
material Intellectual Property Rights it possesses with respect to the Software and Intangibles
(including any Product Images) owned, held, or used by the Company. Except as set forth on Section
2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has not disclosed or delivered to any escrow
agent or to any other Person, or permitted the disclosure to any escrow agent or to any other
Person of, and has taken all reasonable precautions to prevent the disclosure of the object code or
the source code (or any aspect or portion thereof) for or relating to any Software, other than in
the ordinary course of business to contractors subject to customary confidentiality agreements. To
the Company’s knowledge, the trade secrets included in the Company Intangibles are not part of the
public knowledge or literature, and, have not been used, divulged, or appropriated either for the
benefit of any Person (other than the Company) or to the detriment of the Company’s businesses.
All necessary registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in connection with all
material Company Owned Intangibles have been made, all formal legal requirements (including the
timely post-registration applications) have been met, and all necessary documents, recordations and
certificates in connection with such Intangibles have been filed with the relevant patent,
trademark or other authorities in the U.S. or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the
purposes of perfecting and maintaining all Intellectual Property Rights in such Intangibles.
(h) None of the Owned Software and Intangibles listed or required to be listed on Section 2.13
of the Company Disclosure Letter is owned by or registered in the name of any Person, other than
the Company, nor does any Person, other than the Company, have any interest therein or right
thereto, including the right to royalty payments.
(i) To the knowledge of the Company, except with respect to demonstration or trial copies, no
portion of any Owned Software and Intangibles currently used in the Company businesses contains any
“back door,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” or other software
routines or hardware components that do or that are designed to permit unauthorized access to or
damage, interfere with, intercept, disable or erase software, hardware, or data without the consent
of the user.
(j) Set forth on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter are all Internet domain names
held for use by the Company in connection with the Company’s businesses or licensed to or
registered by the Company (“Domain Names”). The Company is the registrant of all Domain Names, and
all registrations of Domain Names are in good standing until such dates as set forth on Section
2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter. No action has been taken by the Company or, to the
knowledge of Company, by any other Person to challenge rights to, suspend, cancel or disable any
Domain Name, any registration therefor, or the right of the Company to hold or use a Domain Name.
The Company has all right, title and interest in and to, and rights to the Domain Names on the
Internet except for security interests granted under the Revolving Credit Facility.
(k) To the knowledge of the Company, there is no governmental prohibition or restriction on
the use of any of the Company Intangibles in any jurisdiction in which the Company conducts
business or in which the Company’s products or services are made available or used or on the export
or import of any of the Company Intangibles from or to any jurisdiction in
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which the Company conducts business or into or from which any of the Company Intangibles are
imported or exported.
(l) Except as disclosed on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is the
sole owner of, and has good and marketable title to, and all right, title and interest in and to
all databases (including mailing lists and customer lists) currently held or used in the Company’s
business, except for security interests granted under the Revolving Credit Facility. Except as
specified on Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Person other than the Company has
any right or interest of any kind or nature in or to such databases, except for security interests
granted under the Revolving Credit Facility. To the knowledge of Company, no Person (i) is
violating or infringing upon, or has violated or infringed upon at any time, any right of the
Company in or to such databases; or (ii) is breaching or has breached at any time any duty or
obligation owed to the Company in respect of such databases. To the knowledge of the Company,
neither the past nor current use of any such database or the information contained therein in the
Company’s business (i) has violated or infringed upon, or is violating or infringing upon, the
rights of any Person; or (ii) breaches any duty or obligation owed to any Person; or (iii) violates
the privacy or any Law relating to the privacy of any Person.
(m) The Company maintains in connection with its operations, activity, conduct, and business
on the World Wide Web (“Web”) and any and all other applicable Internet operations, activity,
conduct, and business, at all times during such operations, activity, conduct, and business, a
written privacy statement or policy governing the collection, maintenance, and use of data and
information collected from users of Web sites owned, operated, or maintained by, on behalf of, or
for the benefit of the Company in connection with or related to the Company’s business (“Company
Web Sites”). At all times during the Web or Internet operations, activity, conduct, or business of
the Company, the privacy statement or policy of each of the Company has been conspicuously made
available to users of Company Web Sites. Such statement or policy, along with the collection,
maintenance, and use of user data and information and transfer thereof by the Company to the Parent
and the Surviving Corporation under this Agreement, complies in all respects with all applicable
Laws, including without limitation Laws of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. A true and correct
copy, and the effective date, of each privacy statement or policy of the Company is attached to
Section 2.13 of the Company Disclosure Letter, Except as set forth on Section 2.13 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, the Company has not collected, maintained or used and does not collect, maintain
or use data and information collected from users of Company Web Sites other than in accordance with
the terms of the privacy statement or policy of the Company.
2.14 Contracts.
(a) Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete list of
all of the following types of Contracts to which Company is a party or by which Company is bound
(collectively, the “Specified Contracts”): (i) customer Contracts; (ii) any Contracts relating to
or evidencing any strategic alliance between Company and any third party; (iii) Contracts
(including options) for the purchase or lease of Real Property; (iv) loan agreements, mortgages,
notes, guarantees and other financing Contracts; (v) Contracts for the purchase, lease, support
and/or maintenance of computer equipment and other equipment and which require payment by any party
in excess of $25,000 per year (or $75,000 per year for any series of related Contracts); (vi)
Contracts for the purchase, license, distribution, support, lease and/or maintenance of Software or
Intangibles under which the Company is the purchaser, licensee, lessee or user and other supplier
Contracts except for Off-the Shelf Software; (vii) employment (including offer letters), severance,
consulting, restrictive covenant, independent contractor and
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sales representative Contracts (excluding Contracts which constitute Employee Benefit Plans
listed on Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Letter, and excluding oral Contracts with
employees for “at will” employment terminable without penalty); (viii) Contracts under which any
rights in and/or ownership of any part of the customer base, business or Assets of Company, or any
shares or other ownership interests in Company (or any of its predecessors) were obtained or
acquired; (ix) Contracts containing clauses that prohibit or restrict Company from soliciting any
employee or customer of any other Person or otherwise prohibiting or restricting Company from
engaging in any business or disclosing any information in its possession (excluding Contracts with
customers which contain provisions prohibiting solicitation of such customer’s employees or use or
disclosure of such customer’s information); (x) any Contract (including service Contracts) that may
not be terminated by the Company without payment or penalty of $25,000 or more; (xi) any Contract
that contemplates or involves the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount
or having a value in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate (or $75,000 in the aggregate for any series
of related Contracts), or contemplates or involves the performance of services having a value in
excess of $25,000 in the aggregate (or $75,000 in the aggregate for any series of related
Contracts); (xii) any Contract that could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect; (xiii) any settlement Contract or release or any Contract in which the Company agrees to
indemnify, defend or hold harmless any Person, including directors and officers of the Company;
(xiv) any Contract with an Affiliate of the Company and (xv) other Contracts material to the
Company Business (excluding Contracts which constitute Insurance Policies listed on Section 2.20 of
the Company Disclosure Letter). A description of each oral Specified Contract is included on
Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter, and true and correct copies of each written
Specified Contract have been delivered to Parent, except Specified Contracts with customers have
been made available to Parent.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter: (i) each Specified
Contract is valid and in full force and effect, and is enforceable by the Company in accordance
with its terms in all material respects; (ii) Company has not, and to the knowledge of Company, no
Person has violated, breached, or declared or committed any material default under, any Specified
Contract; (iii) no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that might (with or
without notice or lapse of time) (A) result in a material violation or breach of any of the
provisions of any Specified Contract, (B) give any Person the right to declare a default or
exercise any material remedy under any Specified Contract, (C) give any Person the right to
accelerate the maturity or performance of any Specified Contract, (D) give the Company or any other
Person, the right to cancel, terminate or modify in any material respect any Specified Contract,
or (E) give any Person any right to be indemnified, defended, released, or held harmless under any
Specified Contract; (iv) the Company has not received any notice or other communication (in writing
or otherwise) regarding any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation or breach of, or
default under, any Specified Contract which would give any Person the right to terminate the
Specified Contract; and (v) the Company has not waived any of its material rights under any
Specified Contract. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company has completed
and complied with all of its Obligations with respect to capital expenditures and process
improvement under its Contracts, as amended, with Xxx Xxxxxx Retail, Inc. and has provided written
confirmation thereof to Xxx Xxxxxx Retail, Inc.
(c) The performance of the Specified Contracts in accordance with their respective terms will
not result in any material violation of or failure to comply with any Judgment or Law applicable to
the Company on or prior to the Effective Time.
(d) Except as set forth on Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Person is
renegotiating, or has the right to renegotiate, any amount paid or payable to the
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Company under any Specified Contract or any other term or provision of any Specified Contract.
To the knowledge of the Company, the Specified Contracts are all the Contracts necessary and
sufficient to operate the Company Business in all material respects as it is currently conducted.
Except as set forth on Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no currently
outstanding proposals or offers submitted by the Company to any customer, prospect, supplier or
other Person which, if accepted, would result in a legally binding Contract of the Company
involving an amount or commitment exceeding $25,000 in any single case or an aggregate amount or
commitment exceeding $75,000.
(e) The Term Loan has been terminated, Company has paid in full all principal, interest, fees,
penalties and other amounts payable under the Term Loan and all Encumbrances granted thereunder
have been discharged and released. Company has provided Parent adequate documentary evidence of
the foregoing.
2.15 Employees and Independent Contractors.
(a) Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate and complete list of:
(A) all of the employees of the Company (including any employee who is on a leave of absence or on
layoff or disability status) and (i) their titles or responsibilities; (ii) their employment
location; (iii) their dates of hire; (iv) their current salaries or wages and commission or
incentive plan and all material bonuses, commissions and incentives paid at any time during the
past twelve (12) months; (v) their last compensation changes and the dates on which such changes
were made; (vi) any specific bonus, commission or incentive plans or agreements for or with them;
(vii) each Employee Benefit Plan in which they participate; (viii) any Governmental Authorization
that is held by them and that relates to or is useful in connection with any part of the Company;
and (ix) any outstanding loans or advances made to them and the repayment terms and (B) all sales
representatives, consultants and independent contractors engaged by the Company and (i) their state
or country of residence; (ii) their payment arrangements; (iii) a brief description of their jobs
or projects currently in progress; and (iv) material Contract terms, including termination
provisions.
(b) Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a list of the names, locations, and
termination dates of all employees separated from their employment with the Company during the
ninety (90) day period prior to the date hereof (which list shall be updated at Closing to include
the period from the date of this Agreement to the Effective Time). Except as set forth on such
list, during the ninety (90) day period prior to the date hereof, the Company has not had an
“employment loss” within the meaning of the WARN Act or any similar Law. All terminations of
employees were effected in compliance with WARN and, in all material respects, with other
applicable Laws.
(c) Except as limited by the specific and express terms of any employment Contracts set forth
on Section 2.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter, and except for any limitations of general
application which may be imposed under applicable employment Laws, the Company has the right to
terminate the employment of each of its employees at will and to terminate the engagement of any of
its sales representatives, consultants and independent contractors, in each case without payment to
such employee or independent contractor (other than for services rendered through termination) and
without incurring any penalty or liability other than liability for severance pay in accordance
with the Company’s severance pay policy described in Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter.
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(d) Except as set forth in Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is in
compliance in all material respects with all Laws relating to labor, compensation, employee
benefits, leave of absence, non-discrimination, health and safety, and employment practices.
Company has delivered to Parent accurate and complete copies of all employee manuals and handbooks,
policy statements and other materials relating to the employment of the current and former
employees of the Company.
(e) The Company has never been a party to or bound by any union or collective bargaining
Contract, nor is any such Contract currently in effect or being negotiated by or on behalf of the
Company. No employee of the Company is represented by a union or labor organization or subject to
a collective bargaining agreement. There is not presently pending or existing, and to the
knowledge of Company, there is not threatened, any organizing effort, question concerning
representation, or application for certification or decertification of a collective bargaining
agent. Since its formation, the Company has not experienced any labor problem that was or is
material to it except as set forth in Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter,.
(f) No officer of the Company: (i) to the knowledge of the Company, has received since
January 1, 2007 an offer to join a business that may be competitive with the Company or the Company
Business and (ii) is a party to or is bound by any confidentiality agreement, noncompetition
agreement or other Contract (with any Person) that may have an adverse effect on (A) the
performance by such officer of any of his duties or responsibilities as an employee of the Company,
or (B) any of the businesses or operations of the Company.
(g) Except as set forth on Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, each of the
Company’s current and past employees, consultants and contractors who have provided sales, account
management or technology services to or for the Company have signed agreements with the Company
containing restrictions that adequately protect the proprietary and confidential information of the
Company and vests in the Company the full ownership of items developed by such Person.
(h) Except as set forth on Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, since January 1,
2007, no employee of the Company having an annual salary of $50,000 or more has indicated an
intention to terminate or has terminated his or her employment with the Company.
(i) The Company has at all times maintained proper workers compensation insurance coverage for
all of its employees and has provided to Parent copies of all such current policies, a listing of
current claims and a specification of all current experience ratings. All open workers
compensation claims as of June 30, 2008 have been properly reserved on the Latest Balance Sheet
balance sheet of the Company and all open workers compensation claims incurred since June 30, 2008
have been properly reserved on the Company’s books. A true, correct and complete copy of the loss
runs from each of the Company’s workers compensation insurance carriers, reflecting the most
current information available from such carriers, is attached to Section 2.15 of the Company
Disclosure Letter.
(j) The Company’s Officer Retention Plan and the awards made thereunder (except the Company
Restricted Stock Awards described in the last sentence of this Subsection (j)) will be terminated
prior to or at the Effective Time. The Company has received the written consents and releases of
each of the participants in such plan to such termination, copies of which have been delivered to
Parent. No amounts are payable under the Officer Retention Plan by reason of this Agreement or the
Merger or otherwise, except that Company
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Restricted Stock Awards consisting of 88,652 shares of restricted Company Common Stock made to
each of Messrs. Hanger, Toner and XxXxxxxx in April 2007 shall vest upon the completion of the
Merger.
(k) Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth an accurate description of the
Company’s 2008 bonus plan (the “Company 2008 Bonus Plan”), including the employees eligible to
participate, the Company goals under which bonuses are payable and the methodology to calculate
bonus amounts payable in the aggregate and to individual participants.
2.16 Employee Benefit Plans. Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth
an accurate and complete list and brief description of all of the Employee Benefit Plans which the
Company, or any ERISA Affiliate, sponsors, maintains or contributes to, is required to contribute
to, or has liability under, for the benefit of present or former employees of the Company and/or
its ERISA Affiliates (referred to collectively as the “Company’s Employee Benefit Plans” and
individually as a “Company’s Employee Benefit Plan”). Accurate and complete copies of all of the
Company’s Employee Benefit Plans have been provided to Parent and Acquisition Sub as well as the
most recent and currently effective determination letter issued, if any, or if none, Internal
Revenue Service (“IRS”) opinion or advisory letter issued with respect to a Company’s Employee
Benefit Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan within the meaning of Section 401(a) of the
Code, all pending applications for rulings, determination letters, opinions, no action letters and
similar documents filed with any Governmental Body (including the Department of Labor and the IRS),
trust documents, amendments, summary plan descriptions, summaries of material modifications,
executed award agreements, employment agreements, service agreements, stop loss insurance policies,
all related contracts and documents (including, but not limited to, all compliance reports and
testing results for the past three years, employee summaries and material employee communications),
all closing letters, audit finding letters, SEC filings, pleadings or correspondence regarding any
pending or threatened claims/litigations or other matters alleging a prohibited transaction or
breach of fiduciary duty within the last three years, any committee meeting minutes since February
11, 2002 relating to a Company Employee Benefit Plan, revenue agent findings and similar documents.
Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of Company’s Employee
Benefit Plans is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Code Section 412. Except as set forth in Section
2.16 of the Company Disclosure Letter, none of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans is a Multiemployer
Plan under Code Section 414(f). Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, none of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans provides a self-insured benefit. Except as set
forth in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate
has proposed any Employee Benefit Plan which it plans to establish, sponsor, maintain or to which
it will be required to contribute. Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, each of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans that provides a self-insured health benefit is
subject to a stop-loss insurance policy in which Company is an insured party and no facts exist
which could form the basis for any denial of coverage under such policy. With respect to Company’s
Employee Benefit Plans, Company and each ERISA Affiliate will have made, on or before the Closing
Date, all material payments (including premium payments with respect to insurance policies)
required to be made by them on or before the Closing Date and will have accrued (in accordance with
GAAP) as of the Closing Date all material payments (including premium payments with respect to
insurance policies) due but not yet payable as of the Closing Date. There has not been, nor will
there be, any Accumulated Funding Deficiencies (as defined in ERISA or the Code) or waivers of such
deficiencies. Company has delivered to Parent and Acquisition Sub an accurate, complete and
executed copy of the three most recent Annual Reports (Form 5500 series), accompanying schedules
and any other form or filing required to be submitted to any Governmental Body with regard to each
of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans and the most current actuarial report, if any,
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with regard to each of the Company’s Employee Benefit Plans. All of Company’s Employee
Benefit Plans are, and have been, operated in material compliance with their provisions and with
all applicable Laws including but not limited to, ERISA (including Sections 206(g), 302 and 303,
without regard to waivers and variances) and the Code (including Sections 412, 430 and 436, without
regard to waivers and variances) and the regulations and rulings thereunder. With respect to each
of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans that is intended to be a “voluntary employees’ beneficiary
association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code, each such association has been
determined by the IRS to have such status. The Company, its ERISA Affiliates, and all fiduciaries
of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans have complied in all material respects with the provisions of
Company’s Employee Benefit Plans and with all applicable Laws including but not limited to ERISA
and the Code. There would be no material Obligation of Company or any ERISA Affiliate under Title
IV of ERISA if any of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans were terminated as of the Closing Date.
Neither Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or will incur, any material withdrawal
liability, nor does Company nor any ERISA Affiliate have any material contingent withdrawal
liability, under ERISA, to any Multiemployer Plan (as defined in ERISA). Neither the Company nor
any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any Obligation to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. Except
as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby either solely as a
result thereof or in conjunction with any other events will result in, or constitute an event
which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both will (i) result in any payment
(including any severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute payment, or “excess parachute
payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code) becoming due from the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate under any of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans, (ii) increase any benefits otherwise
payable under any of Company’s Employee Benefit Plans, (iii) result in the accelerated vesting of,
any payment or benefit to any employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company, or (iv)
result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits to any extent.
There are no pending Proceedings that have been asserted or instituted against any of Company’s
Employee Benefit Plans, the assets of any of the trusts under such plans, the plan sponsor, the
plan administrator or any fiduciary of any such plan (other than routine benefit claims), and, to
the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts which could form the basis for any such
Proceeding. There are no investigations or audits by any Governmental Body of any of Company’s
Employee Benefit Plans, any trusts under such plans, the plan sponsor, the plan administrator or
any fiduciary of any such plan that have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened and, to the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts which could form the basis for
any such investigation or audit. Each Company’s Employee Benefit Plan that is a “nonqualified
deferred compensation plan” (as defined in Code Section 409A(d)(1)) has been operated since January
1, 2005 in good faith compliance with Code Section 409A and the rules and regulations issued
thereunder. No stock option or equity unit option granted under any Company’s Employee Benefit
Plan has an exercise price that has been or may be less than the fair market value of the
underlying stock or equity units (as the case may be) as of the date such option was granted or has
any feature for the deferral of compensation that could render the grant subject to Section 409A of
the Code.
2.17 Customers and Suppliers. Section 2.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter contains
an accurate and complete list of all current customers, material prospects and material suppliers
of the Company. Except as set forth on Section 2.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter, since
January 1, 2007, there has been no termination, cancellation or material curtailment of the
business relationship of the Company with any customer or material supplier or group of affiliated
customers or material suppliers and to the knowledge of Company, none of the customers or material
suppliers of the Company has given notice or otherwise indicated to the Company that (i)
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it will or intends to terminate or not renew its Contract with the Company before the
scheduled expiration date, (ii) it will or intends to otherwise terminate its relationship with the
Company, or (iii) it will or intends to otherwise reduce the volume of business transacted with the
Company materially below historical levels.
2.18 Taxes.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter: (i) the Company has
properly and timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, all of which were prepared
and completed in all material respects in compliance with all applicable Law; (ii) the Company has
paid all Taxes required to be paid by it (whether or not shown on a Tax Return) except for any
unpaid Taxes for which an appropriate reserve has been made on the Latest Balance Sheet; (iii)
there is no reasonable basis for any Tax deficiency or adjustment to be assessed against the
Company; and (iv) there are no agreements or waivers currently in effect that provide for an
extension of time for the assessment of any Tax against the Company.
(b) Except as set forth on Section 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no audits or other
administrative proceedings or court proceedings have ever been conducted, are presently pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, threatened with regard to any Taxes or Tax Return of the Company
or any affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group of which the Company is or was a member
and, to the knowledge of the Company, no material issues have been raised by any Governmental Body
or Taxing authority in connection with any Tax or Tax Return. No written notice has ever been
received from a Governmental Body or Taxing authority in a jurisdiction where a Tax Return is not
filed by or on behalf of the Company that the Company is subject to Tax in that jurisdiction.
(c) Parent has received complete copies of (i) all federal, state, local and foreign income or
franchise Tax Returns of the relating to the taxable periods ending after December 31, 2003 and
(ii) any audit report issued within the last five years relating to any material Taxes due from or
with respect to the Company.
(d) The Company has never been a member of an affiliated group of corporations, within the
meaning of Section 1504 of the Code, other than as a common parent corporation.
(e) The Company is not obligated by any contract, agreement or other arrangement to indemnify
any other person with respect to Taxes. The Company is not now, and has never been, a party to or
bound by any contract, agreement or other arrangement (whether or not written) that (i) requires
the Company to make any Tax payment to or for the account of any other Person, (ii) affords any
other Person the benefit of any net operating loss, net capital loss, investment Tax credit,
foreign Tax credit, charitable deduction or any other credit or Tax attribute which could reduce
Taxes (including, without limitation, deductions and credits related to alternative minimum Taxes)
of the Company or any or (iii) requires or permits the transfer or assignment of income, revenues,
receipts or gains to the Company from any other Person.
(f) Except as disclosed on Section 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no amount paid or
payable by the Company or any of in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby either
solely as a result thereof or in conjunction with any other events will be an “excess parachute
payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code. Except as disclosed on Section 2.18 of
the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no agreement, plan, arrangement or other contract covering
any employee or independent contractor or former
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employee or former independent contractor of the Company that, considered individually or
considered collectively with any other such agreement, plan, arrangement or other contract, will,
or would reasonably be expected to, give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount
that would not be deductible pursuant to Section 280G or Section 162 of the Code, nor will the
Company be required to “gross up” or otherwise compensate or reimburse any such person because of
the imposition of any excise tax.
(g) The Company is not, and has not been, a United States real property holding company within
the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period specified in Section
897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(h) The Company has not been the “distributing company” (within the meaning of Section
355(a)(1) of the Code) nor the “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1) of
the Code) (i) within the two-year period ending as of the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a
distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of transactions” (within
the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with this Agreement.
(i) Except as set forth on Section 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no Tax
liens or other Tax Encumbrances upon any Asset or property of the Company except liens for Taxes
not yet due and payable, or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which appropriate reserves appear on the Latest Balance Sheet and which if related to business
Taxes are described in the Company Disclosure Letter.
(j) The Company has not agreed to make, nor is it required to make, any adjustment under
Section 481(a) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law) by reason of a
change in accounting method or otherwise, and the Internal Revenue Service has not proposed any
such adjustment or change in accounting method. The Company will not be required to include any
item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or
portion thereof) ending after the Effective Time as a result of any: (i) “closing agreement” as
described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign
income Tax law); (ii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the
Closing Date; (iii) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date or (iv) intercompany
transactions or any excess loss accounts described in the Treasury Regulations promulgated under
Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign
income Tax law).
(k) The Company is not subject to any private letter ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or
comparable rulings of other Taxing Authorities. Except as set forth on Section 2.18 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, the Company has not granted any powers of attorney with respect to Tax matters
that are currently in force.
(l) Except as set forth on Section 2.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has
complied (and until the Effective Time will comply) in all material respects with the provisions of
the Code relating to the withholding and payment of Taxes, including, without limitation, the
withholding and reporting requirements under Code sections 1441 through 1464, 3401 through 3406,
and 6041 through 6049, as well as similar provisions under any other laws, and have, within the
time and in the manner prescribed by law, withheld from employee wages and paid over to the proper
Governmental Bodies and Taxing authorities
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all amounts required. The Company has undertaken in good faith to appropriately classify all
service providers as either employees or independent contractors for all Tax purposes.
(m) The Company (i) has disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service on the appropriate Tax
Returns any Reportable Transaction in which it has participated and (ii) has retained all documents
and other records pertaining to any Reportable Transaction in which it has participated, including
documents and other records listed in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(g) and any other
documents or other records which are related to any Reportable Transaction in which it has
participated but not listed in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(g). For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Reportable Transaction” shall mean any transaction listed in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).
(n) The Company has not or has it ever had a permanent establishment or other taxable presence
in any foreign country, as determined pursuant to applicable foreign law and any applicable Tax
treaty or convention between the United States and such foreign country.
(o) No Employee Benefit Plan or other agreement, policy or arrangement between the Company and
any “service provider” (as such term is defined in Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance thereunder) would subject any Person to tax
pursuant to Section 409A(1) of the Code, whether pursuant to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or otherwise. The Company is not a party to, or otherwise obligated under, any
contract, agreement, plan or arrangement that provides for the gross-up of the tax imposed by
Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code. The exercise price of any stock option issued by the Company to
any Person was not less than the fair market value of the Company Common Stock on the date that
such stock option was granted.
(p) The unpaid Taxes of the Company (i) did not, as of September 30, 2007, exceed the reserve
for Taxes (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing differences
between book an Tax income) set forth on the Latest Balance Sheet and (ii) do not exceed that
reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date in accordance with past
practice of the Company in filing its Tax Returns. Since the September 30, 2007, the Company has
not incurred any liability for Taxes outside of the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past practice.
2.19 Proceedings and Judgments.
(a) Except as set forth on Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Letter: (i) no Proceeding
(including a Proceeding commenced by the SEC or Nasdaq) is currently pending or, to the knowledge
of Company, threatened, nor has any Proceeding occurred or been pending at any time since January
1, 2003 to which the Company is or was a party; (ii) no Judgment is currently outstanding, nor has
any Judgment been outstanding at any time since January 1, 2003 against the Company; and (iii) no
breach of contract, breach of warranty, tort, negligence, infringement, product liability,
discrimination, wrongful discharge, unfair labor practice, OSHA complaint or other claim of any
nature has been asserted or, to the knowledge of Company, threatened by or against the Company at
any time since July 1, 2003, and to the knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for any such
claim which could be material to the Company. Except as set forth on Section 2.19 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of Company, no event has occurred, and no claim, dispute or
other condition or circumstance exists, that might directly or indirectly give rise to or serve as
a basis for the commencement of any Proceeding described in this Section 2.19 which could be
material to the Company.
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(b) As to each matter described on Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure Letter, accurate and
complete copies of all pertinent pleadings, judgments, orders, correspondence and other legal
documents have been delivered to Parent.
(c) No executive officer of the Company is subject to any Judgment that prohibits such
executive officer from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or practice relating to any
of the businesses of the Company.
2.20 Insurance. Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and
complete list and brief description of all Insurance Policies (excluding Insurance Policies that
constitute any Company’s Employee Benefit Plans described in Section 2.16 of the Company Disclosure
Letter) currently owned or maintained by the Company and all liability and errors and omissions
Insurance Policies owned or maintained by the Company and its predecessors (if any) at any time
since January 1, 2003. Except as indicated on Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter, all
such Insurance Policies are on an “occurrence” rather than a “claims made” basis. Accurate and
complete copies of all Insurance Policies described or required to be described on Section 2.20 of
the Company Disclosure Letter have been delivered to Parent. Each such Insurance Policy is in full
force and effect; the Company has not received notice of cancellation with respect to any such
Insurance Policy; and, to the knowledge of Company, there is no basis for the insurer thereunder to
terminate any such Insurance Policy. Except as set forth on Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, there are no claims that are pending under any of the Insurance Policies described on
Section 2.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter or any Insurance Policy previously owned or
maintained by the Company. The Company has delivered the appropriate notices of claims to the
applicable insurance carriers with respect to each of the Dadante Litigation Matters, copies of
which notices have been delivered to Parent.
2.21 Questionable Payments. The Company has not and, to the knowledge of the Company,
no current or former director, executive, officer, representative, agent or employee of the Company
(when acting in such capacity or otherwise on behalf of the Company or any of its predecessors) has
(a) used any corporate funds for any illegal contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses relating to political activity; (b) used any corporate funds for any direct or indirect
unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic government officials or employees; (c) violated any
provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; (d) established or maintained any unlawful
or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other properties; (e) made any false or fictitious
entries on the books and records of the Company; or (f) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence
payment, kickback or other unlawful payment of any nature using corporate funds or otherwise on
behalf of the Company; or (g) made any material favor or gift that is not deductible for federal
income tax purposes using corporate funds or otherwise on behalf of the Company.
2.22 Related Party and Affiliate Transactions. Except as set forth in Section 2.22 of
the Company Disclosure Letter or the Company SEC Documents, since the date of Company’s last proxy
statement filed with the SEC, no event has occurred that would be required to be reported by
Company pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.
2.23 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. The Company has the corporate right,
power and authority to enter into and, subject to obtaining the Required Company Shareholder Vote,
to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. The board
of directors of the Company (at a meeting duly called and held) has: (a) unanimously determined
that the Merger is advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its
shareholders; (b) unanimously authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement by the Company and unanimously approved the
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Merger; and (c) unanimously recommended the adoption of this Agreement by the holders of
Company Common Stock and directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted for consideration
by the Company’s shareholders at the Company Shareholders Meeting. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due and valid authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by Parent and Acquisition Sub, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.
2.24 Anti-Takeover Laws Not Applicable. As of the date hereof and at all times on or
prior to the Effective Time, the board of directors of the Company has and will take all actions so
that the restrictions and requirements (including requirements relating to shareholder approval)
applicable to business combinations and acquisitions of shares contained in Sections 14-2-1110 et
seq. and 14-2-1131 et seq. of the GBCC are, and will be, inapplicable to the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to the consummation of the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements. The
Company’s board of directors (at a meeting duly called and held) has approved the Merger, this
Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby for the
purpose of any “moratorium”, “control share”, “fair price” or other antitakeover laws or
regulations of any state (including Sections 14-2-1110 et seq. and 14-2-1131 et seq. of the GBCC)
(collectively the “Takeover Laws”). Prior to the execution of the Ancillary Agreements, the board
of directors of the Company unanimously approved the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a
party and the transactions contemplated thereby. No Takeover Laws apply, or purport to apply, to
the Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
2.25 Vote Required. The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares
of Company Common Stock outstanding on the record date for the Company Shareholders Meeting and
Entitled to Vote (the “Required Company Shareholder Vote”) is the only vote of the holders of any
class or series of the Company’s capital stock necessary to adopt this Agreement, approve the
Merger or consummate any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2.26 Non-Contravention; Consents. Subject in the case of the Merger to the adoption of
this Agreement by the holders of the Company Common Stock, neither (i) the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement, nor (ii) the consummation by the Company of the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will directly or indirectly (with or without
notice or lapse of time):
(a) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of (i) any of the provisions of the
articles or certificate of incorporation or formation, bylaws or other charter or organizational
documents of the Company, or (ii) any resolution adopted by the shareholders, the board of
directors or any committee of the board of directors of the Company;
(b) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental Body or
other Person the right to challenge the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Law or any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree to which the Company, or any of the Assets owned or used by the
Company, is subject, in each case excluding as a result or pursuant to any Excluded Laws;
(c) 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,
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terminate or modify, any material Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company or
that otherwise relates to the business of the Company or to any of the Assets owned or used by the
Company, in each case excluding as a result or pursuant to any Excluded Laws;
(d) except as set forth in Section 2.26(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or result in a default under, any provision of
any material Specified Contract to which the Company is a party or is bound, or give any Person the
right to (i) declare a default (or give rise to any right of termination, amendment, cancellation
or acceleration) or exercise any remedy under any such material Specified Contract, (ii) a rebate,
chargeback, penalty or change in delivery schedule under any such material Specified Contract,
(iii) accelerate the maturity or performance of any such material Specified Contract, or (iv)
cancel, terminate or modify any term of such material Specified Contract; or
(e) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any Asset
owned or used by the Company; or
(f) result in, or increase the likelihood of, the disclosure or delivery to any escrowholder
or other Person of any source code for or relating to any past, present or future product of the
Company or any portion or aspect of such source code or of the Company).
Except as may be required by the Exchange Act, the GBCC, the listing standards of Nasdaq, or any
antitrust law or regulation, including the HSR Act and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Bylaws (collectively, the “Excluded Laws”), the Company was not, is not and will not be required to
make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Governmental Body in
connection with (x) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, or (y)
the consummation by the Company of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.27 Fairness Opinion. The Company’s board of directors has received the written
opinion (or oral opinion to be confirmed in writing) of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Capital,
Inc., financial advisor to the Company, dated October 5, 2008, to the effect that, subject to the
assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other matters stated therein, as of the date of such
opinion, the Per Share Merger Consideration to be received by the holders of the Company Common
Stock, other than Xxxxxxx, in the Merger pursuant to this Agreement is fair, from a financial point
of view, to such holders. The Company will promptly furnish a true and correct copy of such written
opinion to Parent, it being agreed that Parent and its affiliates have no right to rely upon such
opinion.
2.28 Financial Advisory and Other Fees.
(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.28 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder or
investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s, advisory or other fee or commission in
connection with the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement based
upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company. The total of all fees, commissions and other
amounts that have been paid by the Company to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Capital, Inc. and its
affiliates and all fees, commissions and other amounts that may become payable to Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Capital, Inc. and its affiliates by the Company if the Merger is consummated will
not exceed the amount set forth in Section 2.28 of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company has
furnished to Parent accurate and complete copies of all agreements under which all fees,
commissions and other amounts have been paid
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or may become payable and all indemnification and other agreements related to the engagement
of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Capital, Inc.
(b) The aggregate amount of legal fees paid or payable by the Company to its counsel in
connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be billed at such
counsel’s standard hourly billing rates as then in effect, and all such legal fees shall be
reasonably documented. In addition, such fees may include: (i) reasonable expenses and
out-of-pocket disbursements billed by such counsel in accordance with its standard billing
practices, and (ii) legal fees incurred in connection with any litigation that may arise out of the
Merger or the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.29 Financial Advisory Agreements. Except as set forth in Section 2.28, the Company
has no obligation or liability of any nature under, or with respect to, any brokerage agreement,
finders agreement, placement agency agreement, financial advisory agreement, underwriting agreement
or similar agreement.
2.30 Full Disclosure.
(a) The Company Disclosure Letter and the copies of documents attached to the Company
Disclosure Letter or otherwise delivered or provided to Parent or any of its Representatives in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and listed in the Company
Disclosure Letter are and will be accurate and complete, in all material respects, and are not and
will not be missing any written amendments, modifications, correspondence or other related papers
which would be pertinent to Parent’s understanding thereof in any material respect. The financial
forecasts and projections delivered to Parent represent the most current financial forecasts and
projections of the Company.
(b) None of the information to be supplied by or on behalf of Company for inclusion in the
Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 becomes effective under the Securities Act, 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 the light of the circumstances
under which they are made, not misleading. None of the information to be supplied by or on behalf
of Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will, at the time the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus is mailed to the shareholders of the Company or at the time of the Company
Shareholders Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading. Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, no representation or
warranty is made by Company with respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the
Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus based on information supplied by Parent for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
Section 3: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
AND ACQUISITION SUB
AND ACQUISITION SUB
Parent and Acquisition Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1 Due Organization. Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Acquisition Sub is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Parent,
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either directly or through one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries, owns all of the issued and
outstanding stock of Acquisition Sub. Parent possesses the full corporate power and authority to
own its Assets and to conduct its business as and where presently conducted. Parent is duly
qualified or registered to do business in each jurisdiction where such qualification or
registration is required by applicable Law, except where the failure to be so qualified or
registered would not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement. Parent and Acquisition Sub have the
corporate right, power and authority to perform their obligations under this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby; and the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and
Acquisition Sub of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
Parent and Acquisition Sub and their respective boards of directors. This Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by Parent and Acquisition Sub and, assuming due and valid authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the Company, this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of Parent and Acquisition Sub, enforceable against them in accordance with its
terms. No vote of the holders of Parent’s securities is required to adopt this Agreement, approve
the Merger or permit the consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.3 Non-Contravention; Consents. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by Parent and Acquisition Sub nor the consummation by Parent and Acquisition Sub of the Merger and
the other transaction contemplated by this Agreement will (a) conflict with or result in any breach
of any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws of Parent or Acquisition
Sub, (b) result in a default by Parent or Acquisition Sub under any Contract to which Parent or
Acquisition Sub is a party, except for any default that has not had and will not have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect, or (c) result in a violation by Parent or Acquisition Sub of any order,
writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent or Acquisition Sub is subject, except for any
violation that has not had and will not have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Except as may be
required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, state securities or “blue sky” laws, the GBCC,
any antitrust law or regulation (including the HSR Act) and the rules of the Nasdaq, Parent is not
and will not be required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent
from, any Person in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the Merger.
3.4 Capital Stock. As of September 27, 2008, the authorized capital stock of Parent
consisted of: (i) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which no
shares were issued, outstanding or held in treasury; and (ii) 90,000,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.10 per share, of which 57,557,203 shares were issued and outstanding and 203 shares
were held by Parent in its treasury. A sufficient number of shares of Parent Stock have been
reserved for issuance as part of the Merger Consideration. As of September 27, 2008, there were
16,075,395 shares of Parent Stock subject to issuance pursuant to stock options, restricted stock
units, warrants, stock appreciation rights or other derivative securities. The shares of Parent
Stock to be issued in the Merger, when issued, shall be validly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, free and clear of any Encumbrances imposed by Parent.
3.5 Disclosure. None of the information to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent or
Acquisition Sub for inclusion in the Form S-4 will, at the time the Form S-4 becomes effective
under the Securities Act, 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. None of the
information to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Acquisition Sub for inclusion in the Proxy
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Statement/Prospectus will, at the time the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is mailed to the
shareholders of the Company or at the time of the Company Shareholders Meeting (or any adjournment
or postponement thereof), 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 the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Anything in this
Section to the contrary notwithstanding, no representation or warranty is made by Parent with
respect to statements made or incorporated by reference in the Form S-4 or the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus based on information supplied by the Company for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
3.6 Absence of Litigation. No Proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of Parent,
threatened against Parent or Acquisition Sub that seeks to prevent the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or that would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect. No Judgment is currently outstanding that could prevent the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or that would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Parent, no event has occurred, and no claim, dispute or
other condition or circumstance exists, that reasonably is expected to directly give rise to or
serve as a basis for the commencement of any Proceeding which could have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
3.7 Ability to Pay Purchase Price. Parent has, or will have at the Closing,
sufficient liquid cash funds available to pay the Merger Cash Consideration. Parent is able to pay
its debts as they become due and is solvent and it will not be rendered insolvent as a result of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.8 Brokerage Fees. Parent shall pay any brokerage or finder’s fee of any Person
acting on behalf of Parent or Acquisition Sub in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
3.9 Compliance with Law.
(a) The operations of the Parent, the conduct of its business, as and where such business has
been or presently is conducted, and the ownership, possession and use of its Assets have complied
in all material respects and currently do comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws.
Since January 1, 2003, Parent has not received any notice from any Governmental Body regarding any
actual or possible violation of, or failure to comply in any respect with, any Law that would
reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Parent holds all material Governmental Authorizations necessary to enable it to conduct
its business in the manner in which such business is currently being conducted, including all
material Governmental Authorizations required under Environmental Laws. All such Governmental
Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect. Parent is, and at all times since January
1, 2003 has been, in compliance in all material respects with the terms and requirements of such
Governmental Authorizations. Since January 1, 2003, Parent has not received any written notice
from any Governmental Body regarding: (i) any actual or possible violation of or failure to comply
in any respect with any term or requirement of any Governmental Authorization; or (ii) any actual
or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or modification of any
Governmental Authorization that, with respect to clause (i) or (ii), would reasonably be expected
to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
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3.10 SEC Filings.
(a) Parent has made available to Company, or the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and
Retrieval (XXXXX) database of the SEC contains in a publicly available format, accurate and
complete copies of all registration statements, definitive proxy statements and other statements,
reports, schedules, forms and other documents (and all amendments or supplements thereto excluding
exhibits thereto) filed or furnished by Parent with the SEC since December 31, 2006 (the “Parent
SEC Documents”). All statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents required to have
been filed or furnished by Parent with the SEC since December 31, 2006 have been so filed or
furnished. As of the time it was filed with or furnished to the SEC (or, if amended, supplemented
or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing):
(i) each of the Parent SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (as the case may be) including, without
limitation, with the provisions of SOX; and (ii) none of the Parent SEC Documents contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. Each of the certifications and statements relating to
the Parent SEC Documents required by: (1) Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act; or (2) 18
U.S.C. § 1350 (Section 906 of SOX) (collectively, the “Parent Certifications”) was accurate and
complete, and complied as to form and content with all applicable legal requirements in effect at
the time such Parent Certification was filed with or furnished to the SEC.
(b) The financial statements (including any related notes) contained or incorporated by
reference in the Parent SEC Documents: (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the
published rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered (except as may be indicated
in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by
Form 10-Q of the SEC, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain footnotes
and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments that will not, individually or in the
aggregate, be material in amount), and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the financial
position of Parent as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows
of Parent for the periods covered thereby. No financial statements of any Person other than the
Parent are required by GAAP to be included in the financial statements of the Parent.
(c) Parent maintains effective disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or
15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Parent maintains 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.
3.11 Obligations. Parent does not have any Obligations other than (i) Obligations
identified on the balance sheet included in Parent’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 28, 2008 (including the notes thereto); (ii) Obligations incurred in the ordinary course
of business since June 28, 2008; and (iii) Obligations under Contracts, provided that no such
Obligation consisted of or resulted from a default under or violation of any such Contract. Except
as set forth on the balance sheet included in Parent’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 28, 2008, the Company has no borrowed indebtedness including, without
limitation, capitalized leases, other than indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business
since such date.
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3.12 No Parent Material Adverse Effect. Since December 29, 2007 and on or prior to
the date of this Agreement, there has not been any Parent Material Adverse Effect, and no event has
occurred, and no circumstance has arisen, that alone or in combination with any other events or
circumstances, had or would reasonably be expected to have or result in a Parent Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 4: CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
4.1 Access and Investigation. During the period from the date of this Agreement
through the Effective Time (the “Pre-Closing Period”), the Company shall: (a) provide Parent and
Parent’s Representatives with reasonable access to the Company’s Representatives, personnel and
Assets and to all existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers and other documents and
information relating to the Company during normal business hours; (b) provide Parent and Parent’s
Representatives with such copies of, or access to, the existing books, records, Tax Returns, work
papers and other documents and information relating to the Company, and with such additional
financial, operating and other data and information regarding the Company and its financial
condition, as Parent may reasonably request; (c) fully cooperate with Parent in its reasonable
investigation of the businesses of the Company; (d) permit Parent and Parent’s Representatives to
have reasonable access to the facilities and offices of the Company during normal business hours,
to observe the operations of the Company and to conduct engineering and environmental
investigations; (e) permit Parent’s senior officers to meet, upon reasonable notice and during
normal business hours, with the chief financial officer and other officers of the Company
responsible for the Company’s financial statements and the internal controls of the Company to
discuss such matters as Parent may deem necessary or appropriate in order to enable Parent to
satisfy its obligations under applicable Law; and (e) permit Parent and its Representatives to
contact customers, suppliers and landlords of the businesses of the Company. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall furnish promptly to
Parent (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by the
Company during the Pre-Closing Period with the SEC (other than reports, schedules, registration
statements and documents filed in a publicly available format in the SEC’s Electronic Data
Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (XXXXX) database), (ii) a copy of the unaudited monthly balance
sheet of the Company and the related unaudited monthly statement of operations, and, if prepared,
statement of cash flows, in each case within 15 days after the end of each calendar month; (iii)
subject to applicable Law, copies of any notice, report or other document filed with or sent to any
Governmental Body on behalf of the Company in connection with the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated hereby; and (iv) all other information concerning its business,
properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request. In addition, the Company shall during
the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to Parent, if it becomes aware of (a) any
representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate in
any material respect, (b) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any
covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement, (c)
the occurrence of an event or circumstance that could be reasonably expected to 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 Company Material Adverse Effect, and (d) the
commencement of any litigation or Proceeding against or affecting this Agreement or the Merger.
Parent and Acquisition Sub shall during the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to the
Company if they become aware of (a) any representation or warranty made by them contained in this
Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, (b) the failure by them to comply
with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or
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agreement to be complied with or satisfied by them under this Agreement, (c) the occurrence of
an event or circumstance that could be reasonably expected to 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 Parent Material Adverse Effect, and (d) the commencement of any litigation or
Proceeding against or affecting this Agreement or the Merger.
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.1 to the contrary, no notice, report or document
given pursuant to this Section 4.1 shall have any effect on the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement for purposes of determining satisfaction of any
condition contained herein.
4.2 Operation of the Company’s Business.
(a) During the Pre-Closing Period: (i) the Company shall conduct its businesses and operations
(A) in the ordinary course consistent with past practices and (B) in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable Law and the requirements of all Governmental Authorizations and
Specified Contracts; (ii) the Company shall preserve intact its current business organization;
(iii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep available the services of its current
officers and employees and maintain its existing material relations and goodwill with all
suppliers, customers, landlords, creditors, licensors, licensees, employees and other Persons
having material business relationships with the Company; (iv) the Company shall keep in full force
all insurance policies referred to in Section 2.20; (v) the Company shall maintain the Company
Current Real Property and Tangible Property in its current condition and repair, ordinary wear and
tear excepted; and (vi) the Company shall promptly notify Parent of any notice or other
communication from any Person alleging that the Consent of such Person is or may be required in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Except in the ordinary course of its business consistent with its past practices, the
Company shall not (i) incur any Obligation exceeding $50,000 in any single case or $100,000 in the
aggregate; (ii) make any loan or advance to any Person; (iii) assume, guarantee or otherwise become
liable for any indebtedness of any Person; (iv) commit for any capital expenditure in excess of
$50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate; (v) purchase, lease, sell, abandon, pledge,
encumber or otherwise acquire or dispose of any business or Assets; (vi) waive or release any right
or cancel or forgive any debt or claim; (vii) discharge any Encumbrance or discharge or pay any
indebtedness; (viii) assume or enter into any Contract other than pursuant to this Agreement; (ix)
amend or terminate any Specified Contract; or (x) increase, or authorize an increase in, the
compensation or benefits paid or provided to any of its directors, officers, employees, salesmen,
agents or representatives.
(c) Even in the ordinary course of its businesses consistent with its past practices, the
Company shall not (without the prior written consent of Parent, which shall not unreasonably be
withheld with respect to incurring short-term Obligations): (i) make any loan or advance to any
Person, purchase, lease, sell, abandon, pledge, Encumber or otherwise acquire or dispose of any
business or Assets (other than purchases of inventory for telecommunications customers and Porsche
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), make any capital expenditure,
enter into any Contract or other transaction, or do any of the other things described in Section
4.2(b)(ii) through (x), involving an amount exceeding $50,000 in any single case or $100,000 in the
aggregate, (ii) incur any long-term Obligation in any amount that would be required by GAAP to be
set forth as a liability on the balance sheet of the Company or (iii) incur any other Obligation
(excluding Obligations incurred for (A) selling, general and administrative expenses incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past
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practices
and (B) accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of providing services under
Contracts in effect as of the date of this Agreement and under Contracts subsequently entered into
by the Company, provided Parent has provided prior written consent to the entry into of such
Contract if such consent is required under this Agreement) exceeding $50,000 in any single case or
$100,000 in the aggregate.
(d) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall not (without the prior written consent of
Parent):
(i) (A) declare, accrue, set aside or pay any dividend on, or make any other distribution
(whether in cash, securities or other property) in respect of, any of its outstanding capital
stock, (B) split, combine or reclassify any of its outstanding capital stock or other equity
interests or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or
in substitution for shares of its outstanding capital stock or other equity interests (other than
the issuance of Company Common Stock upon the valid exercise of Company Options or Company Warrants
or the proper vesting of Company Restricted Stock Awards outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement), or (C) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of outstanding capital stock or
any rights, warrants or options to acquire any such shares;
(ii) sell, issue, grant, pledge or encumber or authorize the issuance, grant, pledge or
Encumbrance of (A) any capital stock or other security, (B) any option, call, warrant or right to
acquire any capital stock or other security, or (C) any instrument convertible into or exchangeable
for any capital stock or other security (except that the Company may issue shares of Company Common
Stock upon the valid exercise of Company Options or Company Warrants or the proper vesting of
Company Restricted Stock Awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement);
(iii) amend or waive any of its rights under any provision of any of the Company’s Stock
Plans, Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Awards or Company Warrants, any provision of any
agreement evidencing any outstanding stock option, restricted stock award or other equity
agreement, or otherwise modify any of the terms of any outstanding option, restricted stock award,
warrant or other security or any related Contract, in each case with respect to the capital stock
of the Company (provided, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Company may accelerate vesting under any or all of the Company Options identified on Section 2.2(b)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, and Company Restricted Stock Awards identified on Section 2.2(c)
of the Company Disclosure Letter, and otherwise take such actions with respect to the Company’s
Stock Plans, Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Awards or Company Warrants to comply with
the requirements of this Agreement);
(iv) amend or permit the adoption of any amendment to its articles of incorporation or bylaws
or other charter or organizational documents, or effect or become a party to any merger,
consolidation, share exchange, business combination, amalgamation, recapitalization,
reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split, division or subdivision of shares,
consolidation of shares, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction;
(v) form any Subsidiary or directly or indirectly acquire any equity or other ownership
interest in, or make any other investment in or capital contribution to, any other Entity;
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(vi) except as otherwise permitted by this Section 4.2, enter into or become bound by, or
permit any of the material Assets owned or used by it to become bound by, any material Contract, or
amend or terminate, or waive or exercise any material right or remedy under, any material Contract,
in each case other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;
(vii) acquire, lease or license any right or other material Asset from any other Person or
sell or otherwise dispose of, or lease or license, any right or other material Asset, including
without limitation, any Software or Intangibles of the Company to any other Person, except in each
case for Assets acquired, leased, licensed or disposed of by the Company in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practices;
(viii) dispose of or permit to lapse any material rights to the use of any Software or
Intangibles of the Company, or dispose of or disclose to any Person other than representatives of
Parent any material trade secret, formula, process, know-how or other Intangibles not theretofore a
matter of public knowledge, except in each case in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with past practices;
(ix) lend money to any Person, or incur or guarantee any indebtedness, including without
limitation, any additional borrowings under any existing lines of credit (except that the Company
may make routine borrowings and advancement of expenses in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practices);
(x) (A) except as required to comply with applicable Law, establish, adopt or amend any
Employee Benefit Plan, accrue, pay, commit to pay or accelerate the payment of any bonus or accrue,
make, commit to make or accelerate any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or increase or commit
to increase the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits, severance, insurance or
other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of its directors, officers, employees or
consultants, except that (i) with respect to employees other than Senior Management Employees, in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, the Company may make reasonable
salary increases in connection with the Company’s customary employee review process and (ii) the
Company may pay bonus payments in accordance with the Company’s 2008 Bonus Plan described in
Section 2.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter, or (B) other than oral at-will agreements with new
hires and promotions as permitted by Section 4.2(d)(xi), enter into or amend any employment,
consulting, severance or similar agreement with any individual other than consulting agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business involving payments in the aggregate for all such
consulting agreements not in excess of $50,000 in any month and not with a term in excess of ninety
(90) days;
(xi) (A) hire or promote any person to be a Senior Management Employee, (B) hire any employee
with an annual base salary in excess of $100,000, or with total annual compensation in excess of
$100,000 or (C) promote any employee except to fill a position (excluding a Senior Management
Employee position) vacated after the date of this Agreement;
(xii) (A) change any of its pricing policies, product return or warranty policies, product
maintenance policies, service policies, product modification or upgrade policies, personnel
policies or other business policies in any material respect or (B) make any change in any method of
accounting or accounting practice or policy (including any method,
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practice or policy relating to Taxes), except as required by any changes in GAAP or as
otherwise required by Law and provided that prior written notice thereof is provided to Parent;
(xiii) except to the extent required by Law, make or rescind any Tax election, file any
amended Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement, settle any Tax claim or assessment, surrender
any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period
applicable to any Tax claim or assessment, or take any other similar action relating to the filing
of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax, if such election, adoption, change, amendment,
agreement, settlement, surrender, consent or other action would have the effect of increasing the
Tax liability of the Company for any period ending after the Effective Time in an amount greater
than $50,000 in the aggregate for all such actions or decreasing any Tax attribute of the Company
existing at the Effective Time in an amount greater than $50,000 in the aggregate for all such
actions, and provided that, in each case, prior written notice of such action is provided to
Parent;
(xiv) (A) commence or settle any material Proceeding (other than as contemplated by Section
6.1(e), or (B) pay, discharge or satisfy any claims or Obligations, other than the payment,
discharge or satisfaction of claims, liabilities or obligations to the extent reflected or reserved
against in the Latest Balance Sheet or which do not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate;
(xv) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger,
consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other material reorganization or any agreement
relating to an Acquisition Proposal;
(xvi) permit any material insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or a loss payable payee
to be cancelled or terminated without notice to Parent;
(xvii) enter into any agreement, understanding or commitment that restrains, limits or
impedes, in any material respect, the ability of the Company to compete with or conduct any
business or line of business;
(xviii) plan, announce, implement or effect any reduction in force, lay-off, early retirement
program, severance program or other program or effort concerning the termination of employment of
employees of the Company generally;
(xix) take any action, or fail to take any action, that is intended to, or could be reasonably
expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in any of the conditions to the Merger set
forth in Section 6: not being satisfied, or prevent, materially delay or materially impede the
ability of the Company to consummate the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(xx) enter into any material transaction or take any other material action outside the
ordinary course of business and inconsistent with past practices;
(xxi) acquire, sell, lease or sublease or enter into, or amend, modify, allow to expire or
terminate any Contract to acquire, sell, lease or sublease any Real Property or extend, renew or
terminate any lease or sublease with respect thereto, provided, however, that the Company may
amend, modify, extend or renew any lease or sublease for Real Property in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices if the potential cost, expense
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and/or charge to the Company for all such amendments, modifications, extensions or renewals
does not exceed $50,000 in the aggregate;
(xxii) amend, modify or terminate any Contract with any customer, provided that, after
conferring with Parent, Company may amend Contracts with customers in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices provided further that such amendments do not reduce the
fees payable to Company or waive Company’s rights;
(xxiii) grant recognition to any labor organization, union, or other entity as a
representative of its employees or enter into any collective bargaining or project labor agreement;
or
(xxiv) agree or commit to take any of the actions described in this Section 4.2(d).
(e) The aggregate fees and expenses incurred or agreed to be paid by the Company since June
30, 2008 for any accounting (including any fees incurred with respect to the financial statements
of ClientLogic), legal, financial advisory (including the fees, commissions, and other amounts
described in Section 2.28 of the Company Disclosure Letter), tax or any other professional services
rendered in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the transactions, documents and agreements (including the Ancillary Agreements)
contemplated hereby shall not exceed the limit set forth in Section 4.2(e) of the Company
Disclosure Letter; provided, however, that in the event that the Company and/or its directors and
officers become subject to litigation in connection with the Merger prior to the Closing Date, the
parties shall in good faith determine an appropriate modification to such limit.
4.3 No Solicitation.
(a) The Company shall not, nor shall it authorize (and shall use its best efforts not to
permit) any affiliate, officer, director, manager or employee of, or any investment banker,
attorney or other advisor or representative (collectively, “Representatives”) of the Company to:
(i) solicit, initiate, facilitate, induce or encourage, directly or indirectly, any inquiries
relating to, or the submission or announcement of, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) participate in
any discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal, or in connection with any
Acquisition Proposal, or furnish to any Person any information or data with respect to or provide
access to the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or take any other action to
facilitate the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to,
any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) enter into any letter of intent or similar document or Contract
with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or approve or resolve to approve any Acquisition Proposal;
provided, that nothing contained in this Section 4.3 or any other provision hereof shall prohibit
the Company or the Company’s board of directors from taking and disclosing to the Company’s
shareholders a position with respect to a tender or exchange offer by a third party pursuant to
Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, except that Company may not, except as
permitted by Section 4.3(b), withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or modify, the Company
Board Recommendation or approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend any Acquisition
Proposal, or enter into any letter of intent or similar document or Contract with respect to any
Acquisition Proposal. Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company will immediately cease any
existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect
to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, prior to the
time of the approval of this Agreement and the Merger
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by the Required Company Shareholder Vote at the Company Shareholders Meeting, the Company may
furnish information concerning its business, properties or Assets to any Person or “group” (as
defined in the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder) and may negotiate and participate
in discussions and negotiations with such Person or group concerning a Superior Proposal (as
defined below), provided that:
(v) such Person or group has submitted a Superior Proposal;
(w) neither the Company nor any Representative of any of the Company shall have breached in
any material respect any of the provisions set forth in this Section 4.3 in connection with
such Superior Proposal;
(x) such Person or group shall have entered into a confidentiality agreement, the
confidentiality provisions of which shall not be materially more favorable to such third
party than those provided for in the Confidentiality Agreement (provided that such
confidentiality agreement must permit the Company to disclose to Parent all of the
information required to be disclosed by the Company to Parent by this Section 4.3);
(y) in the good faith opinion of the Company’s board of directors the failure to take such
action would constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Company’s board of directors
to shareholders under applicable Law, determined only after consulting with independent
legal counsel to the Company; and
(z) the Company has notified Parent in writing of the identity of the Person or group and of
its intention to engage in such discussions or negotiations or to provide such confidential
information not less than the twenty-four (24) hours prior to so doing.
The Company will promptly (but in no case later than twenty-four (24) hours after receipt thereof)
notify Parent in writing of the existence of any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry
received by the Company regarding any Acquisition Proposal, and the Company will immediately
communicate to Parent the terms of any proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry which it may
receive regarding any Acquisition Proposal (and will promptly provide to Parent copies of any
written materials (including e-mails) received by the Company or its Representatives in connection
with such proposal, discussion, negotiation or inquiry) and the identity of the party making such
proposal or inquiry or engaging in such discussion or negotiation. The Company will promptly
provide to Parent any non-public information concerning the Company provided to any other Person in
connection with any Acquisition Proposal which was not previously provided to Parent. The Company
will keep Parent informed on a prompt basis of the status and details of any such Acquisition
Proposal and of any amendments or proposed amendments to any Acquisition Proposal and of the status
of any discussions or negotiations relating to any Acquisition Proposal. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that any breach of any of the
provisions set forth in this Section 4.3(a) by any Representative of the Company, whether or not
such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of the Company, shall be deemed to constitute a
breach of this Section 4.3 by the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, a Representative of the
Company, or any other Person, shall be deemed to have breached a provision of this Section 4.3 if
the Representative of the Company or other Person takes any action that would constitute a breach
by the Company of such provision were the Company to take such action directly.
(b) Except as set forth in this Section 4.3(b), neither the board of directors of the Company
nor any committee thereof shall (i) withdraw or modify, or propose to withdraw or
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modify, in a manner adverse to Parent or Acquisition Sub, the Company Board Recommendation,
(ii) approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, any Acquisition Proposal or (iii)
enter into any agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality
agreement entered into in accordance with Section 4.3(a)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject
to compliance with the provisions of this Section 4.3, prior to the time of the approval of this
Agreement and the Merger by the Required Company Shareholder Vote at the Company Shareholders
Meeting, the Company’s board of directors, after consulting with independent legal counsel, may
withdraw or modify the Company Board Recommendation in order to enter into an agreement with
respect to a Superior Proposal, if in the good faith opinion of the Company’s board of directors,
determined only after consulting with independent legal counsel to the Company, the failure to take
such action would be reasonably likely to constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of the
Company’s board of directors to the shareholders under applicable law, provided that in each case:
(i) the Company has given Parent written notice at least five (5) business days in advance of such
action that the board of directors of the Company has received a Superior Proposal which it intends
to accept, specifying the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal, identifying the
Person or group making such Superior Proposal and providing copies of the relevant proposed
transaction documents; (ii) Parent shall not have made, within five (5) business days of such
notice, a proposal that the board of directors of the Company shall have determined to be as least
as favorable to the Company as the Superior Proposal; and (iii) with respect to entering into an
agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, the Company has terminated this Agreement pursuant
to Section 7.1(h) and has paid to Parent the Termination Fee and expenses required by Section 7.3.
(c) Nothing in this Section 4.3, and no action taken by the board of directors of the Company
pursuant to this Section 4.3, will (i) permit the Company to enter into any agreement providing for
any transaction contemplated by an Acquisition Proposal for as long as this Agreement remains in
effect or (ii) affect in any manner any other obligation of the Company under this Agreement.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition Proposal” means any bona fide offer, proposal
or other indication of interest (which may be conditional and nonbinding) regarding any of the
following: (i) the purchase or other acquisition by any Person or “group” (as defined in or under
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 10% of the outstanding
capital stock of the Company as of the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition, or any
tender offer or exchange offer by any Person or “group” (as defined in or under Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act) that, if consummated in accordance with its terms, would result in such Person or
“group” beneficially owning more than 10% of the outstanding capital stock of the Company as of the
consummation of such tender or exchange offer; (ii) a merger, consolidation, reorganization, share
exchange, recapitalization, business combination or other similar transaction involving the Company
(or any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company whose business collectively constitutes or
accounts for 10% or more of the consolidated net revenues, net income or net Assets of the Company
and any Subsidiaries, taken as a whole) that, if consummated in accordance with its terms, would
result in any Person or “group” (as defined in or under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act)
beneficially owning more than 10% of the voting equity interests (outstanding as of the
consummation of such transaction) in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction; (iii) a
sale, transfer, lease, exchange, license, acquisition or disposition of any business or businesses
or Assets that constitute or account for (A) 10% or more of the consolidated net Assets of the
Company and any Subsidiaries taken as a whole (measured by the fair market value thereof) or (B)
10% or more of the consolidated net revenues or consolidated net income of the Company and its
Subsidiaries,
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taken as whole; or (iv) a liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the business of the
Company or of any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company whose business collectively constitutes
or accounts for 10% or more of the consolidated net revenues, net income or net Assets of the
Company and any Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior
Proposal” means an unsolicited Acquisition Proposal: (i) on terms which the board of directors of
the Company, after consultation with the Company’s independent financial advisor, determines in
good faith to be more favorable to the Company’s shareholders than the Merger because the value of
the consideration provided for in such proposal is superior to the value of the consideration
provided for in the Merger, (ii) for which financing, to the extent required, is reasonably likely
of being obtained by such acquiror and for which the acquiror does not have a financing contingency
and (iii) which, in the good faith judgment of the board of directors of the Company, is reasonably
likely to be completed within a reasonable period of time; provided, however, that for purposes of
this definition, the references in the definition of Acquisition Proposal to “10%” or “10% or more”
shall be deemed to be references to “100%.”
(e) 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 the Company is a party or under which the Company has any rights, and will use its best
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 a confidentiality agreement in
connection with its consideration of a possible Acquisition Proposal or equity investment to return
all confidential information heretofore furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company.
The Company shall not take any actions, or omit to take any actions, inconsistent with the terms of
this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
4.4 Certain Resolutions. The board of directors of the Company or the compensation
committee thereof shall pass any necessary resolutions as soon as practicable after the date hereof
to provide for the treatment of Company Options and Company Restricted Stock Awards as set forth in
Section 1.8 of this Agreement.
4.5 Dadante Litigation Matters. The Company shall seek the settlement and dismissal
of the Dadante Litigation Matters as contemplated by the Settlement Agreement and Section 6.1(e) of
the Agreement. The Company shall give Parent and its counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and
comment on any pleadings or motions or settlement agreements and to attend any hearings or
depositions or other court proceedings or any settlement discussions. The Company shall not agree
to any amendment or modification of the Settlement Agreement or the exhibits thereto without the
prior written consent of Parent (which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion).
Section 5: ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
5.1 Shareholder Approval; Proxy Statement.
(a) The Company shall, acting through its board of directors and in accordance with applicable
Law and the Company’s articles of incorporation and the Company’s bylaws, duly call, give notice
of, convene and hold a special meeting of its shareholders (the “Company Shareholders Meeting”) as
promptly as reasonably practicable after the date hereof for the purpose of considering and taking
action upon this Agreement and the Merger and, subject to Section 4.3, shall solicit proxies in
favor of approval of this Agreement and the Merger; provided, however, the Company shall be under
no obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Company Shareholders Meeting prior to the
declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4 and the
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clearance of all comments from the SEC to the proxy statement included in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus. The Company shall ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the
Company Shareholders Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Law. Subject to
Section 4.3, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall include a statement to the effect that the board
of directors of the Company recommends that the Company’s shareholders vote to approve this
Agreement and the Merger at the Company Shareholders Meeting (the recommendation of the Company’s
board of directors that the shareholders of the Company vote to approve this Agreement and the
Merger being referred to as the “Company Board Recommendation”). For clarification, the Company
shall be required to hold the Company Shareholder Meeting on the date set forth in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus notwithstanding that the date of the meeting falls within the Parent
Continuation Notice Period.
(b) As soon as practicable following the date of this Agreement, Parent and Company shall
prepare in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and Parent
shall file with the SEC, a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”), which
shall contain the prospectus of Parent relating to the Merger Stock Consideration issuable in the
Merger and a proxy statement of the Company relating to the Company Shareholder Meeting, the
Merger, this Agreement and the issuance of the Merger Stock Consideration (the “Proxy
Statement/Prospectus”). Each of Parent and Company shall use their reasonable efforts to obtain
and furnish the information required to be included by the SEC in the S-4 Registration Statement.
Each of Parent and Company shall cooperate in the preparation of the Form S-4 and provide the other
with reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the portions of the Form S-4 and Proxy
Statement/Prospectus prepared by such party and any amendment or supplement thereto prior to
Parent’s filing such document with the SEC. Each of Parent and the Company shall use their
reasonable efforts to cause the Form S-4 to become effective as promptly as practicable after the
execution of this Agreement. Parent shall use its reasonable efforts to take any action required
to be taken under applicable state securities laws in connection with the issuance of the Merger
Stock Consideration; provided, however, that Parent shall not be required (i) to qualify to do
business as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not now qualified or (ii) to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction. Each of Parent and the Company
shall furnish all information concerning it as may reasonably be requested by the other party in
connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the Form
S-4. As promptly as practicable after the Form S-4 shall have become effective, the Company shall
mail the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to its shareholders. Each of Parent and the Company shall also
promptly file, use all of their respective reasonable efforts to cause to become effective as
promptly as practicable and, if required by law, the Company shall mail to the Company’s
shareholders, any amendment to the Form S-4 or Proxy Statement/Prospectus which may become
necessary after the date the Form S-4 is declared effective. Anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, Parent shall have no obligation to file the Form S-4 or to seek to have
the Form S-4 declared effective if the SEC Waiver is not in full force and effect.
(c) No amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the Form S-4 shall be made
by Parent or the Company without the approval of the other party, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. Each of Parent and the Company will advise the other, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when the Form S-4 has become effective or any supplement or
amendment has been filed, the issuance of any stop order, the suspension of the qualification of
the Merger Stock Consideration issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the
Form S-4 or comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional
information. If at any time prior to the Effective Time any
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information relating to either party, or any of their respective Affiliates, officers or
directors should be discovered by the Company or Parent, that should be set forth in an amendment
or supplement to the Form S-4 or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, so that either 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 that discovers such information shall promptly notify the other party hereto
and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with
the SEC and, to the extent required by law or regulation, disseminated to the Company’s
shareholders.
(d) The Company’s obligation to call, give notice of and hold the Company Shareholders Meeting
in accordance with Section 5.1(a) shall not be limited or otherwise affected by the commencement,
disclosure, making, announcement or submission of any Superior Offer or other Acquisition Proposal,
or by any withdrawal or modification of the Company Board Recommendation.
5.2 Regulatory Approvals. Each party shall use all reasonable efforts to file, as
soon as practicable after the date of this Agreement, all notices, reports and other documents
required to be filed by such party with any Governmental Body with respect to the Merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to submit promptly any additional
information requested by any such Governmental Body. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company and Parent shall, promptly after the date of this Agreement, prepare and
file any notifications required under any applicable antitrust Laws in connection with the Merger
or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company and Parent shall respond as
promptly as practicable to any inquiries or requests received from any antitrust authority or other
Governmental Body in connection with antitrust or related matters. Each of the Company and Parent
shall (a) give the other party prompt notice of the commencement or threat of commencement of any
Proceeding by or before any Governmental Body with respect to the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) keep the other party informed as to the status of
any such Proceeding or threat, and (c) promptly inform the other party of any communication to or
from any Governmental Body regarding the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Body or by any Law, (y) each party
will consult and cooperate with the other, and will consider in good faith the views of the other,
in connection with any analysis, appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, or Proceeding under
or relating to any foreign, federal or state antitrust or fair trade Law, and (z) in connection
with any such Proceeding, each party will permit authorized Representatives of the other to be
present at each meeting or conference relating to any such Proceeding and to have access to and be
consulted in connection with any document, opinion or proposal made or submitted to any
Governmental Body in connection with any such Proceeding. At the request, and only at the request,
of Parent, the Company shall agree to divest, sell, dispose of, hold separate or otherwise take or
commit to take any action that limits its freedom of action with respect to its ability to operate
or retain any of the businesses, product lines or Assets of the Company, provided that any such
action is conditioned upon the consummation of the Merger.
5.3 Shareholder Litigation. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to
participate in the defense and settlement of any shareholder litigation against the Company and/or
its directors relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
no such settlement shall be agreed to without Parent’s prior written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
5.4 Employee Benefits.
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(a) Parent agrees that all employees of the Company who continue employment with Parent or any
subsidiary of the Parent (including the Surviving Corporation) after the Effective Time
(“Continuing Employees”) shall be eligible to continue to participate in the health and welfare
benefit plans of the Parent or the employing subsidiary; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 5.4 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall limit the right of Parent or the employing
subsidiary to amend or terminate any such health or welfare benefit plan at any time (including as
of the Effective Time). Parent shall give service credit for service with Company prior to the
Effective Time for purposes of the eligibility provisions of Parent’s health and welfare benefit
plans.
(b) If Parent so requests in writing received by the Company not less than five (5) Business
Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall terminate, effective as of the day immediately
prior to the Company becoming a member of the same Controlled Group of Corporations (as such term
is defined in Section 414(b) of the Code) as Parent (the “401(k) Termination Date”), any 401(k)
Plan sponsored by the Company. The Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such 401(k)
Plans have been terminated pursuant to resolutions of the board of directors of the Company (the
form and substance of such resolutions shall be subject to review and approval of Parent, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) effective as of the 401(k) Termination Date.
(c) The Company shall terminate its nonqualified deferred compensation plan effective as of
the Closing Date and distribute to participants in such plan the amount of their account in cash on
after the Closing Date in a manner that complies with such plan and Code Section 409A.
(d) The Company shall terminate the Officer Retention Plan and the awards made thereunder
(except the Company Restricted Stock Awards described in the last sentence of Section 2.15(j)) on
before the Closing Date.
(e) Nothing in this Section or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be construed to create a
right in any employee to employment with Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any other Subsidiary
of the Parent and the employment of each Continuing Employee shall be “at will” employment unless
otherwise provided in an individual agreement with such employee.
5.5 Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
(a) All rights to indemnification existing in favor of those Persons who are or have at any
time been directors and officers of the Company (the “Indemnified Persons”) for their acts and
omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time, as provided in the Company’s bylaws and articles
of incorporation and under indemnification agreements listed in Section 2.14 of the Company
Disclosure Letter as in effect as of the date of this Agreement, shall survive the Merger and shall
be observed by the Surviving Corporation to the fullest extent available under applicable law for a
period of six years from the Effective Time.
(b) Provided that the officers of the Company as of the date hereof prepare and execute the
application with respect thereto, the Surviving Corporation shall maintain in effect, for the
benefit of the Indemnified Persons with respect to their acts and omissions occurring prior to the
Effective Time, a prepaid “tail” policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (the “Tail
Policy”) covering the period of time from the Effective Time until the sixth anniversary of the
Effective Time, to the extent that directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage is
commercially available providing coverage that is no less favorable, in all material
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respects, to the Indemnified Persons than that provided under the existing directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance policy maintained by the Company as of the date hereof; provided,
however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be required to pay an aggregate premium for such
Tail Policy in excess of $165,000, and, in the event the aggregate premium for such Tail Policy
exceeds $165,000, the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to alter the terms of such coverage
and/or period of such coverage under the Tail Policy to such terms of coverage and/or period of
time that can be obtained for an aggregate premium equal to $165,000.
5.6 Additional Agreements.
(a) Subject to Section 5.6(b), Parent and the Company shall use all 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, but subject to Section 5.6(b), each party to this Agreement (i) shall make all filings
and give all notices required to be made and given by such party in connection with the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) shall use all 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 and each of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and (iii) shall use all reasonable efforts to lift any restraint,
injunction or other legal bar to the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. 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 of or transfer or cause any of its
Subsidiaries to dispose of or transfer any Assets, or to commit to cause the Company 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 the Company to discontinue offering any product or
service; (iii) to license or otherwise make available, or cause any of its Subsidiaries to license
or otherwise make available, to any Person, any technology, Software or Intangible, or to commit to
cause the Company to license or otherwise make available to any Person any technology, Software or
Intangible; (iv) to hold separate or cause any of its Subsidiaries to hold separate any Assets or
operations (either before or after the Effective Time), or to commit to cause the Company to hold
separate any Assets or operations; (v) 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 the Company; or (vi) to contest any Proceeding relating to the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement if Parent determines in good faith that
contesting such Proceeding might not be advisable.
5.7 Disclosure. Parent and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing
any press release or otherwise making any public statement with respect to the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Representatives to, make any
disclosure to employees of the Company, to the public or otherwise regarding the Merger or any of
the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement unless (a) Parent shall have been given the
opportunity to review and comment upon such disclosure and shall have approved such disclosure or
(b) such disclosure is required by applicable law or Nasdaq listing standards.
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5.8 General Cooperation. From the date hereof through the Effective Time, the Company
will use its good faith efforts to operate its businesses in such a manner as to achieve a smooth
transition consistent with the respective business interests of the Company and Parent. In this
regard, the Company and Parent agree that they will enter into good faith discussions concerning
the businesses of the Company, including, but not limited to, personnel policies and procedures,
and other operational matters
5.9 Company Current Real Property.
(a) During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall provide written notice to Parent of any
renewal option deadline, purchase option deadline, lease reduction option deadline, lease
expiration date or similar deadline or date with respect to each lease of Company Current Real
Property occurring during the Pre-Closing Period at least ten business days prior to such date and
shall confer with Parent concerning the appropriate action to take with respect to such Company
Current Real Property, including exercising any renewal, reduction or purchase option or
terminating such lease.
(b) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain: (i) an estoppel
certificate, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, from each landlord of the
Company Current Real Property and (ii) a non-disturbance agreement, in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Parent, from any mortgagees of Company Current Real Property.
Section 6: CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE MERGER
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The
respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction or
waiver, where permitted by applicable Law, by each party hereto at or prior to the Closing, of each
of the following conditions:
(a) Company Shareholder Approval. This Agreement and the Merger shall have been duly
adopted by the Required Company Shareholder 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 other Governmental Body and remain in effect, and there shall
not be any Law enacted or deemed applicable to the Merger that makes consummation of the Merger
illegal; provided that, subject to Section 5.6(b), in the case of a restraining order, injunction
or other order, each of the parties shall have used their commercially reasonable efforts to
prevent the entry of any such restraining order, injunction or other order and to appeal as
promptly as possible any restraining order, injunction or other order that may be entered.
(c) Regulatory Approvals. Any waiting period under any applicable antitrust Law or
regulation (including the HSR Act) or other Law shall have expired or been terminated or any
Consent required under any applicable antitrust Law or regulation or other Law shall have been
obtained.
(d) Effectiveness of the Form S-4. The Form S-4 shall have been declared effective
under the Securities Act and shall not be the subject of any stop order or proceedings seeking a
stop order and no stop order or similar restraining order shall be threatened or entered by the SEC
or any state securities administration preventing the Merger.
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No order suspending trading of Parent Stock on Nasdaq shall have been issued or pending for
that purpose.
(e) Dadante Litigation Matters. The Settlement Agreement including the exhibits
thereto shall be in full force and effect in accordance with it terms, shall not have been amended
or modified without the prior written consent of Parent (which may be withheld in its sole and
absolute discretion) and shall have been performed in accordance with its terms. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing: (i) any and all claims against the Company and all directors,
officers, employees, agents, representatives and affiliates of the Company by any party in the
Dadante Litigation Matters (as defined below) shall have been dismissed with prejudice by order of
the Court pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, (ii) such Settlement Agreement shall have been
approved by Order of the Court in each of the Dadante Litigation Matters and shall have become
effective (including the full release by the Receiver on behalf of the IPOF Fund and its partners
or investors of the Company and Parent, and their respective direct or indirect subsidiaries,
parents and other affiliates, and their respective past, present and future officers, directors,
shareholders, affiliates, employees, agents and representatives and their respective successors,
predecessors, heirs and assigns and attorneys from all claims, including claims arising out of the
facts or circumstances alleged in the Dadante Litigation Matters, as set forth in the Settlement
Agreement) and (iii) the Bar Order in the form attached to the Settlement Agreement shall have been
approved and issued by the Court in each of the Dadante Litigation Matters after notice, full
disclosure of all material facts and an opportunity to be heard has been given to all parties to
the Dadante Litigation Matters and the partners or investors in the IPOF Fund, and without the
payment of money (other than the payment of $100,000 as set forth in the Settlement Agreement) or
the award of any damages or costs or any other relief that may be adverse to Parent or the Company.
The “Dadante Litigation Matters” shall be defined as: (i) Xxxxxx, et al. x. Xxxxxxx, et al.,
Docket Number 05-CV-02726 pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio; (ii) Small, et xx x. Xxxxxxxxx, et al., Docket Number 06-CV-1721 pending in the United States
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio); (iii) Amantea, et al. v. Innotrac, Inc, et al.,
Docket Number 07-CV-03542, pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio; and (iv) any other Proceedings, whether brought before or after the date of this Agreement,
which present claims against any of the Company and/or Parent, their respective subsidiaries,
parents and other affiliates, and their respective past, present and future officers, directors,
shareholders, affiliates, employees, agents and representatives and their respective successors,
predecessors, heirs and assigns and attorneys arising from or in any way related to the facts or
circumstances alleged in the matters listed in the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) or arising
out of or relating in any way to the purchase or ownership of Company Common Stock by the IPOF Fund
or any other entity created by, maintained by, or relating in any way to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx or the
trading in, granting or exercising of options in, or alleged manipulation of Company Common Stock.
6.2 Conditions Precedent to Parent’s and Acquisition Sub’s Obligation to Effect the
Merger. The respective obligations of each of Parent and Acquisition Sub to effect the Merger
are subject to the satisfaction by Company or waiver, where permitted by applicable Law, by Parent
and Acquisition Sub, at or prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company
set forth in: (i) Sections 2.1 (Organization), 2.2 (Capital Stock and Ownership), 2.4(b) (SEC
Filings), 2.23 (Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement), 2.24 (Anti-Takeover Laws Not Applicable),
2.25 (Vote Required), 2.27 (Fairness Opinion), 2.28 (Financial and other Advisory Fees), 2.29
(Financial Advisory Agreements), and 2.30(b) (Full Disclosure) of the Agreement each shall be true
and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and as
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of Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (other than to the extent any such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case any such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date);
and (ii) any other Section of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects (determined
without regard to any materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect qualifications therein), as of
the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date
(other than to the extent any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such
earlier date, determined without regard to any materiality or Company Material Adverse Effect
qualifications therein), except for purposes of this subclause (ii), to the extent the failure of
any such representations and warranties to be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate,
has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect;
provided, however, that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of the Company’s representations
and warranties as of the foregoing dates, any update of or modification to the Company Disclosure
Letter made or purported to have been made after the execution of this Agreement shall be
disregarded.
(b) Performance of Obligations. The Company shall have performed and complied, in all
material respects, with all covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and required to be
performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.
(c) No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the Agreement, there shall
not have occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect, and no event shall have occurred and no
circumstance shall exist that, in combination with any other events or circumstances, could
reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Cancellation Consents and Material Consents. The Cancellation Consents, any
Consent identified in Schedule 2.26 of the Company Disclosure Letter (except as specified in
Schedule 2.26(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter), and any other material Consent required to be
obtained in connection with the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the
Agreement, shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect.
(e) Officers Certificate. Parent and Acquisition Sub shall have received a
certificate executed by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, in
their capacities as such but only for and on behalf of the Company, confirming that the conditions
set forth in Section 6.1(a) (Company Shareholder Approval), Section 6.2(a) (Representations and
Warranties), Section 6.2(b) (Performance of Obligations), Section 6.2(c) (No Company Material
Adverse Effect), Section 6.2(d) (Cancellation Consents and Material Consents) and Section 6.2(l)
(Revolving Credit Facility), have been duly satisfied, which certificate shall be in full force and
effect.
(f) No Governmental Litigation. There shall not be pending or threatened any
Proceeding in which a Governmental Body is or is threatened to become a party or is otherwise
involved or either Parent or the Company shall have received a communication from any Governmental
Body in which such Governmental Body indicates the intention of commencing any Proceeding or taking
any other action: (i) challenging or seeking to restrain, prohibit, rescind or unwind the
consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement; (ii)
relating to the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement and seeking
to obtain from Parent or the Company, any damages or other relief that may be material to Parent or
the Company; (iii) seeking to prohibit or limit in any material respect Parent’s or Acquisition
Sub’s ability to vote, receive dividends with respect to or otherwise
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exercise ownership rights with respect to the stock of the Surviving Corporation; (iv) that
could materially and adversely affect the right of Parent or the Company to own the Assets or
operate the business of the Company; (v) seeking to compel any of the Company, Parent or any
Subsidiary of Parent to dispose of or hold separate any material Assets as a result of the Merger
or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement; or (vi) seeking to impose (or that
could result in the imposition of) any criminal sanctions or liability on the Company.
(g) No Other Litigation. There shall not be pending any Proceeding in which, in the
reasonable judgment of Parent, there is a reasonable possibility of an outcome that could have a
Company Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect: (i) challenging or seeking to
restrain, prohibit, rescind or unwind the consummation of the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by the Agreement; (ii) relating to the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and seeking to obtain from Parent or the Company, any
damages or other relief that may be material to Parent or the Company; (iii) seeking to prohibit or
limit in any material respect Parent’s or Acquisition Sub’s ability to vote, receive dividends with
respect to or otherwise exercise ownership rights with respect to the stock of the Company or the
Surviving Corporation; (iv) that could materially and adversely affect the right of Parent or the
Company, to own the Assets or operate the business of the Company; or (v) seeking to compel any of
the Company, Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent to dispose of or hold separate any material Assets
as a result of the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement.
(h) Company SEC Documents; SOX Certifications. If (i) the Company shall have failed
to file any Company SEC Document required to be filed with the SEC on or after the date of this
Agreement as and in the form required under the Exchange Act or (ii) either the chief executive
officer or the chief financial officer of the Company shall have failed to provide, with respect to
any Company SEC Document filed (or required to be filed) with the SEC on or after the date of this
Agreement, any necessary certification as and in the form required under Rule 13a-14 or Rule 15d-14
under the Exchange Act or 18 U.S.C. § 1350, then, in each case, such failure shall have been
rectified.
(i) Dissenters’ Rights. The aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock on
the Closing Date, the holders of which have exercised dissenters’ rights under Section 14-2-1302 et
seq. of the GBCC, shall not equal or exceed 10% of the shares of Company Common Stock outstanding
as of the record date for the Company Shareholders Meeting.
(j) SEC Waiver. The SEC Waiver shall be in full force and effect.
(k) Xxxxxxx Ancillary Agreements. The Employment Agreement, Voting Agreement and the
Noncompetition Agreement each shall be in full force and effect in accordance with their
respective terms and the Employment Agreement shall not have been amended or modified without the
prior written consent of Parent (which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion).
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligation of Xxxxxxx to provide
indemnification under the Voting Agreement shall be in full force and effect, shall not be subject
to any contingencies set forth in the Voting Agreement and Xxxxxxx shall not have provided the
written notice to Parent contemplated by Section 8(c)(iii) of the Voting Agreement.
(l) Revolving Credit Facility. During the period from the date hereof until the
Closing Date, either the Revolving Credit Facility, or a replacement revolving credit facility, in
either case with terms substantially the same as, or more favorable to the Company than, the
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material terms in effect on the date hereof (including borrowing capacity, interest rate
(except that any replacement revolving credit facility may provide for up to a 100 basis point
increase in the interest rate spread over LIBOR compared to the interest rate spread over LIBOR in
effect under the Revolving Credit Facility on the date hereof), commitment fees, unused line fees,
termination fees and other fees, collateral, covenants, term and other Obligations), shall have
been in full force and effect.
6.3 Conditions Precedent to Company’s Obligation to Effect the Merger. The obligation
of the Company to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction by Parent or Acquisition Sub or
waiver, where permitted by applicable Law, by Company, at or prior to the Closing date, of each of
the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Parent
and Acquisition Sub set forth in (i) Sections 3.1 (Due Organization) and 3.2 (Authority; Binding
Nature of Agreement) of the Agreement each shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date
of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date (other than
to the extent any such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which
case any such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as of such
earlier date), and (ii) any other Section of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all
respects (determined without regard to any materiality or Parent Material Adverse Effect
qualifications therein), as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as if made on
and as of the Closing Date (other than to the extent any such representations and warranties
expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be
true and correct as of such earlier date, determined without regard to any materiality or Parent
Material Adverse Effect qualifications therein), except for purposes of this subclause (ii), to the
extent the failure of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct, individually
or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material
Adverse Effect; provided, however, that if the Stock Percentage is zero (0) then for purpose of
this Section 6.3(a), the definition of Parent Material Adverse Effect shall be deemed to refer only
to clause (ii) of such definition.
(b) Performance of Obligations. Parent or Acquisition Sub shall have performed and
complied, in all material respects, with all covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement
and required to be performed or complied with by Parent or Acquisition Sub at or prior to prior the
Closing.
(c) Officer Certificate. Company shall have received a certificate executed by each
of the Chief Financial Officer of Parent and Acquisition Sub, in his capacity as such but only for
and on behalf of Parent and Acquisition Sub, respectively, confirming that the conditions set forth
in Section 6.3(a) (Representations and Warranties) and Section 6.3(b) (Performance of Obligations),
have been duly satisfied, which certificate shall be in full force and effect.
Section 7: TERMINATION
7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Effective Time, as set
forth below, whether before or after the Required Company Shareholder Vote, for any reason provided
below:
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company, duly authorized by their respective
boards of directors;
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(b) prior to the Effective Time, 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 final and nonappealable action, having the effect of
permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger or making consummation of
the Merger illegal; provided, that in the case of a restraining order, injunction or other order,
each of the parties shall have used their commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the entry of
any such restraining order, injunction or other order and to appeal as promptly as possible any
restraining order, injunction or other order that may be entered;
(c) by Parent or the Company if the Merger shall have not been consummated by June 30, 2009;
provided, however, that a party shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1(c) if the failure to consummate the Merger is attributable to a failure on the part of
such party to perform any covenant or obligation in this Agreement required to be performed by such
party at or prior to the Effective Time;
(d) by either Parent or the Company if: (i) the Company Shareholders Meeting (including any
adjournments and postponements thereof) shall have been held and the Company’s shareholders shall
have taken a final vote on a proposal to adopt this Agreement; and (ii) this Agreement shall not
have been adopted at the Company Shareholders Meeting (and shall not have been adopted at any
adjournment or postponement thereof) by the Required Company Shareholder Vote;
(e) by Parent if a Triggering Event shall have occurred;
(f) by Parent if: (i) the Company shall have breached any of its representations or warranties
contained in this Agreement, which breach would give rise to the failure of the condition set forth
in Section 6.2(a), or (ii) the Company shall not have performed and complied, in all material
respects, with each material covenant or agreement contained in the Agreement and required to be
performed or complied with by it; provided, however, if such inaccuracy or breach is curable by the
Company, then Parent may not terminate the Agreement under this Section 7.1(f) with respect to a
particular inaccuracy or breach prior to or during the ten (10)-business day period commencing upon
delivery by Parent of written notice to the Company of such inaccuracy or breach, provided the
Company continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such inaccuracy or breach
during such ten (10)-business day period; or
(g) by the Company if: (i) Parent or Acquisition Sub shall have breached any of its
representations or warranties contained in this Agreement, which breach would give rise to the
failure of the condition set forth in Section 6.3(a); or (ii) if Parent or Acquisition Sub shall
not have complied, in all material respects, with Parent’s or Acquisition Sub’s covenants contained
in this Agreement, except where such noncompliance does not have a material adverse effect on the
ability of Parent or Acquisition Sub to consummate the Merger; provided, however, if such
inaccuracy or breach is curable by Parent or Acquisition Sub, then the Company may not terminate
this Agreement under this Section 7.1(g) with respect to a particular inaccuracy or breach prior to
or during the ten (10)-business day period commencing upon delivery by the Company of written
notice to Parent and Acquisition Sub of such inaccuracy or breach, provided Parent or Acquisition
Sub continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such inaccuracy or breach during
such ten (10)-business day period;
(h) by the Company in order to enter into an agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal if
in the good faith opinion of the Company’s board of directors, determined only after
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consulting with independent legal counsel to the Company, the failure to take such action
would be reasonably likely to constitute a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Company’s board of
directors to the shareholders under applicable law, provided that the Company has complied with all
of the provisions of Section 4.3, including the notice provisions therein;
(i) by either Parent or the Company if the 20-Day Parent VWAP Price is less than $11.12 by
written notice delivered to the other at any time during the period beginning at 4:00 PM (Eastern
Time) on the third Trading Day prior to the scheduled date of the Company Shareholders Meeting and
ending at 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) on the second Business Day following such third Trading Day,
unless, in the case of a notice of termination delivered by Company, Parent (in its sole and
absolute discretion) gives written notice to Company during the period (the “Parent Continuation
Notice Period”) beginning on the Business Day on which the Company’s termination notice is received
and ending at 12:00 PM (Eastern Time) on the second Business Day following the Business Day on
which the Company’s termination notice is received, that for the purpose of Section 1.5(c) of this
Agreement, either: (A) the Merger Stock Consideration will be a number of shares of Parent Stock
(rounded to the nearest whole number of shares) equal to the quotient of Twenty-Five Million, Six
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($25,600,000) divided by the 20-Day VWAP Price or (B) that, in lieu of the
Merger Stock Consideration, Parent shall pay Merger Optional Cash Consideration of Twenty-Five
Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($25,600,000) (such notice, the “Parent Continuation
Notice”). For clarification, a termination notice delivered by Parent under this subsection (i)
shall be effective immediately and a termination notice delivered by Company under this subsection
(i) shall be effective only if a Parent Continuation Notice has not been received by the end of the
Parent Continuation Notice Period.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement may not be terminated by
the Company unless any Termination Fee and expenses required to be paid by the Company prior to or
simultaneously with the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.3 shall have been paid
in full.
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 (i) Section 5.7, this Section 7.2, Section 7.3 and Section 8: (and the Confidentiality
Agreement) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and shall remain in full force and
effect, and (ii) the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve any party from any liability
for any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, obligation 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; provided, however, that:
(i) Parent and the Company shall share equally all fees and expenses, other than attorneys’
fees, accounting fees, and financial advisory fees, incurred in connection with the filing of any
notice or other document under the HSR Act or any other applicable antitrust law or regulation; and
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(ii) if this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 7.1(c), Section 7.1(d) or
Section 7.1(e), or if this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(c),
Section 7.1(d) or Section 7.1(h) then (without limiting any obligation of the Company to pay any
fee payable pursuant to Section 7.3(c)), the Company shall make a nonrefundable cash payment to
Parent, at the time specified in Section 7.3(b), in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of all
reasonable fees and expenses (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees,
financial advisory fees and all filing fees) that have been paid or that may become payable by or
on behalf of Parent in connection with the due diligence review of the Company by Parent,
Acquisition Sub and their respective Representatives, the preparation and negotiation of this
Agreement and otherwise in connection with the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, up to a maximum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in the aggregate; provided,
however, that no fees and expenses shall be payable under this paragraph in the event of a
termination of this Agreement by Parent under Section 7.1(c), or by Parent or Company under Section
7.1(d), unless at or at any time prior to the time of the termination of this Agreement an
Acquisition Proposal shall have been disclosed, announced, commenced, submitted or made; and
provided, further however, that no fees and expenses shall be payable under this paragraph in the
event of a termination of this Agreement by Company under Section 7.1(c), unless at or at any time
prior to, or within 90 days after, the time of the termination of this Agreement an Acquisition
Proposal shall have been disclosed, announced, commenced, submitted or made.
(b) In the case of termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(c),
Section 7.1(d) or Section 7.1(h), any nonrefundable expense reimbursement payment required to be
made pursuant to clause “(ii)” of the proviso to Section 7.3(a) shall be made by the Company prior
to the time of such termination if the Company has been advised of such amount or two (2) business
days following the time that the Company has been advised of such amount (except that in the event
of a termination by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(c) with respect to which the expense
reimbursement is payable as a result of an Acquisition Proposal occurring within 90 days after the
termination of this Agreement, the expense reimbursement shall be made within two business days
following the time that the Company has been advised of such amount after such Acquisition
Proposal); and in the case of termination of this Agreement by Parent pursuant to Section 7.1(c),
Section 7.1(d) or Section 7.1(e), any nonrefundable expense reimbursement payment required to be
made pursuant to clause “(ii)” of the proviso to Section 7.3(a) shall be made by the Company within
two (2) business days after such termination if the Company has been advised of such amount or two
(2) business days following the time that the Company is advised of such amount.
(c) If (i) this Agreement is terminated by Company pursuant to Section 7.1(c) or Section
7.1(d) and at or at any time prior to the time of the termination of this Agreement (A) an
Acquisition Proposal shall have been disclosed, announced, commenced, submitted or made and (B)
with respect to such Acquisition Proposal, a Triggering Event shall have occurred, then the Company
shall pay to Parent the Termination Fee (as defined below) at or prior to the time of such
termination, (ii) this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 7.1(c) or Section
7.1(d) and at or at any time prior to the time of the termination of this Agreement (A) an
Acquisition Proposal shall have been disclosed, announced, commenced, submitted or made and (B)
with respect to such Acquisition Proposal, a Triggering Event shall have occurred, then the Company
shall pay to Parent the Termination Fee within two (2) business days after such termination, (iii)
this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 7.1(e), then the Company shall pay to
Parent the Termination Fee within two (2) business days after such termination, or (iv) this
Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 7.1(h), then the Company shall pay to
Parent the Termination Fee at or prior to the time of such termination.
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The “Termination Fee” shall be a nonrefundable fee payable in cash in an amount equal to One
Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,600,000) (which amount shall be in addition to the
amounts payable pursuant to Section 7.3(a)).
(d) 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 the “prime rate” (as reported in The Wall Street Journal,
Eastern Edition, or any successor thereto) in effect on the date such overdue amount was originally
required to be paid plus 3.0%.
(e) No expense reimbursement payment or payment of any Termination Fee shall relieve the
Company of any liabilities to or damages suffered by Parent or Acquisition Sub arising out of any
breach of this Agreement by the Company or its Representatives.
Section 8: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
8.1 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended with the approval of the respective
boards of directors of the Company and Parent at any time (whether before or after the adoption of
this Agreement by the Company’s shareholders). This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
8.2 Waiver.
(a) Subject to Sections 8.2(b) and 8.2(c), at any time prior to the Effective Time, any party
hereto may: (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the
other parties to this Agreement; (ii) waive any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation,
warranty, covenant or obligation of the other party in this Agreement or in any document delivered
pursuant to this Agreement; and (iii) waive compliance with any covenant, obligation or condition
for the benefit of such party contained in this Agreement.
(b) No failure on the part of any party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy
under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any party in exercising any power, right,
privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege
or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy.
(c) No party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any
power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power,
right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and
delivered on behalf of such party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect
except in the specific instance in which it is given.
8.3 No Survival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement
shall survive the Merger; provided however that this Section 8.3 shall not limit any
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covenant or agreement of the parties hereto which by its terms provides for performance after
the Effective Time or after termination of this Agreement.
8.4 Entire Agreement; Counterparts; No Third Party Beneficiaries; Exchanges by Facsimile
or Electronic Delivery. This Agreement (together with the Company Disclosure Letter and the
Exhibits to this Agreement) and the other agreements referred to herein constitute the entire
agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among or
between any of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof; provided,
however, that the confidentiality provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement shall not be
superseded and shall remain in full force and effect. 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. No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person other
than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder except for Indemnified Persons pursuant to
Section 5.5 hereof. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by
facsimile or by electronic delivery shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
8.5 Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. 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 laws thereof or any other jurisdiction, except
that the GBCC shall govern the Merger. In any action between any of the parties arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement: (a) each of
the parties irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive jurisdiction and
venue of the state and federal courts located in the State of Delaware (and agrees not to commence
any such action except in such courts) and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to
plead or claim in any such court that any such action brought in such court has been brought in an
inconvenient forum; (b) if any such action is commenced in a state court, then, subject to
applicable law, no party shall object to the removal of such action to any federal court located in
the State of Delaware; (c) each of the parties irrevocably waives the right to trial by jury; and
(d) each of the parties irrevocably consents to service of process by first class certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the address at which such party is to receive notice
in accordance with Section 8.9.
8.6 Headings. The section, paragraph and other headings contained in this Agreement
are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
8.7 Attorneys’ Fees. In any action at law or suit in equity to enforce this Agreement
or the rights of any of the parties hereunder, 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.
8.8 Assignability. 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 the Company’s rights hereunder may be
assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of Parent, or by Parent or Acquisition
Sub without the prior written consent of the Company, and any attempted assignment of this
Agreement or any of such rights by a party without such consent shall be void and of no effect;
provided, further, that Parent or Acquisition Sub may assign this Agreement to any direct or
indirect subsidiary of Parent, but any such assignment shall not relieve Parent or Acquisition Sub
of any of their obligations hereunder. Other than Section 5.5
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(which is intended to be for the benefit of the Indemnified Parties and may be enforced by the
Indemnified Parties), nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer
upon any Person (other than the parties hereto) any right, benefit or remedy of any nature
whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Any assignment prohibited under this Section 8.8
shall be null and void.
8.9 Notices. All notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other
communications to be given or delivered or permitted under or by reason of the provisions of this
Agreement, or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to be delivered and received by the intended recipient as follows: (a)
if personally delivered, on the business day after it is received (as evidenced by the receipt of
the personal delivery service); (b) if mailed by certified or registered mail return receipt
requested, four (4) business days after the aforesaid mailing; (c) if delivered by overnight
courier (with all charges having been prepaid), on the second business day after it is sent (as
evidenced by the receipt of the overnight courier service of recognized standing); or (d) if
delivered by facsimile transmission, on the business day of such delivery if confirmed within 48
hours thereafter by a signed original sent in one of the manners set forth in (a) through (c)
above. If any notice, demand, consent, request, instruction or other communication cannot be
delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was given (in accordance with this
Section 8.9), or the refusal to accept same, the notice shall be deemed received on the business
day the notice is sent (as evidenced by a sworn affidavit of the sender). All such notices,
demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications will be sent to the following
addresses or facsimile numbers as applicable: (i) if to Parent or Acquisition Sub: at Parent’s
address stated on page one of this Agreement to the attention of General Counsel (fax # (000)
000-0000), with a copy sent simultaneously to the same address, to the attention of its Chief
Financial Officer (fax # (000) 000-0000), and to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esquire, Blank Rome LLP, Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000; telephone: (000) 000-0000, (fax# (000) 000-0000)
and (ii) if to Company, to the address stated on page one of this Agreement to the attention of the
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
(fax # (000) 000-0000), with a copy to Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx (fax # (000)
000-0000 and (000) 000-0000, respectively).
8.10 Cooperation. Each party to this Agreement agrees to reasonably cooperate with
the other parties and to execute and deliver such further documents, certificates, agreements and
instruments and to take such other actions as may be reasonably requested by the other parties to
evidence or reflect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to carry out the intent and
purposes of this Agreement.
8.11 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is held by a court of
competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable in any situation in
any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and
provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other
situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
or other authority declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid, void or unenforceable,
the parties agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to reduce the
scope, duration, area or applicability of the term or provision, to delete specific words or
phrases, or to replace any invalid, void or unenforceable term or provision with a term or
provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the
invalid or unenforceable term or provision.
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8.12 Interpretation of Representations. Each representation and warranty made in this
Agreement or pursuant hereto is independent of all other representations and warranties made by the
same parties, whether or not covering related or similar matters, and must be independently and
separately satisfied.
8.13 Reliance by Parent and Acquisition Sub. Notwithstanding the right of Parent and
Acquisition Sub to investigate the business, Assets and financial condition of the Company, and
notwithstanding any knowledge obtained or obtainable by Parent and Acquisition Sub as a result of
such investigation, Parent and Acquisition Sub have the unqualified right to rely upon, and have
relied upon, each of the representations and warranties made by Company in this Agreement.
8.14 Bankruptcy Qualification. Each representation or warranty made in or pursuant to
this Agreement regarding the enforceability of any Contract shall be qualified to the extent that
such enforceability may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar Laws or equitable
principles (but not those concerning fraudulent conveyance) generally affecting creditors’ rights
and remedies.
8.15 Construction.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall
include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter
genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender
shall include masculine and feminine genders.
(b) The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are
to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement.
(c) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Sections,” “Exhibits”
and “Annexes” are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Exhibits or Annexes to this
Agreement.
8.16 Specific Performance. Each of the parties agrees that the remedy at law for any
breach of the terms and conditions of this Agreement by it will be inadequate and that in addition
to, and not in limitation of any other remedies that any other party may have either at law or
under this Agreement, such other party shall be entitled to specific performance or injunctive
relief or other equitable relief from any court of competent jurisdiction from any breach or
purported breach of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first
above written.
GSI Commerce, Inc. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, Finance and CFO |
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Bulldog Acquisition Corp. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||
Innotrac Corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | CEO | |||
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EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of the Agreement (including this Exhibit A):
20-Day
Parent VWAP Price means the volume weighted average trading
price per share of Parent Stock, as
reported by Nasdaq, as measured during the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days ending on (and
including) the third (3rd) Trading Day prior to the scheduled date of the Company Shareholders
Meeting; provided, however, that if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable on any
Trading Day, the price that shall be used for such Trading Day shall be the last sale price for
such Trading Day.
401(k) Termination Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b) of this Agreement.
Acquisition Proposal shall have the meaning set forth in 4.3(d) of this Agreement.
Acquisition Sub shall have the meaning set forth in the “Parties” section of this Agreement.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the Person specified, where “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by contract or otherwise.
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.
Ancillary Agreements shall have the meaning set forth in the Background section of this
Agreement.
Asset shall mean any real, personal, mixed, tangible or intangible property of any nature,
including cash on hand, cash in bank or other accounts, readily marketable securities, other
cash-equivalent liquid assets of any nature, prepayments, deposits, escrows, accounts receivable
(or other receivable), Tangible Property, Real Property, Software, Contract Rights, Intangibles and
goodwill, and claims, causes of action and other legal rights and remedies.
Business Day shall mean any day except a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday on which banking
institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to
close.
Cancellation Consents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(c) of this Agreement.
Certificates shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(b) of this Agreement.
Change in Control Payments shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(viii) of this
Agreement.
ClientLogic shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(h) of this Agreement.
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ClientLogic Audited Financial Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(h) of
this Agreement.
Closing shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
Closing Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the “Parties” section of this Agreement; except
that, for purposes of Section 3: of this Agreement, “Company” shall also be deemed to include any
Entity that has been merged into or consolidated with the Company or any predecessor Entity of the
Company.
Company Board Recommendation shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a) of this
Agreement.
Company Certifications shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 of this Agreement.
Company Common Stock shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the
Company.
Company Current Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11 of this
Agreement.
Company Disclosure Letter shall mean the disclosure schedule that has been prepared by the
Company and that has been delivered by the Company to Parent on the date of the Agreement.
Company’s Employee Benefit Plans shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.16 of this
Agreement.
Company Intangibles shall mean all Intangibles owned, marketed, designed, distributed, sold,
licensed by, supported, maintained, used or under design or development by or on behalf of the
Company or licensed to or with respect to which rights are granted to the Company.
Company Material Adverse Effect shall mean an event, occurrence, violation, inaccuracy,
circumstance or other matter (considered alone or together with any other matter or matters) that
had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the business,
condition (financial or otherwise), capitalization, Assets, liabilities, operations, revenues,
results of operations, cash flows or financial performance of the Company, (ii) 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, or (iii) Parent’s ability to vote, receive
dividends with respect to or otherwise exercise ownership rights with respect to the stock of the
Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that in determining whether there has been a Company
Material Adverse Effect, any adverse effects directly resulting from or directly attributable to
any of the following (either alone or in combination) shall be disregarded: (a) general economic
conditions or general conditions in the industry in which the Company does business which
conditions do not affect the Company in a disproportionate manner, (b) the implementation of the
termination of AT&T’s business relations with the
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Company in accordance with the Company’s publicly disclosed plans as of the date of this
Agreement, (c) the announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the anticipated consummation of
the Merger, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with
employees, customers, suppliers, distributors or partners, (d) any decline in the market price, or
change in trading volume, of the Company Common Stock or any failure to meet publicly announced
revenue or earnings projections (provided, however, that the underlying reason for such decline,
change or failure shall not be excluded, by virtue of this clause from the determination of a
Company Material Adverse Effect), and (e) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or
worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism threatened or underway as of the date of
this Agreement, which do not affect the Company in a disproportionate manner.
Company Outstanding Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(iv) of this
Agreement.
Company Options shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a) of this Agreement.
Company Prior Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11 of this Agreement
Company Real Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11 of this Agreement.
Company Restricted Stock Awards shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(b) of this
Agreement.
Company SEC Documents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 of this Agreement.
Company’s Stock Plans shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a) of this Agreement.
Company Shareholders Meeting shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a) of this
Agreement.
Company 2008 Bonus Plan shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(k) of this Agreement.
Company Warrants shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(f) of this Agreement.
Company Web Sites shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(m) of this Agreement.
Confidentiality Agreement shall mean the Confidentiality Agreement, dated July 24, 2007
between the Company and Parent.
Consent shall mean any consent, approval, order or authorization (including any Governmental
Authorization) of, or any declaration, filing or registration with, or any application, notice or
report to, or any waiver by, or any other action (whether similar or dissimilar to any of the
foregoing) of, by or with, any Person, which is necessary in order to take a specified action or
actions in a specified manner and/or to achieve a specified result.
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Continuing Employees shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of this Agreement.
Contract shall mean any written or oral contract, agreement, instrument, order, arrangement,
commitment or understanding of any nature, including sales orders, purchase orders, leases,
subleases, data processing agreements, maintenance agreements, license agreements, sublicense
agreements, loan agreements, promissory notes, instruments, security agreements, pledge agreements,
deeds, mortgages, guaranties, indemnities, warranties, employment agreements, consulting
agreements, sales representative agreements, joint venture agreements, buy-sell agreements, options
or warrants.
Contract Right shall mean any right, power or remedy of any nature under any Contract,
including rights to receive property or services or otherwise derive benefits from the payment,
satisfaction or performance of another party’s Obligations, rights to demand that another party
accept property or services or take any other actions, and rights to pursue or exercise remedies or
options.
Dadante Litigation Matters shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(d) of this
Agreement.
Domain Names shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(j) of this Agreement.
Xxxxxxx means Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
and a principal shareholder of the Company.
Effective Time shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of this Agreement.
Embedded Software shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(c) of the Agreement.
Employee Benefit Plan shall mean any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA, any “voluntary employees’ beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9)
of the Code, “welfare benefit fund” within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code, or “qualified
asset account” within the meaning of Section 419A of the Code, and any other plan, program, policy
or arrangement for or regarding bonuses, commissions, incentive compensation, severance, vacation,
deferred compensation, pensions, profit sharing, retirement, payroll savings, stock options, stock
purchases, stock awards, stock ownership, phantom stock, stock appreciation rights, equity
compensation, medical/dental expense payment or reimbursement, disability income or protection,
sick pay, group insurance, self insurance, death benefits, employee welfare or fringe benefits of
any nature, including those benefiting retirees or former employees.
Encumbrance shall mean any lien, pledge, easement, Obligation, hypothecation, charge,
mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of first
refusal, preemptive right, community property interest, understanding or arrangement imposing
restrictions on title or use or other restrictions of any nature whatsoever (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).
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Entitled to Vote Company Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company shall be
considered Entitled to Vote if it is entitled to vote on all matters submitted to shareholders,
including the approval of the Merger.
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 Laws shall mean all applicable Law (including consent decrees, administrative
orders and common laws) relating to the public health and safety and protection of the environment,
including those governing the use, generation, handling, storage, treatment, disposal, cleanup,
removal and/or remediation of Hazardous Substances, all as amended.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and all
rulings and regulations promulgated thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any entity, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that
is part of the same controlled group with, common control with, part of an affiliated service group
with, or part of another arrangement that includes, the Company or any ERISA Affiliate within the
meaning of Code Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o).
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Laws shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.26.
Exercise Price Per Share shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.8(a) of this Agreement.
Exhibits shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.15(c) of this Agreement.
Final Merger Consideration Certificate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(d) of
this Agreement.
GBCC shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles under current United States
accounting rules and regulations, consistently applied throughout the periods covered. In no event
shall the consistent application of the historical accounting policies used by the Company have
priority over GAAP, regardless of materiality.
Governmental Authorization shall mean any: (a) permit, license, approval, waiver, order,
certificate, franchise, permission, variance, clearance, registration, qualification,
authorization, right or privilege of any nature issued, granted, issued, given, approved, allowed
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 authority of any
nature (including any governmental division, department, agency, commission, self-
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regulatory organization, instrumentality, official, ministry, fund, foundation, center,
organization, unit, body or Entity and any court or other tribunal).
Hazardous Substances shall mean any substance, waste, contaminant, pollutant or material that
has been determined by any Governmental Body to be capable of posing a risk of injury or damage to
health, safety, property or the environment, including (a) all substances, wastes, contaminants,
pollutants and materials defined, designated or regulated as hazardous, dangerous or toxic pursuant
to any Law, and (b) asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products and urea
formaldehyde, and mold.
HSR Act shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended.
Include and Including shall mean including but not limited to.
Indemnified Persons shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(a) of this Agreement.
Insurance Policy shall mean any public liability, product liability, general liability,
comprehensive, property damage, vehicle, life, hospital, medical, dental, disability, worker’s
compensation, key man, fidelity bond, theft, forgery, errors and omissions, directors’ and
officers’ liability, or other insurance policy of any nature.
Intangible shall mean any name, corporate name, domain name, fictitious name, trademark,
trademark registration, trademark application, service xxxx, service xxxx registration, service
xxxx application, trade name, brand name, product name, symbol, slogan, trade dress, trade secret,
know-how, patent, patent application, copyright, copyright registration, copyright application,
website, design, logo, formula, invention, product idea, concept, method, process, discovery,
Software, technology, written work, visual work, audio work, multimedia work, database, information
or data created or maintained in any database, or other intangible Asset of any nature, whether in
use, held, under development or design, inactive, owned, sold, distributed, marketed, maintained,
supported, licensed by, or licensed to or with respect to which rights are granted to, a Person,
whether arising under statutory or common law in any jurisdiction or otherwise, and includes the
goodwill of the business symbolized by and associated with such name, corporate name, domain name,
fictitious name, trademark, service xxxx, trade name, brand name, product name, symbol, logo,
slogan, or trade dress, and any and all Intellectual Property Rights in, to, and under the
foregoing.
Intellectual Property Rights shall mean any and all intellectual property rights and
industrial property rights (throughout the universe, in all media, now existing or created in the
future, and for the entire duration of such rights) arising under statutory or common law,
contract, or otherwise, and whether or not perfected, including all (a) patents, reissues and
reexamined patents, and patent applications, whenever filed and wherever issued, and all priority
rights resulting from such applications; (b) rights associated with works of authorship including,
but not limited to, copyrights, moral rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations, and
rights to prepare derivative works; (c) rights relating to the protection of trade secrets and
confidential information; (d) rights in trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, symbols, and
the like and applications therefor and registrations thereof; (e) divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, substitutes, renewals, reissues and extensions of the foregoing (as and to
the extent applicable) now existing, hereafter filed, issued, or acquired; and (f) rights to xxx
for past, present, and future infringement of any and all such intellectual property rights and
industrial property rights.
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In the Money Option shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(ix) of this Agreement.
IPOF Funds shall have the meaning set forth in the Background section of this Agreement.
IRS shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.16 of this Agreement.
Judgment shall mean any order, writ, injunction, citation, award, decree or other judgment of
any nature of any Governmental Body.
to the knowledge of the Company or similar phrases when used with respect to the Company shall
mean that none of the members of the board of directors of the Company has any actual knowledge and
none of the Senior Management Employees of the Company has any actual knowledge, after due inquiry,
that the statement made is incorrect.
to the knowledge of the Parent or similar phrases when used with respect to Parent shall mean
that none of the members of the board of directors of Parent has any actual knowledge and none of
the chief executive officer, chief financial officer and general counsel of Parent has any actual
knowledge, after due inquiry, that the statement made is incorrect.
Latest Balance Sheet shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(c) of this Agreement.
Law shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, charter,
constitution, treaty, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule,
regulation, guidelines, 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 the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ
Global Market or the NASDAQ Global Select Market.
Licensed Software and Intangibles shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b) of this
Agreement.
Merger shall have the meaning set forth in the Background section of this Agreement.
Merger Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b) of this Agreement.
Merger Cash Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(vi) of this
Agreement.
Merger Optional Cash Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(vi) of
this Agreement.
Merger Stock Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(vii) of this
Agreement.
Nasdaq shall mean, with respect Parent, the Nasdaq Global Select Market and with respect to
the Company, the Nasdaq Global Market, or any successor securities exchange or market on which the
Parent Stock or Company Common Stock, as applicable, is listed or admitted for trading.
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Obligation shall mean any debt, liability or obligation of any nature, whether secured,
unsecured, recourse, nonrecourse, liquidated, unliquidated, accrued, absolute, fixed, contingent,
ascertained, unascertained, known, unknown or otherwise.
Off-the-Shelf Software shall mean ready-to-use, pre-packaged Software which is (i)
commercially available to the public, (ii) not embedded in, otherwise included in, or necessary to
provide any of the products or services provided by the Company, and (iii) replaceable in its most
current version without material delay for less than $10,000 per copy and $50,000 in the aggregate.
Optional Cash Consideration Percentage shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b) of
this Agreement.
Owned Software and Intangibles shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b) of this
Agreement.
Parent shall have the meaning set forth in the “Parties” section of this Agreement.
Parent Cash Option shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b) of this Agreement.
Parent Cash Option Deadline shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b) of this
Agreement.
Parent Cash Option Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b) of this
Agreement.
Parent Employee Benefit Plans shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a) of this
Agreement.
Parent Continuation Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(i) of this
Agreement.
Parent Continuation Notice Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(i) of this
Agreement.
Parent Material Adverse Effect shall mean an event, occurrence, violation, inaccuracy,
circumstance or other matter (considered alone or together with any other matter or matters) that
had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (i) the business,
condition (financial or otherwise), capitalization, Assets, liabilities, operations, revenues,
results of operations, cash flows and financial performance of Parent and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole or (ii) 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; provided,
however, that in determining whether there has been a Parent Material Adverse Effect, any adverse
effects directly resulting from or directly attributable to any of the following (either alone or
in combination) shall be disregarded: (a) general economic conditions or general conditions in the
industry in which Parent does business which conditions do not affect Parent in a disproportionate
manner, (b) the announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the anticipated consummation of the
Merger, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with employees,
customers, suppliers, distributors or partners, (c) any decline in the market price, or change in
trading volume, of the Parent Stock or any failure to meet publicly announced revenue or earnings
projections (provided, however, that the
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underlying reason for such decline, change or failure shall not be excluded, by virtue of this
clause from the determination of a Parent Material Adverse Effect), and (d) acts of war, sabotage
or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism
threatened or underway as of the date of this Agreement, which do not affect Parent in a
disproportionate manner.
Parent Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b) of this Agreement.
Paying Agent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.6(a) of this Agreement.
Permitted Encumbrances means: (i) Taxes not yet due and payable, or that are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves appear on the Latest
Balance Sheet and which if related to business Taxes are described in the Company Disclosure
Letter; (ii) carriers, warehousemen’s, mechanic’s, materialmen’s and repairmen’s liens, that are
imposed by Law and incurred in the ordinary course of business for obligations not yet due and
payable or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate
reserves appear on the Latest Balance Sheet, and are disclosed in the Company Disclosure Letter;
(iii) obligations incurred by statute in connection with deposit accounts or to secure the
performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds,
performance and return-of-money bonds and other obligations of like nature and which are disclosed
on the Latest Balance Sheet; (iv) any interest or title of a lessor in property or other Assets
subject to lease listed on Section 2.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter; (v) easements, rights of
way, zoning and similar real property restrictions affecting the Company Current Real Property
provided the foregoing do not violate any of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.11 of this Agreement or adversely affect the use or operation of the Company Current Real
Property or any other Assets as currently used or operated; and (vi) security interests granted
pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility.
Per Share Merger Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(i) of this
Agreement.
Per Share Merger Cash Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(ii) of
this Agreement.
Person shall mean any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.
Pre-Closing Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 of this Agreement.
Proceeding shall mean any demand, claim, suit, action, litigation, investigation, arbitration,
administrative hearing, audit or other proceeding of any nature (including any civil, criminal,
administrative, investigative, or appellate proceeding).
Product Images shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(f) of this Agreement.
Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall mean the proxy or information statement of the Company to be
sent to the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Company Shareholders Meeting.
Real Property shall mean any real estate, land, building, condominium, town house, structure
or other real property of any nature, all shares of stock or other ownership interests in
cooperative or condominium associations or other forms of ownership interest through which
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interests in real estate may be held, and all appurtenant and ancillary rights thereto,
including easements, covenants, water rights, sewer rights and utility rights.
Registration Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b).
Required Company Shareholder Vote shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.25 of this
Agreement.
Representatives shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a) of this Agreement.
Revolving Credit Facility shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Loan and Security
Agreement between the Company and Wachovia Bank, dated March 28, 2006, as amended through the date
hereof or as further amended with the consent of Parent.
Rights Plan shall mean the Rights Agreement between Company and SunTrust Bank (successor to
Reliance Trust Company) as Rights Agent, dated as of December 31, 1997, as amended.
SEC shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC Waiver shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(h) of this Agreement.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Senior Management Employees means the following employees: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxx,
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx.
Software shall mean any computer program, operating system, application, firmware, middleware,
or software of any nature, whether operational, under development or inactive, including all object
code, source code, comment code, algorithms, menu structures and arrangements, interfaces,
navigational devices, icons, operational instructions, scripts, commands, syntax, screen designs
and visual expressions, reports, designs, concepts, technical manuals, test scripts, user manuals
and other documentation therefor, whether in machine-readable form, programming language or any
other language or symbols, and whether stored, encoded, recorded or written on disk, tape, film,
memory device, paper or other media of any nature and all data bases necessary or appropriate to
operate any such computer programs, operating systems, applications, firmware, middleware, or
software.
SOX shall mean the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the regulations promulgated thereunder, all
as amended from time to time.
Specified Contracts shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.14 of this Agreement.
Subsidiary shall mean the following: an entity shall be deemed to be a “Subsidiary” of
another Person if such Person directly or indirectly owns or purports to own, beneficially or of
record, (a) an amount of voting securities of 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 have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(d) of this Agreement.
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Surviving Corporation shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of this Agreement.
Stock Percentage shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b) of this Agreement.
Tail Policy shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(b) of this Agreement.
Takeover Laws shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.24 of this Agreement.
Tangible Property shall mean any furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, vehicles, office
equipment, computer equipment, other equipment, machinery, tools, forms, supplies or other tangible
personal property of any nature.
Tax shall mean (a) any foreign, federal, state or local income, earnings, profits, gross
receipts, franchise, capital stock, net worth, sales, use, value added, occupancy, general
property, real property, personal property, intangible property, transfer, fuel, excise, payroll,
withholding, unemployment compensation, social security, retirement or other tax of any nature;
(b) any foreign, federal, state or local organization fee, qualification fee, annual report fee,
filing fee, occupation fee, assessment, sewer rent or other fee or charge of any nature; or (c) any
deficiency, interest or penalty imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Tax Return shall mean any report, return (including any information return), report,
statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate or
other document or information 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, including, without limitation, combined, unitary or consolidated
returns for any group of entities.
Termination Fee shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(c) of this Agreement.
Term Loan shall mean the Second Lien Term Loan and Security Agreement with Chatham Credit
Management III, LLC, as agent for Chatham Investment Fund III, LLC, Chatham Investment Fund QP III,
LLC, and certain other lenders party thereto from time to time, and Chatham Credit Management III,
LLC, as administrative agent, dated September 28, 2007, as amended, modified, renewed, refunded,
replaced, or refinanced form time to time.
Total Merger Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(c)(v) of this
Agreement.
Trading Day shall mean a day during which trading in Parent Stock generally occurs on Nasdaq.
Triggering Event. A “Triggering Event” shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) the board of
directors of the Company shall have failed to recommend that the Company’s shareholders vote to
adopt the Agreement, or shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Parent or
Acquisition Sub the Company Board Recommendation, (ii) the Company shall have failed to include in
the Proxy Statement the Company Board Recommendation or a statement to the effect that the board of
directors of the Company has determined and believes that the Merger is in the best interests of
the Company’s shareholders; (iii) the board of directors of the Company fails to reaffirm the
Company Board Recommendation, or fails to reaffirm its determination that the Merger is in the best
interests of the Company’s shareholders, within five
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(5) business days after Parent requests in writing that such recommendation or determination
be reaffirmed; (iv) the board of directors of the Company shall have approved, endorsed,
recommended or taken a neutral position with respect to any Acquisition Proposal; (v) the Company
shall have entered into any letter of intent or similar document or any Contract relating to any
Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement that is entered into in accordance
with Section 4.3(a)); (vi) 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 ten (10)
business days after the commencement of such tender or exchange offer, a statement disclosing that
the Company recommends rejection of such tender or exchange offer; (vii) an Acquisition Proposal is
publicly announced, disclosed or commenced or submitted, made or publicly communicated to the
Company’s board of directors and the Company fails to comply with the requirements of Section 4.3;
or (viii) the Company or any Representative of the Company shall have intentionally breached any of
the material provisions set forth in Section 4.3.
WARN Act means the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
Web shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(m) of this Agreement.
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